Secretary Clinton Cuts Visa Pavilion Ribbon at U.S. Embassy in Mexico

Mexico City | March 26, 2009

Secretary Clinton Cuts Visa Pavilion Ribbon at U.S. Embassy in Mexico

Yesterday, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton cut the ribbon inaugurating the expanded non-immigrant visa pavilion at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City.  The new addition will nearly double the capacity of the embassy’s consular section to process applications from Mexicans and others who seek visas to visit the United States.

The expansion of the number of visa interview windows at the Embassy from 16 to 24, along with increased staffing, will allow the consular section to increase the number of applicants who can be served in Mexico City from the current 1500 to as many as 2600 each day.

The visa unit at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City is the largest in the world.  Every day, more than one thousand visitors seek visas to visit relatives in the U.S. , attend colleges and universities, engage in business, play sports and enjoy all of the United States’ many attractions.  More consular officers adjudicate visas in Mexico than in any other country in the world.  The U.S. Embassy and nine other consulates around Mexico receive more than 100,000 visa applications every month. 

The Embassy is committed to serving visa applicants in Mexico City and around the country as quickly, efficiently and courteously as possible.  Expanding the visa facility in Mexico City is one more step towards meeting that goal now and into the future.

For more information on the non-immigrant visa application process, go to:
http://mexico.usembassy.gov/eng/evisas.html or www.usvisa-mexico.com