Your home country’s consulate in the US handles the paperwork that keeps your life working in both countries — passports, consular IDs, powers of attorney, civil registry, and voting from abroad — regardless of your US immigration status. Pick your country below for step-by-step guides to all five procedures, or start from the full consulate directory to locate your nearest office.
Consular procedures by country — step-by-step guides for 12 Latin American countries
How to renew a passport, get a consular ID (matrícula), grant a power of attorney, register a US-born child, and vote from abroad at your country's consulate in the USA — country-by-country guides for 12 Latin American countries.
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Argentina consular procedures in the USA — passport, consular ID, power of attorney, civil registry, voting
Colombia consular procedures in the USA — passport, consular ID, power of attorney, civil registry, voting
Cuba consular procedures in the USA — passport, consular ID, power of attorney, civil registry, voting
Dominican Republic consular procedures in the USA — passport, consular ID, power of attorney, civil registry, voting
Ecuador consular procedures in the USA — passport, consular ID, power of attorney, civil registry, voting
El Salvador consular procedures in the USA — passport, consular ID, power of attorney, civil registry, voting
Guatemala consular procedures in the USA — passport, consular ID, power of attorney, civil registry, voting
Honduras consular procedures in the USA — passport, consular ID, power of attorney, civil registry, voting
Mexico consular procedures in the USA — passport, consular ID, power of attorney, civil registry, voting
Nicaragua consular procedures in the USA — passport, consular ID, power of attorney, civil registry, voting
Peru consular procedures in the USA — passport, consular ID, power of attorney, civil registry, voting
Venezuela consular procedures in the USA — passport, consular ID, power of attorney, civil registry, voting
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