The cross-consulate view no single city page can give you
Every consulate page on this site already lists its own Saturday dates. What none of them can answer is the question people actually ask: “which consulates are open this Saturday?” and “when is the next open Saturday anywhere near me, even at a different consulate?” This page pivots the table — instead of one city with its dates, here is each date with its cities.
In short: MINEX scheduled 21 distinct Saturdays in 2026 across the 26 Guatemalan consulates in the United States, for 318 openings in total. Eight of those dates open all 26 consulates at once. Almost all remaining variation comes from five consulates — Chicago, Denver, Philadelphia, Lake Worth and Riverhead — plus the January split. 23 of the 26 consulates have exactly 12 Saturdays; Chicago and Philadelphia have 13; Lake Worth has 16. (Calendario Sábados Consulares 2026, MINEX; retrieved August 11, 2026.)
Master table: every 2026 Saturday and who opens
| Date | Consulates open | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| January 3 | 6 | Dallas, Del Rio, Los Angeles, McAllen, Oklahoma City and Phoenix only |
| January 10 | 20 | The other 20 consulates |
| February 7 | 26 | All |
| February 21 | 2 | Chicago and Lake Worth |
| March 7 | 26 | All |
| March 21 | 1 | Philadelphia only |
| April 11 | 26 | All |
| April 25 | 1 | Lake Worth only |
| May 2 | 26 | All |
| June 6 | 26 | All |
| June 27 | 1 | Lake Worth only |
| July 11 | 26 | All |
| August 1 | 25 | All except Chicago |
| August 8 | 1 | Chicago only |
| September 12 | 25 | All except Denver |
| September 19 | 1 | Denver only |
| October 3 | 24 | All except Denver and Riverhead |
| October 17 | 2 | Lake Worth and Riverhead |
| October 24 | 1 | Denver only |
| November 7 | 26 | All |
| December 5 | 26 | All |
All 21 dates fall on a Saturday. That check matters: San Bernardino’s May cell in the MINEX PDF reads “2 y 13-May”, and May 13, 2026 is a Wednesday. We do not publish that date. It may be a typo in the document or a different event misplaced in the column; MINEX does not say, so we record it as unverified rather than invent a Saturday that does not exist.
What is left of 2026
| Date | Who opens | Days from today |
|---|---|---|
| September 12 | 25 consulates (all except Denver) | 2 |
| September 19 | Denver only | 9 |
| October 3 | 24 consulates (all except Denver and Riverhead) | 23 |
| October 17 | Lake Worth and Riverhead | 37 |
| October 24 | Denver only | 44 |
| November 7 | All 26 | 58 |
| December 5 | All 26 | 86 |
The exceptions: extra dates versus moved dates
This is the distinction that disappears when you only read your own city’s list. A consulate with 12 dates may not have the same 12 as its neighbour.
| Consulate | 2026 total | What it does differently |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Worth | 16 | Four extra Saturdays on top of the national pattern: February 21, April 25, June 27 and October 17 |
| Chicago | 13 | One extra (February 21) and one move: August shifts from the 1st to the 8th |
| Philadelphia | 13 | One extra: March 21 |
| Denver | 12 | Two moves, zero extras: September shifts from the 12th to the 19th, October from the 3rd to the 24th |
| Riverhead | 12 | One move: October shifts from the 3rd to the 17th |
| San Bernardino | 12 | The row carrying the May anomaly described above |
Denver and Riverhead are the confusing case: they do not have additional Saturdays, they have different ones. If you live in Colorado and read that “the consulates open on October 3”, Denver is shut that day.
