Do you know the OportuGuate app?
OportuGuate is an app that offers employment and entrepreneurship opportunities. It can be a very helpful tool for migrants returning from the United States or Mexico. More information at: www.oportuguate.gt
Are you planning to study in Guatemala?
If so, it is important that you regularize your immigration status. In this link you will find the requirements to apply for a temporary residence for students: https://www.facebook.com/migracionguate/photos/a.1234592193221044/3019037931443119/?type=3&theater
Are you a foreign person and are you planning to work in Guatemala?
To regularize your migration status, you can pursue a temporary residence. The requirements for this purpose are:
- An application form
- Original passport and a complete legal copy and a certification of validity and expiration
- No criminal records
- Certificate of migratory movement
- A letter or job offer
- A Guatemalan guarantor
- Proof of payment
For more information, visit: www.igm.gob.gt
Do you know the DGME delegations in Guatemala?
In the following link you will find the Border Delegations, Passport Issuance Centers and shelters in Guatemala. Check them out here: http://bit.ly/34dTZF
Did you know that the Immigration control is a process done individually?
If you travel by bus, it is important that you get off the bus to carry out the Migratory Control process in Guatemala. Do not give your personal documents to third parties. The Immigration Control process is done individually. More information: http://bit.ly/31l4F3p
Are you an unaccompanied minor migrating in Guatemala or Mexico?
If you are an unaccompanied minor and you are in Guatemala or Mexico, in this guide you will find a list of institutions to ask for assistance for you to reunite with your family in your country. Consult the "Guatemala-Mexico Roadmap for the Assistance of Unaccompanied Migrant Children and Adolescents" here: http://bit.ly/2mnxpd3.
Free-of-charge procedures of Guatemala's Labor Migration Program
The Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare of Guatemala warns the population. All people standing outside the institution are currently making improper charges to people interested in registering in the Labor Migration Program. The procedures of this program are free of charge and can only be carried out at the central headquarters of the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare or at its departmental delegations.
Do you know the requirements to obtain your passport in Guatemala from abroad?
In this link you will find the requirements to process or renew your passport if you live abroad, whether you are an adult or a minor. The process is done at the consulates closest to where you reside: http://bit.ly/33hGXHv
Are you familiar with the requirements to apply for a passport in Guatemala?
In this link you will find the passport processing requirements for adults. The extended opening hours of the General Directorate of Migration of Guatemala are from Monday to Friday from 06:00 to 19:00 hours: http://bit.ly/2YzsFTU
Have you heard of the "Casas del Migrante" shelters in Guatemala?
"Casas del Migrante" are residential facilities in Guatemala. They serve Guatemalan migrants who have been deported from the US or Mexico and migrants of any nationality, who are transiting through Guatemala to reach the US, or return to their country of origin. They offer several accommodations, food, access to showers, clean clothes as well as the option of washing clothes, personal hygiene items, general medicine, short calls and guidance on migration.