VISAS AND REQUIREMENTS TO VISIT MEXICO FOR TEMPORARY ENTRY Participants must complete all formalities to visit Mexico and all foreign citizens should hold a valid passport. Please note that Mexico does not issue visas at any Mexican port of entry. Travel facilities Please note that a foreign citizen holding a valid passport and having any of the following documents does not require a Mexican visa: I. Valid multiple entry visa from the United States of America. II. A document certifying permanent residence in Canada, USA, Japan, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, or any of the countries of the Schengen Area. III. APEC Business Traveler Card (ABTC) approved by Mexico. Entry requirements to Mexico for foreign visitors that may be asked upon entry by immigration officials I. Valid original passport or ID Travel Document. II. Personal information requested by Immigration Authorities. III. Travel justification. This information must be in line with the issued visa, if applicable. If traveling as a tourist, accreditation of economic solvency and hotel reservation (preferably paid) will be required. Accreditation of regular place of residence or origin. IV. Address and period of stay in Mexico. It is important to present a return flight ticket to the country of origin and prove that hotel reservations are in line with the period of stay. V. Information regarding the activities that will be carried out in Mexico as well as the ones undertaken in the country of origin. Page 1 of 4
VI. Economic solvency for the period of stay in Mexico. It is strongly recommended to hold an international credit card. Please keep in mind that the migratory form stub, the Immigration Officer will stamp and give you back at the time of your admittance, must be given back at the time of your departure. Holders of Ordinary Passport To verify if you require visa on your national passport to enter Mexico, please go to Annex 1. Requirements to apply for visas without permission to engage in gainful activities in Mexico To obtain a Mexican visa on your ordinary passport you must present the following requirements: I. Original and copy of valid passport or ID Travel Document. II. One color passport size photograph that should be taken assuring visibility of the face and looking at the front of the camera, the picture should be taken without glasses, with a white background. The photo should be at least 32.0 millimeters x 26 millimeters and 39.0 millimeters x 31.0 millimeters as maximum. III. Original and copy of the documents that prove legal status, if the foreign visitor is not a national of the country where the visa is requested. IV. Official letter of invitation issued by the ISBGMO14 Secretariat. Holders of Diplomatic, Official or Service Passport To verify if you require visa on your national passport to enter Mexico, please go to Annex 2: In case you will require visa, please contact the Mexican Consular Office where you intend to apply, to obtain the requirements for your visa. Page 2 of 4
More information can be obtained from the Mexican Consular Offices; to find out which office is closed to you please go to the following links: List of Mexican Embassies abroad: http://directorio.sre.gob.mx/index.php/embajadas-de-mexico-en-el-exterior List of Mexican Consulates abroad: http://directorio.sre.gob.mx/index.php/consulados-de-mexico-en-el-exterior List of Embassies and Consulates in Mexico: http://directorio.sre.gob.mx/index.php/representaciones/misiones-extranjerasacreditadas-en-mexico Page 3 of 4
