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Introducing Virtual Presence Post (VPP) Chiapas & Tabasco

Welcome to the Virtual Presence Post of the United States of America. Through this Virtual Presence Post the U.S. Government provides information on services for U.S. citizens. Also, you will find news, events, and information in and about the states of Chiapas and Tabasco. We also provide information for Mexicans wanting to visit or work in the U.S. or who are interested in doing business with U.S. companies. Please explore this web site and feel free to contact us.

• The Maya Exploration Center

  The Maya Exploration Center is an education and research non-profit with continuous presence in Palenque, Chiapas. They have programs all year round that run all over the Maya world and at specific dates. They bring college groups down for travel courses about 12 times a year. Their research focuses on ancient Maya astronomy, the geometry of Maya art and architecture, and the Maya calendar... (Click on this message’s title to read more)

• Michigan State University’s Programs in Chiapas

  Michigan State University has continuous contact with several collaborators and their institutions in Chiapas: ECOSUR, CIESAS, INIFAP and UNACH. This field course, a collaboration with Cornell University, is an annual event (previously operated in Yucatán, Tabasco and Veracruz), and has involved students from Mexican universities. Supported by the following web-based learning materials, field activities range from one side of Chiapas to the other in an array of ecologies, cultures and socioeconomic settings, from Tapachula to the mountains (Tuxtla Gutierrez, San Cristobal and surrounds) and to the selva (Palenque, Lacandona)...(click on the title to read more...)

• New DS-160 Electronic Visa Application Takes Effect

  Mexico City – Effective January 20, 2010, individuals applying for a non-immigrant visa at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico will be required to submit a new application form, known as the DS-160 Nonimmigrant Visa Electronic Application. The U.S. Department of State developed this new application with a view toward streamlining and simplifying the process for applicants, as well as offering greater privacy protection for applicants. (Click on this message’s title to read more…)