General Information about Mexican Visa applications
Dear applicant,
We appreciate your interest in visiting Mexico.
Please read the following information carefully till the end of the page and then click on the link to the type of visa you wish to apply for:
- Visa applications must be submitted only by the applicant.
- All foreigners, regardless their nationality, are required to present a valid and not expired passport or travel document when entering Mexico (traveling by air, land or sea).
- The Mexican government requires that your passport must be valid during the entirety of your trip. Please contact the airline(s) you will be flying on to ensure that they let you board the plane as most East-African countries do have a six months validity rule for passports that may apply.
- If you have a valid and unexpired multiple entry visa of the following countries: Canada, the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and any of the countries of the Schengen Area, you do not need a visa to enter Mexico for tourism, business or transit purposes. All individuals in this category are required to present their valid and unexpired visa along with their passports. Both documents must be valid during your entire stay in Mexico.
- If you are a Permanent Resident of the following countries: Canada, the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, any of the countries of the Schengen Area, and any of the countries members of the Pacific Alliance (Chile, Colombia and Perú), you do not need a visa to enter Mexico for tourism, business or transit purposes. All individuals in this category are required to present their valid and unexpired Resident Card along with their passports. Both documents must be valid during your entire stay in Mexico. US travel document holders must present a US valid Permanent Resident when entering Mexico if they are nationals of the countries listed in the following link: http://www.inm.gob.mx/gobmx/word/index.php/paises-requieren-visa-para-mexico/
- A foreigner of any country traveling to Mexico on leisure trips visiting Mexican maritime ports by cruise, are not required to obtain a visa or consular stamp. The passenger must carry a valid and not expired passport or travel document.
Important:
- VISA ENQUIRIES ARE ONLY ANSWERED BY EMAIL (Esta dirección de correo electrónico está siendo protegida contra los robots de spam. Necesita tener JavaScript habilitado para poder verlo. ). No visa related enquiries will be answered by phone.
- Early application is highly recommended, no express service will be granted.
- If the applicant is a minor sponsored by his/her parents, original birth certificate is required (legalized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs).
- If the applicant is sponsored by the spouse, original marriage certificate issued by the Government is required (legalized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs).
- Adult applicants cannot be sponsored by third persons.
- If you present a document issued from a country different than Kenya, Burundi, Comoros, Rwanda, Tanzania or Uganda, it must come with an apostille or legalization as applicable by the corresponding national authorities and by the Embassy of Mexico accredited to the country where they were issued; and with an official translation to Spanish.
- Scanned copies of all documents in support of your visa application must first be submitted only in .pdf format to Esta dirección de correo electrónico está siendo protegida contra los robots de spam. Necesita tener JavaScript habilitado para poder verlo. . Each attachment must be named according to the type of document. Submission of supporting documents does not guarantee the visa issuance.
- Bank account details for visa fee payment for $ 53.00 USD will be provided upon receipt of your documents. The fee is for the reception, study of the application and, where appropriate, the authorization of ordinary visas in foreign passports. PAYMENTS DONE WITHOUT INSTRUCTIONS ARE NOT RECOGNIZED NOR REIMBURSED.
- If the application is denied there will be no reimbursement of the visa application fee.
- No assurance regarding the issuance of visas can be given in advance, therefore final travel plans or non-refundable bookings should not be made until you have the visa.
- If granted an appointment for visa interview, you will have to bring originals and copies of all the supporting documents (printed on both sides, no staples) to the Embassy of Mexico to Kenya.
- The appointment does not guarantee the approval of the visa.
- After the appointment the Embassy has up to ten working days to issue or to deny the visa.
- Applicants are only received at the embassy with appointments. All applicants must physically present themselves at the Embassy of Mexico to Kenya for the visa interview. Minors should be accompanied by both parents.
- If you are granted a Mexican visa, you will be able to travel to Mexico but it does not guarantee entry into the country. Click here for more information.
Please click on the PDF file related to your activity in Mexico to view the complete visa requirements:
- VISITOR VISA (TOURISM, BUSINESS, TRANSIT -NOT ALLOWED TO ENGAGE IN PAID ACTIVITIES)
- VISITOR VISA TO STUDY (LESS THAN 180 DAYS)
- TEMPORARY RESIDENT VISA -STUDENT (MORE THAN 180 DAYS AND UP TO 4 YEARS)
- TEMPORARY RESIDENT VISA (MORE THAN 180 DAYS AND UP TO 4 YEARS)
- TEMPORARY RESIDENT VISA -RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES (MORE THAN 180 DAYS AND UP TO 4 YEARS)
- TEMPORARY RESIDENT VISA (SPOUSE OF A MEXICAN CITIZEN)
- TEMPORARY RESIDENT VISA (DEPENDANT OF A FOREIGNER WHO HAS A MEXICAN TEMPORARY/PERMANENT RESIDENT CARD)
- VISA WITH PRIOR APPROVAL OF THE “INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE MIGRACION” (INM)
- NON-ORDINARY VISA (DIPLOMATIC/OFFICIAL/SERVICE)
