mexican consulate?

[arnie209 5]

can my wife get her passport name changed at the mexican consulate with our certified marriage certificate?

[jkelly07 120]

i think so. to be sure call the consulate or go to the nearest one,

[GlobeHopperMama 95]

After years of dealing with Mexican entities in the US and while living in Mexico, I'd say to just be prepared that it may be a bit of a struggle.

First, most Mexican consulates never answer the phone, so give it a shot, be prepared to sit and listen to dialing or busy tones a lot, and if you live near one, going in early in the morning and hoping for the best is often the only way to get stuff done.

Second, there are some who have found that their Mexican consulate refuses to change the name on the passport because Mexico doesn't legally recognize name changes due to marriage, only through legal/court proceedings and such. There are others who are able to get a passport issued in their maiden name and a small notation is made somewhere containing the married name. Finally, I've heard rumors of the possibility at some consulates of getting the entire name changed on the passport, either with a certified copy and photocopy of the marriage certificate, those two plus an apostille on the certified copy, or those two plus an apostille and a translation for the certified copy. Or any combination of those. With Mexican authorities you really never know until you try. I believe the Mexican consulate in Chicago does issue a changed name, but only if you treat the passport application as a first-time application rather than a renewal. So maybe it will be the same at yours. Good luck!

Edited September 19, 2012 by GlobeHopperMama

[C-ma'am 684]

**Moved from AOS family to the regional forums for Mexico. OP needs to know about a Mexican passport renewal.

[Jessecah 0]

can my wife get her passport name changed at the mexican consulate with our certified marriage certificate?

Yes, take your birth certificate and old passport tell them that you would like to add your married last name. It will just be "name maiden last name de married last name". If she took your last name on the marriage certificate that is a legal name change so all her paperwork to uscis shoul be under her married last name.