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Jobs at Mexican Consulates

jobs at the mexican consulate

There are several reasons why you can go to work in one of the Mexican Consulates. On this site we will show you what job offers are found in the Mexican consulates and what requirements are essential to obtain the job.

How to get a job at the Mexican consulate?

The ways to enter There are 3 jobs at the Mexican consulate. Below, we will tell you which ones.

Mexican foreign service

The positions found within are those in charge of Mexico's foreign policy, consisting of 3 stages of exams and mandatory courses and this job is shared with the Technical-Administrative position.

The requirements that they ask of you for both jobs are:

  • Have Mexican nationality by birth.
  • Be younger than 30 years.
  • Have no criminal record.
  • Have a good work and study record.
  • Be physically and mentally fit for job duties.
  • Not belong to any religion or ecclesiastical institution.
  • Have a higher university education.

Independent Service Provider

This job is only for those Mexican citizens who are residing in Canada. Job offers are those activities carried out by the Mexican consulate.

Social Service or Professional Practices

This job is only for social service students who wish to work in the Representation of Mexico Abroad. To enter this job you must contact the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The main requirement they ask of you is the existence of an agreement or program, between your university academic institution and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, for employment in this area.

The entry consists of the following steps:

  1. Go to the Personnel Department of the Special Programs Department, which will review the requirements of the various areas of the Secretariat and, if the requirement exists, will channel you to an area that matches your academic profile for the interview.
  2. You will obtain in the formats that the staff of the Department of Special Programs, the signatures and seals of the area to which you have been assigned and you will deliver the complete documentation to it.
  3. At Department of Special Programs you will be given the Acceptance Letter and an identification badge.

Social service

For social service these requirements are necessary:

  • Letter of Credits issued by the academic institution of origin, indicating that at least 70% of the course credits have been covered, with an average.
  • Two small-sized photographs (black and white or color).
  • Photostatic copy of the Unique Population Registry Code (curp).
  • Photostatic copy of the birth certificate.
  • Photostatic copy of proof of address.

Professional practices

For professional internships you must present the following requirements:

  • Photostatic copy of the birth certificate.
  • Cover letter specifying the total number of hours to be covered (80 hours minimum and 400 hours maximum) and sealed academic record, with average.
  • Photostatic copy of proof of address.
  • Two small-sized photographs (black and white or color).
  • Photostatic copy of the Unique Population Registry Code (curp).

Temporary work at the embassy

En consulates have temporary jobs, especially they are divided into 2:

  1. The qualified: It is for those people who have specific academic training in certain disciplines.
  2. Not Rated: It is for those people who work with craft skills or some kind of basic technical preparation. Among them you can find:
    • Customer service. 
    • Machinery handling.  
    • Agricultural workers.

I work at the Mexican consulate in the United States

Mexican consular workers who are in United States and who are not residents or American citizens, seek to be able to reside legally in the country with a visa A2 that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Mexican government processes for them due to their work functions.

Furthermore, to apply at the Mexican consulate in the United States, the forms and requirements mentioned above also apply to this Nation.

Mexican Consulate in Los Angeles

El Mexican consulate In Los Angeles you have several jobs and activities, among them we name some for you to take into account.

  • Repatriation of vulnerable people.
  • Legal attention and advice.
  • Visits to prisons and detention centers.
  • Consular attention through telephone services.
  • Safety of Mexican migrants.
  • Mobile consulates.
  • Provision of consular services in general.
  • Public attention.
  • Consular protection.

If you are Mexican in the United States, here we leave you all the procedures that you can resolve on our site: