How to obtain a police certificate - Mexico

Do I need to provide a police certificate when applying for permanent residence?
Yes, but not with your initial application.

The visa office where you submit your application will contact you when they need this information.

How and where do I obtain one?
You will need to provide both:

  • a federal police certificate and
  • a state police certificate.

Federal Police Certificates

Federal police certificates must be from the Procuraduría General de la República (PGR). Depending on your situation, the PGR issues two kinds of certificates:

If you live in Mexico

  • The federal police certificate you need is called the Constancia de Antecedentes Registrales.
  • While your application is being processed, the Canadian Embassy in Mexico City will give you instructions to obtain the Constancia de Antecedentes Registrales.

If you live outside Mexico

The federal police certificate you will need is called the Informe de datos registrales. You must follow specific instructions to get this form.

State Police Certificates

Please contact the office corresponding to the state where you lived from the list below:

Aguascalientes

Office Name: Secretaría de Seguridad Pública Dirección General de Reeducación Social

Contact Information:

  • Av. Aguascalientes Ote. S/N Planta Alta
    Fracc. Exhacienda Ojocaliente
    Aguascalientes, Ags.
  • Telephone number: 01 800 900 2002
  • Telephone number: (52) (449) 910 2055 ext 6622

Websites:

Additional Information:

The office issues two kinds of documents: 

  • The Carta de no antecedentes penales (the State Police Certificate)
  • The Comparecencia (when a relative or friend asks for it with a “carta poder”)

Baja California

Office Name: Secretaría de Seguridad

Contact Information:

  • Ensenada: Carretera a Ojos Negros Km. 3.5
    Telephone number: (646) 177 85 13
  • Tijuana: Calle 8va y Constitución Zona Centro
    Telephone number: (664) 688 30 14
  • Tecate: Ave. Defensores de Baja California y calle Universidad S/N,
    Centro de Gobierno
    Telephone number: (665) 654 21 46
  • Mexicali: Av, de los Heroes y Calle Libertad
    Telephone number: (664) 837-39-00

Websites:

Baja California Sur

Office Name: Dirección de General de Prevencion y Readaptacion Social

Contact Information:

  • Telephone number: (52) (612) 125 2168
  • Telephone number: (52) (612) 125 1917
  • Telephone number: (52) (612) 123 5091

Website: Baja California Sur State

Campeche

Office Name: Procuraduría General de Justicia

Contact Information:

  • Telephone number: (52) (981) 81 19400

Websites:

Chiapas

Office Name: Departamento Jurídico adscrito al Consejo de Ejecución de Sanciones Penales y Medidas de Seguridad

Contact Information:

  • Mexico City,
    Toledo 22, Col. Juarez,
    entre Tokio y Hamburgo
  • Telephone number: (961) 611-1821, 611-1829

People not born in Chiapas should contact:

  • Consejo de Ejecucion de Sanciones
    Penales y Medidas de Seguridad
  • Telephone number: (52) (961) 6133 154
  • Telephone number: (52) (961) 6121 821

Website: Chiapas State

Chihuahua

Office Name: Procuraduria General de Justicia Subprocuraduria de Control y Evaluación

Contact Information:

  • Telephone number: (52) (614) 429 3300 extension 11467

Websites:

Additional Information:

  • Information on State Police Certificates is located at the bottom of the Chihuahua Police Certificates information page.

Coahuila

Office Name: Dirección de Ejecución de Penas

Contact Information:

  • Telephone number: (844) 698-1080
  • Telephone number: (884) 438 98 00 extension 5316

Website: Coahuila State | Coahuila State (homepage)

Colima

Office Name: Dirección General de Prevención y Readaptación Social

Contact Information:

  • Telephone number: (52) (312) 313 1425
  • Telephone number: (52) (312) 313 0586
  • Telephone number: (52) (312) 312 2373

Distrito Federal (Mexico City)

  • Note that no state police certificate is required from this state; the federal Police Certificate from PGR will be enough.

Please refer back to the information about the Federal Police Certificate at the top of this page.

Durango

Office Name: Tribunal Superior de Justicia

Contact Information:

  • E-mail: buzon@tsjdgo.gob.mx
  • Telephone number: (52) (618) 811 2073 extension 128

Website: Durango State

Estado de México

Office Name: Procuraduría General de Justicia

Contact Information:

  • E-mail: gempgj@edomex.gob.mx
  • Telephone number: (52) (722) 2 26 16 00

Website: Procuraduría General de Justicia for Estado de México

Guanajuato

Office Name: Procuraduría General de Justicia

Contact Information:

  • Telephone number: (52) (473) 735 2116

Websites:

Additional Information:

  • Please make sure you visit the above websites before contacting the Procuraduría General de Justicia.

