{"schemaVersion":1,"source":"live","checkedAt":"2026-10-08T03:06:05.901Z","passport":{"code":"RU","name":"Russian Federation","slug":"russian-federation"},"destination":{"code":"MX","name":"Mexico"},"status":"eta","evidenceLevel":"exact","supportsCurrentStatus":true,"reviewedAt":"2026-08-20","allowedStays":[],"policies":[{"id":"mexico-sae-russia-turkey-ukraine-air-visitors","title":"Russia, Türkiye, and Ukraine: SAE electronic authorization for air visitors","summary":"Russian, Turkish, and Ukrainian ordinary passport holders may obtain the SAE pre-travel electronic authorization to fly to Mexico as non-remunerated visitors, instead of first obtaining a Mexican visa.","status":"eta","conditions":["SAE is an air-only pre-travel authorization for a visitor without permission for remunerated activities; travel by land or sea requires a Mexican visa under INM's current SAE guidance.","The traveller needs a valid passport, an approved authorization, a participating airline, and a printed authorization for airline and migration checks. Approval does not guarantee admission or the period authorized at entry.","The INM central SAE page says the authorization is valid for 30 days and one entry. A current Mexican consular post in Milan instead states 180 days and one entry; the validity conflict is recorded here and the central INM statement is used operationally pending clarification.","A valid visa of Canada, Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, or a Schengen country, or permanent residence in the listed countries (including Chile, Colombia, and Peru), is a separate alternative to both Mexican visa and SAE for a visa-required national.","This policy does not establish residence, remunerated activity, ordinary visa-free entry, or a rule for diplomatic, official, emergency, refugee, or other special travel documents."],"sourceIds":["inm-sae-russia-turkey-ukraine","sre-milan-sae-validity-180","inm-visa-required-nationalities-2024"],"application":{"url":"https://www.inm.gob.mx/sae/publico/solicitud.html","label":"INM Sistema de Autorización Electrónica","steps":["Complete the INM electronic-authorization request with the valid ordinary passport.","Print the approved authorization before presenting at the participating airline's check-in counter.","Present the authorization and passport for Mexican migration inspection on arrival by air."]}}],"conditional":[],"sources":[{"id":"inm-sae-russia-turkey-ukraine","title":"Sistema de Autorización Electrónica (SAE)","url":"https://www.gob.mx/inm/acciones-y-programas/sistema-de-autorizacion-electronica-sae","publisher":"Instituto Nacional de Migración","jurisdiction":"Mexico","kind":"official-portal","language":"Spanish","reviewedAt":"2026-08-20"},{"id":"sre-milan-sae-validity-180","title":"Visa electrónica para ciudadanos rusos, turcos y ucranianos","url":"https://consulmex.sre.gob.mx/milan/index.php/es/servicios-consulares/documentacion-a-extranjeros/44","publisher":"Consulate of Mexico in Milan / Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores","jurisdiction":"Mexico","kind":"government-guidance","language":"Spanish","reviewedAt":"2026-08-20"},{"id":"inm-visa-required-nationalities-2024","title":"Países y regiones que requieren visa para viajar a México","url":"https://www.inm.gob.mx/gobmx/word/index.php/paises-requieren-visa-para-mexico/","publisher":"Instituto Nacional de Migración","jurisdiction":"Mexico","kind":"government-guidance","language":"Spanish","reviewedAt":"2026-08-20"}]}