ANNEX 1 COUNTRY AFGHANISTAN ALBANIA ALGERIA ANDORRA ANGOLA ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA ARGENTINA ARMENIA AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA AZERBAIJAN BAHAMAS BAHRAIN BANGLADESH BARBADOS BELARUS BELGIUM BELIZE BENIN BHUTAN BOLIVIA BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA BOTSWANA BRAZIL BRUNEI DARUSSALAM BULGARIA BURKINA FASO BURUNDI CAMBODIA CAMEROON CANADA CAPE VERDE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CHAD CHILE CHINA COLOMBIA COMOROS CONGO COSTA RICA CÔTE D'IVOIRE CROATIA CUBA VISA (Free of charge)
CYPRUS CZECH REPUBLIC DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE S REPUBLIC OF KOREA DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO DENMARK DJIBOUTI DOMINICA DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ECUADOR EGYPT EL SALVADOR EQUATORIAL GUINEA ERITREA ESTONIA ETHIOPIA FIJI FINLAND FRANCE GABON GAMBIA GEORGIA GERMANY GHANA GREECE GRENADA GUATEMALA GUINEA GUINEA-BISSAU GUYANA HAITI HOLY SEE HONDURAS HONG KONG HUNGARY ICELAND INDIA INDONESIA IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAQ IRELAND ISRAEL ITALY JAMAICA JAPAN JORDAN KAZAKHSTAN KENYA (Free of charge) (Free of charge) (Free of charge) (Free of charge) (Free of charge)
KIRIBATI KOREA, REPUBLIC OF KUWAIT KYRGYZSTAN LAO LATVIA LEBANON LESOTHO LIBERIA LIECHTENSTEIN LITHUANIA LUXEMBOURG LYBIA MACAO MADAGASCAR MALAWI MALAYSIA MALDIVES MALI MALTA MARSHALL ISLANDS MAURITANIA MAURITIUS MICRONESIA MONACO MONGOLIA MONTENEGRO MOROCCO MOZAMBIQUE MYANMAR NAMIBIA NAURU NEPAL NETHERLANDS NEW ZEALAND NICARAGUA NIGER NIGERIA NORWAY OMAN PAKISTAN PALAU PALESTINIAN TERRITORY, OCCUPIED PANAMA PAPUA NEW GUINEA PARAGUAY PERU (Free of charge)
PHILIPPINES POLAND PORTUGAL QATAR REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA ROMANIA RUSSIA RWANDA SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS SAINT LUCIA SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES SAMOA SAN MARINO SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE SAUDI ARABIA SENEGAL SERBIA SEYCHELLES SIERRA LEONE SINGAPORE SLOVAKIA SLOVENIA SOLOMON ISLANDS SOMALIA SOUTH AFRICA SOUTH SUDAN SPAIN SRI LANKA SUDAN SURINAME SWAZILAND SWEDEN SWITZERLAND SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC TAIWAN TAJIKISTAN TANZANIA THAILAND THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA TIMOR-LESTE TOGO TONGA TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TUNISIA TURKEY TURKMENISTAN TUVALU (Free of charge) (Free of charge)
UGANDA UKRAINE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND UNITED STATES OF AMERICA URUGUAY UZBEKISTAN VANUATU VENEZUELA VIET NAM WESTERN SAHARA YEMEN ZAMBIA ZIMBABWE
ANNEX 2 ABBRAVIATIONS OF SPECIAL PASSPORTS OP. = ORDINARY PASSPORTS OF. = OFFICIAL PASSPORT SERV. = SERVICE PASSPORT CONS. = CONSULAR PASSPORT ESP. = SPECIAL PASSPORT COUNTRY PASSPORT TYPE PERMITTED TIME OF STAY AFGHANISTAN ALBANIA ALGERIA DIP. OF. SERV. 90 DAYS ANDORRA DIP. OF. 90 DAYS ANGOLA ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA DIP. OF. 90 DAYS ARGENTINA DIP. OF. 90 DAYS ARMENIA DIP. OF. 90 DAYS AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA DIP. OF. 90 DAYS AZERBAIJAN DIP. 90 DAYS BAHAMAS BAHRAIN BANGLADESH BARBADOS DIP. OF. 90 DAYS BELARUS BELGIUM DIP. OF. 90 DAYS BELIZE DIP. OF. 90 DAYS BENIN DIP. 90 DAYS BHUTAN BOLIVIA DIP. OF. 90 DAYS BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA BOTSWANA BRAZIL DIP. OF. SERV. 90 DAYS BRUNEI DARUSSALAM BULGARIA DIP. OF. SERV. 90 DAYS BURKINA FASO BURUNDI CAMBODIA CAMEROON CANADA CAPE VERDE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC CHAD CHILE DIP. OF. 90 DAYS CHINA DIP. OF. SERV. 90 DAYS COLOMBIA DIP. OF. 90 DAYS
