Mexico Visa Requirements

What documents will be required?
You can enter Mexico without a visa showing your passport and the “migration Form for Tourists, Transmigrants, Visiting Businesspersons, or Visiting Consultants”, which you can obtain from travel agencies, airlines, or at your point of entry into Mexico. This option also applies for permanent legal residents in the USA, Canada or Japan, regardless of nationality.

Under an agreement with Canada and the USA, those countries’ citizens may prove their nationality with a passport or other public documents, such as:
– Certified copy of birth certificate.
– Voter registration card.
– Naturalization certificate.

If any of these documents lack a photograph, travelers must prove their nationality with another official identification:
– Driver’s license.
– Identification issued by a state or official agency.

Although Canadian and US citizens do not need a passport, the National Institute of Migration recommends one to expedite passage through the point of entry.

Important: From January 23, 2007, american citizens who travel to Mexico, to return to the United States airway they will have to present an in force passport.

Tourist visas
If applying for a Student Visa you will need to submit the following documentation:
– Passport with minimum of 6 months’ validity.
– Application form.
– 1 passport-size photo.
– Original return ticket.
– Fee (payable in cash only).
– Proof of sufficient funds (US$50 per day) to cover length of stay.
– Postal applications must be accompanied by a covering letter specifying the purpose of the trip and the dates of entry and departure. Applications should be made in a stamped, self-addressed envelope with recorded or registered delivery.

Student Visas
If applying for a Student Visa you will need to submit the following documentation:
– Passport or valid identification and travel document.
– Proof of enrollment or letter of acceptance from the school you plan to attend, specifying level, grade, duration of your planned studies, and field of study.
– Proof of economic solvency and periodic and uninterrupted receipt of the sum of US$ 300.00 monthly, for your living expenses for the duration of your studies or documentation proving that you have been granted a scholarship for the period in question.
– For family members (spouse, children, or parents) to accompany you, you must prove their status.

Time required to issue a visa:
Average 2 days; up to 3 weeks, depending on nationality.

Find more information directly at:

Mexico Embassy

Source & Copyright: The source of the above visa and immigration information and copyright owner’s is the:
– Instituto Nacional de Migracion – URL: www.inm.gob.mx
– Embajada De Mexico el Reino Unido – URL: www.sre.gob.mx

Country : Mexico