Visa requirements for Mexican citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of
Mexico
As of 2024, Mexican citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 161 countries and territories, ranking the
Mexican passport 23rd in the world according to the
Henley Passport Index.[1]
Visa on arrival available to business travelers if they are holding a letter of invitation issued by an accredited organization in Bangladesh that has notified the Immigration authorities prior to arrival.
Citizens of Mexico who have held a Canadian visa within the past 10 years or who currently hold a valid non-immigrant U.S. visa can apply for an eTA when arriving by air only (a Canadian visa is required if arriving to Canada via-land from the United States or on a ship).[42]
e-Visa holders must arrive via 26 designated airports[Note 1] or 3 designated seaports.[Note 2][100]
An Indian e-Tourist Visa may only be obtained twice within 1 calendar year.[citation needed]
Foreigners of Pakistani origin or who hold a Pakistani Passport are not eligible for an e-Visa. Foreigners who are not Pakistani nationals, but whose parents or grandparents (either paternal or maternal) were born in, or were permanent residents in Pakistan, are also not eligible for an e-Visa.[101]
Since 2017 the Indian government has added to the list of eVisa entry points reaching a total of 28 Airports and 5 Seaports.
e-Visa allows for 2 entries during the 6 month issue period.
Visa or entry may be refused if the passport contains an Israeli stamp or other countries' border crossing points with Israel (see
Israeli stamps).[107]
The government of the
Kurdistan Region of Iraq has introduced a new e-visa process.[109][110] Holders of a Mexican passport may receive an e-visa for 30 days for US$72.26,[111] which is valid for travel in the KRI only.
Visa can be obtained upon arrival, it will cost a total of 40 JOD, obtainable at most international ports of entry and land border crossings. (except
King Hussein/Allenby Bridge)
Extendable for 2 additional months; granted free of charge at
Beirut International Airport or any other port of entry if there is no Israeli visa or seal, holding a telephone number, an address in Lebanon, and a non refundable return or circle trip ticket.
Holders of an Australian Permanent Resident Visa or Resident Return Visa may be granted a New Zealand Resident Visa on arrival permitting indefinite stay (pursuant to the
Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement), subject to meeting character requirements and obtaining an Electronic Travel Authority prior to departure.[177] Such travelers are not required to pay the International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy.[176]
Visa or entry may be refused if the passport contains an Israeli stamp, visa or if the holder also has Israeli citizenship (see
Israeli stamps).[216]
Eligible for an e-Visa, visa on arrival or transit visa if holding a valid
Schengen, USA or UK visa (used at last once) or a permanent residence visa in the
European Union, UK or USA.[217]
Eligible for an e-Visa or transit visa if holding a valid residence permit of no less than 3 months in a
GCC country.[217]
Visa not required for holders of Diplomatic and government official passports for stays of up to six months.
Visa not required for members of the Kickapoo Native American tribes of Texas and Oklahoma for stays of up six months, provided they hold an I-872 form or an American Indian card.
Border crossing card can be used for land border crossing, a border crossing card must be obtained from a United States diplomatic mission in Mexico and has similar application requirements to a B category visa.
Permit issued by the local police required for staying for less than 24 hours[308] and permit issued by the
Norwegian police for staying for more than 24 hours.[309]
Unlimited period under
Svalbard Treaty[310] but it's practically impossible to board a flight/ferry to Svalbard without entering Norway. Hence double entry Schengen visa would be required to go and come back from Svalbard to mainland Norway.
GreeceMount Athos - Special permit required (4 days: 25
euro for
Orthodox visitors, 35
euro for non-Orthodox visitors, 18
euro for students). There is a visitors' quota: maximum 100
Orthodox and 10 non-Orthodox per day and women are not allowed.[358][359]
North Korea outside
Pyongyang - Special permit required. People are not allowed to leave the capital city, tourists can only leave the capital with a governmental tourist guide (no independent moving).
Malaysia. Sabah and Sarawak - Visa not required. These states have their own immigration authorities and passport is required to travel to them, however the same visa applies.[368]
Maldives outside
Malé - Permission required. Tourists are generally prohibited from visiting non-resort islands without the express permission of the Government of Maldives.[369]
Saudi ArabiaMecca and
Medina - Special access required. Non-Muslims and those following the
Ahmadiyya religious movement are strictly prohibited from entry.
Many countries require a minimum number of blank pages to be available in the passport being presented, typically one or two pages.[387] Endorsement pages, which often appear after the visa pages, are not counted as being valid or available.
Some other countries require vaccination only if the passenger is coming from an infected area or has visited one recently or has transited for 12 hours in those countries: Algeria, Botswana, Cabo Verde, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Lesotho, Libya, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.[390][391]
Passport validity length
Very few countries, such as Paraguay, just require a valid passport on arrival.
