Guatemalan CID card

{{Short description|Consular identification card issued by the Government of Guatemala}}

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The Guatemalan Consular Identification Card (Spanish: Tarjeta de Identificación Consular Guatemalteca, TICG) 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

{{cite web

| title = BORDER SECURITY Consular Identification Cards Accepted within United States, but Consistent Federal Guidance Needed

| publisher = U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)

| location = Washington, DC

| url = http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d04881.pdf

| format = PDF

| accessdate = 2009-02-17 }} 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.{{cite web|title=Garrett-oped-Matricular Consular cards |publisher=house.gov |location=Washington DC |date=January 9, 2004 |url=http://www.house.gov/hensarling/rsc/doc/Garrett-oped-Matricular%20Consular%20cards.pdf |accessdate=2009-02-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202053401/http://www.house.gov/hensarling/rsc/doc/Garrett-oped-Matricular%20Consular%20cards.pdf |archivedate=February 2, 2009 }}

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.

{{cite web

| title = Consular IDs & Bank Accounts for Immigrants

| publisher = NYC Immigrant Financial Justice Network

| location = New York, NY

| date = April 2007

| url = http://www.nedap.org/programs/documents/consularIDbrochure2007.pdf

| format = PDF

| accessdate = 2009-02-17

| url-status = dead

| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080820093640/http://www.nedap.org/programs/documents/consularIDbrochure2007.pdf

| archivedate = August 20, 2008

}}

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.

{{cite web

|title = ID Requirements

|publisher = Bank on California, California State Government

|location = Sacramento, CA

|url = http://www.bankoncalifornia.ca.gov/ID%20Requirements.pdf

|format = PDF

|accessdate = 2009-02-17

|url-status = dead

|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090226015621/http://www.bankoncalifornia.ca.gov/ID%20Requirements.pdf

|archivedate = 2009-02-26

}}