Guerrero

Office Name: Procuraduría General de Justicia Unidad del Archivo Criminalistico

Contact Information:

  • Telephone number: (52) (747) 47 19469

Websites:

Hidalgo

Office Name: Procuraduría General de Justicia Dirección General de Servicios Periciales

Contact Information:

  • E-mail: procu@e-hidalgo.gob.mx
  • Telephone number: (01) 800 7702800
  • Telephone number: (01) 800 9121 314

Websites:

Jalisco

Office Name: Instituto Jaliciense de Ciencias Forenses

Contact Information:

  • Telephone number: (52) (33) 3030 9435

Website: Jalisco State

Michoacán

Office Name: Procuraduria General de Justicia

Contact Information:

  • Telephone number: (52) (443) 322 3600 extension 1093

Websites:

Morelos

Office Name: Procuraduría General de Justicia Coordinación de Servicios Periciales Departamento de dactiloscopia

Contact Information:

  • Telephone number: (52) (777) 317 1607

Nayarit

Office Name: Procuraduría General de Justicia

Contact Information:

  • Telephone number: (52) (311) 2129 6040

Website: Procuraduría General de Justicia for Nayarit State

Nuevo León

Office Name: Secretaria de Seguridad Publica

Contact Information:

  • Telephone number: (52) (81) 2020 7650
  • Telephone number: (52) (81) 2020 7651
  • Telephone number: (52) (81) 2020 7652
  • Telephone number: (52) (81) 2020 7653
  • Telephone number: (52) (81) 2020 7654

Websites:

Additional Information:

  • Please make sure you visit the above websites before contacting the Secretaria de Seguridad Publica.

Oaxaca

Office Name: Departamento Jurídico de la Dirección General de Seguridad

Contact Information:

  • Carretera a Oaxaca
    Puerto Angel Km 9.5
    Santa Maria Coyotepec, Oaxaca
  • Telephone number: (52) (951) 55 101 95

Puebla

Office Name: Procuraduría General de Justicia

Contact Information:

  • Telephone number: (52) (222) 232 8926
  • Telephone number: (52) (222) 232 2083
  • Telephone number: (52) (222) 232 8625

Website: Puebla State

Querétaro

Office Name: Procuraduría General de Justicia

Contact Information:

  • Telephone number: (52) (442) 232 7600

Website: Querétaro State

Quintana Roo

Office Name: Procuraduría General de Justicia

Contact Information:

  • Chetumal
    Agencia del Ministerio Público del Fuero Común (Mesa I),
    ubicada en Av. Adolfo López Mateos #500 esquina Nápoles.
    Telephone number: (983) 8350050
  • Felipe Carrillo Puerto
    Av. Lázaro Cárdenas S/N.
    Telephone number: (983) 83 4 01 50
  • José María Morelos
    Av. Morelos esquina Chilam Balam.
    Telephone number: (997) 9780243
  • Cancún
    Agencia del Ministerio Público del Fuero Común (Central/Agencia I)
    ubicada en Av. Xcaret esquina Kabah SMZ 1, MZ 3, LT 14 Zona 2.
    Telephone number: (998) 8817150
  • Playa del Carmen
    Agencia del Ministerio Público del Fuero Común (Agencia VIII)
    ubicada en Av. 35 entre calle 14 y 16.
    Telephone number: (984) 8730163
  • Cozumel
    Agencia del Ministerio Público del Fuero Común (Agencia X)
    ubicada en calle 25 y 65 entre 35 sur y Felipe Ángeles.
    Telephone number: (987) 8690956 

Website: Quintana Roo Police Certificates information page

San Luis Potosí

Office Name: Procuraduría General de Justicia Dirección de Servicios Periciales

Contact Information:

  • Telephone number: (52) (444) 799 56 44

Websites:

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Sinaloa

Office Name: Procuraduría General de Justicia

Contact Information:

  • Telephone number: (52) (667) 7587000 extension 2871, 2657

Website: Sinaloa State

Sonora

Office Name: Procuraduría General de Justicia

Contact Information:

  • Telephone number: (52) (662) 259 4820

Website: Procuraduría General de Justicia for Sonora State

Tabasco

Office Name: Dirección General de Prevencion y Readaptacion Social

Contact Information:

  • Telephone number: (52) (993) 314 2392
  • Telephone number: (52) (993) 314 2393
  • Telephone number: (52) (993) 314 2330

Websites:

Tamaulipas

Office Name: Procuraduria General de Justicia Dirección de Procesos

Websites:

Tlaxcala

Office Name: Procuraduria General de Justicia

Contact Information:

  • Telephone number: (52) (246) 4650 500 extension 4048

Website: Procuraduria General de Justicia for Tlaxcala State

Veracruz

Office Name: Secretaria de Gobierno Dirección General de Prevencion y Readaptacion Social Oficina del Casillero Judicial

Contact Information:

  • Telephone number: (52) (228) 812 4078
  • Telephone number: (52) (228) 818 8856
  • Telephone number: (52) (228) 818 6402
  • Telephone number: (52) (228) 818 9559
  • Telephone number: (52) (228) 818 9275

Website: Veracruz State

Yucatán

Office Name: Procuraduria General de Justicia, Dirección de Identificacion y Servicios Periciales, Departamento de Dactiloscopia

Contact Information:

  • E-mail: pgj@yucatan.gob.mx
  • Telephone number: (52) (999) 930 3250 extension 41047

Websites:

Zacatecas

Office Name: Procuraduria General de Justicia

Contact Information:

  • Blvd. Lopez Portillo 238, Zona Conurbada
    Guadalupe, Zacatecas, C.P. 98600
  • E-mail: pgj@mail.zacatecas.gob.mx
  • Telephone number: (52) (492) 9256050 extension 5117

Websites: