Employer Registration Certificates (CIE)

• Application

  

  Application form for company migration procedure filled online, printed and with the autograph signature of the applicant.

  • Fill in the information, selecting the type of procedure and modality:
  • What would you like to do?
    Obtain the Employer Registration Certificate.
    Updating the Employer Registration Certificate.

  
  

  Note: The documents attached to meet the requirements must be listed and written down in the comments section of the application form.

• Requirements

  

  The documents (applications) for the procedures must be submitted in original only, and their annexes, in copy. If the interested party requires an acknowledgement of receipt, she/he must attach a copy for that purpose. (Article 15 A section I of the Administrative Procedure Federal Act).

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  I. Obtaining Employer's Registration Certificate

  This is applicable to individuals and legal entities that make an offer of employment to a foreign national.

  1.	Legal entities:
  	a) Constitutive act or the public instrument in which the legal existence of the company is accredited, as well as its modifications. Original and copy.
  	b) Public instrument stating the type of power or mandate and the powers conferred on legal representatives or attorneys-in-fact if the constitutive act does not contain them. Original and copy.
  	c) Current official identification of the representative or legal representative. Original and copy.
  	d) Proof of domicile of the legal entity, whose issue date does not exceed thirty calendar days. Original and copy.
  	e) Include the following documents:
  	Proof of registration in the Federal Taxpayers Registry. Copy.
  	Certificate issued by the competent authority, on the presentation of the last tax return. Copy.
  	f) List of employees and their nationality. Original.
  	g) Proof that proves the payments of fees for the reception, study of the application and, where appropriate, issuance of the employer registration certificate. original and copy
  2.	Individuals:
  	a) Valid official identification. Original and copy.
  	b) Proof of address whose issue date does not exceed thirty calendar days. Original and copy.
  	c) Include the following documents:
  	Proof of registration in the Federal Taxpayers Registry. Copy.
  	Certificate issued by the competent authority, on the presentation of the last tax return. Copy.
  3.	Public departments or deconcentrated bodies:
  	a) Appointment of the public servant, with powers to sign a job offer. Original and copy.
  	b) Valid official identification with a photograph of the public servant, with powers to sign a job offer. Original and copy.
  	c) Proof of address of the public deparment or decentralized body, whose issue date does not exceed thirty calendar days. Original and copy.
  	d) Proof of registration with the Federal Taxpayers Registry. Copy.
  	e) Free writing on letterhead, where the promoter refers to the legal provision by which the public agency or decentralized body was created. Original.
  4.	Public decentralised agencies:
  	a) Public instrument stating the powers conferred on the legal representative, or the type of power or mandate granted to the person empowered. Original and copy.
  	b) Current official identification with photograph of the legal representative or proxy. Original and copy.
  	c) Proof of address of the agency or decentralized body, whose issue date does not exceed thirty days. Original and copy.
  	d) Free writing on letterhead, where the promoter refers to the legal provision by which the decentralized body or public institution was created. Original and copy.
  	e) Evidence of registration in the Federal Taxpayer Registry. Copy.
  5.	State-owned companies, national credit institutions, national auxiliary credit organizations, national insurance and bonding institutions, as well as public trusts:
  	a) Constitutive act or of the public instrument in which it proves its legal existence, as well as its modifications. Original and copy.
  	b) Public instrument stating the powers conferred on the legal representative, or the type of power or mandate granted to the person empowered, if the constitutive act does not contain them. Original and copy.
  	c) Valid official identification with a photograph of the legal representative or proxy. Original and copy.
  	d) Proof of address, whose issue date does not exceed thirty days. Original and copy.
  	e) Evidence of registration in the Federal Taxpayer Registry. Copy.
  6.	Embassy or consulate of a country with representation in Mexico or international organization:
  	a) Appointment or the document issued in favor of the promoter, with powers to sign an offer of employment. Original and copy.
  	b) Valid official identification with photograph of the petitioner with powers to sign a job offer. (Accreditation card). Original and copy.
  	c) Proof of address, whose issue date does not exceed thirty days. Original and copy.
  	d) Evidence of registration in the Federal Taxpayer Registry. Copy.

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  Updating the Employer Registration Certificate

  This is applicable to individuals and legal entities that have obtained the Employer Registration Certificate and must update it in order to issue an offer of employment to a foreign national.

  1.	In case of change of legal representative or attorney:
  	Public instrument stating the type of power or mandate and the powers conferred on legal representatives or attorneys-in-fact if the constitutive act does not contain them. Original and copy.
  	Current official identification of the representative or legal representative. Original and copy.
  2.	In the event of a change of address, proof of address whose issue date does not exceed thirty calendar days. Original and copy.
  3.	For the annual update of the tax declaration, proof of the presentation of the last annual tax declaration. Copy.
  4.	Proof that proves the payments of fees for the reception, study of the application and, where appropriate, issuance of the employer registration certificate. Original and copy.

  
  

  Important:
  

  • Foreign public documents must be apostilled or legalized and accompanied by a translation into Spanish prepared by officially recognized experts as appropriate.
  • In the event of having various branches or offices, those addresses in which foreigners are working must be registered and, where appropriate, the data of the representative of each of those offices or branches.
  • In the case of individuals and legal entities that provide specialized services or the execution of specialized works, they must submit the registration notice to the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare.
  • Employers must notify changes of address, representative or legal representative within thirty calendar days of their occurrence, attaching the corresponding public instruments.
  • Proofs of address issued electronically must only be presented in copies.

• Duty Payment

  

  
  

  • For receiving and reviewing the application, and, where applicable, issuing or updating the employer registration certificate as appropriate. $391.00 MXN

  
  

  Important:

  Payments can be made through the following means:

  1.

  At the Office for processing payments with Visa or MasterCard credit or debit cards

  2.

  Through a help sheet which must be filled out according to the following specifications: Verify that it corresponds to the type of procedure requested. Register exactly the full first and last names used to identify the foreign national in the application. (Regardless of the number of names and surnames). In the case of minors, the payment must be registered with the names and surnames of the minors.

  The INM does not accept cash payments.

  
  

  It is suggested to thoroughly review the payment receipts issued by banking institutions, in order to ensure there are no errors in the person's identification data.

• Follow-up Procedure

  

  If your application was pending on the day it was submitted, you will be able to track it with the email address you entered on the application, have your application number and password that was sent to you electronically at hand.