However many countries and groupings now require only an identity card – especially from their neighbours. Other countries may have special bilateral arrangements that depart from the generality of their passport validity length policies to shorten the period of passport validity required for each other's citizens[392][393] or even accept passports that have already expired (but not been cancelled).[394]
Some countries, such as Japan,[395] Ireland and the United Kingdom,[396] require a passport valid throughout the period of the intended stay.
In the absence of specific bilateral agreements, countries requiring passports to be valid for at least 6 more months on arrival include Afghanistan, Algeria, Anguilla, Bahrain,[397] Bhutan, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Curaçao, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Gabon, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel,[398] Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Oman, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Peru,[399] Philippines,[400] Qatar, Rwanda, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Tokelau, Tonga, Turkey, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Vanuatu, Venezuela, and Vietnam.[401]
Countries requiring passports valid for at least 4 months on arrival include Micronesia and Zambia.
Countries requiring passports with a validity of at least 3 months beyond the date of intended departure include Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Honduras, Montenegro, Nauru, Moldova and New Zealand.
Similarly, the
EEA countries of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, all
European Union countries (except Ireland) together with Switzerland also require 3 months validity beyond the date of the bearer's intended departure unless the bearer is an EEA or Swiss national.
Countries requiring passports valid for at least 3 months on arrival include Albania, North Macedonia, Panama, and Senegal.
Bermuda requires passports to be valid for at least 45 days upon entry.
Countries that require a passport validity of at least one month beyond the date of intended departure include Eritrea, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Macau, the Maldives[402] and South Africa.
Criminal record
Some countries, including Australia, Canada, Fiji, New Zealand and the United States,[403] routinely deny entry to non-citizens who have a
criminal record while others impose restrictions
depending on the type of conviction and the length of the sentence.
Persona non grata
The government of a country can declare a diplomat persona non grata, banning entry into that country. In non-diplomatic use, the authorities of a country may also declare a foreigner persona non grata permanently or temporarily, usually because of unlawful activity.[404]
Israeli stamps
Kuwait,[405] Lebanon,[406] Libya,[407] Syria,[408] and Yemen[409] do not allow entry to people with
passport stamps from Israel or whose passports have either a used or an unused Israeli visa, or where there is evidence of previous travel to Israel such as entry or exit stamps from neighbouring border posts in transit countries such as Jordan and Egypt.
To circumvent this
Arab League boycott of Israel, the Israeli immigration services have now mostly ceased to stamp foreign nationals' passports on either entry to or exit from Israel (unless the entry is for some work-related purposes). Since 15 January 2013, Israel no longer stamps foreign passports at
Ben Gurion Airport. Passports are still (as of 22 June 2017[update]) stamped at
Erez when passing into and out of
Gaza.[citation needed]
Iran refuses admission to holders of passports containing an Israeli visa or stamp that is less than 12 months old.
Several countries mandate that all travellers, or all foreign travellers, be
fingerprinted on arrival and will refuse admission to or even arrest travellers who refuse to comply. In some countries, such as the United States, this may apply even to transit passengers who merely wish to change planes rather than go
landside.[410]
Fingerprinting countries/regions include Afghanistan,[411][412] Argentina,[413] Brunei, Cambodia,[414] China,[415] Ethiopia,[416] Ghana, Guinea,[417] India, Japan,[418][419] Kenya (both fingerprints and a photo are taken),[420] Malaysia upon entry and departure,[421] Mongolia, Saudi Arabia,[422] Singapore, South Korea,[423] Taiwan, Thailand,[424] Uganda,[425] the United Arab Emirates and the United States.
Many countries also require a photo be taken of people entering the country. The United States, which does not fully implement
exit control formalities at its land frontiers (although long mandated by domestic legislation),[426][427][428] intends to implement
facial recognition for passengers departing from international airports to identify people who overstay their visa.[429]
Together with fingerprint and face recognition,
iris scanning is one of three biometric identification technologies internationally standardised since 2006 by the
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) for use in
e-passports[430] and the United Arab Emirates conducts iris scanning on visitors who need to apply for a visa.[431][432] The United States
Department of Homeland Security has announced plans to greatly increase the biometric data it collects at US borders.[433] In 2018, Singapore began trials of iris scanning at three land and maritime immigration checkpoints.[434][435]
^
abcdefghijk"Tarjeta de Viaje para Personas de Negocios de APEC (APEC Business Travel Card, ABTC)" (in Spanish). Mexico: Instituto Nacional de Migración. 2022-03-03. Retrieved 21 February 2024. Exime del visado en aquellos países que solicitan visa ordinaria o de negocios a las y los mexicanos. Excepto Estados Unidos y Canadá. [Exempts the visa requirement in those countries that request ordinary or business visas for Mexicans. Except the United States and Canada.]
^Schengen visa, Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs of Austria.
