The Consulate General of El Salvador in Tijuana is a career consular post of El Salvador in Tijuana, Baja California; it serves Salvadoran citizens and travellers in its consular district. El Salvador is represented in Mexico City by the Embassy of El Salvador in Mexico.
Contact Details
| Address | Calle José María Velasco 2789-303, Zona Río, 22010 Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico |
| Telephone | +52 664 906 3056 |
| ecampos@rree.gob.sv | |
| Consul | Guillermo Arnoldo Rivera Paniagua |
Opening Hours
| Day | Hours |
|---|---|
| Monday | 09:00 - 17:00 |
| Tuesday | 09:00 - 17:00 |
| Wednesday | 09:00 - 17:00 |
| Thursday | 09:00 - 17:00 |
| Friday | 09:00 - 17:00 |
Hours shown: opening hours, according to El Salvador’s foreign ministry (October 2026). El Salvador’s foreign ministry also gives a WhatsApp contact for its consular network: +503 7070 1071. Closed on public holidays.
Location of the Consulate General
About the Consulate General of El Salvador in Tijuana
The consul is Guillermo Arnoldo Rivera Paniagua, according to the SRE list. It is one of 11 career consular posts of El Salvador in Mexico listed in the SRE list.
Documents checklist
The most frequent applications and the documents the Salvadoran authorities ask for:
Renewing a Salvadoran ordinary passport abroad
- Your original, valid DUI (identity document) – updated if your name or marital status has changed
- Your expired or soon-to-expire original passport
- Proof of payment – US$60 outside Central America
- Lost or stolen passport: a sworn declaration at the consulate (extra fee)
- Minors: the child’s passport, both parents with valid DUI or Salvadoran passport, or a special power of attorney from the absent parent
Sources: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador – ordinary passports for Salvadorans abroad (checked October 2026). Requirements and fees can change and individual posts may ask for more – confirm the current list with the consulate general.
Other consulates in Tijuana
20 other countries are represented in Tijuana: Canada (honorary), China (consulate general), Colombia (consulate general), Czech Republic (honorary), Denmark (honorary), Finland (honorary), France (honorary), Germany (honorary), Haiti (consulate), Honduras (consulate general), Indonesia (honorary), Israel (honorary), Japan (honorary), Norway (honorary), Poland (honorary), South Korea (honorary), Sweden (honorary), Ukraine (honorary), United Kingdom (honorary), United States (consulate general).
Closing days
Under Article 74 of Mexico’s Federal Labour Law, the mandatory rest days are 1 January, the first Monday of February (Constitution Day), the third Monday of March (Benito Juárez’s birthday), 1 May, 16 September, the third Monday of November (Revolution Day) and 25 December, plus 1 October every six years when a new president takes office (next in 2030). The consulate general may also close on public holidays of El Salvador.
Emergency assistance
In Mexico, dial 911 for the police, an ambulance or the fire service (GOV.UK travel advice). Mexican citizens who need consular help in El Salvador can contact the Embassy of Mexico in El Salvador, according to the SRE’s directory of Mexican missions abroad.
Diplomatic missions of El Salvador in Mexico
El Salvador in Mexico
Measured in a straight line from Tijuana, the nearest other Salvadoran office is the Consulate General (Chihuahua) in Ciudad Juárez (about 1,000 km). Distances in brackets are straight-line distances from Tijuana.
- Mexico City (2,300 km) – Embassy of El Salvador in Mexico
- Acayucan – Consulate General (Veracruz)
- Ciudad Juárez (1,000 km) – Consulate General (Chihuahua)
- Comitán – Consular Agency (Chiapas)
- Guadalajara (1,890 km) – Consulate General (Jalisco)
- Mexico City (2,300 km) – Consulate General (Mexico City)
- Monterrey (1,790 km) – Consulate General (Nuevo León)
- Oaxaca – Consulate General (Oaxaca)
- San Luis Potosí (1,960 km) – Consulate General (San Luis Potosí)
- Tapachula – Consulate General (Chiapas)
- Tijuana – Consulate General (this page)
- Villahermosa – Consulate General (Tabasco)
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Details checked on 23 October 2026. Sources: Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores (SRE) – Misiones Extranjeras Acreditadas en México (accessed 23 October 2026), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador – embassies, consulates and permanent missions, Ley Federal del Trabajo, Article 74 (Orden Jurídico Nacional; last amended DOF 30 September 2024), GOV.UK foreign travel advice: Mexico (getting help).
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