With the recent increase in money laundering in Mexico, banking laws have changed not only in Mexico but in the United States as well. Therefore, the Summer Study Abroad program in Cuernavaca has issued new rules for making payments to the institute. This is a quick-fix measure in order to avoid being affected by the new banking laws that were instituted in March of 2014. Mexico is no longer accepting bank or cashiers checks that are made out to businesses. They have never accepted personal checks or money order. As you know, you were required to pay your deposit to the program by getting a cashiers check made out to the official name of the institute. With the new banking laws in place in Mexico, the banks are not accepting the checks that you turned in. In order to resolve this situation as easily and as expeditiously as possible, we are returning your checks to you so that you can go back to your bank and have them reissue the checks payable directly to the registrar from the Spanish Language Institute. Mexico and the United States will accept checks if they are made out to a specific individual but not to a business in Mexico.
Getting your check reissued at the bank:When you take your check back to your bank to get them to reissue it, simply tell them that you need to replace the check because it was made out to the wrong person. Ask them to make out the new check payable to: Rosa María Poblador de Partida and have them write “ASLI” in the memo line. ASLI are the initials of the Spanish Language Institute. It is important that Mrs. Partida’s name be spelled correctly on the check or it will not be accepted. If your bank charges you for reissuing the check, have them give you a receipt and you will be reimbursed by the Spanish Language Institute when you get to Cuernavaca. Once you get the new check, I would appreciate your delivering it to the Department of Modern Languages as soon as possible and one of the secretaries will make sure that the new checks get to me.
Paying at the Institute: If you plan on paying with a cashiers check at the Spanish Language Institute, you will have to make the check payable to the same person listed above: Rosa María Poblador de Partida, with the memo line reading “ASLI”. You can also pay the institute in cash, either dollars or pesos.
We are very SORRY!!! Although we have no control over international banking laws and cannot anticipate how the laws will change from one week to the next, we are terribly sorry for any inconvenience this has caused you and appreciate your cooperation. I will be returning your checks to you at the Pre-departure orientation meeting scheduled for Friday, April 25, 2014.
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Dear Summer Study Abroad students,
