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Current entry categories for 199 passport nationalities, paired with official evidence as it is reviewed.

Access data checked August 24, 20267 official sources collected
Citizenship1Visa-free63ETA3eVisa1Visa required131
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199 passports

Citizenship

1

Visa-free

63

ETA

3

eVisa

1

Visa required

131
Policy history

Official evidence timeline

One group agreement or destination policy can support many passport relationships. Dates are recorded only when an official source establishes them.

  1. eVisa

    Brazil: electronic visa for air visitors

    From 5 February 2026, Brazilian ordinary passport holders may use Mexico's electronic visitor-visa route for a non-remunerated stay of less than 180 days when entering exclusively by air.

    • Mexico's Rio consular guidance calls this route a visa electrónica. It is normalized as eVisa rather than ETA because approval produces a visa and the official application charges a visa fee.
    • The route is exclusively by air, for fewer than 180 days and without remunerated activities. It is valid for one entry; the Rio source states 180 days' authorization validity.
    • A Brazilian transit traveller using this route must obtain a new electronic visa each time the traveller disembarks at a Mexican airport.
    • A residence visa, multiple-entry visa, ten-year visa, land or sea entry, remunerated activity, or other purpose requires the applicable separate Mexican process.
    • Electronic authorization does not guarantee admission; Mexican migration authorities decide admission and the authorized visitor period at the point of entry.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Brazil

    Official sourceConsulate of Mexico in Rio de Janeiro / Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores: Visas
  2. Current official routeCitizenship

    Mexican nationals: outside foreign visitor visa scope

    INM's nationality lists regulate foreign nationals' visitor admission, not Mexican citizens.

    • This citizenship classification does not establish document requirements for an individual Mexican national, dual national, carrier, or border route.
    • It does not determine treatment when a dual Mexican national presents another country's ordinary passport.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Mexico

    Official sourcesInstituto Nacional de Migración: Países y regiones que No requieren visa para viajar a MéxicoInstituto Nacional de Migración: Países y regiones que requieren visa para viajar a México
  3. Current official routeVisa-free

    INM-listed ordinary passports: visitor visa exemption

    The listed nationalities may seek admission as visitors without permission to undertake remunerated activities without obtaining a Mexican visa in advance.

    • This policy is for a visitor without permission to undertake remunerated activities, including tourism; it does not grant residence, work authorization, or a right to admission.
    • INM may verify passport or internationally valid identity-and-travel document, travel purpose, accommodation or itinerary, means of subsistence, departure transport, and other relevant information at migration review.
    • The visitor period is not a guaranteed 180 days: INM authorizes the period at entry, and the visa-required guidance says the non-resident visitor route may not exceed 180 days.
    • For a land entry, INM requires the applicable completed FMM; international-airport FMM handling is generated through migration control.
    • This normalization is limited to ordinary national passports. It does not establish rules for residence cards, diplomatic or official documents, refugees, stateless persons, alien travel documents, or other special documents.
    63 passport nationalities covered

    Andorra, United Arab Emirates, Argentina, Austria, Australia, Barbados, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bolivia, The Bahamas, Belize, Canada, Switzerland, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Finland, Micronesia, France, United Kingdom, Greece, Hong Kong (SAR China), Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Iceland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, South Korea, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Monaco, Marshall Islands, Macao (SAR China), Malta, Malaysia, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Palau Islands, Paraguay, Romania, Sweden, Singapore, Slovenia, Slovakia, San Marino, Trinidad and Tobago, United States, Uruguay

    Official sourcesInstituto Nacional de Migración: Países y regiones que No requieren visa para viajar a MéxicoInstituto Nacional de Migración: Países y regiones que requieren visa para viajar a México
  4. Current official routeETA

    Russia, Türkiye, and Ukraine: SAE electronic authorization for air visitors

    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.