^"Foreign travel advice: Iraq". London: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). Retrieved 21 February 2024. The government of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq has introduced a new e-visa process. You can find the details and apply on the e-visa portal of the Kurdistan Region Government.
^"Iraq Travel Advice & Safety". Smartraveller. Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 21 February 2024. From 1 March 2023, people travelling to the Kurdistan Region of Iraq will require a visa. You can find details and apply on the e-visa portal of the Kurdistan Regional Government.
^"Guía del viajero: Libia" (in Spanish). Mexico: Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores. Retrieved 21 February 2024. Las personas extranjeras portadoras de un pasaporte con una visa de Israel o con sellos de entrada/salida de dicho país, no se les permitirá la entrada.
^
ab"Paying the International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy". immigration.govt.nz. Immigration New Zealand. Retrieved February 1, 2021. Many tourists, people on working holidays, and some students and workers coming to New Zealand must pay an International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy (IVL) of NZD $35.
^"Information about: Australian Resident Visa". immigration.govt.nz. Immigration New Zealand. Retrieved May 21, 2020. Australian citizens and permanent residents can visit, work and live in New Zealand. You do not need a visa before you travel to New Zealand.
^"Tourist visa". Embassy of the Russian Federation in the Republic of Singapore. Retrieved 2024-02-19. Another option is provided - HOTEL BOOKING CONFIRMATION (clear scanned copy) issued by a hotel or a resort facility in Russia for a visa in accordance with the dates specified in hotel booking (up to 6 months).
^"Guía del viajero: Arabia Saudita" (in Spanish). Mexico: Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores. Retrieved 21 February 2024. Se niega el visado a aquellas personas cuyo pasaporte tenga sello o visa de Israel o que sean nacionales de ese país.
^
ab"KSA Visa". KSA Visa. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
^"Foreign travel advice: Syria". London: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO). Retrieved 21 February 2024. If you have an Israeli stamp in your passport or Emergency Travel Document it is highly likely that you will be refused entry into Syria, regardless of your nationality.
^"Guía del viajero: Yemen" (in Spanish). Mexico: Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores. Retrieved 21 February 2024. Si tu pasaporte contiene evidencia de un viaje anterior a Israel o indica que Israel es tu lugar de nacimiento se te negará el ingreso al país.
^Baker, Vicky (20 June 2013).
"Passport expiry dates and blank pages: what are the rules?". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 January 2024. The number of remaining blank pages a passport should have is also an issue. Some travellers have reported arriving with one or less than one full page left and waiting for hours at immigration, until an official reluctantly grants them entry. The FCO lists no hard and fast rules because, in many cases, there aren't any.
^"Yellow Fever". Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). African Union. Retrieved 23 August 2021. African countries that requires (sic) Yellow Fever vaccination certificate: Countries that require vaccination for all travellers older that 9 months or 1 year: Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameron, Central African Republic, Congo, Côte d'lvoire, DRC, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Niger, Togo.
^"Fièvre jaune" (in French). September 2, 2018. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
^"Yellow Fever". Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). African Union. Retrieved 23 August 2021. African countries that requires Yellow Fever vaccination certificate: Countries that requires (sic) vaccination for travellers from countries with risk of yellow fever transmission or transit for 12 hours in those countries: Algeria, Botswana, Cabo Verde, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Lesotho, Libya, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
^"Visitor Visa". travel.state.gov. US Department of State. Retrieved 13 January 2024. Passport valid for travel to the United States – Your passport must be valid for at least six months beyond your period of stay in the United States (unless exempt by country-specific agreements). Each individual who needs a visa must submit a separate application, including any family members listed in your passport.
^"Countries whose citizens are allowed to enter Turkey with their expired passports". Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Republic of Turkey. Archived from
the original on 8 October 2015. Retrieved 6 July 2018. Countries whose citizens are allowed to enter Turkey with their expired passports: 1. Germany – Passports expired within the last year / ID's expired within the last year, 2. Belgium - Passports expired within the last 5 years, 3. France - Passports expired within the last 5 years, 4. Spain - Passports expired within the last 5 years, 5. Switzerland - Passports expired within the last 5 years, 6. Luxemburg - Passports expired within the last 5 years, 7. Portugal - Passports expired within the last 5 years, 8. Bulgaria – Valid ordinary passport
^"Frequently Asked Questions". Embassy of Japan in Malaysia. Retrieved 13 January 2024. Q: Do I need at least 6 months passport validity in order to enter Japan? A: Japan does not have any regulations relating to passport validity, so long as your passport will be valid until after you leave Japan.
^"Entering the UK". Gov.UK. Retrieved 17 March 2021. You're not from an EEA country: you must have a valid passport to enter the UK. It should be valid for the whole of your stay.
