Foreigners in Mexico who find themselves in any of the following circumstances shall be authorized this status which allows them to stay in the country:

a) Being an injured party, victim of or witness to any crime committed in national territory.  The injured party or victim shall be deemed to be that person who is the passive subject of criminal conduct, regardless of whether the perpetrator is identified, apprehended, prosecuted or convicted, and irrespective of the family relationship between the victim and the perpetrator.

(i) Such injured party, victim or witness shall be authorized to remain in the country until the trial/case has concluded,  after which they should either leave the country or request a new status allowing them to stay;
(ii) Such injured party, victim or witness shall have the right to enter and exit as often as desired; and
(iii) Such injured party, victim or witness shall have permission to work in exchange for remuneration in the country.
(iv) Upon expiration of the immigration status of such injured party, victim or witness, he/she may request the status of Permanente Resident.

b) Be an unaccompanied migrant child or adolescent, who shall be provisionally documented with the status of Visitor for Humanitarian Reasons while the Ministry of the Interior provides legal or humanitarian, permanent or temporary, alternatives for assisted return. The Regulations establish the procedure to be followed in the determination of the best interests of the unaccompanied migrant child or adolescent.

c) Be an applicant for either political asylum, recognition of refugee status, or additional protection of the Mexican State, pending resolution of his/her migratory status.  If the application is approved, he/she shall be granted permission to stay under the status of permanent resident.

d) A foreigner who does not fall into one of the cases outlined in the foregoing subparagraphs a), b), or c), however, a humanitarian cause or public interest does exist which makes his/her admission into the country or regularizing their migratory status in the country necessary, in which case permission to work in exchange  for remuneration shall also be granted