‘Mobiles’ open doors for Hondurans in Virginia

“A Honduran passport can be used as identification and for setting up bank accounts, and Diaz was one of many who applied for one Saturday at a “mobile” of the Embassy of Honduras at the Blue Ridge Mountains Council of the Boy Scouts of America’s Valley View Boulevard center. The mobile was organized by Refugee and Immigration Services, Avencemos Roanoke and local Honduran businesswoman Angelica Quintero.

Applicants must present an original birth certificate and an original Honduran identification card and can get a five-year passport for $145 or a 10-year passport for $160. Staffers check the information against Honduran government databases, and applicants can receive a passport right away or, if further verification is needed, within about three months.”

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