Guatemalan Passport Renewal in the USA 2026: Consulate Appointment, Fees, Documents

Renewing or applying for a Guatemalan passport from the United States is straightforward. All 26 Guatemalan consulates in the US process passport applications, along with mobile consulate operations in smaller cities. It costs $65 (5-year) or $100 (10-year), and turnaround is same-day at consulates with an on-site printing center; where the passport is printed in Guatemala and mailed back, ask the consulate for its timeline.

This guide covers everything: documents required, fees, processing timelines, which consulate to use, what to do if your passport is lost or stolen, and special rules for minors.

Quick summary: Appear in person at any Guatemalan consulate or mobile consulate stop. Bring current/expired passport + US photo ID + proof of address + money order. $65 (5-year) or $100 (10-year), by money order; same-day if your consulate prints on site; otherwise ask the consulate for its timeline. Must return to pick up the new passport.

Do I Need To Travel to Guatemala?

No. Trying to fly back to Guatemala just to renew your passport wastes money and time. A US consulate runs the same process as an IGM passport emission center in Guatemala — the Instituto Guatemalteco de Migración issues the passport either way, and your application reaches the same production facility. (RENAP is a different institution: it handles your DPI and birth certificate, not the passport.) Where the two routes differ is fee and turnaround — $65/$100 at a consulate versus $50/$85 in Guatemala, and same-day only at consulates with an on-site printing center. Save your trip for family time, not document runs.

Which Consulate Should You Use?

Use the consulate closest to you. Every consulate offers full passport services.

For the full 26-consulate directory see our consulates hub. State assignments re-matched on 24 September 2026 to the jurisdiction lists in MINEX’s consulate directory; several states are split by county, so check the state-by-state lookup if yours is one of them.

Fees (2026)

Payment by money order or cashier’s check only.

Required Documents

For a routine renewal

1. Your current or expired Guatemalan passport
2. Valid US photo ID (driver’s license, state ID, or US passport)
3. Proof of current US address (utility bill, lease, bank statement, dated within 90 days)
4. Money order for the exact fee payable to the specific consulate
5. The appointment reference the consulate gave you by phone (if you booked one)

For a first-time passport

Everything above, plus:

• Guatemalan birth certificate (partida de nacimiento from RENAP)
• DPI (national ID) if you have one
• For Guatemalans born abroad: foreign birth certificate + proof of Guatemalan citizenship (parent’s documentation + registration at consulate)

For a lost or stolen passport

Everything from the renewal list, plus:

• US police report (free, obtained from local police department)
• Your DPI if available, or other Guatemalan ID
• Sworn statement (declaracion jurada) — can be done at the consulate during the appointment

For a minor passport (under 18)

• Minor’s Guatemalan birth certificate
• Current/expired passport (if renewing)
• Both parents must be present with their own IDs, OR
• Notarized authorization from absent parent — authenticated by a Guatemalan consulate if signed in the US, or a Guatemalan notary if signed in Guatemala
• Minor’s US photo (a school ID or similar is acceptable)

The Appointment Process

1. Book by phone with your consulate – the MINEX online citas portal (minex-gob-gt.my.site.com/pc/s/citas-consulares) loads but serves no appointment form for US consulates (MINEX Atención Consular, verified September 2026); MINEX’s own page says you may attend with or without a prior appointment — see our consulate appointment phone guide for direct numbers and Spanish-IVR tips.
2. Ask for “Pasaporte” as the service when you call
3. Agree an available date — or walk in
4. Write down the appointment reference the consulate gives you
5. Prepare all documents before the appointment
6. Arrive 15-30 minutes early — security screening takes a few minutes
7. Complete the appointment — photo, fingerprints, document review, payment (~30-45 minutes)
8. Wait for the pickup notification from the consulate
9. Return to pick up your new passport — bring your old passport + photo ID

Booking your appointment (or walking in)

Since August 2025, MINEX routes US consular appointments through two channels (the older ConsulApp Guate app was retired):

• Online: no working channel as of September 2026 – the MINEX “Citas Consulares” portal (minex-gob-gt.my.site.com/pc/s/citas-consulares) loads but shows no appointment form for US consulates. Book by phone instead.
• By phone: MINEX’s Atención Consular page gives each consulate’s own local number for booking (a national call-center number, 844-805-1011, also circulates, but we could not confirm it on a MINEX page) (see our appointment phone guide for numbers and Spanish-IVR tips).

