Mexico is an amazing and distinctive country located in North America between the USA and Guatemala and Belize. If you are going to visit the country of Maya, you should take care of the visa in Mexico in advance. This country is sympathetic to the citizens of the CIS countries, therefore problems with the permission to enter should not arise. But before you collect documents, decide what is the purpose and duration of your trip to the country and whether you need a permit.
Do I need a visa to Mexico?
You should get a visa if you are planning:
- tourist trip;
- visiting friends and relatives;
- training;
- solving work tasks.
In which cases the visa is not needed:
- if you have an active visa in the United States;
- if you find yourself in the country in transit, the period of stay does not exceed one day, and during this period you will not leave the regulated airport zone.
What kind of visa is needed in Mexico?
Before taking up the preparation of documents, it is necessary to decide what visa is needed to travel to Mexico for you and to plan the terms of stay there. To date, it is possible to issue the following types of visas to Mexico:
- an electronic visa to Mexico - a simple way to independently issue a permit to enter the country. To do this, you need to issue a special form on the portal of the Institute of Migration of Mexico, making the required data in Latin. Remember that the time for completing the questionnaire is limited, it is only 20 minutes. After filling out the application is registered, it is assigned an individual code. All that is required from the tourist in the end - print out the form received on the site and show it to the airport employees upon departure and upon arrival in the country. The form should be completed no earlier than 30 days before the planned date of receipt of the visa, and the lines of its validity from the moment of receipt is 180 days. An electronic visa allows you to stay in Mexico for 30 days. Undoubted its pluses is that it is absolutely free and for its registration requires minimum effort - you do not even have to leave the house. The downside is that it does not always get it, sometimes the site does not register applications, in which case you will have to apply to the consulate;
- business visa;
- guest visa;
- tourist.
The last three types are related to short-term types of visas. The cost of a guest and business visa to Mexico is $ 134, the tourist is much cheaper, the consular fee for its registration is only $ 36.
If you are planning frequent and multiple visits to Mexico, it makes sense to apply for a long-term visa for a period of 5 or 10 years.
How to get a visa to Mexico?
To obtain permission to enter the country, the following documents should be submitted to the consulate:
- the international passport ;
- a copy of his page with all the data;
- a copy of all valid visas and previous visas to Mexico;
- 2 color photos on matte white paper sizes 3 to 4 without corners, frames and ovals;
- printed and signed questionnaire;
- certificate from the place of work with salary. It is desirable that it is not less than 800 cu;
- for pensioners, schoolchildren and students, this certificate will be replaced by a sponsorship letter - a document confirming the sponsor's solvency of the traveler.
If you do not have the opportunity to apply for a visa yourself, you can contact any suitable tour operator, providing the employee with all the necessary documents. Agents will do whatever is necessary for you and, of course, take a fee for their services. In advance, please specify whether this amount is refunded in the event of a visa refusal in Mexico, the cause of which the consulate does not disclose.