335.1. The applications for registration in the federal registry of the citizens residing abroad will be attended to in the chronological order of their reception, and a record of the date of the same should be kept.

335.2. Once the compliance with the requirements established by the General Council has been verified, the Executive Directorate of the Federal Register of Voters will proceed to the registration of the applicant in the Nominal List of Voters Residing Abroad. If the applicant has a previous registration in the registry of voters, this registration will be cancelled in the corresponding section of the citizens residing in Mexico.

335.3. The Executive Directorate of the Federal Register of Voters will keep the documents sent and, where applicable, the envelope that contains them until the conclusion of the electoral process.

335.4. Once the electoral process has concluded, the validity of the nominal lists of voters residing abroad will cease. The Executive Directorate of the Federal Register of Voters will proceed to re-inscribe the citizens registered in them in the nominal list of voters in the electoral section which corresponds to them because of their address in Mexico.

335.5. For statistical and filing purposes, the Institute will preserve a copy, in digital format, of the nominal lists of voters residing abroad, for a period of seven years.