Mexican consulates issue Matricula Consular documents to Mexican citizens residing outside of Mexico. The Mexican government
issues these identification documents for Mexican citizens to use to enter Mexico
and for Mexican immigration authorities to establish the person’s identity. SSA offices
may accept the Matricula Consular as a third level identity document only when the person does not have any other identity
document of higher probative value listed in RM 10210.420. The Matricula Consular must be current (not expired) to be accepted as evidence of identity.
To obtain a Matricula Consular, the person must submit proof of:
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residence in a locale outside Mexico.
To establish that he or she was a Mexican citizen, the person must submit one of the
following:
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certified copy of his or her Mexican birth certificate and an identification document
with a photograph,
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Mexican voter registration identification card,
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National Military Service Carnet,
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Mexican Nationality Certificate, or
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Mexican certificate of naturalization.
To establish that he or she was residing outside Mexico, the applicant submitted:
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a State identity card issued by a U.S. State government, or
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a U.S. driver’s license, or
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other evidence, such as a rent receipt.
Since he or she submitted one of these documents to get the Matricula
Consular, ask the applicant to submit it.