Child Support
Persons under 18 years of age have the right to receive from their parents sufficient financial support to cover their needs (food, clothing, housing, medical care, education, among others), even if one of the parents does not reside in Mexico.
In this regard, the Consulate of Mexico assists in processing the application for child support for minors whose parents live in San Diego, CA.
The child support application is carried out through the competent foreign authorities. The consulate only acts as an intermediary between the applicant and those authorities, and therefore is not responsible for the time the process takes or the decision issued.
In the United States it is not possible to file child support requests if the support obligor resides in Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Maryland, Oklahoma, Virginia, and Wisconsin, since these states do not recognize a collaboration mechanism with Mexico on child support. Likewise, some other states or counties may reject processing requests that originate from Mexico.
If you need to file a child support application, go to the nearest office of the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs delegation to your home in Mexico, or to the General Directorate for the Protection of Mexicans Abroad if you are in Mexico City or the metropolitan area.
Tel. 619-231-3847