The Tarjeta de Identificación Consular Guatemalteca (TICG; English: Guatemalan Consular Identification Card) is an identification card issued by the Government of Guatemala through its consulate offices to Guatemalan nationals residing outside of Guatemala. Also known as the Guatemalan CID card, Guatemala began issuing this consular identification card in the United States in August 2002[1] following the lead of the Mexican government's foreign consular agents in the United States who began lobbying states, municipalities and financial institutions in the United States to accept the Mexican CID card in March 2002.[2]
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Unlike Mexico's CID card application process, Guatemala requires a valid Guatemalan passport which is checked against Guatemala's central passport database system. Guatemala's passport requires two fingerprints and a photograph and signature.[1][3]
Bank on California, a program launched by California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in December 2008, encourages financial institutions to accept the Mexican CID, Guatemalan CID and other CID cards as primary identification for opening bank accounts.[4]
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- ^ a b "BORDER SECURITY Consular Identification Cards Accepted within United States, but Consistent Federal Guidance Needed" (PDF). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). Retrieved 2009-02-17.
- ^ "Garrett-oped-Matricular Consular cards" (PDF). Washington DC: house.gov. January 9, 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 2, 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
- ^ "Consular IDs & Bank Accounts for Immigrants" (PDF). New York, NY: NYC Immigrant Financial Justice Network. April 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 20, 2008. Retrieved 2009-02-17.
- ^ "ID Requirements" (PDF). Sacramento, CA: Bank on California, California State Government. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-02-26. Retrieved 2009-02-17.
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- (in Spanish) Información de la Tarjeta de Identificación Consular Guatemalteca -TICG- Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, República de Guatemala