Do you have to have a Mexican Passport at your visa interview?

[allove00 1]

Ok so I have not recieved my NOA2 yet but I did recieve a call on Friday that our application had been approved and was being sent to the NVC and that we should be getting notice in the mail soon. I'm kicking myself for not noticing this before but just last night I realized that it has a Mexican Passport listed as a required document at his Visa interview. I'm afraid now that we may end up getting his interview scheduled before we can get his Mexican Passport in.

Can anyone tell me about what he needs to do tomorrow to get this process started. He returned to Mexico July 6th after being in the US for years illegally. He went to the city he was born in and got his birth certificate and he has gotten his drivers license. What else will he need? Where does he have to go? How much does it cost? How long will this take? Anything would help at this point.

allove00

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Yes, he will need a passport in order to receive a visa.

[HeatDeath 430]

He will definitely need a Mexican passport for the K-1 visa process. The US consulate will need something to glue his visa into.

But seriously, nobody, not even Canadians, not even US citizens, gets into the US without a passport anymore. It doesn't matter what kind of visa or other documents you have. And the consulate won't even issue a visa without the passport.

I don't know the details, but I would imagine that the way a Mexican citizen in Mexico gets a passport is the same way anybody gets a passport from their own country. They get a hold of the appropriate form, fill it out, send it in and/or go down to the appropriate government office, wait a few hours, talk to somebody for 5 minutes, go home, and wait several weeks/months.

If it's anything like Canada or the US, there may be an option to pay extra for expedited processing. Depending on the level of corruption in the local government he may want to sling some bribe money around too.

I'll recommend this thread be moved to the Mexico regional forum. You'll get more specific answers there.

Edited October 31, 2010 by HeatDeath

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*Moved from K1 forum to Latin America regional forum*

[Danilu 11]

Hi Allove, tell him he check this link:

http://www.sre.gob.mx/pasaportes/primeravez/mayoresedad.htm

The cost can vary. 3 year passport : 850 pesos; 6 years: 1,170 and for 10 years:1,795. He must go to a Secretariat of Foreign Affairs' local office. I did it and got my pasport in 3 days.

Good luck!