REPORTING OF BIRTH ABROAD
A child born to a U.S. citizen is likely to be a U.S. citizen as well. Parents of U.S. citizen children born abroad are urged to obtain a consular Report of Birth which will serve later as evidence of the child's citizenship for school, work, or other purposes.
Appointment System
Passport and Consular Report of Birth Abroad
Before scheduling an appointment, verify the requirements list and fill up the forms
This system does not apply for the Consular Agency in Mazatlan, please contact them via telephone
Report of Birth Abroad Requirements
NOTE: Even though both parents may be U.S. citizens, a child born in Mexico is also a Mexican citizen through birth in Mexico and may be required to enter and leave Mexico with a Mexican passport. You may obtain information regarding Mexican passport issuance by calling the Secretariat of Foreign Relations in Hermosillo at (662)212-6463; (667) 714-2560 or 714-6382 in Culiacan. Or you may write:
(For Sonora)
Secretaria De Relaciones Exteriores
Centro de Gobierno
Edificio Hermosillo, Planta Baja
Paseo del Canal y Comonfort
Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
(For Sinaloa)
Secretaria De Relaciones Exteriores
Insurgentes y Lazaro Cardenas
Unidad Administrativa
Palacio de Gobierno
80000 Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico
Birth, marriage & death records in Sonora & Sinaloa
To obtain birth, marriage or death records in the states of Sonora and Sinaloa please contact:
(For Sonora)
Archivo General del Registro Civil
Centro de Gobierno
Edificio Sonora, Planta Baja
83280 Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
Telephone: (662) 217-1772, 217-0608(For Sinaloa)
Archivo General del Registro Civil
Escobedo 486 Oriente
entre Aquiles Serdan y Aldama
Culiacán, Sinaloa, México
Telephone: (667) 715-6696, 713-4583
For birth records in the U.S. please visit: www.cdc.gov/nchswww/howto/w2w/w2welcom.htm