Mexico visa requirements · checked 13 October 2026
Visa & Entry Requirements for MexicoMost travellers need a visa for Mexico: 131 of 198 passports must apply at an embassy or consulate, while 63 passports enter visa-free.
Mexico's National Migration Institute (INM) publishes a list of countries and regions whose nationals do not need a visa to travel to Mexico as visitors without permission to do paid work (tourism), and says a visitor cannot exceed 180 days. A valid visa from Canada, the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom or any Schengen country can be presented as an alternative to the Mexican visa, and a free electronic authorization (SAE) lets nationals of Ukraine, Turkey and Russia travel to Mexico by air without a paper visa.
Do I need a visa for Mexico? Quick answers
United States
Visa-free
180 days
United Kingdom
Visa-free
180 days
Germany
Visa-free
180 days
India
Visa required
China
Visa required
Canada
Visa-free
180 days
Australia
Visa-free
180 days
Poland
Visa-free
180 days
Another passport? Use the checker or find it in the table below.
Visa for Mexico — requirements summaryAll travellers must meet the entry rules set by Mexico, and they depend on your nationality. Find your passport below — you may be able to enter visa-free, or need an eVisa, a visa on arrival or a visa from an embassy.
| Passport | Requirement | Max stay | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
 Afghanistan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Albania |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Algeria |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Andorra |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Angola |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Antigua and Barbuda |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Argentina |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Armenia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
| Australia |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Austria |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Azerbaijan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Bahamas |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Bahrain |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Bangladesh |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Barbados |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Belarus |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Belgium |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Belize |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Benin |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Bhutan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Bolivia |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Botswana |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Brazil |
eVisa | — | Details → |
 Brunei |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Bulgaria |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Burkina Faso |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Burundi |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Cambodia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Cameroon |
Visa required | — | Details → |
| Canada |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Cape Verde |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Central African Republic |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Chad |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Chile |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
| China |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Colombia |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Comoros |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Costa Rica |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Côte d'Ivoire |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Croatia |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Cuba |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Cyprus |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Czechia |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Denmark |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Djibouti |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Dominica |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Dominican Republic |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 DR Congo |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Ecuador |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Egypt |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 El Salvador |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Equatorial Guinea |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Eritrea |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Estonia |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Eswatini |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Ethiopia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Fiji |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Finland |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 France |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Gabon |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Gambia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Georgia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
| Germany |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Ghana |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Greece |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Grenada |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Guatemala |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Guinea |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Guinea-Bissau |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Guyana |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Haiti |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Honduras |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Hong Kong |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Hungary |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Iceland |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
| India |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Indonesia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Iran |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Iraq |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Ireland |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Israel |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Italy |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Jamaica |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Japan |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Jordan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Kazakhstan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Kenya |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Kiribati |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Kosovo |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Kuwait |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Kyrgyzstan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Laos |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Latvia |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Lebanon |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Lesotho |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Liberia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Libya |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Liechtenstein |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Lithuania |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Luxembourg |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Macau |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Madagascar |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Malawi |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Malaysia |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Maldives |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Mali |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Malta |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Marshall Islands |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Mauritania |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Mauritius |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Micronesia |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Moldova |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Monaco |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Mongolia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Montenegro |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Morocco |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Mozambique |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Myanmar |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Namibia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Nauru |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Nepal |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Netherlands |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 New Zealand |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Nicaragua |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Niger |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Nigeria |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 North Korea |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 North Macedonia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Norway |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Oman |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Pakistan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Palau |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Palestine |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Panama |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Papua New Guinea |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Paraguay |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Peru |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Philippines |
Visa required | — | Details → |
| Poland |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Portugal |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Qatar |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Republic of the Congo |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Romania |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Russia |
eTA | 180 days | Details → |
 Rwanda |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Saint Lucia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Samoa |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 San Marino |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Sao Tome and Principe |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Saudi Arabia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Senegal |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Serbia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Seychelles |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Sierra Leone |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Singapore |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Slovakia |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Slovenia |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Solomon Islands |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Somalia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 South Africa |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 South Korea |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 South Sudan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Spain |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Sri Lanka |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Sudan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Suriname |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Sweden |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Switzerland |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Syria |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Taiwan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Tajikistan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Tanzania |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Thailand |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Timor-Leste |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Togo |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Tonga |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Tunisia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Türkiye |
eTA | 180 days | Details → |
 Turkmenistan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Tuvalu |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Uganda |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Ukraine |
eTA | 180 days | Details → |
 United Arab Emirates |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
| United Kingdom |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
| United States |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Uruguay |
Visa-free | 180 days | Details → |
 Uzbekistan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Vanuatu |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Vatican City |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Venezuela |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Vietnam |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Yemen |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Zambia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Zimbabwe |
Visa required | — | Details → |
No passport matches your search.
Mexico visa types, fees and processing timesFee and processing time not published — confirm with the embassy or consulate before you apply.
Official application site →Entry requirements for MexicoINM requires a passport or identity and travel document that is valid (vigente) at the immigration check; it states no minimum validity period.
