Mexican passport in the United States: appointment, requirements and cost

We are a private service. The appointment is free at citas.sre.gob.mx and you can do the procedure yourself. If you prefer our support, we charge for our service.

In short

• The appointment is free through MiConsulado: citas.sre.gob.mx or +1 (424) 309-0009, by phone or WhatsApp. Each person needs their own appointment.
• 2026 government fees: USD 44 (1 year), USD 101 (3 years), USD 137 (6 years) and USD 209 (10 years), under the Ley Federal de Derechos 2026, the Mexican law that sets these fees. People over 60 and people with a disability pay 50%.
• The consular protocol of May 21, 2025 requires an appointment for the passport, requires consulates to handle emergencies the same day and sets a maximum of 5 days to resolve the procedure.
• For a minor, both parents attend. If one cannot go, they give their consent with form OP-7 or through an escritura pública (a formal public deed).

What it costs in 2026

What you pay, and to whom:

1. The appointment: free at citas.sre.gob.mx and at +1 (424) 309-0009.
2. Government fees: paid directly to the consulate, on the day of the procedure. In 2026 they range from USD 44 to USD 209 depending on how long the passport is valid (Ley Federal de Derechos 2026).
3. Our service, if you ask for it: our fee depends on the procedure and the case. Write to us and we will give you the cost for yours before we start.

2026 government fees, in force since January 1, according to the excerpt of the Ley Federal de Derechos published by Mexico’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE):

• People over 60 and people with a proven disability: pay 50% of the fee.
• Agricultural workers who provide services abroad under memorandums of understanding signed by the Government of Mexico: pay 50% on passports valid for up to 6 years.
• Minors: the fees are the same. The validity you can request depends on age.
• Emergency passport: costs 30% more. The consular protocol sets these exceptions:

“The additional amount will not be charged if a person requests an urgent passport because of theft or loss, an immigration appointment, medical care or matters related to education, or if it is considered a protection case.” Protocol for service at consular offices, section 8 (OCTAVO) (Diario Oficial de la Federación (DOF), May 21, 2025; translated from Spanish).

How you pay: at the consulate, during the procedure. Under the protocol, staff ask you for payment after entering your details and before printing the passport. Confirm with your consulate which forms of payment it accepts.

How to book the appointment yourself

1. Go to MiConsulado, the SRE’s appointment system for consulates in the United States: citas.sre.gob.mx or +1 (424) 309-0009. The same number works on WhatsApp; the Consulate in San Diego’s sheet (March 2026) says to send the word “CITA.”
2. Create your account with an email address or with LlaveMX. LlaveMX asks for a phone number registered in Mexico. If you don’t have one, use the email address (El Cronista, February 26, 2026, secondary source).
3. Choose the exact procedure. The consular protocol distinguishes four: first time and renewal, for adults and for minors.
4. Book one appointment per person. The appointment is personal (SRE). If your children also need a passport, each one has their own.
5. Upload your documents if the system asks you to. The SRE reports that MiConsulado allows the digital file to be uploaded so it can be reviewed before the appointment (Primer Informe de Labores 2024-2025). It depends on the procedure and the consulate.
6. Check the confirmation: name, date, time and consulate. That day you arrive at that consulate, at that time, with an ID in your name.

If there is no appointment or it is urgent

• The passport, for adults and for minors, is among the 9 procedures that require an appointment under the consular protocol (DOF, May 21, 2025, section 21, VIGÉSIMO PRIMERO).
• If it is urgent, say so when you arrive. The protocol requires that anyone who says they are in an emergency or urgent situation be seen the same day (section 8, OCTAVO).
• The same protocol asks consulates to see people without an appointment each day, in a number equal to the daily average of appointments nobody shows up for (section 13, DÉCIMO TERCERO).
• Each consulate publishes its own notices. The one in New York announced on July 14, 2026 that it would handle passport procedures by prior appointment only, until further notice (Conexión Migrante, a secondary source that cites a post by the consulate). Before going without an appointment, check your consulate’s notices.
• You do not have to go to the consulate closest to your home. The protocol requires consulates to serve Mexican nationals no matter where they live (section 10, DÉCIMO).
• Consulates also serve people away from their main office. Between October 2024 and June 2025 there were more than 1,500 events, counting mobile consulates, consulates on wheels (consulados sobre ruedas) and service days held on non-business days (SRE report). Ask which procedures are handled at each event.

Passports for minors

• The minor attends with those who hold parental authority (patria potestad) or guardianship, usually both parents, with valid official ID (DOF, May 21, 2025). The procedure says “valid” (“vigente”), but the same protocol states that Mexican IDs are not subject to a validity period (section 11, DÉCIMO PRIMERO). If one parent’s ID has expired, ask your consulate before you go.
• If one or both cannot go, they give their consent in one of these ways:
  • SRE form OP-7, at a passport office or a consulate. If that parent is in Mexico, they go to the SRE passport office closest to their home. If they live in another country, they can do it at the consulate closest to their home. The protocol allows up to 30 days for that procedure; ask how long the authorization takes to reach the consulate where the passport will be issued.
  • Escritura pública (a formal public deed). If it is made in Mexico, it must state which procedure is authorized, at which consulate and for what validity, and it must be presented within the following 30 calendar days.
• The name on each parent’s ID must exactly match the one on the minor’s birth certificate: complete, with no abbreviations or omissions, and in the same order. If the ID carries the spouse’s surname and the SRE cannot find the marriage certificate in its systems, bring the original marriage certificate.
• If one of the parents has died, the death certificate is brought when the SRE cannot find it in its systems. If that parent lost parental authority or a judge supplied their consent, a certified copy of the court ruling is brought.
• If your child was born in the United States, their Mexican nationality can be proven with the certificate from the birth registration done at a consulate. That registration is explained in dual nationality.

