This blog collects guides to procedures in Mexico for people who live in the United States and need to sort out a document, a record or a legal process without traveling. Each article explains what is asked for, in what order things are done and what is worth checking before you start, so you reach the office, the consulate or your agent with clear information.

The guides to procedures in Mexico that we publish start from the questions our clients ask most often. Many are about the Civil Registry: how to request a birth, marriage or death certificate from abroad, what separates a certified copy from a plain document, and what to do when a detail on the record is misspelled. Others cover family and property matters, such as divorce when one spouse lives outside the country, the estate of a person who died in Mexico, or checking property records for a legitimate purpose.

How to use these guides to procedures in Mexico

We suggest starting with the article closest to your situation and reading it through before you gather documents. Each guide lists the general requirements, points out what changes from one state or consulate to another, and links to the official source when there is one. If a detail depends on the office where you will file, we say so plainly instead of presenting it as certain.

Keep in mind that the information in these guides to procedures in Mexico is general and does not replace a review of your specific case. Rules change over time, and the same procedure can have different requirements depending on the state, the municipality or the consulate. Before you pay or file any document, confirm the current requirements on the official website of the institution that issues it.

Topics we cover

Our guides to procedures in Mexico are grouped by area. Under records and civil registry you will find how to get certified copies, how to register a child born in the United States as a Mexican citizen, and how to record in Mexico a marriage celebrated in another country. Under record corrections we explain the difference between a clarification and a rectification, and the steps that follow when the mistake is in a name, a date or a surname.

Under divorce we review how a no-fault divorce works, what changes when one spouse is in the United States, and what to know about how it is recognized on the other side of the border. Under inheritance and property we cover probate, wills and the right way to look up registry information. Under remote procedures we talk about powers of attorney, apostilles, translations and when it makes sense to rely on an agent.

How MLDS supports you

Mexico Legal & Document Services is a TNR Group affiliate that handles these procedures in Mexico for you. If after reading one of our guides to procedures in Mexico you would rather have us take care of it, you can write to us on WhatsApp or through the contact form. We review your case, explain the options and tell you which documents are needed before we begin. Fees are agreed separately from official fees and costs, so you always know what you are paying for.

We publish new articles regularly. The latest ones appear below, from newest to oldest, together with the guides that were already available.