Mexico

In Mexico, on a weekly basis, the Procuraduria Federal del Consumidor (PROFECO)- the Federal Attorney's Office of Consumer - publishes fee statistics on a USD $300 remittance, the exchange rate banks apply to the payments, dollars received and the total cost of the remittances.

This information helps Mexican migrants make informed choices when sending remittances home. 

The Migration Information and Statistics System for Mesoamerica (SIEMMES by its Spanish acronym) is a system of migration information designed to capture and monitor the magnitude and characteristics of migratory movements from, to and between the Central American countries and Mexico, by coordinating and compatibilizing the data generated by different agencies in all those countries. 

Set up in 2001, it includes Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama.

Mexico is a country of immigration, transmigration - mostly from Central America to the United States - and emigration, mostly to the United States. For the past century, emigration has far outweighed the other forms of international migration, yet the influences of all three forms of migration have been felt.

The central banks of Mexico and the US have signed an agreement that allows banks to to transmit electronic fund transfers from the USA to Mexico through the Federal Reserve Banks’ Automated Clearing House (FED - ACH).

The FedGlobal Mexico Service offers US financial institutions the added benefit and convenience of promotional materials and tools to aid in promoting the service to their customers and pre-opening accounts at participating institutions in Mexico.

The mission of the United States-México Border Health Commission is to provide international leadership to optimize health and quality of life along the US-México border.

They have designed joint cross-border strategies to preserve, improve and care for the health of the Mexican migrant population. These include information, referrals, engagement of local migrant networks and access to services, as well as training and guidelines to service providers.

The Bi-national Migrant Education Program (PROBEM) targets the educational problem of the migrant population between both countries. It aims to ensure the continuity and quality of children and young people basic education that spend part of their school year in Mexico and another in the USA.  

This program falls under the Mexico-United States Cooperation Initiative on Education that has established programs in the US to facilitate access to education for Mexican migrants and increase their potential to adapt locally.

Community Plaza is a project which incorporates the use of new information and communication technologies applied to education and formation targeting Mexicans residing in the USA. This is a result of joined efforts by several institutions to promote diversified educational actions.

This program falls under the Mexico-United States Cooperation Initiative on Education that has established programs in the US to facilitate access to education for Mexican migrants and increase their potential to adapt locally.

The objectives of the Community Plaza abroad are:

The IME-Becas program aims to elevate the educational level of the Mexican population or the Mexican Diaspora residing in the USA, by assigning resources to non-profit organizations. This program falls under the Mexico-United States Cooperation Initiative on Education that has established programs in the US to facilitate access to education for Mexican migrants and increase their potential to adapt locally.

The Ventanilla de Salud is a program of the Government of Mexico developed by the Department of Health and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and implemented through 50 Mexican consulates in the United States and local health organizations. The Ventanillas provide reliable information on health topics, counseling and referrals to health services available and accessible in local communities.

The objective of this card is to provide Mexican migrant workers in the United States with a document that can act as an identify card, thus facilitating access to services. An additional objective is to streamline assistance and lower remittance transfer costs.