Visa requirements for Mexican citizens

Visa requirements for Mexican citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Mexico. In February 2016, Mexican citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 139 countries and territories, ranking the Mexican passport 28th in the world according to the Visa Restrictions Index.^[1]

Visa requirements map

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  Visa not required

  Visa upon arrival

  e-Visa

  Visa required

Visa requirements

Country	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Afghanistan	Visa required[2]
Albania	Visa not required[3]	90 days
Algeria	Visa required[4]
Andorra	Visa not required[5]	90 days
Angola	Visa required[6]
Antigua and Barbuda	Visa not required[7]	1 month
Argentina	Visa not required[8]	90 days
Armenia	Visa on arrival[9]	120 days
Australia	Online Visitor e600 visa[10]	May apply online.[11] Transit visa is not required.[12]
Austria	Visa not required[13]	90 days within 180 days
Azerbaijan	Visa required[14]
Bahamas	Visa not required[15]	3 months
Bahrain	Visa on arrival[16][17]	14 days. Visa is also obtainable online.[17]
Bangladesh	Visa required[18]	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.
Barbados	Visa not required[19]	6 months
Belarus	Visa required[20]	Visas are issued on arrival at the Minsk International Airport if the support documents were submitted not later than 3 business days before expected date of arrival.[21]
Belgium	Visa not required[22]	90 days within 180 days
Belize	Visa not required[23]	1 month
Benin	Visa required[24]
Bhutan	Visa required[25]
Bolivia	Visa not required[26]	90 days
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Visa not required[27]	90 days
Botswana	Visa not required[28]	90 days
Brazil	Visa not required[29]	90 days
Brunei	Visa required[30]
Bulgaria	Visa not required[31]	90 days within 180 days
Burkina Faso	Visa required[32]
Burundi	Visa on arrival[33]	3 months
Cambodia	Visa on arrival[34]	30 days. Visa is also obtainable online.[35]
Cameroon	Visa required[36]
Canada	Visa not required[37]	6 months; eTA required if arriving by air.[38]
Cape Verde	Visa on arrival[39]
Central African Republic	Visa required[40]
Chad	Visa required[41]
Chile	Visa not required[42]	90 days. A US$23 reciprocity fee is paid on arrival.
China	Visa required[43]	72-hours visa free visit when in transit at Beijing, Changsha, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Guangzhou, Guilin, Harbin, Kunming, Qingdao, Shenyang, Tianjin, Wuhan, Xi'an and Xiamen. 144-hours visa free visit when in transit at Hangzhou, Nanjing and Shanghai's Hongqiao and Pudong international airports, Railway Station and port.
Colombia	Visa not required[44]	90 days - extendable up to 180-days stay within a one year period
Comoros	Visa on arrival[45]
Republic of the Congo	Visa required[46]
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Visa required[47]
Costa Rica	Visa not required[48]	90 days
Cote d'Ivoire ! Côte d'Ivoire	eVisa[49]
Croatia	Visa not required[50]	90 days within 180 days
Cuba	Visa required !Tourist Card required[51]
Cyprus	Visa not required[52]	90 days within 180 days
Czech Republic	Visa not required[53]	90 days within 180 days
Denmark	Visa not required[54]	90 days within 180 days
Djibouti	Visa on arrival[55]
Dominica	Visa not required[56]	21 days
Dominican Republic	Visa not required[57]	90 days (10 USD Tourist Card must be purchased upon arrival)
Ecuador	Visa not required[58]	90 days
Egypt	Visa on arrival[59]	30 days
El Salvador	Visa not required[60]	3 months
Equatorial Guinea	Visa required[61]
Eritrea	Visa required[62]
Estonia	Visa not required[63]	90 days within 180 days
Ethiopia	Visa on arrival[64]
Fiji	Visa not required[65]	4 months
Finland	Visa not required[66]	90 days within 180 days
France	Visa not required[67]	90 days within 180 days (in Regions of France).
Gabon	e-Visa[68]	Electronic visa holders must arrive via Libreville International Airport.
Gambia	Visa required[69]
Georgia	Visa not required[70]	1 year
Germany	Visa not required[71]	90 days within 180 days
Ghana	Visa required[72]
Greece	Visa not required[73]	90 days within 180 days
Grenada	Visa not required[74]	90 days
Guatemala	Visa not required[75]	90 days
Guinea	Visa required[76]
Guinea-Bissau	Visa on arrival[77]	90 days
Guyana	Visa required[78]
Haiti	Visa not required[79]	3 months
Honduras	Visa not required[80]	3 months
Hungary	Visa not required[81]	90 days within 180 days
Iceland	Visa not required[82]	90 days within 180 days
India	e-Tourist Visa[83]	30 days
Indonesia	Visa not required[84]	30 days
Iran	Visa on arrival[85]	30 days[86]
Iraq	Visa required[87]
Ireland	Visa not required[88]	90 days
Israel	Visa not required[89]	3 months
Italy	Visa not required[90]	90 days within 180 days
Jamaica	Visa not required[91]	90 days (business), 6 months (tourist)
Japan	Visa not required[92]	90 days, extendable up to 180 days[93]
Jordan	Visa on arrival[94]	Conditions apply[95]
Kazakhstan	Visa required[96]	Visa-free from 1 January 2017
Kenya	eVisa[97]	3 months
Kiribati	Visa required[98]
North Korea	Visa required[99]
South Korea	Visa not required[100]	3 months
Kuwait	Visa required[101]
Kyrgyzstan	Visa on arrival[102]	1 month. Available at Manas International Airport.
