Embassy of the United States

A Day in the Life: Misión Diplomática de los Estados Unidos de América en México
Can you take a snapshot of the United States Mission in Mexico? Why not! On a winter’s day, we put cameras in the hands of more than 300 volunteer photographers at the U.S. Embassy and all nine U.S. Consulates in Mexico. Culled from their 10,000 photos, this sweeping collage tells the story of what happens every day in Mission Mexico.

Matamoros
The United States Consulate in Matamoros, Mexico is America's oldest continuously active consular post. One of nine U.S. Consulates in Mexico, it serves a consular district comprised of the state of Tamaulipas, with the exception of a small portion northwest of the Rio Salado (U.S. Consulate Nuevo Laredo's district) and the municipalities ...

Travel in Border Regions
For information on travel in Mexico, including documentation needed by American citizens to enter Mexico, please read the Consular Information Sheet for Mexico. For information on importing humanitarian goods to Mexico for transshipment to Central America, please read our guidance for Transmigrantes.

Information for Travelers
The U.S. State Department has issued an updated travel alert.