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Honduras's immigration authority cited 25 Chinese nationals for further review after inspecting 54 businesses in Comayagüela and also found 16 Chinese workers with irregular migration status at a southern hospital construction site.

Honduras's immigration authority inspected businesses in Comayagüela and Choluteca to verify the legal residency status of Chinese nationals operating there.

Immigration agents inspected Chinese-owned businesses in Comayagüela's market on October 17 to verify that foreign workers hold valid documents, responding to Honduran merchants' complaints of unfair competition.

A Guatemalan man was sentenced to two years in prison and fined 3,000 lempiras after police discovered during a routine check that his migration control document was forged and he was not registered in official records.

The US Embassy in Honduras reiterated warnings that migrant caravans will fail and that anyone attempting illegal entry will be detained, deported, and prosecuted, as Honduras's National Migration Institute projects up to 50,000 deportations by year-end.

Honduras has deployed about 550 immigration staff across its land, sea, and air borders to handle increased traveler flow during the Semana Morazánica holiday period, with visitors reporting improved conditions at major crossings like El Amatillo.

As thousands of Hondurans depart during the Morazán holiday week, Immigration has expanded staffing at border posts and urges travelers—especially those with children under 21—to verify passports and exit authorizations beforehand to avoid delays.

Honduras's immigration authority will keep passport-issuance services open at three major airports (Palmerola, Ramón Villeda Morales, and Toncontín) during Morazán Week, October 5–9, with extended hours to serve travelers during the holiday.

Honduras's immigration authority will offer passport services exclusively at three airport centers from October 5–9 during the national Morazán Week holiday.

A 9-year-old girl who disappeared in August 2021 was located when she arrived on a deportation flight; immigration officials matched her to a missing-person alert in their system and reunited her with her family.

The National Migration Institute will restart a L2,500-per-person cash support for returned migrants beginning in October, retroactive to January 27, covering 32,704 Hondurans registered as having returned this year — a reduction from the initial $100 benefit offered during the early phase of deportations.

Honduras's National Migration Institute opened a pre-clearance office in San Pedro Sula where parents can have children's travel documents reviewed before departure, aiming to prevent delays at borders caused by missing or incorrect paperwork.

Honduras's immigration authority reported 24,837 Chinese citizens entered the country irregularly from 2014 to present, with a sharp spike of 12,184 in 2023 following the establishment of diplomatic relations with China, prompting congressional oversight.

Twenty-six Mexican nationals deported from the United States are temporarily housed at Honduras's migrant reception center in San Pedro Sula while completing consular paperwork to return to Mexico, part of a larger flow of 365 Mexican deportees Honduras has received and assisted since the beginning of the year.

Honduras's National Immigration Institute suspended passport services on August 20 for technical maintenance and platform updates, rescheduling affected appointments to Saturday in Tegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula, and La Ceiba, with no extra fees.

A law exempting returned Honduran migrants from import duties on household goods, work tools, and vehicles is set to begin on August 28 after awaiting regulations.

Between 2022 and 2025, approximately 24,000 Chinese citizens entered Honduras without authorization, with the National Migration Institute unable to track how many remain in the country or continued northward; the surge followed Honduras's establishment of diplomatic relations with China in March 2023 and a 2023 migration amnesty.

Authorities have lost track of 13 Chinese nationals who entered Honduras between 2022 and 2025, prompting concern over immigration oversight and the whereabouts of the migrants.

The National Migration Institute resolved a system update that briefly halted passport issuance and renewal services at its San Pedro Sula office on August 4, and normal operations have resumed.

Honduras's migration authority is deploying extra staff and extending hours at key border crossings from July 31 to August 9 to handle an expected 20,000–25,000 Salvadoran visitors during El Salvador's August holidays.

Chinese nationals arriving in Honduras for business and commerce have proliferated in major cities since the country formalized ties with China, with 218 of 622 Chinese arrivals through mid-July citing commercial reasons, prompting complaints from local merchants unable to compete on price.

INTERPOL Honduras arrested and deported an Ecuadorian citizen wanted by US authorities on charges of aggravated vehicular homicide after he was detained at the Las Manos border crossing attempting illegal entry.

Honduras's National Police will recognize digital documents stored in the Bien electronic wallet—including the national ID, driver's license, and firearms permit—as valid identification during traffic stops and police operations, with safeguards against officers screenshotting or misusing personal data.

Three Honduran officials will train at Spain's National Police Academy through the EU-backed EUROFRONT program to strengthen migration intelligence and border management capabilities.

Honduras's National Migration Institute reactivated a temporary legal-residency permit for children of Honduran parents born abroad, allowing them to remain legally in the country until age 21 for a processing fee of 200 lempiras (about $8).

Honduras's National Migration Institute said its emergency passport centers have issued more than 950 urgent travel documents in their first 90 days of continuous operation.

Honduras granted 108 residencies to foreign nationals from January through July 2026, even as asylum requests by foreigners in the country quadrupled over the past year, according to a UNHCR report.

Honduras's National Migration Institute registered 4,917 foreign nationals passing through the country in transit between January and June 25, 2026, marking a decline in irregular migration flows.

Honduras's National Migration Institute reminds travelers that passports must have at least six months of validity remaining to enter the US or Europe, and has opened 24-hour emergency passport centers at the country's major international airports.

Honduras's El Amatillo border crossing with El Salvador processed travelers without delays on Saturday as Morazán Week holidays began, with officials managing morning traffic efficiently across 30 service windows.