Honduras Opens Consulate in Aurora

THE CONSULAR OFFICE WILL BEGIN OPEARATIONS ON THRUSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 AT 11AM.

Newsroom El Comercio de Colorado

After months of waiting, the Honduran government will inaugurate its new consulate in the city of Aurora next Thursday, September 26. The announcement was made by the Honduran Ministry of Foreign Affairs, fulfilling a promise made in mid-2023 by Vice Chancellor Antonio García.

This is the third Honduran consulate opened in the U.S. in 2024. Honduran consulates in Tampa, Florida, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, are already operational. A fourth Honduran consulate will be established in Phoenix, Arizona, in the coming months.

Third Central American Consulate in Colorado

With this consulate in operation, Hondurans will no longer have to travel to consulates located in California or Texas to renew their passports, obtain consular identification cards, or perform any other procedures. Hondurans residing in Colorado and several neighboring states will now be able to complete their formalities in Aurora.

The Honduran Ministry of Foreign Affairs indicated that consular appointments must be made using the ACOS (Consular Affairs) system. This system began operating in 2023 and is active for Hondurans to initiate their formalities at the new consulates that have opened in the U.S. in 2024, including the one in Aurora, Colorado.

Honduras is the second Central American country to open a consulate in Aurora. El Salvador opened its consulate in the same city in 2017. A third Central American country, Guatemala, has a consulate in Colorado, but it is based in the city of Denver.

Honduran Population

According to the Migration Policy Institute (MPI), by the end of 2022, approximately 557,528 people, or 9.5% of Colorado’s residents, were born outside the U.S. Of these, 281,720, or 50.5%, were born in Latin America, including South America, Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean.

The MPI indicates that in 2022, around 32,069 Colorado residents were born in Central America. Additionally, the MPI estimated that in 2022, about three thousand Hondurans residing in Colorado were beneficiaries of TPS (Temporary Protected Status). Since December 2022, an undetermined number of Hondurans have arrived in the Denver metropolitan area.

Honduras Consulate in Aurora
14707 E. 2nd Avenue, Suite 180
Aurora, CO, 80011

To schedule a consular appointment
Use the ACOS system (Consular Affairs)
https://consuladodehonduras.us/cita-pasaporte-hondureno/