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Mexico Visa requirements
- If you intend to attend the IBA Annual Conference in Mexico City and require a visa to enter Mexico, we advise that you register for the conference as early as possible to receive your visa support letter and maximise the time for visa applications to be processed.
- On payment of your delegate fee, the IBA will issue a visa letter confirming your registration at the conference to support your visa application.
- It is very important that participants who need a visa to enter Mexico apply and book their visa appointment as soon as possible at the appropriate Mexican visa section.
- When a visa is issued, the visa is valid for entry into Mexico for 6 months.
- Mexican Consulates do not handle rapid-process or short notice visa requests, so late applications are unlikely to be successful.
- Immigration lawyers cannot ensure obtaining a visa for entry into Mexico in time for the Conference if the visa is not requested in advance.
- The IBA has written to relevant Mexican ambassadors and consulates explaining the importance of the IBA Conference to be held in Mexico City and asking for their support in the visa application process for IBA delegates. We have been informed that Mexican embassies and consulates will not give preferential treatment to IBA delegate’s applications and that all visa applications are considered individually on their own merits.
- Some consulates have considerable waiting times to grant appointments, particularly the Mexican Consulate in India
Visitors who require a visa
Citizens from the following countries who wish to come to Mexico require a visa before travelling to Mexico. You must obtain this visa from the Mexican Consulate in your own country or another of your choice.
A
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Angola
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Algeria
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
B
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bosnia Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Brunei Darussalam
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
C
- Cape Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- China
- Comoros
- Cuba
D
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
E
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Eswatini
F
- Fiji
G
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Granada
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
H
- Haiti
- Holy See
- Honduras
I
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ivory Coast
J
- Jordan
K
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kirgizstan
- Kiribati
- Kuwait
L
- Laos
- Lesotho
- Lebanon
- Liberia
- Libya
M
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Mali
- Mauritius
- Mauritania
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
N
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Korea
- North Macedonian Republic
O
- Oman
P
- Pakistan
- Palestine
- Papua New Guinea
- Philippines
Q
- Qatar
R
- Rwanda
S
- Saint Kitts & Nevis
- Samoa
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Tome & Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Syria
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sri Lanka
- St Vincent and Grenadines
- Sudan
- Surinam
T
- Thailand
- Taiwan
- Tanzania
- Tajikistan
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Tunisia
- Turkmenistan
- Tuvalu
U
- Uganda
- Uzbekistan
V
- Vanuatu
- Vietnam
- Venezuela
- Yemen
Z
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Visitors who do not require a visa
Citizens from the following countries who wish to visit Mexico for a period not exceeding 180 days, and who will not receive any remuneration while in Mexican territory, do not require a visa:
A
- Andorra
- Argentina
- Australia
- Austria
B
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belgium
- Belize
- Bolivia
- Bulgaria
C
- Canada
- Chile
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
D
- Denmark
E
- Estonia
F
- Finland
- France
G
- Germany
- Greece
H
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
I
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
J
- Jamaica
- Japan
L
- Latvia
- Lichtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
M
- Macau
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Micronesia
- Monaco
N
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Niue
- Norway
P
- Palau
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Poland
- Portugal
R
- Romania
S
- San Marino
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
T
- Trinidad and Tobago
U
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
- Uruguay
Additional exemptions:
All foreign visitors, regardless of their nationality, travelling to Mexico for tourism, business or in transit to another destination, are exempt from presenting a Mexican visa if they have a valid visa issued by any the following countries or area:
- Canada
- Japan
- United States of America
- United Kingdom
- Any Schengen Area country
Permanent Residence exemptions:
In addition, foreign visitors who, regardless of their nationality, have a valid permanent resident card from the following countries and area do not require a Mexican visa.
- Canada
- Chile
- Colombia
- Japan
- Peru
- United States of America
- United Kingdom
- Any Schengen Area country
Electronic Travel Authorization
Citizens from Turkey, Ukraine and Russia need an electronic travel authorization which will allow them to travel to Mexico without a visa for touristic purposes.
Apply online for this electronic travel authorization:
www.inm.gob.mx/sae/publico/en/solicitud.html
To enter Mexican territory the above travelers must present:
- A valid passport with a minimum six-month period of validity from date of arrival and the document must be valid at the time of entry and for the period you wish to be in Mexico.
- If a foreigner is entering Mexico by air, they are required to complete an immigration form online
https://www.inm.gob.mx/spublic/portal/inmex.html - Immigration authorities at the port of entry may request documents proving the purpose of the visit, hotel reservation, proof of your departure booking, confirmation of your conference registration, proof of sufficient funds for the period of stay in Mexico and possession of an international credit card.
Automated Passport Checks
Citizens from the following countries can use the self-service automated kiosks at the international airports in Mexico City and Cancun:
- Austria
- Belgium
- Czech Republic
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Italy
- Japan
- The Netherlands
- Norway
- Romania
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom