Guatemala Consular Agency Arriaga

Before your visit

• Location: The consular agency is in the Centro neighbourhood of Arriaga, Chiapas. (distances: OpenStreetMap)

About the Consular Agency of Guatemala in Arriaga

The consul is Manolo Federico Muralles García, according to the SRE list. It is one of 12 career consular posts of Guatemala in Mexico listed in the SRE list (4 of them in Chiapas). The same list names 5 honorary consular posts of Guatemala. According to the Guatemalan foreign ministry, its consular district covers Chiapas (municipalities of Arriaga and Tonalá) and Oaxaca (districts of Juchitán and Tehuantepec). The Guatemalan foreign ministry gives the address as 4a Avenida Poniente 6 “A”, between Calle Central Norte and 2a Norte, Colonia Centro, Arriaga.

Which Guatemalan office is responsible for me?

Where a state is divided between offices, the Guatemalan foreign ministry assigns municipalities as follows: Consular Agency, Arriaga – Chiapas (municipalities of Arriaga and Tonalá); Consular Agency, Arriaga – Oaxaca (districts of Juchitán and Tehuantepec); Consulate, Ciudad Hidalgo – Chiapas (municipalities of Cacahoatán, Frontera Hidalgo, Metapa, Suchiate, Tuxtla Chico and Unión Juárez); Consulate General, Oaxaca – Oaxaca (apart from the districts of Juchitán and Tehuantepec); Consulate General, Tapachula – Chiapas (20 municipalities in the south-east, including Tapachula, Huixtla, Motozintla and Pijijiapan); Consulate General, Tenosique – Chiapas (municipalities of Catazajá, La Libertad and Palenque); Consulate General, Tuxtla Gutiérrez – Chiapas (49 municipalities in the centre and north of the state, including Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapa de Corzo, Cintalapa, Ocozocoautla, Villaflores, Venustiano Carranza and Pichucalco); Consulate, Comitán de Domínguez – Chiapas (38 municipalities in the east and highlands, including Comitán de Domínguez, San Cristóbal de las Casas, Ocosingo and Las Margaritas).

The consulate general in Tijuana has no page in this directory, because the SRE list gives no valid postcode for it (address: Dr. Atl 2084, Torre Zentrum, interior 301, Zona Urbana Río, Tijuana). The consulate in Comitán de Domínguez has no page in this directory, because the SRE list gives no valid postcode for it (address: 1a Calle Sur Poniente 35, interior 3, 4th floor, Barrio de Guadalupe, Comitán de Domínguez).

Sources: Guatemalan foreign ministry – consulates of Guatemala abroad (consular districts on each post’s page).

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 consular agency may also close on public holidays of Guatemala.

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 Guatemala can contact the Embassy of Mexico in Guatemala, according to the SRE’s directory of Mexican missions abroad.

Diplomatic missions of Guatemala in Mexico

Guatemala in Mexico

Measured in a straight line from Arriaga, the nearest other Guatemalan office is the Consulate General (Chiapas) in Tuxtla Gutiérrez (about 100 km). Distances in brackets are straight-line distances from Arriaga.

• Mexico City (660 km) – Embassy of Guatemala in Mexico
• Arriaga – Consular Agency (this page)
• Ciudad Hidalgo (250 km) – Consulate (Chiapas)
• Tapachula (230 km) – Consulate General (Chiapas)
• Tuxtla Gutiérrez (100 km) – Consulate General (Chiapas)
• … and 13 more offices in other states (see the embassy page)