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.