All 26 consulates and their Saturday totals
| Consulate | Saturdays in 2026 | January date |
|---|---|---|
| Atlanta | 12 | 10th |
| Chicago | 13 | 10th |
| Columbus | 12 | 10th |
| Dallas | 12 | 3rd |
| Del Rio | 12 | 3rd |
| Denver | 12 | 10th |
| Houston | 12 | 10th |
| Lake Worth | 16 | 10th |
| Las Vegas | 12 | 10th |
| Los Angeles | 12 | 3rd |
| McAllen | 12 | 3rd |
| Miami | 12 | 10th |
| Nashville | 12 | 10th |
| New York | 12 | 10th |
| Oklahoma City | 12 | 3rd |
| Omaha | 12 | 10th |
| Philadelphia | 13 | 10th |
| Phoenix | 12 | 3rd |
| Providence | 12 | 10th |
| Raleigh | 12 | 10th |
| Riverhead | 12 | 10th |
| Rockville (Maryland) | 12 | 10th |
| San Bernardino | 12 | 10th |
| San Francisco | 12 | 10th |
| Seattle | 12 | 10th |
| Tucson | 12 | 10th |
The January split looks non-random — the six January 3 consulates are Dallas, Del Rio, McAllen, Oklahoma City, Phoenix and Los Angeles, all in the south and west — but MINEX publishes no criterion, so we do not assign one.
What your consulate is called in the MINEX document
If you open the PDF and cannot find your city, it is probably labelled differently:
| What you are looking for | How it appears in the MINEX calendar |
|---|---|
| Seattle | Estado de Washington |
| Rockville | Maryland |
| New York (Manhattan) | Nueva York, Nueva York (Riverhead is a separate row) |
| Philadelphia | Filadelfia, Pensilvania |
| Los Angeles | Los Ángeles, California |
| Raleigh | Raleigh, Carolina del Norte |
Outside the United States
The calendar version current on August 11, 2026 adds five non-US rows:
| Consulate | 2026 dates |
|---|---|
| Toronto, Canada | Feb 7 · Apr 18 · Jun 6 · Aug 1 · Oct 3 · Dec 5 |
| Vancouver, Canada | Mar 14 · May 9 · Jun 13 · Jul 11 · Aug 8 |
| San Luis Potosí, Mexico | Jul 11 |
| Chile | May 16 |
| Costa Rica | Jul 11 |
We have no dedicated pages for any of those five. And London is not in the programme: the 2026 Saturday calendar contains no European post at all. For consular work from the UK or Ireland the reference is the Guatemalan Embassy in London, during ordinary hours.
A published date can disappear
Between our capture on July 22, 2026 and our capture on August 11, 2026, the MINEX calendar changed: the Lake Worth row no longer includes August 15. It went from 17 dates to 16. We corrected our Lake Worth page the same day.
That is not an administrative footnote. Anyone holding the July calendar would have driven to Lake Worth on a Saturday the consulate had no extraordinary opening scheduled. Confirm with the consulate before travelling, even when the date is published.
What MINEX does not publish in this calendar
Worth stating rather than filling in:
- Hours. The document carries consulate and date. It carries no opening or closing time.
- Capacity. It does not say how many appointments open per Saturday or per service.
- Which services run that day. There is no per-date service list.
- Addresses. The calendar does not repeat each post’s address.
- The reason for the January split, or for the Denver and Riverhead moves.
For all of that the source is your own consulate: find yours in the state-by-state consulate lookup and read how appointment booking works.
Saturday service is not a mobile consulate
Agencia Guatemalteca de Noticias (AGN), the state news agency, describes the two programmes this way while reporting MINEX’s figures on December 17, 2025. The quoted wording is AGN’s, not a direct quote from MINEX — what that dispatch does publish as the ministry’s own words are the warnings further down:
| Sábados Consulares | Consulados Móviles | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | “Extending service hours to help nationals who cannot come during routine hours” | “Bringing services closer to nationals in other cities where there is no consular office” |
| Where | At the permanent consulate | In a host city with no permanent post |
| Calendar | One annual PDF, one row per consulate | A separate PDF, updated during the year |
If your city has no consulate, the programme that serves you is the other one: mobile consulates — what they are and how to find yours.
