Overview

• The office in Valle de Chalco was launched under the supervision of Foreign Minister Juan Ramón de la Fuente.
• It is designated to serve residents across nine municipalities in the eastern State of Mexico.
• Officials say on-site biometric registration will be captured and encrypted in the passport chip.
• The initiative follows President Claudia Sheinbaum’s directive to simplify procedures and deter intermediaries and fraud.
• The SRE reports issuing nearly four million passports a year and highlights more than 50 protection measures on the document.