^Calder, Simon (24 April 2017). "Airline lobbying for a relaxation of draconian rules for London-Auckland travellers". The Independent.
Archived from the original on 21 June 2022. Retrieved 7 July 2018. Travellers heading west from the UK to New Zealand may soon be able to avoid the onerous requirement to clear US border control during the refuelling stop at Los Angeles airport (LAX). Unlike almost every other country in the world, the US insists on a full immigration check even for passengers who simply intend to re-board their plane to continue onwards to a foreign destination. Air New Zealand, which flies daily from Heathrow via Los Angeles to Auckland, says there are currently "strict requirements for travellers" in transit at LAX. Through passengers to Auckland on flight NZ1 or Heathrow on NZ2 must apply in advance for an ESTA (online visa) even though they have no intention of staying in the US. They also have to undergo screening by the Transportation Security Administration.
^"China to Start Fingerprinting Foreign Visitors". Air Canada. 31 Jan 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2018. Effective April 27, 2018, border control authorities at all of China's ports of entry, including its airports, will start collecting the fingerprints of all foreign visitors aged between 14 and 70. Diplomatic passport holders and beneficiaries of reciprocal agreements are exempted..
^"Immigration & Visas FAQs". Kenya Airports Authority. Retrieved 6 May 2019. Will visitors still have their digital photo and fingerprints taken at the immigration desk on arrival? Yes, the need to have photos and fingerprints taken upon arrival is to authenticate that the person who applied for the Visa is the same person at the port of entry
^"Malaysia". CountryReports. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
^Brown, Theresa Cardinal (9 May 2016).
"Biometric Entry-Exit Update: CBP Developing Land Border Process". Bipartisan Policy Center. Retrieved 25 April 2019. While a requirement for a biometric entry-exit system has been in law for over a decade, it is not yet a reality. Many reasons for the long gestating development have been documented in BPC's 2014 report Entry-Exit System: Progress, Challenges, and Outlook, including the technological, operational, and cost challenges of creating exit systems and infrastructure where none exist today. However, many critics, especially in Congress, simply accused the Department of Homeland security of dragging its feet... the major operational, logistical, and technical challenge in implementing exit capability at our ports has been the land borders. Unlike airports and seaports, the land border environment is not physically controlled, there is no means to get advance information on who is arriving, and the sheer volume of travel—both vehicular and pedestrian—creates challenges in any system to not further exacerbate delays. While biometric exit for land vehicular traffic is still in the "what if" stage, CBP is moving ahead and piloting systems and technology to use with the large population of pedestrian crossers at the U.S.-Mexico border.
^Lipton, Eric (21 May 2013).
"U.S. Quietly Monitors Foreigners' Departures at the Canadian Border". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 April 2019. Long demanded by lawmakers in Congress, it is considered a critical step to developing a coherent program to curb illegal immigration, as historically about 30 percent to 40 percent of illegal immigrants in the United States arrived on tourist visas or other legal means and then never left, according to estimates by Homeland Security officials.
^Lipton, Eric (15 December 2006).
"Administration to Drop Effort to Track if Visitors Leave". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 April 2019. Efforts to determine whether visitors actually leave have faltered. Departure monitoring would help officials hunt for foreigners who have not left, if necessary. Domestic security officials say, however, it would be too expensive to conduct fingerprint or facial recognition scans for land departures.
^"Iris Scanner Could Replace Emirates ID In UAE". SimplyDXB. 11 June 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2018. The breach of privacy is probably the biggest threat to the biometric technique of iris recognition. Secondly, a device error can false reject or false accept the identity which can also have some heinous consequences. Lastly, the method isn't the most cost-effective one. It is complex and therefore expensive. Furthermore, the maintenance of devices and data can also be relatively burdensome. However, thanks to the oil money and spending ability of Dubai, they are economically equipped to effectively embrace this system.
^Roberts, Jeff John (12 September 2016).
"Homeland Security Plans to Expand Fingerprint and Eye Scanning at Borders". Fortune. Fortune Media IP Limited. Retrieved 24 April 2019. Unlike with documents, it's very hard for a traveler to present a forged copy of a fingerprint or iris. That's why the U.S. Department of Homeland Security plans to vastly expand the amount of biometric data it collects at the borders. According to Passcode, a new program will ramp up a process to scan fingers and eyes in order to stop people entering and exiting the country on someone else's passport.
^"Singapore tests eye scans at immigration checkpoints". Reuters. 6 August 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2019. Singapore has started scanning travellers' eyes at some of its border checkpoints, its immigration authority said on Monday, in a trial of expensive technology that could one day replace fingerprint verification.
1British Overseas Territories.
2 These countries span the conventional boundary between Europe and Asia.
3 Partially recognized.
4Unincorporated territory of the United States.
5 Part of the Kingdom of Denmark.
6Egypt spans the boundary between Africa and Asia.