Confirm the details with your consulate before the appointment.

If your birth certificate was registered late

• The protocol asks for an additional document when the birth was registered more than 10 years after it happened, for adults, or more than 2 years after, for minors (DOF, May 21, 2025).
• According to El Cronista (article updated on May 27, 2026; secondary source), since February 16, 2026 a Supreme Court precedent (jurisprudencia) has been binding; it declares that asking for additional documents because of a late registration is unconstitutional. The article does not say how consulates apply it.
• If this is your case, ask your consulate what they will ask you for before the appointment.

What tends to go wrong

• A name that does not match. On the OP-7 authorization, each parent’s name must be identical to the one on the minor’s birth certificate. An abbreviation or a missing surname does not meet the rule (DOF).
• One parent is missing without their written consent or a document that explains their absence.
• Going without an appointment to a consulate that handles passports by appointment only, like New York since its notice of July 14, 2026.
• Old information. MEXITEL stopped operating on March 1, 2022 (ViveUSA, secondary source). If a page gives you its number, or amounts that are not the 2026 ones, its information is old.
• Fake pages. There are sites that imitate the SRE, ask for deposits and steal personal data (La Silla Rota, August 18, 2026, secondary source). Before entering your details, check that the address is citas.sre.gob.mx.

If you prefer our support

We charge for supporting you through the procedure. This is what it includes:

• Guidance: whether your procedure is a first-time passport or a renewal, whether you can go to your consulate without an appointment and which documents it will ask you for.
• A review of your documents before the appointment: ID, birth certificate and, if the passport is for a minor, the parents’ IDs or the consent of the parent who is not going.
• Your appointment, of the right type (first time or renewal, adult or minor) and with the person’s details exactly as they appear on their document. One person per appointment; we do not resell or transfer appointments.
• Preparation: what to bring, how long the visit takes and how government fees are paid at the consulate.
• Follow-up: if the consulate cancels your appointment, we look for another one at no extra cost, and we stay with you until your procedure is completed.

We never hold on to a passport.

What we need: each person’s details exactly as they appear on their document, the type of procedure and the consulate where they want to do it.

What it costs:

1. The appointment: free at citas.sre.gob.mx.
2. Government fees: you pay them yourself, directly to the consulate, on the day of the procedure. The 10-year passport costs USD 209 in 2026 (Ley Federal de Derechos 2026).
3. Our service: our fee depends on the procedure and the case. Write to us and we will give you the cost for yours before we start.

What does not depend on us:

• No service guarantees a date or the outcome of the procedure. The authority decides that.
• When appointments open does not depend on us.
• You go in person, you pay the government fees at the consulate, and the consulate decides whether to issue the passport.

What our support includes is in Services. If you are in Mexico, read the guide to the Mexican passport in Mexico. For other procedures, see Mexican consulates in the U.S. and voter ID (INE card); if you are not Mexican, Mexican visa. We also support you at consulates in other countries: write to us.

Documents for the day of the appointment

Under the consular protocol (DOF, May 21, 2025). Confirm with your consulate before you go.

Adults, first time

• You fill out the application at the consulate.
• An official ID. If it is Mexican, the consulate must accept it even if it has expired (section 11, DÉCIMO PRIMERO).
• If the consulate cannot confirm your nationality in its systems, one of these documents: a birth certificate from the Mexican civil registry or from a consulate, a certificate of Mexican nationality, a declaration of Mexican nationality by birth (declaratoria), a naturalization letter (carta de naturalización), a citizen identity card (cédula de identidad ciudadana) or a consular ID card (matrícula consular).
• If your birth was registered more than 10 years after it happened, read the section on birth certificates registered late.

Adults, renewal

• Your previous passport.
• If it was stolen, lost or destroyed, the report filed with the consulate or with the competent authority of the country.
• If you want to correct a detail, the document that supports it.

Minors

• The minor, with an ID. Ask your consulate which one they accept depending on age.
• Both parents, or those who hold parental authority, with official ID, or the consent of the one who is not going. If a Mexican ID has expired, ask your consulate first.
• The minor’s nationality document, if the consulate does not confirm it in its systems. The list is the same as for adults.
• If it is a renewal, their previous passport. If it was lost or stolen, the report filed with the Ministerio Público (public prosecutor’s office), the consulate or the competent authority.

In every case

• Government fees are paid at the consulate.
• The protocol does not list photographs among the requirements: biometric data is taken at the consulate.
• If the person has a disability that prevents them from making their will known, they are accompanied by their guardian, their spouse, a blood relative up to the third degree or a relative by civil kinship, who proves the relationship or the guardianship.

How long it takes

The protocol estimates about 55 minutes of service. In that procedure, the passport is printed and handed over at the end. The maximum time to resolve it is 5 days.