Document #1034969
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
The information that follows was provided
by a representative and consular official of the Embassy of Mexico
with expertise on employment procedures in Mexico, during an 18
September 1997 interview.
An employer can ask a job applicant for a
marriage certificate copy, but this is neither a rule nor the norm.
This is usually requested as a form of identification, or to
corroborate marital status which may have been indicated on a
registration form or other documentation. For certain positions
that, for example, may require flexibility for travel or working
hours, employers may prefer to hire single people, while in other
cases an employer might take married status as a certain guarantee
of the employee's stability.
Generally speaking, companies do not
require AIDS or HIV tests as a requisite for employment. However,
for certain jobs an employer might require a medical examination;
if this is the case, it is normally indicated in the job
announcement as a requisite. The purpose of the medical
examinations is not necessarily publicized nor always the same, and
may vary according to the position and the employer.
Additional and/or corroborating information
could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB.
This Response was prepared after
researching publicly accessible information currently available to
the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does
not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular
claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of
additional sources consulted for researching this Information
Request.
Reference
Embassy of the United States of Mexico,
Ottawa. 18 September 1997. Personal interview with representative
for consular affairs.
Additional Sources Consulted
Amnesty International Report.
Yearly.
Country Reports on Human Rights
Practices. Yearly.
Foreign Broadcast Information Service
(FBIS) Latin America Daily Report. 1987-96.
Human Rights Watch World
Report. Yearly.
Keesing's Record of World
Events [Cambridge]. Monthly.
Latin America Weekly Report
[London].
Latinamerica Press [Lima].
Weekly. 1989-96.
Mexico NewsPak [Austin, Tex.].
Fortnightly.
Material from the Indexed Media
Review (IMR) or country files containing articles and reports
from diverse sources (primarily dailies and periodicals) from the
Weekly Media Review.
Newspapers and periodicals pertaining to
the appropriate region.
Electronic sources: DIRB databases,
Global NewsBank, NEXIS, Internet, Refworld (UNHCR database), World
News Connection (WNC).
Note:
This list is not exhaustive.
Country-specific books available in the Resource Centre are not
included.