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Visas to United States:

Please check if your flight to Mexico City transits or connects in a city in United States. If so, you must also apply for visa for the United States. It is recommended that you do this way ahead of Congress time (4-6 months before Congress).

Visas to Mexico:

  • Tourist Visas to Mexico are NOT required for BPW members from:
Australia France New Zealand
Argentina Germany Poland
Austria Hungary Singapore
Belgium Hong Kong Slovak Republic
Bermuda Iceland Spain
Canada Ireland Sweden
Chile Israel Switzerland
Cyprus Italy United Kingdom
Czech Republic Japan United States
Estonia South Korea  
Finland Latvia  

In place of a visa, a Mexican Visitor's Permit, known as FMT need to be filled out. This is a simple form, which can be obtained from your local Mexican Consulate or better still, just pick one up from the check-in counter at the airport and fill it out on the airplane before you land. You can also get the form when you land in Mexico and fill it out before you queue up to have your documents checked and stamped by the officials at the airport. If you have not arrived in Mexico by airplane, then you will need to pay Mexico's tourist permit fee, currently around US$20. Your plane ticket will normally have this fee included in your fare (under 'taxes and surcharges').
 
  • Visas to Mexico are required for BPW members from:
Bangladesh Ghana Papua New Guinea
Barbados Haiti Philippines
Benin India Romania
Bolivia Indonesia Russia
Brazil Jamaica Saint Kitts
Bulgaria Jordan South Africa
Burkina Faso Moldova Sri Lanka
Cambodia Mongolia Sudan
Cameroon Morocco Taiwan
Cayman Islands Nepal Thailand
Chad Netherlands Togo
Cook Islands Netherlands Antilles Trinidad and Tobago
Croatia Nigeria Turkey
Dem Rep of Congo Pakistan Ukraine
Ecuador Palestine Uruguay
Egypt Panama Zimbabwe


Documents required to enter Mexico as a visitor

- A valid passport (with visa to Mexico, if it’s required).
- The migratory form or tourist’s form

Usually the airlines hand these out while doing procedures for your flight, during the flight or shortly before landing. This form is valid for up to 90 days. You must keep your blue copy safe as it will be returned to you with an official stamp shortly after the migratory procedures. You will give it to the authorities before leaving the country. Do not rip or damage this form. In fact, it’s advisable to take note of the number indicated on it.

For more information:

Visit web site of National Institution of Migration (Instituto Nacional de Migración) or telephone: 5387 2400, Mondays to Fridays, from 9:00 to 13:00 hours



Customs

In order to enter Mexico City you must follow certain rules. It is not allow to bring more than 20 cigarette packages, 25 cigars, 200 grams of tobacco, 3 litres of beer, wine or liquor, electronic equipment valued over one thousand dollars, and/or marijuana or heroin based medicine.

On the other hand, the Mexican government grants a license to avoid paying tax rights for merchandise introduced to the country. By air and by sea is $300 dollars, by land $50 dollars.

For more information:

Visit web site of Tax Administration (Administración Tributaria) at or telephone 9157 2500, or tax administration.

 



 

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