Advice on applying for Mexican Citizenship from Consulate. (dual citizenship, required, place)

[FBF]

Anyone had experience going through Mexican civil registration but being born abroad?

I am going to try to apply for my Acta de nacimiento in a Mexican consulate in the US. I am American born to Mexican parents.

I have never done this and my mother (Mexican born and naturalized US citizen) knows very little about the procedures other than to bring her Acta de nacimiento and bring my US birth certificate to prove our blood relationship. I know I may need my driver license as ID and copies....but what else? Especially on my mother's case.

Anything else? I am going there next week to try and apply.

[quique07]

The Mexican Consulate in Los Angeles has this on their website:

https://consulmex.sre.gob.mx/losange...-el-extranjero

Please let me know how the entire process goes. I'm also an American from Mexican parents and I'm planning to apply for my Mexican Citizenship in the upcoming months.

[FBF]

Thanks.

The only confusion I am getting is that despite the law stating you only need one Mexican parent to apply for Mexican citizenship by descent (both my parents are Mexican but I am doing this with my mother), it is required to present both parent's birth certificates and ids if the applicant is a minor.

I am assuming that for adult applicants (myself) only needs one parent's identification and acta de nacimiento, right? My parents are divorced and they still do not like each other very much after the difficult ordeal and I do not think they want to see each other and...yeah

[malcorub16]

Originally Posted by FBF

Thanks.

The only confusion I am getting is that despite the law stating you only need one Mexican parent to apply for Mexican citizenship by descent (both my parents are Mexican but I am doing this with my mother), it is required to present both parent's birth certificates and ids if the applicant is a minor.

I obtained my Acta de Nacimiento in 2006 from the Mex consulate in San Diego. My mother and father were present with their birth certificates but only my mother was born in Mexico, so I obtained citizenship through her. Both parents are listed on the Acta with their country of birth, I believe they need both parent's birth certificates to document where each was born.

My four grandparent's names are also listed on the acta, my father's parents (like him) show as being born in the US and my mother's only have their name and not place of birth (they were born in Mexico but I guess since we could not prove this it wasn't listed).

[Count David]

I take it this only applies to people with one or both parents born in Mexico? Like it wouldn't work for grandparents, would it?

[SenorChip]

Originally Posted by Count David

I take it this only applies to people with one or both parents born in Mexico? Like it wouldn't work for grandparents, would it?

correct!

[malcorub16]

In my case, even though I have citizenship now, I cannot pass it down to my children because I am not a citizen by birth.

[FBF]

7An update: I was not able to get my citizenship yet because my mother needed proof of her marriage certificate and divorce papers before getting dual citizenship. Does not make sense why they need the mmarriage when they are no longer married though...

If I did this with my Dad, they would not be asking for this....but I am doing this with my mother.

We finally got them and now going to try again this summer.....

[eastontracks]

Originally Posted by FBF

7An update: I was not able to get my citizenship yet because my mother needed proof of her marriage certificate and divorce papers before getting dual citizenship. Does not make sense why they need the mmarriage when they are no longer married though...

If I did this with my Dad, they would not be asking for this....but I am doing this with my mother.

We finally got them and now going to try again this summer.....

best of luck! the advice malcorub is spot on in addition to those remaining items you mentioned. it's a tedious process getting all that paperwork. I did the same last august and now dual citizen!

on a side note, might I ask why youre getting it? if private, no biggie. just curious to hear another's reasons for getting one

[Moorhen3]

I was born in Mexico but now am naturalized U.S. citizen. I have children and I never even knew they could apply for Mexican citizenship. I would love to know why someone would want Mexican citizenship. My question is not meant in a bad way at all. I am now super, super curious why someone would want it.