Laos	Visa on arrival[103]	30 days, conditions apply[104]
Latvia	Visa not required[105]	90 days within 180 days
Lebanon	Visa on arrival[106]	1 month 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.
Lesotho	Visa required[107]
Liberia	Visa required[108]
Libya	Visa required[109]
Liechtenstein	Visa not required[110]	90 days within 180 days
Lithuania	Visa not required[111]	90 days within 180 days
Luxembourg	Visa not required[112]	90 days within 180 days
Macedonia	Visa not required[113]	90 days
Madagascar	Visa on arrival[114]	30 days free of charge
Malawi	Visa on arrival[115]
Malaysia	Visa not required[116]	30 days
Maldives	Visa on arrival[117]	30 days
Mali	Visa required[118]
Malta	Visa not required[119]	90 days within 180 days
Marshall Islands	Visa on arrival[120]	90 days
Mauritania	Visa on arrival[121]
Mauritius	Visa not required[122]	90 days
Micronesia	Visa not required[123]	30 days
Moldova	eVisa[124]
Monaco	Visa not required[125]	90 days
Mongolia	Visa required[126]
Montenegro	Visa not required[127]	90 days
Morocco	Visa not required[128]	3 months
Mozambique	Visa on arrival[129]	30 days, conditions apply[130]
Myanmar	eVisa[131]	28 days, eVisa holders must arrive via Yangon, Nay Pyi Taw or Mandalay airports.[132]
Namibia	Visa required[133]
Nauru	Visa required[134]
Nepal	Visa on arrival[135]	90 days
Netherlands	Visa not required[136]	90 days within 180 days (European Netherlands)
New Zealand	Visa not required[137]	90 days
Nicaragua	Visa not required[138]	90 days
Niger	Visa required[139]
Nigeria	Visa required[140]
Norway	Visa not required[141]	90 days within 180 days
Oman	Visa required[142]
Pakistan	Visa required[143]	Visa on arrival when travelling on business valid for 30 days. Conditions apply.[144]
Palau	Visa on arrival[145]	30 days
Panama	Visa not required[146]	180 days
Papua New Guinea	Visa on arrival[147]	60 days
Paraguay	Visa not required[148]	90 days
Peru	Visa not required[149]	183 days
Philippines	Visa not required[150]	30 days
Poland	Visa not required[151]	90 days within 180 days
Portugal	Visa not required[152]	90 days within 180 days
Qatar	Visa required[153]
Romania	Visa not required[154]	90 days within 180 days
Russia	Visa required[155]
Rwanda	eVisa[156]
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Visa not required[157]	3 months
Saint Lucia	Visa not required[158]	6 weeks
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Visa not required[159]	1 month
Samoa	Visa on arrival !Entry Permit on arrival[160]	60 days
San Marino	Visa not required[161]	90 days
São Tomé and Príncipe	eVisa[162]	Visa is obtained online.[163]
Saudi Arabia	Visa required[164]
Senegal	Visa required[165]
Serbia	Visa not required[166]	90 days
Seychelles	Visa on arrival !Visitor's Permit on arrival[167]	3 months
Sierra Leone	Visa required[168]
Singapore	Visa not required[169]	30 days
Slovakia	Visa not required[170]	90 days within 180 days
Slovenia	Visa not required[171]	90 days within 180 days
Solomon Islands	Visa on arrival !Visitor's permit on arrival[172]	3 months
Somalia	Visa required[173]	Visa may be obtained on arrival, provided an invitation letter by the sponsor had been submitted to the authorities before arrival.
South Africa	Visa required[174]
South Sudan	Visa required[175]
Spain	Visa not required[176]	90 days within 180 days
Sri Lanka	Electronic Travel Authorization[177]	30 days
Sudan	Visa required[178]
Suriname	Tourist Card on arrival[179]	90 days, available at Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport
Swaziland	Visa required[180]
Sweden	Visa not required[181]	90 days within 180 days
Switzerland	Visa not required[182]	90 days within 180 days
Syria	Visa required[183]
Tajikistan	Visa on arrival[184]	45 days at Dushanbe International Airport. Visa also available online. E-visa holders can enter through all border points.[185]
Tanzania	Visa on arrival[186]
Thailand	Visa required[187]
Timor-Leste	Visa on arrival[188]	30 days
Togo	Visa on arrival[189]	7 days
Tonga	Visa required[190]
Trinidad and Tobago	Visa not required[191]	90 days
Tunisia	Visa not required[192]	90 days
Turkey	eVisa[193]	Free for 30 days
Turkmenistan	Visa required[194]
Tuvalu	Visa on arrival[195]	1 month
Uganda	Visa on arrival[196]	May apply online.[197]
Ukraine	Visa required[198]	Invitation letter is not required for Mexican citizens.[199]
United Arab Emirates	Visa required[200]	A 96-hour transit visa can be obtained on arrival at Dubai(DXB), provided transit time is at least 8 hours; and holding onward ticket to a third country; and holding a passport valid for at least 6 months from date of arrival. Visa fee of 170 AED. Visas are only issued as a part of a transit package together with hotel accommodation and airport transfer.[201]
United Kingdom	Visa not required[202]	6 months
United States	Visa required[203]
Uruguay	Visa not required[204]	3 months
Uzbekistan	Visa required[205]
Vanuatu	Visa not required[206]	30 days
Vatican City	Visa not required[207]
Venezuela	Visa not required[208]	90 days
Vietnam	Visa required[209]	Prearranged visa obtained online through travel agencies available at Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City or Da Nang airports. Phú Quốc visa exemption for up to 30 days.[210][211]
Yemen	Visa required[212]
Zambia	Visa on arrival[213]	90 days
Zimbabwe	eVisa[214]

