How to process the Mexican Consular Registration in the United States

North Carolina, Raleigh- The Mexican consular registration is the public document issued by the representations of Mexico in the United States and which states that the person carrying it is a Mexican registered abroad.

Below we briefly explain the relevant points about the Mexican Consular Registration. Extended information can be found below.

What is the Consular Registration?

It is an official high security document issued by the consulates of some countries in the world. It is proof of identity before the Mexican authorities and some governments abroad.

The Consular Matriculation is issued to citizens who reside abroad, who meet the requirements and who request it.

In the case of the Mexican Consulates in the United States, the registration is issued regardless of the immigration status of the Mexican who requests it. The above means that undocumented immigrants in the US can process it, as we explain below.

¿Who can process the?

Every Mexican outside their country has the right to be registered by the consular office that corresponds to their domicile abroad.

Mexicans residing in North Carolina are entitled to the Consulate General of Mexico in Raleigh.

The consular registration is issued to all Mexicans abroad who request it and who meet the requirements, regardless of their condition or immigration status.

From its date of issue it is valid for five years, at the end of which it may be renewed.

What is the Mexican consular registration for in the USA?

Obtaining the consular registration allows the Mexican to verify his or her identity and address abroad and access consular services.

These are some of its main advantages:

Official Identification. -It is an official document that can be used in everyday situations. For example, it prevents you from having to carry your passport to identify yourself.
Security.- Registration, in addition to complying with census purposes for the Mexican government, means consular protection for the Mexican who wears it. Particularly in cases of natural disasters or political or social events that could affect the security of Mexicans in the countries in which they are located.
Access to consular services .-As it is an identity document before the Mexican government, the registration facilitates access to consular procedures such as the renewal of the passport or the repatriation of a body to Mexico.
Financial Inclusion .-The consular registration is accepted by some financial and banking institutions as an ID to open a bank account in the United States.
Facilitates interaction with local authorities. -In some cases it can help you identify yourself to access local services such as medical care or school services.

Important: The acceptance of the Mexican consular registration as a form of identification may vary depending on the state and local regulations of the United States.

In order to proceed with this registration, it is necessary for the Mexican to go to the consular office or embassy of Mexico and present original documents proving their nationality and identity.

You must also prove that you reside in the district of the Mexican consular office where you go to carry out the procedure. For example, if the applicant lives in Myrlte Beach -South Carolina-, the corresponding office is Consulate General of Mexico in Raleigh.

Now that you know the importance, we tell you how to process it.

New Registration: Inclusive and Secure

Starting in 2022, the Secretary of Foreign Affairs redesigned the consular registration to make it an inclusive document; Mexicans who identify with a non-binary gender, or who do not wish to reveal their sex or gender, can thus choose it in the new third generation consular registration.

Its size is like that of a credential or bank card, which has various security measures.

Among which was included an electronic chip that will serve to validate the authenticity of the document, allowing it to be recognized by local authorities in the countries in which it is issued and in national territory.

It is important to note that this certificate does not verify or replace the foreign document of legal stay in a country.

Updated: As of March 1, 2022, the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs changed the appointment system for the 57 Mexican consulates in the United States; It stopped being Mexitel to become My Consulate . For more information about how to access the new site and what consular procedures you can carry out, you can consult this article from Enlace Latino NC.

Steps to process the Mexican Consular Registration in the USA

The consular registration certificate is a document that can be requested and issued once the registration procedure has been carried out. consular registration at the corresponding consular office, after payment of fees.

It is issued at the consular offices of Mexico in the United States of America. It can also be issued at Mobile Consulates, Consulates on Wheels, and Saturday days, with which consular services are taken to places far from the headquarters of the Consular Representation, if this service is provided in your location.

Mexicans of legal age who want to process their registration must follow the following steps:

To ask for a date through the MyConsulate service
Go in person to the consular office on the date and time established in the appointment.
Prove Mexican nationality by presenting one of the following documents:

Certified copy of the birth certificate issued by any Mexican civil registry office or via the internet.
Certified copy of the birth certificate issued by the consular offices.
Certificate of Mexican nationality.
Declaration of Mexican nationality by birth.
Naturalization letter.
Passports.

If you need to process or renew your Mexican passport in the United States of America for the first time, Here we tell you how to do it.

Requirements for the Mexican Consular Registration

To obtain the consular registration in the United States you need to be able to prove your identity and the address where you reside.

It is important to note that at the end of the process the original documents will be returned to the interested party.

Just as registration does not cause rights, the issuance of the consular registration certificate, commonly called consular registration, does not.

Prove your Identity

Presentation of the original of one of the following official documents with a photograph:

Voting credential issued by the National Electoral Institute (INE)
Mexican driving license or from any locality in the consular representation district.
Certificate of studies issued by the Ministry of Public Education of the Government of Mexico.
Mexican passport.
Any other identification that in the opinion of the consular official is accepted in accordance with consular practice.

