Consulate General of Mexico in New York
About the Consulate General
Consulate General of Mexico in New York
The Consulate General of Mexico in New York is the consular representation of Mexico that is located in the largest city of the American Union and its staff serves the Mexican constituents living in the tri-state area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
The main functions are to protect and defend the the rights and interests of Mexicans nationals and to assist and advice those who have suffered abuses, work related mistreatment or from authorities, putting first their human rights' respect.
Among the diverse functionalities of the Consulate, some of the services are the rendering of travel and identification documents (passports, consular IDs, military service records (cartilla militrar) and the Household Inventory Service). We also serve as a Vital Records Office, issuing birth certificates, marriage certificates, and rendering dual nationality services; we also issue powers of attorney and wills that cause effect in Mexico.
Another important function is to aid foreigners to enter Mexico by the control and issuing of visas. We also have the task with the promotion of investment in Mexico and the export of Mexican products.
This Consulate General promotes unity among Mexicans by participating in community development programs, encouraging Mexican art and culture abroad, as well as promoting the information that contributes a positive and better knowledge of Mexico.
Our mission is to serve the Mexican community with the highest standards of quality and efficiency, and our commitment is that this is fulfilled with every single of the 600 people that attend daily to this Representation in search of help, orientation or a document -either Mexican or foreigner.
The Consulate General of Mexico is Mexico beyond its borders.
For further questions or suggestions please contact us to (212) 217-6400 or send an e-mail to titularny@sre.gob.mx
New York
New York
New York is th
e most populous City in the state of New York, located in the United States, and the second largest urban space in the continent. For more than a century, the City has been one of the main commercial and financial hubs in the world, as is considered as a global city due to its international influence in politics, press and media, education, entertainment and fashion. The artistic and cultural influence is one of the strongest not only in the country but in the world. The United Nations' main headquarters are also located here, transforming it into an important point of reference in the realm of International Relations and International Law.
The city is comprised of five boroughs, that coincide with one county each: Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island. With more that 8.4 million of New Yorkers in an urban area of 830 square kilometers (320 sq. mil.) New York is the second most dense city in the United States, just behind Union City, New Jersey, located across the Hudson River and part of the area of coverage of the Consulate General as well.
The City is home to many landmarks, buildings, parks and venues renown worldwide. For example, its home to the Statue of Liberty, on Liberty Island, and Ellis Island, which received millions of immigrants arriving in the United Stated at the end of the XIX Century and beginning of the XX. Wall Street has been one of the main global financial centres since the Second World War and is the seat of the New York Stock Exchange. The city also has some of the tallest and iconic buildings in the world -like the Chrysler and Empire State Building, as well as the World Trade Center, built next to the reflecting pools which honor the deceased during the September 11 attacks on the Twin Towers; and museums like the MoMa, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, to name a few.
New York City has also been the birthplace of many cultural American movements, such as the Harlem Renaissance which evolved literature and visual arts, abstract expressionism (known as The New York School) in paint, hip hop, punk and Tin Pan Alley in music. In 2005 there were almost 170 languages spoken in the city, and 36% of its population had been born outside of the United States. With a subway that works 24/7 and its constant flow of traffic and people New York is known to be "the City that never sleeps".
Location
Location
27 East 39th Street
New York, NY 10016
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