Territories

Visa requirements for Mexican citizens for visits to various territories, disputed areas, partially recognized countries and restricted zones:

Europe
Visitor to	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Abkhazia	Visa required[215]
Mount Athos	Special permit required	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.[216][217]
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus	Visa not required	3 months[218][219]
UN Buffer Zone in Cyprus	Access Permit required[220]	Access Permit is required for travelling inside the zone, except Civil Use Areas.
Faroe Islands	Visa not required[221]
Gibraltar	Visa not required[222]
Guernsey	Visa not required[223]
Isle of Man	Visa not required[224]
Jan Mayen	Permit required[225]	Permit issued by the local police required for staying for less than 24 hours[226] and permit issued by the Norwegian police for staying for more than 24 hours.[227]
Jersey	Visa not required[228]
Kosovo	Visa not required	90 days[229]
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic	Visa required[230][231]	Travellers with Nagorno-Karabakh visa (expired or valid) or evidence of travel to Nagorno-Karabakh (stamps) will be permanently denied entry to Azerbaijan.[232]
Russia	Special authorization required	Several closed cities and regions in Russia require special authorization.[233]
South Ossetia	Visa not required	Multiple entry visa to Russia and three-day prior notification are required to enter South Ossetia.[234][235]
Transnistria	Visa not required	Registration required after 24h.[236][237]
Africa
Visitor to	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)
British Indian Ocean Territory	Special permit required	Special permit required.[238]
Eritrea outside Asmara	Travel permit required	To travel in the rest of the country, a Travel Permit for Foreigners is required (20 Eritrean nakfa).[239]
Mayotte	Visa not required[240]
Réunion	Visa not required[240]
Ascension Island	Entry Permit required	Entry Permit must be obtained minimum 28 days in advance (3 months for 20/30 pounds sterling, single/double entry).[241]
Saint Helena	Visitor's Pass required	Visitor's Pass granted on arrival valid for 4/10/21/60/90 days for 12/14/16/20/25 pound sterling.[242]
Tristan da Cunha	Permission required	Permission to land required for 15/30 pounds sterling (yacht/ship passenger) for Tristan da Cunha Island or 20 pounds sterling for Gough Island, Inaccessible Island or Nightingale Islands.[243]
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic		Undefined visa regime in the Western Sahara controlled territory.
Somaliland	Visa on arrival	30 days for 30 US dollars, payable on arrival.[244][245]
Sudan	Travel permit required	All foreigners traveling more than 25 kilometers outside of Khartoum must obtain a travel permit.
Darfur	Travel permit required	Separate travel permit is required.[246]
Asia
Visitor to	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Hong Kong	Visa not required	3 months[247]
India PAP/RAP	PAP/RAP required	Protected Area Permit (PAP) required for whole states of Nagaland and Sikkim and parts of states Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh. Restricted Area Permit (RAP) required for all of Andaman and Nicobar Islands and parts of Sikkim. Some of these requirements are occasionally lifted for a year.[248][249][250][251][252][253]
Iraqi Kurdistan	Visa on arrival	Visa on arrival for 15 days is available at Erbil and Sulaymaniyah airports.[254]
Kazakhstan	Special permission required	Special permission required for the town of Baikonur and surrounding areas in Kyzylorda Oblast, and the town of Gvardeyskiy near Almaty.[255]
Kish Island	Visa not required	Visitors to Kish Island do not require a visa.[256]
Macao	Visa not required	90 days[257]
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.[258]
Maldives	Permission required	With the exception of the capital Malé, tourists are generally prohibited from visiting non-resort islands without the express permission of the Government of Maldives.[259]