Walk-ins: MINEX says you may attend a US consulate with or without a prior appointment (“con o sin cita previa”, verified 9 September 2026); individual consulates can set their own rules for particular services, so call ahead to confirm. If you walk in, arrive early and take a queue number.

Tip: if the consulate offers no near date, call early (8:00–10:00 AM local) and ask about cancellations or an upcoming mobile consulate / sábado consular visit.

Can I Speed Up the Process?

Technically no, but there are options for genuine emergencies:

• Pase especial de viaje — MINEX’s emergency pass for a Guatemalan who needs to travel to Guatemala urgently and has no passport or an expired one. It is free, it is for emergencies the consulate can verify in a consular interview, and MINEX lists the expired passport (or a DPI copy if you have none), the air ticket and two photos. MINEX publishes no processing time; call the nearest consulate. Details: can you enter Guatemala with an expired Guatemalan passport?
• Direct Guatemala application — no authority in Guatemala may refuse entry to a Guatemalan national (Código de Migración, Decreto 44-2016, Art. 61), but your airline decides which document it accepts at check-in; with no valid passport, MINEX’s free pase especial de viaje is the documented route home. Once there, apply at an IGM passport emission center (IGM issues passports — RENAP only issues the DPI), where IGM says the passport is delivered the same day

Lost or Stolen Passport: Detailed Process

Losing your passport in the US is stressful but fixable. Here is the step-by-step:

1. File a US police report immediately. Every US police department provides free police reports for lost/stolen passports. Ask for the case number and a printed copy.
2. Notify the consulate. Call the consulate as soon as you can — they may be able to flag your existing passport as invalid in the MINEX system, reducing fraud risk. Several consulates (Atlanta, Houston, Providence, Seattle, Columbus and Del Rio) list a separate emergency phone in the MINEX directory (MINEX does not publish its hours) — find your consulate’s number in the consulate directory.
3. Book an appointment. Call the consulate directly. Explain it is a lost/stolen replacement and ask whether a priority slot is available.
4. Gather replacement documents. Police report + DPI (if available) + US photo ID + proof of address + money order ($40, the tariff’s reposicion line — confirm the amount with the consulate first).
5. Attend the appointment. Be ready to make a sworn statement (declaracion jurada) describing how and when the passport was lost. This is a formal legal statement — tell the truth.
6. Wait for the pickup notification. Replacement passports follow the same printing-and-shipping timeline as any other passport. For urgent travel, ask the consulate about the free pase especial de viaje.
7. Pick up the new passport. Return to the consulate when notified.

Minor Children: Special Rules

Passports for minors (under 18) require both parents to be present, or notarized authorization from the absent parent. This is to prevent international child abduction.

For US-born children: before you can apply for a Guatemalan passport, the child must first be registered as a Guatemalan citizen through RENAP. See our Register a US-Born Child as Guatemalan guide for the Article 144 citizenship-by-descent process.

Both parents present:

• Both parents bring their own IDs (DPI, passport, or US ID)
• The minor is present for photo and fingerprints
• No additional authorization needed

Only one parent present:

• Bring a notarized authorization from the absent parent — if signed in the US, it must be notarized at a Guatemalan consulate (not a US notary public); if signed in Guatemala, it must be notarized by a Guatemalan notary
• If the absent parent is deceased, bring the death certificate (apostilled and translated if needed)
• If the absent parent has legally lost custody, bring the court order (apostilled and translated)

Emancipated minors:

• Rare, but possible — require court documentation of emancipation

Processing Time by Consulate

Processing times vary by consulate based on workload, staffing and how quickly applications are batched and sent to Guatemala for printing.

2026 update — same-day passports are rolling out. MINEX is installing on-site passport printing centers (CIP) at consulates; where one is in place (Atlanta was an early site), the passport can be issued the same day, sometimes within a couple of hours. Consulates without a printing center still send applications to Guatemala and mail the passport back, and the wait there depends on the consulate. Ask your consulate whether it prints on site before assuming a long wait.

We no longer list per-consulate processing times: the earlier ranges were not traceable to a source and were removed on 26 September 2026.

