They shall be obliged to leave the country once said term has ended. In cases where the university degree requires social service or professional practice, the Dirección may authorize residency to complete said activities, whether unpaid or paid.
(*)For the application for the special category of student persons, teachers, interns, researchers, and volunteers for educational and cultural purposes invited to carry out short-stay activities, recognized in subsection 4) of article 93 of this law, those universities and educational institutions that are registered before the educational window at the Dirección General de Migración y Extranjería and already have their code, may issue a list with public faith, before the Dirección General de Migración y Extranjería, of the short-stay students, teachers, researchers, or volunteers and the period of their entry and stay. Said certification with public faith shall be accompanied for each applicant by:
i. Identity document.
ii. Proof of solvency, requesting from the interested parties or the institution of origin a sworn declaration of economic solvency, without having to present audited bank statements as currently requested.
iii. Student certification proving that they are indeed entering the country for academic or intercultural learning purposes.
iv. The agreement with the institution of origin or sender when applicable.
(*) (Thus added the previous paragraph by article 3 of the Law for the Promotion, Attraction, and Stay of Foreign Students, Teachers, and Researchers, No. 10645 of February 24, 2025)
Regarding the validity period of the special category of student persons, teachers, researchers, and volunteers for educational and cultural purposes invited to carry out short-stay activities, it shall be 140 days, extendable for an equal period or one that does not exceed 280 additional days, provided it is reasonable and proportional to demonstrate before the Dirección General de Migración y Extranjería by the educational institution extending the invitation to the visitor and that the requested period corresponds to the periods within which they will carry out the short-stay learning, teaching, research, or volunteer activities. Once the application procedure has been filed, the Dirección General de Migración y Extranjería shall have a period of thirty business days to resolve the procedure and inform the interested parties.
(Thus added the previous paragraph by article 3 of the Law for the Promotion, Attraction, and Stay of Foreign Students, Teachers, and Researchers, No. 10645 of February 24, 2025)