COMOROS CONGO COSTA RICA DIP. OF. SERV. 90 DAYS CÔTE D'IVOIRE CROATIA DIP. OF. SERV. 90 DAYS CUBA D I P. SERV. 90 DAYS CYPRUS DIP. OF. SERV. 90 DAYS CZECH REPUBLIC DIP. OF. SERV. 90 DAYS DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE S REPUBLIC OF KOREA DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO DENMARK DIP. OF. 90 DAYS DJIBOUTI DOMINICA DOMINICAN REPUBLIC DIP. 90 DAYS ECUADOR DIP. 90 DAYS EGYPT EL SALVADOR DIP. OF. 90 DAYS EQUATORIAL GUINEA ERITREA ESTONIA DIP. OF. SERV. 90 DAYS ETHIOPIA DIP. 90 DAYS FIJI FINLAND DIP. OF. 90 DAYS FRANCE DIP. OF. SERV. 90 DAYS GABON GAMBIA GEORGIA GERMANY DIP. OF. SERV. 90 DAYS GHANA GREECE DIP. OF. SERV. 90 DAYS GRENADA GUATEMALA DIP. CONS. OF. 90 DAYS GUINEA GUINEA-BISSAU GUYANA DIP. OF. 90 DAYS HAITI HOLY SEE D I P. SERV. 90 DAYS HONDURAS DIP. 90 DAYS HONG KONG HUNGARY DIP. OF. 90 DAYS ICELAND DIP. OF. 90 DAYS INDIA DIP. OF. 90 DAYS INDONESIA DIP. OF. SERV. 30 DAYS IRAN IRAQ IRELAND DIP. OF. 90 DAYS ISRAEL DIP. OF. SERV. 90 DAYS ITALY DIP. OF. SERV. 90 DAYS JAMAICA DIP. OF. 90 DAYS JAPAN DIP. OF. SERV. 180 DAYS
JORDAN KAZAKHSTAN DIP. OF. SERV. 90 DAYS KENYA KIRIBATI KUWAIT DIP. 90 DAYS KYRGYZSTAN LAO DIP. OF. 90 DAYS LATVIA DIP. OF. SERV. 90 DAYS LEBANON LESOTHO LIBERIA LIECHTENSTEIN LITHUANIA DIP. OF. 90 DAYS LUXEMBOURG DIP. OF. SERV. 90 DAYS LYBIA MACAO MADAGASCAR MALAWI MALAYSIA DIP. OF. 90 DAYS MALDIVES MALI MALTA MARSHALL ISLANDS MAURITANIA MAURITIUS MICRONESIA MONACO MONGOLIA DIP. OF. 90 DAYS MONTENEGRO MOROCCO DIP. OF. SERV. 90 DAYS MOZAMBIQUE MYANMAR NAMIBIA NAURU NEPAL NETHERLANDS DIP. OF. 90 DAYS NEW ZEALAND DIP. OF. 90 DAYS NICARAGUA DIP. OF. SERV. 90 DAYS NIGER NIGERIA NORWAY DIP. OF. 90 DAYS OMAN PAKISTAN DIP. OF. 90 DAYS PALAU PALESTINIAN TERRITORY, OCCUPIED PANAMA D I P. O F. CO N S. 90 DAYS PAPUA NEW GUINEA PARAGUAY DIP. OF. 90 DAYS PERU D I P. O F. ESP. 90 DAYS PHILIPPINES DIP. OF. 90 DAYS
POLAND DIP. OF. SERV. 90 DAYS PORTUGAL D I P. O F. ESP. 90 DAYS QATAR REPUBLIC OF KOREA DIP. OF. 90 DAYS REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA ROMANIA DIP. OF. SERV. 90 DAYS RUSSIA DIP. OF. SERV. 90 DAYS RWANDA SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS SAINT LUCIA DIP. OF. 90 DAYS SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES DIP. OF. 90 DAYS SAMOA SAN MARINO SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE SAUDI ARABIA SENEGAL SERBIA DIP. OF. 90 DAYS SEYCHELLES SIERRA LEONE SINGAPORE DIP. OF. 90 DAYS SLOVAKIA DIP. OF. SERV. 90 DAYS SLOVENIA DIP. OF. SERV. 90 DAYS SOLOMON ISLANDS SOMALIA SOUTH AFRICA DIP. 90 DAYS SOUTH SUDAN SPAIN DIP. OF. SERV. 90 DAYS SRI LANKA SUDAN SURINAME SWAZILAND SWEDEN DIP. OF. SERV. 90 DAYS SWITZERLAND DIP. OF. SERV. 90 DAYS SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC TAIWAN TAJIKISTAN TANZANIA THAILAND DIP. OF. 90 DAYS THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA TIMOR-LESTE TOGO TONGA TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO DIP. OF. 90 DAYS TUNISIA DIP. ESP. OF. 90 DAYS TURKEY DIP. 90 DAYS TURKMENISTAN TUVALU UGANDA UKRAINE DIP. 90 DAYS
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES D I P. O F. ESP. 90 DAYS UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND DIP. OF. 90 DAYS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DIP. OF. 180 DAYS URUGUAY DIP. OF. 90 DAYS UZBEKISTAN VANUATU VENEZUELA DIP. OF. 3 MONTHS VIETNAM DIP. OF. 90 DAYS WESTERN SAHARA YEMEN ZAMBIA ZIMBABWE