Lost your Mexican passport abroad? Here’s the way home.
File a report (acta) with the local police, then go to the Mexican embassy or consulate with proof of nationality and photo ID. Consulates can issue an emergency passport for travellers who must get home; it costs 30% more than an ordinary passport.
What Mexicans do, in order
- Report it to policeFile an acta for the theft or loss at the nearest police station and ask for your passport number to be written in it. If you can’t reach the police, the consulate can take a short statement for consular protection.
- Go to the embassy or consulateBring the report, proof of Mexican nationality (a certified birth certificate works; you can download one from gob.mx) and an ID with your photo, such as your INE.
- Ask for an emergency passportConsulates issue emergency passports to Mexicans who unexpectedly need one to get home. Some issue it the same day without an appointment: ask the office near you.
- Pay the feeThe emergency passport is the ordinary passport fee for its validity plus 30%, under the Ley Federal de Derechos.
What it costs. An emergency passport costs the ordinary passport fee for its validity plus 30%.
Watch out. Without a passport you may be stopped for ID checks and refused at hotels or stations in some countries. Replace it before you move on.
Find your Mexican mission, country by country
Each page lists every Mexican embassy and consulate there, and the nearest one to each airport. Not listed? Mexican passports from abroad (SRE) ↗
- Algeria
- Argentina
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Belgium
- Belize
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Canada
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Ethiopia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Lebanon
- Malaysia
- Morocco
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Nigeria
- Norway
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russia
- Saint Lucia
- Saudi Arabia
- Serbia
- Singapore
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Thailand
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Turkey
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
Government pages we read
- gob.mx/sre/acciones-y-programas/tramite-de-pasaporte-8014 ↗
- gob.mx/sre/articulos/te-decimos-que-hacer-en-caso-de-robo-o-extravio-de-tu-pasaporte ↗
- embamex.sre.gob.mx/espana/index.php/documentacion-a-mexicanos/64-secconsular/568-reposicio ↗
- embamex.sre.gob.mx/italia/index.php/es/avisos/438-10000-robo-perdida-passap-2022 ↗
Questions people ask
What do I do first if I lose my Mexican passport abroad?
File an acta for the theft or loss at the nearest police station and ask for your passport number to be written in it. If you can’t reach the police, the consulate can take a short statement for consular protection.
How much does it cost?
An emergency passport costs the ordinary passport fee for its validity plus 30%.
Can I use my passport if I find it after reporting it?
Without a passport you may be stopped for ID checks and refused at hotels or stations in some countries. Replace it before you move on.
Can Num get me a new passport?
No. NUM is not a government agency; only your government issues passports. Num finds your nearest mission, lines up the documents and helps you rearrange your trip.
NUM is not a government agency and does not issue passports or travel documents. Only your government can, and its fees are paid to it directly. Embassy and consulate locations come from the governments’ own office lists where we have them, and from public data (Wikidata, Wikipedia’s lists of diplomatic missions, the UK Foreign Office’s list of posts, and © OpenStreetMap contributors under the ODbL); confirm opening hours and appointments on the mission’s own site. Steps checked on government pages, 6 Nov 2026.