Immigration crack down
I have been getting a lot of reports of people being stopped on the street and being asked for thir passport, FMM or resident card. A few cases of people being held for up to 3 days if they dont have ...
Forum Discussion
Navigator wrote:
The official Mexican identification card is the INE (Instituto Nacional Electoral) it used to be the IFE (Instituto Federal Electoral), it is as big as a credit card and every where you interact with a government department they ask for it, this document is also used for voting.....
....yes; I know the old IFE (previous to July 2014). According to numerous Mexican sources (sited below) fraudulent IFE and the replacement Instituto Nacional Electoral cards are wide-spread in Mexico. A fake card can be purchased in 50 to 90 minutes in certain parts of Mexico for from $90 to $200 USD. This includes "paid witnesses" fees. Allowing the card holder to cash checks up to a certain maximum. Also, fake birth certificates are extremely easy to obtain. (site: the Mexican journal, Visión Criminológica-criminalística; and Registro Civil; and Comisión Nacional para la Protección y Defensa de los Usuarios y Servicios Financieros; and Fiscalía Especializada para la Atención de Delitos Electorales; and the IRB (Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada).
I thought that the INE cards would be hardened far more in recent years?
