Mexico Foreign Minister Tender

Today at an event headed by Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard Casaubon the first Mexican electronic passports were issued in Mexico City and at the Consulate General of Mexico in Los Angeles California the purpose of which is to provide a secure modern document. and internationally standardized. The implementation of the electronic passport instruction of President Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador is the result of a two-year work process under strict transparency rules and with the support of the United Nations Office for Project Services Unops and the Public Function Secretary. In detailing the importance of this transition the Foreign Minister stated that The way in which we can contribute to the commemorations of the 200 years of independent life of Mexico is with this that has to do with each person who is safer that the image of Mexico is much better abroad that we can protect minors people with disabilities .In the presentation the secretary highlighted the characteristics that make this a more secure and reliable passport. The document will continue to be printed in physical notebooks but includes a polycarbonate sheet and a chip on which the persons information is electronically stored. The changes do not imply an increase in the price but they do imply a greater international recognition of the document. The new passport makes it difficult to impersonate people and projects the image of Mexico internationally.Additionally in the case of passports for minors a printout is added on the first sheet of colored paper which contains the information on who exercises parental authority over the minor. The Chancellor highlighted this innovation since it is the first official document to present such information and it will protect correctly adequately fully minors but also people with disabilities who cannot fend for themselves since whoever has the guardianship will be able to appear here . For his part the general director of Passport Offices Carlos Candelaria referred to the work carried out in these two years to reach this result Our journey goes from holding a transparent tender in which Unops and the Secretariat of the Public Function giving legal certainty to it continuing with the joint works with the awarded consortium that allowed the incorporation of new technologies to provide the public service with greater efficiency in its operational and regulatory processes .Through a live link and accompanied by the Consul General of Mexico in Los Angeles California Marcela Celorio Mancera the General Director of Consular Services Jaime Vzquez Bracho Torres the first five Mexican electronic passports abroad were delivered to that office to youth who are beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals DACA program.The general director assured that the issuance of passports abroad is an example of compliance with the instructions of President Lpez Obrador and Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard to continue modernizing our services for the benefit of nationals and compatriots and stressed that the new passport it is safer more reliable and more comfortable for the benefit of our Mexican communities abroad.For her part Ambassador Marcela Celorio thanked that with the issuance of the electronic passport the entire Mexican community in Los Angeles and eventually throughout the United States will benefit from a document that will provide them with security and protection. and above all identity which is what interests us the most . Starting today the transition plan for the adoption of the electronic passport will be implemented in all Mexican consular offices abroad that issue the document at headquarters. The plan will conclude in January 2022 when all these offices will be able to issue the new passport.Also present at the event in Mexico City were on behalf of the SRE the head of Administration and Finance Jos Antonio Domnguez Carballo the head of the Office of the Secretary of Foreign Relations Daniel Milln Valencia the general director of Legal Affairs Csar Garca Mondragn the general director of Real Estate and Material Resources Juan Carlos Mercado Snchez the general director of Social Communication Esteban Gonzlez Mancha the coordinator of Infrastructure and Technological Operation of the General Directorate of Information Technologies and Innovation Benjamn Saavedra Lira and on the part of the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit the general director of Stamps and Securities Printing Workshops Sergio Omar Blanco Ramrez.The Ministry of Foreign Relations reiterates its commitment to provide secure and reliable identity documents to Mexican people inside and outside the country.