These amounts are set by IGM, not by the individual consulate: Reglamento de Tarifas por Servicios Migratorios, Acuerdo IGM-029-2023 (approved by Acuerdo de Autoridad Migratoria Nacional AMN 005-2023; reformed by Acuerdo IGM-57-2023 / AMN 010-2023), Art. 4 — num. 1 ($65, five years), num. 2 ($100, ten years), num. 8 (reposicion, $40), num. 10 (18-month extension sticker, exempt from payment, once only) and num. 11 (3-year extension sticker, $25, once only). The same instrument sets the lower rates in Art. 3 for passports issued inside Guatemala: $50 / $85, reposicion $25, the 18-month extension free and the 3-year extension $20. At US consulates you pay in USD by money order. Confirm the amount with your consulate before booking.

Payment methods accepted:

• Money order — available at USPS, Walmart, CVS and banks; each sets its own fee. Make payable to the specific consulate exactly as instructed.
• Cashier’s check — accepted at all consulates. Available from banks or credit unions for $5-15 fee.
• No cash, no personal checks, no credit cards, no Venmo, no Zelle, no PayPal — these are universally rejected.

Tip: Get your money order the day before your appointment, not the day of. The line at USPS in the morning can take 30-60 minutes and you risk being late to your consulate appointment.

Living in the US? The consulate is only half your paperwork. MigrantUSA covers the US side for Guatemalans — every Guatemalan consulate in the US city by city, how each one handles appointments, and the US procedures (ITIN, state ID, banking without an SSN) you deal with alongside your Guatemalan documents.

Related Guides

Other services from the US consulate:

• Guatemalan Passport — the full in-country guide — fees, 5-yr vs 10-yr comparison, IGM offices, applying inside Guatemala
• Schedule a Consulate Appointment — Phone numbers and Spanish-IVR tips
• DPI from USA — Parallel guide for DPI renewal
• Replace a Lost/Stolen DPI — SAMSE replacement process
• Apostille from USA — US documents for use in Guatemala
• Movimientos Migratorios (IGM) Record — Required by USCIS for most visa renewals
• Single Status Certificate (Soltería) — For a US marriage license
• Register a US-Born Child as Guatemalan — Article 144 citizenship by descent

Consulate directory:

• All 26 US Consulates — Full directory
• New York Consulate — Northeast hub
• Los Angeles Consulate — West Coast hub
• Houston Consulate — Texas/Gulf hub
• Miami Consulate — Florida hub
• Chicago Consulate — Midwest hub

Other diaspora resources:

• Remittances — Send money home to Guatemala
• Returning to Guatemala Guide — For Guatemalans repatriating from the US

The reverse situation — a foreign national living in Guatemala? This guide is for Guatemalans renewing through a Guatemalan consulate abroad; the mirror-image process for foreign nationals inside Guatemala runs through their own embassy in Guatemala City — see the US Embassy citizen services and British Embassy citizen services guides.

Corrected 24 September 2026: a lost or stolen passport is replaced at the tariff’s $40 reposicion rate (Art. 4 num. 8), not a full-fee new passport — two lines above said $65/$100; the state-to-consulate table was re-matched to MINEX’s jurisdiction lists (Iowa/Minnesota go to Omaha, Montana/Idaho to Seattle, DC/Maryland/Virginia to Rockville, among others); IGM, not RENAP, issues passports; the leftover portal steps were removed. Appointment channel re-verified 9 September 2026: the MINEX Portal Consular at minex-gob-gt.my.site.com/pc/s/citas-consulares still answers (HTTP 200) but serves no appointment form for US consulates, and MINEX’s Atención Consular page routes booking to each consulate’s phone line – so the phone-first routing described above is current (an earlier 1 September check had only confirmed that the portal answers). Fee citation corrected 20 September 2026: the instrument is Acuerdo IGM-029-2023, approved by AMN 005-2023 — the earlier text named “AMN 004-2023”, which is the acuerdo that derogated the 2022 tarifario, not the one that approved the current one; the articles, numerals and dollar amounts above were re-read against the primary text and are unchanged. Processing times and documentation requirements were last reviewed April 2026 and do change — always confirm with the consulate directly before your appointment.