Mexican passport for children born in the U.S.: step by step
You have your child’s Mexican birth certificate. Next: the CURP, both parents’ OP7 consent and the passport appointment at the consulate.
Registering your child as Mexican is the first step. With the Mexican birth certificate in hand, many families want the next thing: a Mexican passport. Here’s how, step by step.
1. Have the Mexican birth certificate and the CURP ready
The Mexican birth certificate is the base document. The Los Angeles consulate also asks for the minor’s CURP and the CURP of the parent giving consent. You can look up and print a CURP at gob.mx/curp.
2. Request the passport appointment
Appointments at Mexican consulates in the United States are requested by phone at 1 (424) 309-0009 or at citas.sre.gob.mx. An appointment doesn’t guarantee the document: you have to bring every requirement.
3. Both parents’ consent (OP7)
For a minor, both parents authorize the passport on form OP7 and show valid ID. If one parent lives in another U.S. state, they can sign the consent at the consulate nearest their home; if they’re in Mexico, at a passport office of Mexico’s Foreign Ministry. In Los Angeles, the consent has to be used within 90 days.
4. Choose the validity
For children under 3, the passport is issued for 1 or 3 years; from 3 to 17, for 3 or 6 years. The fee is set every year by Mexico’s Federal Fees Law; check your consulate’s page.
5. Traveling with two passports
Your child will keep using the U.S. passport to leave and enter the United States, and the Mexican passport to enter and leave Mexico.
Don’t have the Mexican birth certificate yet?
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