Immigration amparo — MX$12,900
Against the INM and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: denied temporary or permanent residency, cancelled immigration status, migratory alerts, immigration detention and deportation proceedings.
When an authority blocks you, fines you, freezes your account, refuses your residency or simply never answers, the amparo is the constitutional tool that stops it. We prepare and file it for a flat fee from MX$9,900, whichever state you are in — and we work with you in English.
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The amparo is the mechanism the Mexican Constitution gives you so a federal judge can review whether an authority violated your rights. It sits in articles 103 and 107 of the Constitution and is governed by the Amparo Law.
If you are used to US or UK procedure, the closest comparison is constitutional judicial review rather than an administrative appeal — and the key difference is that the case leaves the agency entirely and goes before a federal court. In practice it does two concrete things: it gets back what was taken from you and, more urgently, it stops the damage while the case runs. That second part is the suspension of the challenged act, and it is usually what the client actually needs first.
There are two tracks. The indirect amparo is filed before a District Court and covers acts that are not final judgments: fines, blocks, seizures, refusals, detentions, omissions and laws. The direct amparo goes to a Circuit Court and covers final judgments and labour awards. Almost every case an individual or a business brings is an indirect amparo.
It is not limited to tax matters or to large companies. An amparo works against any act or omission by an authority: the tax authority, the immigration institute, social security, a municipality, a ministry, a public university. What decides whether it applies is not which agency acted, but whether the act affects you legally and whether you have exhausted the remedies the law required you to exhaust first.
Each area has its own authorities, its own deadlines and its own procedural traps. Go to the one that matches your case for the specific scenarios, the fee and what to expect.
Against the INM and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: denied temporary or permanent residency, cancelled immigration status, migratory alerts, immigration detention and deportation proceedings.
Against the SAT and tax authorities: blocked invoicing certificates, frozen accounts, tax assessments, article 69-B blacklisting, denied refunds and enforcement proceedings.
Against IMSS, INFONAVIT, municipalities and agencies: social security assessments, denied pensions, fines, closures, refused permits and failure to respond.
All prices include VAT, are identical in every Mexican state and cover the case through to first-instance judgment. The prior opinion is always free.
| Type of amparo | Fee | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Tax amparo | MX$9,900 | Acts of the SAT and federal or state tax authorities |
| Administrative amparo | MX$9,900 | IMSS, INFONAVIT, municipalities, agencies and public bodies |
| Immigration amparo | MX$12,900 | INM, Foreign Affairs and refugee authority; includes full file review |
| Failure to respond | MX$6,900 | Breach of the right to petition under article 8 of the Constitution |
| Amparo against laws | from MX$19,900 | Self-applying or applied-on-first-use rules; quoted case by case |
| Direct amparo | from MX$14,900 | Final judgments and labour awards before a Circuit Court |
| Appeal (revisión) | from MX$7,900 | Challenging the amparo judgment before a Circuit Court |
You send us the notice, official letter or resolution over WhatsApp. That tells us the challenged act, the responsible authority and the deadline you actually have left.
We tell you whether an amparo applies, whether another route is better, and how viable the suspension looks. Free, in English, with no obligation.
A single payment, depending on the area. We send you the claim to review and sign with an electronic signature or by hand.
We file electronically before the competent District Court and update you on every ruling until judgment.
Amparos are dismissed as untimely far more often than they are lost on the merits. These are the deadlines under article 17 of the Amparo Law, counted in business days from the day after service takes effect:
| Situation | Deadline | Typical example |
|---|---|---|
| General rule | 15 business days | A fine, an information request, a blocked certificate, a refused residency application |
| Self-applying general law | 30 business days | A reform that affects you from the day it enters into force |
| Criminal conviction with prison sentence | 8 years | Direct amparo against the conviction |
| Deportation, expulsion, attacks on liberty or life | Any time | INM removal proceedings, detention outside a judicial proceeding |
One detail almost nobody accounts for: if the act reached you through the Buzón Tributario, the SAT's electronic mailbox, service takes effect whether or not you opened the message. The clock runs regardless.
On 16 October 2025 a sweeping reform to the Amparo Law, the Federal Tax Code and the Organic Law of the Federal Administrative Court was published, in force from 17 October. It is the most significant change in over a decade and it affects the strategy of any amparo filed today.
