How to handle an expired Mexican passport in China

1. Bring your original household registration book, second-generation resident ID card or temporary resident ID card, go directly to the public security bureau where your household registration is located, fill in the application form, take photos on site, and take fingerprints on site. Processing is very simple. It takes fifteen working days to collect your passport.

2. For visa matters, please bring your passport and other certificates or information directly to the Mexican Embassy or Consulate in China or a local travel agency in China to apply for a visa.

Go to the country’s embassy or consulate in China to update. After applying for the new passport, take a copy of the old and new passports to the police station in your place of residence to go through the passport number change procedures. If you fail to do so within the time limit, you will be detained by the police station and deported if caught. A passport is a legal document issued by the country to prove the nationality and identity of a country's citizens when they enter and exit the country's borders and travel or reside abroad. The word passport means port pass in English. In other words, a passport is a form of identification that allows citizens to travel through international ports in various countries. Therefore, some countries in the world usually issue pass documents in lieu of passports.