And one warning MINEX repeats in its communiqués: “La cita es gratuita. No permita que intermediarios le cobren por el servicio” — the appointment is free; do not let intermediaries charge you for it.
Sources
- Calendario Sábados Consulares 2026 — Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Guatemala (MINEX). PDF:
https://www.minex.gob.gt/adj/2026/7/adj_1306.pdf· page:https://www.minex.gob.gt/din/25-consulados-moviles-y-sabados-consulares— retrieved August 11, 2026 (previous capture: July 22, 2026). - “Minex brindó más de 26 mil servicios en Consulados Móviles y Sábados Consulares en noviembre 2025” — Agencia Guatemalteca de Noticias (AGN), December 17, 2025,
https://agn.gt/minex-brindo-mas-de-26-mil-servicios-en-consulados-moviles-y-sabados-consulares-en-noviembre-2025/— retrieved August 11, 2026. Source for the warning about intermediaries (that one is quoted from the ministry: “la cancillería recuerda…”) and for the descriptions of both programmes (AGN’s own wording). - MINEX consular appointment portal —
https://minex-gob-gt.my.site.com/pc/s/citas-consulares— confirmed reachable August 11, 2026.
This page reports the calendar as published by MINEX. It is not legal or immigration advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which Guatemalan consulates in the US open on the same Saturday in 2026?
Eight 2026 dates open all 26 US consulates simultaneously: February 7, March 7, April 11, May 2, June 6, July 11, November 7 and December 5. The rest of the calendar opens in blocks. January splits in two (January 3 for six southern and western consulates, January 10 for the other twenty), and August through October each carry one near-national date with one or two consulates missing.
How many Saturday openings does each Guatemalan consulate have in 2026?
Twenty-three of the 26 have exactly 12. Chicago and Philadelphia have 13, and Lake Worth has 16 in the MINEX calendar current as of August 11, 2026. That is the entire range: 12 to 16. No US consulate has fewer than 12 in the published calendar.
Is a Sábado Consular the same as a mobile consulate?
No. Agencia Guatemalteca de Noticias (AGN), the state news agency, describes them this way when reporting MINEX’s figures: Sábados Consulares ‘consist of extending service hours to help nationals who cannot come during routine hours’ — the same permanent office, open on a Saturday; Consulados Móviles ‘bring services closer to nationals in other cities where there is no consular office’ — staff travel to a host city. Two programmes, two separate calendars. (AGN, December 17, 2025. The wording is AGN’s; in that dispatch MINEX does not publish these definitions as a direct quote.)
Why does the MINEX calendar say 'Estado de Washington' instead of Seattle?
MINEX labels several rows by state or by the Spanish name rather than by city: ‘Estado de Washington’ is Seattle, ‘Maryland’ is Rockville, ‘Nueva York’ is the Manhattan consulate (Riverhead is listed separately), ‘Filadelfia, Pensilvania’ is Philadelphia, and Los Angeles is spelled ‘Los Ángeles’. If you cannot find your city in the PDF, look for its state.
Does the Saturday calendar include consulates outside the United States?
Yes. The version current as of August 11, 2026 adds five non-US rows: Toronto (6 dates), Vancouver (5), San Luis Potosí in Mexico (July 11), Chile (May 16) and Costa Rica (July 11). London does not appear in the programme at all. We have no dedicated pages for Toronto, Vancouver, San Luis Potosí, Chile or Costa Rica.
Does MINEX publish opening hours for Saturday consular service?
Not in this document. The ‘Calendario Sábados Consulares 2026’ publishes only consulate and date — no opening time, no closing time, no appointment quota, and no list of which services run that day. Those have to be confirmed with the individual consulate.
Can a published Saturday date change?
Yes, and it already has at least once this year. The MINEX calendar captured on July 22, 2026 listed August 15 for Lake Worth; the version captured on August 11, 2026 no longer does. Confirm with the consulate before travelling, even when the date is published.
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