Stricter legitimate interest. You now have to show a real legal injury, differentiated from the general public, and that annulling the act produces a certain rather than hypothetical benefit.
Narrower suspension. New grounds bar the suspension in matters connected to money-laundering prevention, irregular financial activity, national security and final tax assessments.
Tax matters. Amparos against final tax assessments were pushed to later stages of the collection process, and the suspension requires a guarantee covering the tax interest.
Electronic amparo consolidated. The digital file is now the normal route, which is what lets us litigate in any state without charging travel costs.
In practice: claims have to be better drafted, better evidenced and filed faster. That is why our process starts with an honest opinion rather than an invoice.
A traditional Mexican firm bills an amparo by the hour or as a percentage of the amount at stake, and the typical range runs from MX$25,000 to well over MX$80,000. We work differently: our own legal templates, technology to assemble the file, and electronic filing. The attorney spends their time on strategy and on the legal grounds, not on photocopies and queues. That saving goes to you.
If you also hold one of our tax defense subscriptions, the amparo comes with preferential terms, because we already know your file and have been monitoring your position before the SAT for months.
An amparo is a federal lawsuit in which you ask a judge to review whether an authority violated your constitutional or human rights. It is provided for in articles 103 and 107 of the Mexican Constitution and regulated by the Amparo Law. There is no exact equivalent in US or UK procedure: it sits closer to constitutional judicial review than to an administrative appeal, and it is heard by a federal court rather than by the agency that made the decision. If the judge grants it, the authority must undo the act and restore your right.
It depends on the area of law. A tax amparo and an administrative amparo cost MX$9,900 each. An immigration amparo costs MX$12,900, because it involves reviewing your full INM file and often documents in another language. An amparo challenging an authority's failure to respond costs MX$6,900. An amparo against laws starts at MX$19,900 and a direct amparo at MX$14,900, both quoted case by case. All prices include VAT and are identical in every Mexican state. The viability opinion is always free.
Yes. Article 1 of the Constitution protects every person on Mexican territory regardless of nationality or immigration status, and foreign companies have standing too. You do not need to be a citizen, a resident, or to hold valid papers. Many immigration amparos are filed precisely by people whose status is being disputed.
Every area the Amparo Law admits: tax, administrative, immigration, labour, civil, family, criminal (minor matters only) and amparo against laws. The three we run at a published flat fee are tax, immigration and administrative, because they carry the most volume and we can build them with our own templates. The rest we take on a quoted basis.
The general rule under article 17 of the Amparo Law is 15 business days from the day after service of the act takes effect. It rises to 30 business days for a self-applying general law, and to eight years against a criminal conviction imposing a prison sentence. Where the act involves deportation, expulsion, incommunicado detention or restrictions on personal liberty outside a judicial proceeding, an amparo can be filed at any time.
It can, through the suspension of the challenged act, requested within the claim itself. In some situations the suspension is granted outright without any security: deportation, expulsion, incommunicado detention or attacks on personal liberty. In tax matters, by contrast, the suspension only takes effect once you guarantee the tax interest, and since the October 2025 reform there are cases where it is simply unavailable.
We file electronically before District Courts nationwide. It makes no difference whether you are in Tijuana, Mérida, Monterrey, Puebla or outside the country: the price is the same and we charge no travel expenses.
No, and be sceptical of anyone who promises that. No lawyer can guarantee the outcome of a judgment. What we guarantee is the flat fee, the filing deadline, and an honest opinion before you pay on whether your case has a real chance.
We tell you and we do not charge. Sometimes the correct route is an administrative appeal, an annulment suit before the Federal Administrative Court, a settlement through the taxpayer ombudsman, or simply refiling a corrected application. Filing an amparo while a mandatory ordinary remedy is still available usually ends in dismissal under the finality principle.
Yes. We handle the matter and communicate in English over WhatsApp and email. Court filings themselves are in Spanish, as Mexican law requires, and we explain every ruling to you in English.
No cost, no obligation, no sales pitch, in English. If your case calls for an amparo we file it in 72 hours. If it doesn't, we tell you what the right route is.
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