She or he must give legal authority to another person with residence there, through a notary instrument called power of attorney, so that the latter make those acts. A power of attorney can be general or special to one specified act or type of act.
A general power of attorney can be classified under the following types:
General Power of Attorney (known as General Power for Litigation and Aggressive Collection, Management and Ownership Acts)
General Power for Litigation and Aggressive Collection
General Power for Management Acts
General Power for Ownership Acts
Specific or Limited Power
The General Power authorizes the agent to act on behalf of the principal in an indefinite series of acts while the power is not revoked or any of the parties died. Notwithstanding this kind of power can have a limited scope as to the authority granted to the agent.
The Specific Power is granted for an specific or determined acts and expires once that those acts are concluded. The Specific Power provide higher security for the grantor than the General Power.
If the person granting the Power of Attorney does not speak Spanish, they should bring an interpreter. A list can be found in the following link:
Requirements
1.- Fill up a Power of Attorney application.
2.- Passport photocopies of the pages where the personal details and holder's photograph are found
3.- Payment of consular fees made in cash, postal orders, or company’s cheque, payable to the Mexican Consulate. No personal cheques are accepted
Procedure
Once this office receives the required documentation, please send it scanned to consulmexuk@sre.gob.mx asking for an appointment for the signature of the deed; once received, we will get in touch to clarify anything and confirm the appointment.
Nota Bene
If one person represents a legal entity, she or he must present in full, duly notarized, apostilled, and translated into Spanish by an official translator or in an official/legal manner, the following documents:
Memorandum and articles of association of the company
Certificate of Incorporation
Certificates of change of name of the Company, if applicable
Certificate of good standing issued by the Companies House, containing the director’s names and details such as date of birth or nationality; secretaries’ names, registered office address, issued share capital, shareholders, the company’s objects
Minutes of the meeting where it was resolved to confer the power of attorney, if applicable
Minutes of resolution
Documents issued out of the United Kingdom and Mexico must be legalized by the competent Mexican Consulate or apostilled by the competent authority of the country where the documents are issued. In case they are not in Spanish, a translation into this language is required.