Secretary of Foreign Affairs Alicia Bárcena Ibarra heads the reopening of the passport office in Acapulco, Guerrero

This Thursday, Secretary of Foreign Affairs Alicia Bárcena Ibarra headed the reopening of the passport office in Guerrero after an interruption due to Hurricane Otis. It can assist 150 people a day.

The Foreign Secretary was accompanied by officials such as the Secretaries of the Interior, Luisa María Alcalde Luján, and Security, Rosa Icela Rodríguez Velázquez; Guerrero Governor Evelyn Salgado Pineda; and the Undersecretary of Human Rights, Population and Migration at the Ministry of the Interior, Félix Arturo Medina Padilla.

Secretary Bárcena expressed her sympathy for the people of Acapulco due to the difficult moments they experienced after the hurricane.

She acknowledged the efforts of the 25 people who work in the passport office to reopen the office, and she reaffirmed the Foreign Ministry's commitment to providing quality and humane service to the residents and tourists of Guerrero.

"I want you to know that this is a passport office, yes, but it is also a liaison office with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, so that if someday you have someone living abroad (...) who wants to know where their relatives are or something else with which the Ministry can provide support, this is the place," she said.

The reopening is part of the federal government's effort, as instructed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, to reestablish all public services interrupted by the hurricane as soon as possible, to enable the people of Guerrero to resumes their lives and to have access to all the rights that improve their quality of life.

The office issues tourist passports and legalizes Mexican public documents for their use abroad. It is located on the 1st floor of the Copacabana Congress Center and is open Monday through Friday from 8 am to 3 pm. The Guerrero passport office opened on March 18, 2000. Prior to Hurricane Otis, it offered 220 appointments a day and served an average of 130 people a day.

Passport appointments can be made with WhatsApp, at 55 89 32 48 48 27, or on the citas.sre.gob.mx website.