Led by mayor Montserrat Caballero Ramírez, the 24th Municipal Administration of Tijuana together with the State and the Secretariat of the Interior began the "Soy México" campaign. This initiative's goal is to make the process of getting a double nationality easier for minors and students born in the United States who are children of Mexican parents.

This campaign will be active until September 30 in Tijuana, in order to support border families so that minors and adults who are currently studying can obtain legal certainty regarding their identity.

Officer 01 of the Civil Registry of Tijuana, Angélica Félix Domínguez, highlighted the advantages of participating in this campaign as it is a simplified, safe, and free procedure, and said the following:

By getting this document, minors and students born in the United States with Mexican parents can obtain legal certainty regarding their identity and that way they can continue to study and having access to health services or any program that, as Mexicans, they have the right to receive.

People interested can go to any of the 11 Civil Registry offices in Tijuana and ask for an application and submit a series of documents, both in original and copies.

Regarding requirements, parents must submit an original and copy of a birth certificate with a QR Code, certified CURP, and official ID, while minors must submit a US birth certificate in original and copy.

Félix Domínguez recalled that one of the advantages of the "Soy México" campaign is that applicants will have payments waived off regarding the certificate of non-existence from the state registry and translations and apostilles for American birth certificates.

However, people whose birth certificates are from the following states and territories won't be able to participate: Connecticut, Guam, Idaho, Kentucky, Northern Mariana Islands, Maryland, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, American Samoa, and Texas, as these places don't allow for certificate validation.

The officer added that they will be working together with the Secretariat of Education of Baja California to find student minors who only have a US birth certificate so that they can take advantage of this program.

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