Palestine	Visa not required[260]	Arrival by sea to Gaza Strip not allowed.[261]
Taiwan	Visa required[262]
Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Province	OIVR permit required	OIVR permit required (15+5 Tajikistani Somoni) and another special permit (free of charge) is required for Lake Sarez.[263][264][265]
Tibet Autonomous Region	TTP required	Tibet Travel Permit required (10 US Dollars).[266][267][268]
Turkmenistan	Special permit required	A special permit, issued prior to arrival by Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is required if visiting the following places: Atamurat, Cheleken, Dashoguz, Serakhs and Serhetabat.[269]
Korean Demilitarized Zone	Restricted zone.
UNDOF Zone and Ghajar	Restricted zone.
Phú Quốc	Visa not required	30 days[270]
Yemen	Special permission required	Special permission needed for travel outside Sana’a or Aden.[271]
Caribbean and North Atlantic
Visitor to	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)f
Anguilla	Visa not required	3 months[272]
Aruba	Visa not required	30 days, extendable to 180 days[273][274]
Bermuda	Visa not required	Up to 6 months, decided on arrival[275]
Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba	Visa not required	3 months[276][277]
British Virgin Islands	Visa not required	30 days, extensions possible[278]
Cayman Islands	Visa not required	6 months[279]
San Andrés and Leticia	Tourist Card on arrival	Visitors arriving at Gustavo Rojas Pinilla International Airport and Alfredo Vásquez Cobo International Airport must buy tourist cards on arrival.[280]
Curacao	Visa not required	3 months[281]
French Guiana	Visa not required[282]
French West Indies	Visa not required	French West Indies refers to Martinique, Guadeloupe, Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy.[283]
Greenland	Visa not required[221]
Margarita Island	Visa not required	All visitors are fingerprinted.[284]
Montserrat	Visa not required	6 months[285]
Puerto Rico	Visa required[286]
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	Visa not required[240]
Sint Maarten	Visa not required	3 months[287][288]
Turks and Caicos Islands	Visa not required	90 days[289]
U.S. Virgin Islands	Visa required[290]
Oceania
Visitor to	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)
American Samoa	Entry permit required[291]
Ashmore and Cartier Islands	Special authorisation required	Special authorisation required.[292]
Clipperton Island	Special permit required	Special permit required.[293]
Cook Islands	Visa not required	31 days[294]
Lau Province	Special permission required	Special permission required.[295]
French Polynesia	Visa not required[296]
Guam	Visa required[297]
New Caledonia	Visa not required[240]
Niue	Visa on arrival	30 days[298]
Northern Mariana Islands	Visa required[299]
Pitcairn Islands	Visa not required	14 days visa free and landing fee 35 USD or tax of 5 USD if not going ashore.[300][301][302]
United States Minor Outlying Islands	Special permits required	Special permits required for Baker Island, Howland Island, Jarvis Island, Johnston Atoll, Kingman Reef, Midway Atoll, Palmyra Atoll and Wake Island.[303][304][305][306][307][308][309]
Wallis and Futuna	Visa not required[240]
South America
Visitor to	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Galápagos	Pre-registration required	Online pre-registration is required. Transit Control Card must also be obtained at the airport prior to departure.[310]
South Atlantic and Antarctica
Visitor to	Visa requirement	Notes (excluding departure fees)
Falkland Islands	Visa required[311]
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands	Permit required	Pre-arrival permit from the Commissioner required (72 hours/1 month for 110/160 pounds sterling).[312][313]
Antarctica		Special permits required for  British Antarctic Territory,  French Southern and Antarctic Lands,  Argentine Antarctica, Australian Antarctic Territory, Chilean Antarctic Territory, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Peter I Island, Queen Maud Land, Ross Dependency.[314][315][316][317][318][319][320][321][322][323][324][325]

