Bloomberg Línea — Starting October 22, 2023, foreigners transiting and connecting through Mexican airports, They must carry the appropriate visa before leaving for their home countryto board any flight to Mexico.

This visitor visa is without permission to carry out paid activities This is required regardless of the duration of the airport transitannounced the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

To get a Mexican visa, Foreigners must go to any Mexican consular representative.

The general requirements are: schedule an appointment via the MEXITEL website; fill out the visa issuance application form; a current and valid passport (must be valid for at least six months before the expiry date); passport size color photograph with face visible, without glasses.

If your stay is up to 180 daysYou can apply for a “visitor without permission to carry out paid activities” visa, which applies to tourism activities, business people, correspondents, clergy, students on short visits, or other activities that do not involve remuneration in Mexico, such as philanthropy, sports, attending exhibitions, congresses or conferences as well as people who have to transit to third countries.

Nationalities excluded from visas are countries that have signed the visa abolition agreement or that a visa is not required based on a unilateral decision made by the State of Mexico.

Plus, people with permanent residence in Canada, the United States of America, Japan, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Irelandone of the countries included in the Schengen area, as well as the member countries of the Pacific Alliance: Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru.

Also from people with a valid and current visa from Canada, the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland or any country included in the Schengen area. Used single entry visas are not accepted.

Latin American and Caribbean countries do require a Mexican visa

List of countries and territories indicated by the National Migration Institute (INM) of Mexico:

• Old and bearded
• Brazil
• Cuba
• Dominica
• Ecuador
• Savior
• Grenade
• Guatemala
• Guyana
• Haiti
• Honduras
• Nicaragua
• Dominican Republic
• Saint Kitts and Nevis
• St Vincent and the Grenadines
• St. Lucia
• Venezuela