Marta Oliver, of the Mexican Consulate that came to Moline recently said there are rules that the Mexican government has to follow. The hardest thing for her was telling people that they couldn’t get a passport or id card.
“People get frustrated with the requirements because they don’t understand them. It’s a pretty simple process when you have all of the prerequisites,” she said.
Oliver has been with the Mexican Consulate for 25 years and thinks the mobile consulate was done to support the Mexican people so that they don’t miss an entire day of travel. “To help in quick time, that’s what the Mexican government is here to do,” she said.
There are two mobile consulates from Chicago that travel to Indiana and Wisconsin as well as the rest of Illinois. Oliver said the consulate in the Quad Cities was Consulate number two which takes care of the suburbs of Chicago. She said their next big trip was to Green Bay, Wisconsin.
She stressed the importance of obtaining a passport. “With September 11 everything changed. Passports are needed from all countries. Even U.S. citizens now require a passport,” Oliver said.
Oliver also wanted to tell the people that they shouldn’t wait until an emergency to obtain their passport. “Ask for your birth certificates, ids, all the documents you need in Mexico, so that you’re prepared. It’s easy, the family (in Mexico) can mail them to the United States, and there are many ways to do it,” she said.
The Mexican Consulate of Chicago plans to return to Moline this October so that anyone who was not able to get a passport or id card can get the proper documents needed to obtain them on this visit.
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