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Mexico Business & Tourist Visas

Instructions for Securing a Mexican Visa

U.S. citizens are not required to secure a visa in advance of travel to the country.

You may stay in the country without a visa for a stay of up to 90 days.

All U. S. citizen travelers are required to enter Mexico with a valid passport book for air travel. For land and sea travel a valid passport card or valid passport book is necessary. Closed loop cruise passengers will also require either a valid passport book or valid passport card for entrance into Mexico. This requirement went into effect March 1, 2010.

You may stay in the country without a visa for a stay of up to 90 days. When a child under 18 travels with only one parent or no parent, Mexico states that the parent not accompanying the child or both parents not accompanying the child must give written and notarized authorization for the child to enter Mexico. If the parents are divorced, the parent accompanying the child must show a court order authorizing sole custody. If one parent is deceased, a death certificate is required.

Click here for more information on traveling abroad with children under 18.

U.S. citizens are required to present proof of their United States citizenship AND proof of identity.

Acceptable Proof of Citizenship can be:		Acceptable Proof of Identity can be:
A currently valid passport (Expired, mutilated, altered, or damaged passports are not acceptable as proof of citizenship or identity); An original birth certificate issued by a state, city or county (Hospital birth certificates are not acceptable); A certified copy of a birth certificate issued by a city, county or state and which has a raised seal; An original Certificate of Naturalization issued by the USCIS; An original Consular Report of Birth Abroad - U.S. Government Form FS-240; An original Certification of Birth Abroad - U.S. Government Form DS-1350 NOTE: Voter registration cards and military discharge papers do not prove citizenship		A currently valid U.S. or foreign passport with a recognizable photo (Expired, mutilated, altered, or damaged passports are not acceptable as proof of citizenship or identity); A currently valid driver’s license; A currently valid state-issued ID for persons who do not have a driver’s license; A currently valid state-issued government ID issued by the city, state or federal government; A currently valid military ID issued to armed forces personnel and their dependents; A Naturalization/Citizenship Certificate from U.S. Citizens and Immigration Services (USCIS- formerly the I.N.S.) with a recognizable photo; Alien Resident Card or Permanent Resident Card from the USCIS NOTE: Your social security card does not prove your identity

Photocopies of citizenship or identification documents will not be accepted. Identification documents must be original or certified copies, currently valid (not expired), and include a photo or a description including such things as height, weight, color of eyes, date of birth, etc.

Visas for Non-US Citizens Residing in the U.S.

There are 191 countries in the world and each one has different visa arrangements with the 190 other countries. It is not possible for us to maintain current visa requirements for all nationalities to all countries.

For this reason we do not process all non-U.S. citizens' visa applications on the Internet. If you are not a U.S. citizen, reside in the US, and wish to travel to Mexico, please follow the link below to complete and submit the request form for non-U.S. residents. We will dispatch a courier to the requested embassy, verify in person the requirements, obtain all needed forms, and contact you via email with the requirements for securing a Mexican visa. We serve non-U.S. citizens only if they are legally residing in the United States.

Non-US citizen visa request form