ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Who is a Start a new life The entire procedure is refugee? in Mexico FREE, as well as the immigration documents issued by the INM related Refugees are people who have been forced to flee Positive decision their country of origin due to war, violence and/or to your asylum persecution, and who seek protection in another You are Refugee or you received country. Complementary Protection! application. The process does not end here. With your It is your right to have People in this situation can ask for help from the government documentation (Resolución de COMAR) you of Mexico to be recognized as refugees. As a refugee you can legal representation move freely within the country. As a refugee, just like a must go to COMAR or INM to start your (lawyer) throughout the Mexican person you will have the right to education, work, immigration process to obtain the Permanent health, and housing, among others. You will have the Resident Card for you and your relatives. process. You can contact protection of the Mexican State. You will always have the the public defender's obligation to respect the Mexican Constitution, laws and Having a Permanent residence will allow you office - Instituto Federal regulations. to live anywhere in Mexico. If you are afraid to return to your country de la Defensoría Pública because your life, security or freedom are at (IFDP) to receive free legal risk, you have the right to seek asylum in assistance. Mexico. Mexican Refugee Commission – Comisión Contact the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR / ACNUR) Toll-free number in Mexico Mexicana de Ayuda a Refugiados (COMAR) : for guidance and support. 800 224 2426 Toll-free number in Mexico: 800 226 8769 Acayucan, Veracruz Carretera Costera del Golfo No. 180, Km. 221 Acayucan, Veracruz Monterrey, Nuevo León 55 5209Toll-free 8800 numberext. 37063, in Mexico:37063, 37064, 800 37065.715 2000 Prolongación Lerdo de Tejada S/N, 55 4791 7041 esquina con Vázquez Gómez, Col. If necessary, you can Ciudad de México Villalta. Saltillo, Coahuila request a translator or Versalles No. 49, Col. Juárez 924 106 4616 Blvd. Galerías No. 200. Piso 2 Local 55 5209 8800 ext. 30147 22. interpreter. Aguascalientes, 844 688 0534 Aguascalientes Tenosique, Tabasco Cristóbal Colón No. 309, Barrio del Tenosique, Tabasco Calle 2 S/N, esquina calle 55, Col. Pueblo Nuevo (frente a tanque de Encino. Calle 22 No. 404, esquina con Calle agua elevado) 449 910 2025 25, Col. Centro. 934 688 0404 934 342 1664 o 934 342 1687 Negative decision Ciudad de México Tapachula, Chiapas Calzada Mariano Escobedo 526, Col. Tapachula, Chiapas 8va Avenida Sur y 4ta Poniente No. 39, Col. Centro Anzures. Piso 3. 21 Oriente No. 22, entre 9ª y 11ª If you do not agree with COMAR´s decision, 55 5209 8800 ext. 3701 y 37095 55 5125 2800 Av. Norte, Col. Lomas del Soconusco. you can ask them to review your case again. If 962 6425198 o 962 642 5199 you do not want another chance, you could go www.gob.mx/comar Palenque, Chiapas back to your country. COMAR provides 6a Av. Sur Poniente S/N, entre Abasolo Tijuana, Baja California y Aldama (2a poniente Sur), Barrio San Boulevard Sánchez Taboada You have 15 business days, following the day institutional assistance to Juan. No.10488, Oficinas 819 – 820, you were notified of the decision, to request a facilitate access to The Comisión Nacional de los Derechos 55 7959 0258 Zona Urbana Río. 664 615 8106 o 664 615 8103 review or appeal of your case, this process is Humanos (CNDH) protects your rights. called Recurso de revisión. education, health, identity documents and travel If you have any questions, you ConfiaEnElJaguar Remember that you can always ask for Toll-free number in Mexico: 800 715 2000 may reach El Jaguar on Facebook guidance and support from UNHCR. documents. How to apply for asylum in Mexico In Mexico, the government agency responsible for receiving, analyzing and deciding on your application for refugee status is the Mexican Refugee Commission (Comisión Mexicana de Ayuda a Refugiados - COMAR). A You have 30 business days upon your arrival to contact COMAR and submit your Certificate Temporary CURP application. Remember, business days are Monday through Friday, excluding week- COMAR will also process your temporary ends and Mexican holidays. Unique Registration Code (CURP by its COMAR will issue a certificate (Constancia de initials in Spanish), a code of 18 numbers Seek asylum! Fill out Initial Form Trámite) which proves that you have initiated and letters that allows you to access public If you have been in Mexico for more than your asylum procedure and you have the right services. 30 days, seek legal guidance. ACNUR/UN- Approach COMAR, or Oficinas de You will fill out a questionnaire Regulación Migratoria from INM or any to not be sent back to your country. It is an explaining why you fled your country official document with your personal data and HCR can put you in touch with organiza- national authority and express that you and why you can´t go back. tions that provide support for free. wish to apply for asylum in Mexico. photograph, it must include the relatives who You will have to share what happened are with you. After receiving it, verify that the If your family is with you, do not forget information on the certificate is correct! in your country that makes you afraid to include them in your request; if they B to go back there. You can say this are still back in your country of origin, information out loud or write it down. Your Certificate is only valid within the state in be sure to mention it. which you initiated the procedure. If you leave If you are in the cities of Acayucan, Mexico the state, your procedure will be considered City, Tapachula or Tenosique go to COMAR To “seek asylum” translates in Spanish COMAR will not share with anyone to: solicitar el reconocimiento de la abandoned. If you wish to move to another offices to present your asylum request. If what you say, your information is state, you must ask COMAR for authorization. you are not close to these cities you can condición de refugiado. confidential. start the procedure at the Oficinas de Regulación Migratoria of the National Tarjeta de Institute for Migration (Instituto Nacional de Migración - INM) throughout the visitante por country. razones Interviews Check in Asylum request outcome humanitarias COMAR carries out at least two interviews: C - Assistance – this interview is to get to know you and COMAR will study your case and inform identify your specific needs, it aims to facilitate access to You can also contact COMAR from a deten- You must present yourself at the Being an asylum seeker also allows you of the decision. services. offices of COMAR or INM to sign on you to apply for a Visitor Card for tion center and seek asylum from detention. It may take up to 45 business days for the days you are instructed to do so. Humanitarian Reasons at INM, - Eligibility - an interview to know the reasons why you Ask INM officers to contact COMAR on your COMAR to reach a decision, plus 10 If you miss your signature, your which grants a temporary regular fled from your country. It is very important that COMAR behalf to submit your request. procedure will be considered status in the country and authoriza- has the maximum amount of information about the business days on notify you of the abandoned. tion to work. It is free and valid up things which put you at risk in your home country. It is result. to one year. important to provide as many details as possible about Always keep an eye on the this. In some cases, COMAR will need an instructions and notices of the additional 45 days to reach a decision authorities for the most up to date You do not have to submit evidence, but if you do have and notify you the result. They must information. it, show it to COMAR.Interviews must be conducted give you a new Certificate during these All steps of COMAR´s processes are individually and personally. You may also choose to be additional 45 days. FREE! And you DO NOT have the interviewed by a man or woman. Also, if you do not obligation to submit EVIDENCE to speak Spanish, you have the right to be assisted by a translator during your entire process. support your request. .