Check your address

Prove that you reside within the district of the consular office where you go to carry out your procedure. You can do so using any of the following documents, which must be in the name of the interested party:

Rent and/or utility receipts
Proof of social security that are issued by the authority of a locality in the corresponding district.
Correspondence envelope in the name of the applicant, with the canceled postmark.

Interested parties must allow the taking of biometrics (photograph, fingerprints and signature).
Sign the data compliance sheet, which is obtained at the consular offices, once the applicant has submitted the documentation.
This will be delivered for signature and will contain the applicant's declaration, under oath, that the documents and data provided are correct and authentic.
Consular registration certificate.

In addition to complying with the aforementioned requirements, the payment of corresponding rights must be covered in the form and amount established by the Federal Rights Law.

Minimum age restriction

The requirements are:

Parents or whoever exercises parental authority or guardianship must request an appointment through the Mexitel service.
The parents or whoever exercises parental authority or guardianship, accompanied by the minor, must personally go to the Consular Office on the date and time established in the appointment.

You must prove the nationality of the minor with one of the following documents:

Certified copy of the birth certificate issued by any Mexican civil registry office or via the internet.
Certified copy of the birth certificate issued by the consular offices.
Certificate of Mexican nationality.
Declaration of Mexican nationality by birth.
Naturalization letter.

Prove identity and address of the minor

Presentation of one of the following documents:

●Mexican passport.
●Proof of studies with photograph issued by an educational institution.
●Student ID with photograph.

– Prove filiation and exercise of parental authority with a birth certificate and, where applicable, a marriage certificate, which must show that the parents' names match the information recorded on the minor's birth certificate.

The parents or whoever exercises parental authority or guardianship must prove their identity by presenting one of the following documents:

●Voting credential issued by the National Electoral Institute.
●Driving license issued within the Mexican Republic or any locality in the district of the Consular Representation.
●Mexican passport.
●Any other identification accepted at the discretion of the Consul.

– In the event of the death of one of the parents or guardians, the corresponding death certificate must be submitted, and in the event of loss of parental authority, the judicial resolution and the order by which it is enforceable.

– The minor's parents must sign the authorization for consular registration, biometric collection of the minor, and, where applicable, the issuance of the Consular Registration Certificate.

– Parents or those exercising parental authority over the minor must sign the data compliance form, which can be obtained from the consular office once the documentation has been submitted. It must contain a declaration, under penalty of perjury, that the documents and data provided are correct and authentic.

Steps to follow to process your High Security consular registration

How to renew it?

The requirement for the renewal of the Mexican consular registration is to present your expired document at the consular headquarters. If you have changed your residence address, you must also present proof of your current address.

Special cases

1. Adoptions

For the issuance of the consular registration certificate to minors who have been adopted under adoption regimes other than full adoption, in addition to complying with the requirements established in articles 9 and 14 of the Consular Registration Regulations, a copy must be presented. certified of the Mexican judicial resolution and the order by which it was enforceable, as well as the certificate issued by the civil registry office, both of the adoption and the birth certificate with the marginal annotation of said adoption.

In the event that the adoption has been carried out abroad, the foreign judicial resolution must be approved before a Mexican judge, in accordance with the provisions established in the Federal Code of Civil Procedures.

2. Emancipated minors

An emancipated minor is understood to be one who marries before reaching the age of majority.

Consular offices may register and issue or exchange the Consular Registration Certificate, as long as it meets the requirements established in article 9 of the Regulation.

And prove your emancipation by means of a certified copy of your marriage certificate issued by the Mexican civil registry office, or a foreign marriage certificate, legalized or apostilled as the case may be.

If the document is issued outside the consular district of the country where the consular office is accredited, it must have its respective translation into Spanish, if it is in a language other than English.

3. Married applicants

If the applicant for a Consular Matriculation Certificate is married, and wishes for his or her spouse's name to appear on it, he or she must present, in addition to the aforementioned documents, a certified copy of his or her Mexican marriage certificate. If it is a foreigner, it must be legalized or apostilled, with its respective translation into Spanish, if it is in a language other than English.

4. Transsexuals

When a person who has already carried out the corresponding actions to have a new legal personality, derived from the change of name and sex, in addition to complying with the requirements of the Consular Registration for adults, must present:

Mexican birth certificate that specifies the new name and sex.
Official identification that has the new name, which must match the one recorded on your new birth certificate.

If you need to process changes to your birth certificate for gender recognition in the United States of America, Here we tell you how.

What to do if my Mexican consular license plate was lost or stolen?

The Mexican interested in the replacement must present a document from the competent authority certifying the fact.

For reasons of consular protection, the record may be drawn up at the consular office.

The pertinent authorities make the observation that for reasons of consular practice, additional documents may be requested in each procedure, so it is recommended to contact the Mexican Representation where you will carry it out.

You may be interested: MyConsulate: the new appointment system at Mexican Consulates

This note was prepared based on an interview with the media consul, Óscar Solís, and consultation with the Mexican government site.

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