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CONSULAR Affairs
Mission Mexico has the largest consular operation in the
world, with over one million legal border crossings daily,
one million American citizens resident in Mexico and over
twelve million American citizens visiting Mexico for business
or tourism each year.
U.S. Citizen Consular Services
About 20,000 American citizens came to the Embassy or one
of its nine consulates and fourteen consular agencies in Mexico
for assistance during the past year. Services provided include
passport issuance, reports of birth and death, notarizations,
and others. The Embassy also provides assistance in case of
natural disasters, and in the past few years has responded
to numerous hurricanes and tropical storms. For example, when
Hurricane Wilma hit the Yucatan Peninsula in 2005, Consular
Officers assisted over 35,000 American citizens affected by
the hurricane.
Visa Services to the Mexican Public
In the fiscal year ending September 2007, Mission Mexico processed
applications for 1,300,000 non-immigrant visas (visitor, student,
temporary work, and other categories) and 86,000 immigrant
visas.
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