INM — Países y regiones que requieren visa para viajar a México (alternatives to the visa; documents checked at the immigration filter)✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
No official source we could read states a travel-insurance requirement for Mexico.
INM — Países y regiones que requieren visa para viajar a México (alternatives to the visa; documents checked at the immigration filter)✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
No official source we could read states that a return or onward ticket is required. INM says the immigration authority may ask you to prove the purpose of your trip, for example with a hotel reservation, return tickets or tour tickets, and to state the means of transport you will use to leave the country.
INM — Países y regiones que requieren visa para viajar a México (alternatives to the visa; documents checked at the immigration filter)✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
No official source we could read states a proof-of-funds requirement or amount. INM says the immigration authority may ask about your means of subsistence during your stay (except holders of a Mexican visa), your address and how long you will stay.
INM — Países y regiones que requieren visa para viajar a México (alternatives to the visa; documents checked at the immigration filter)✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
INM says that at international airports you do not have to present, fill in or carry an FMM: it is generated at entry, and your entry stamp carries the necessary information. If you enter by land, you must present a completed FMM at the immigration check. Canada's travel advice says air arrivals need to complete the digital FMM (FMMD) online upon arrival and keep a copy.
INM — Países y regiones que requieren visa para viajar a México (alternatives to the visa; documents checked at the immigration filter)✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
A foreigner who entered regularly and exceeded the period of stay first granted may apply to regularize their status, provided they apply within 60 calendar days after the authorized period expires. When regularization is authorized, a fine of 20 to 100 days of the general minimum wage in force in the Federal District is imposed.
Cámara de Diputados (copy on gob.mx) — Ley de Migración, última reforma DOF 29-04-2022✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
Mexico's customs agency says anyone entering or leaving Mexico with more than USD 10,000 (or the equivalent) in cash, cheques, payment orders or other documents must declare it to the customs authorities. Carrying the money is not an offence; failing to declare it is. Not declaring it is fined 20% to 40% of the amount above USD 10,000, and an undeclared amount over USD 30,000 is punished with 3 months to 6 years in prison and the excess passes to the federal treasury, unless the lawful origin of the funds is shown.
ANAM — Declaración de dinero (cash declaration)✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
Mexico visa requirements statisticsWe track the entry rules of Mexico for 198 passports. The most common situation is visa required, which applies to 131 passports (66%). 32% of passports can enter without a visa. The least common is eVisa (1 passport).
Open your passport in the table for the exact rules — maximum stay, fees, how to apply and the official source. Entry rules change at short notice: confirm with the embassy of Mexico or its official immigration website before you travel.
Frequently asked questions about Mexico visasData: TravelRequirements.info — Entry Requirements Dataset, AXG Sp. z o.o. (CC BY 4.0) — official sources are linked on each passport page. Gaps filled from the Passport Index dataset (MIT).
Travelling from Mexico?
Mexico passport holders can visit 98 countries without a visa. Open a country for the exact rules.
Albania
90d
Andorra
90d
Angola
30d
Antigua and Barbuda
180d
Argentina
90d
Austria
90d
Bahamas
90d
Barbados
28d
Belarus
30d
Belgium
90d
Belize
30d
Bolivia
90d
Bosnia and Herzegovina
90d
Botswana
90d
Brazil
90d
Bulgaria
90d
Chile
90d
Colombia
90d
Costa Rica
180d
Croatia
90d
Cyprus
90d
Czechia
90d
Denmark
90d
Dominica
180d
Dominican Republic
∞
Ecuador
90d
El Salvador
180d
Estonia
90d
Fiji
120d
Finland
90d
France
90d
Georgia
360d
Germany
90d
Greece
90d
Grenada
90d
Guatemala
90d
Haiti
90d
Honduras
90d
Hong Kong
90d
Hungary
90d
Iceland
90d
Iran
15d
Ireland
90d
Israel
90d
Italy
90d
Jamaica
90d
Japan
90d
Kazakhstan
30d
Kiribati
90d
Kosovo
90d
Kyrgyzstan
60d
Latvia
90d
Liechtenstein
90d
Lithuania
90d
Luxembourg
90d
Macau
90d
Malaysia
30d
Malta
90d
Mauritius
90d
Micronesia
30d
Moldova
90d
Monaco
90d
Montenegro
90d
Morocco
90d
Netherlands
90d
Nicaragua
90d
North Macedonia
90d
Norway
90d
Palestine
∞
Panama
90d
Paraguay
90d
Peru
180d
Philippines
30d
Poland
90d
Portugal
90d
Romania
90d
Saint Kitts and Nevis
90d
Saint Lucia
42d
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
90d
San Marino
90d
Serbia
90d
Seychelles
90d
Singapore
30d
Slovakia
90d
Slovenia
90d
Spain
90d
Sweden
90d
Switzerland
90d
Tajikistan
30d
Thailand
60d
Trinidad and Tobago
90d
Tunisia
90d
United Arab Emirates
180d
Uruguay
90d
Uzbekistan
30d
Vanuatu
120d
Vatican City
90d
Venezuela
90d