• Visas for Cambodia, Myanmar, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sri Lanka and Turkey are obtainable online.^{[326][327][328][329][330][331][332][333]}

APEC Business Travel Card

Holders of an APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC) travelling on business do not require a visa to the following countries:^[334]

Australia1  Brunei1  Chile1  China2  Hong Kong2  Indonesia2  Japan1  South Korea1  Malaysia2

New Zealand1  Papua New Guinea2  Peru1  Philippines3  Russia1  Singapore2  Taiwan1  Thailand1  Vietnam2

_{1 – up to 90 days
2 – up to 60 days
3 – up to 59 days}

The card must be used in conjunction with a passport and has the following advantages:^[335]

• no need to apply for a visa or entry permit to APEC countries, as the card is treated as such (except by  Canada and  United States)
• undertake legitimate business in participating economies
• expedited border crossing in all member economies, including transitional members
• expedited scheduling of visa interview (USA)

Vaccination

Many African countries, including Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zambia require all incoming passengers to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination. Some other countries require vaccination only if the passenger is coming from an infected area.^[336]

Passport validity

Many countries require passport validity of no less than 6 months and one or two blank pages.^[337]

Israeli stamps

Visitors with passport stamp of Israel are not allowed to enter a number of countries because of the Arab League boycott of Israel.

Fingerprinting

Several countries including Argentina, Cambodia, Japan, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, South Korea demand all passengers to be fingerprinted on arrival.^{[338][339][340][341][342][343][344]}

See also

• Visa policy of Mexico
• Mexican passport

References