    • 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.
    3 passport nationalities covered

    Russian Federation, Türkiye, Ukraine

    Official sourcesInstituto Nacional de Migración: Sistema de Autorización Electrónica (SAE)Consulate of Mexico in Milan / Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores: Visa electrónica para ciudadanos rusos, turcos y ucranianosInstituto Nacional de Migración: Países y regiones que requieren visa para viajar a México
  5. Current official routeVisa required

    INM-listed ordinary passports: visitor visa required

    The listed nationalities require a Mexican visa for travel as a non-remunerated visitor unless the traveller holds a specifically listed alternative document or qualifies for another documented exception.

    • INM says the listed nationalities must obtain the visa corresponding to their condition of stay at a Mexican consulate; for tourism, business, or other non-remunerated activity this is visitor without permission for remunerated activities.
    • A valid and current visa of Canada, Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, or a Schengen country is an alternative to a Mexican visa. Permanent residence in Canada, the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom, a Schengen country, Chile, Colombia, or Peru is another alternative.
    • An ABTC approved by Mexico is an alternative only for air entry and business travel. Aircraft crew certification and a seafarer's book for qualifying crew are separate document-specific alternatives; an air-arriving seafarer also needs proof of enrolment, vessel data, and the Mexican port.
    • These alternatives do not create nationality-wide visa-free status and do not establish residence, paid work, or admission. The ordinary visitor stay cannot exceed 180 days absent residence or a migration process.
    • This policy concerns ordinary national passports only. It does not establish a rule for diplomatic, official, emergency, refugee, alien, or other special travel documents.
    130 passport nationalities covered

    Afghanistan, Antigua and Barbuda, Albania, Armenia, Angola, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Bahrain, Burundi, Benin, Brunei, Bhutan, Botswana, Belarus, Congo (Dem. Rep.), Central African Republic, Congo (Rep.), Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, China, Cuba, Cape Verde Islands, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Algeria, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Grenada, Georgia, Ghana, The Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, Haiti, Indonesia, India, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, Kiribati, Comoro Islands, St. Kitts and Nevis, North Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, St. Lucia, Sri Lanka, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Moldova, Montenegro, Madagascar, North Macedonia, Mali, Myanmar, Mongolia, Mauritania, Mauritius, Maldives, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Nepal, Nauru, Oman, Peru, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Pakistan, Palestinian Territory, Qatar, Serbia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Solomon Islands, Seychelles, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, Suriname, South Sudan, São Tomé and Príncipe, El Salvador, Syria, eSwatini, Chad, Togo, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Tonga, Tuvalu, Taiwan (Chinese Taipei), Tanzania, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vatican City, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Venezuela, Vietnam, Vanuatu, Samoa, Yemen, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

    Official sourceInstituto Nacional de Migración: Países y regiones que requieren visa para viajar a México
  6. Current official routeVisa required

    Kosovo ordinary passports: Mexico prior visitor visa

    Mexico's current INM graphic expressly includes Kosovo in its countries and regions requiring a visa. The accompanying INM guidance directs listed nationals to obtain the visitor visa at a Mexican consulate before travel.

    • The current INM page says nationals of the listed countries or regions must obtain a visa under any condition of entry; its embedded official graphic expressly lists Kosovo.
    • For tourism, business or other non-remunerated activities, the current INM guidance directs the traveler to apply at a Mexican consulate for a visitor visa without permission to perform remunerated activities.
    • At the immigration checkpoint, the traveler must present a passport or identity-and-travel document valid under international law and a duly issued, current and valid visa; this general document-validity condition remains applicable.
    • The page separately describes residence, third-country visas, APEC-card and crew alternatives; those conditional routes do not alter this ordinary Kosovo-passport baseline. Final admission, purpose and 180-day maximum remain subject to INM controls.
    1 passport nationalities covered

    Kosovo

    Official sourcesInstituto Nacional de Migración / Secretaría de Gobernación: Mexico National Migration Institute: countries and regions requiring a visa graphicInstituto Nacional de Migración / Secretaría de Gobernación: Mexico National Migration Institute: countries and regions requiring a visa