The twin peaks of Tetakawi above San Carlos, Sonora, Mexico

Who needs a visa for Mexico?

Latin America and the Caribbean · Mexico City

Photo: Tomascastelazo / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Of 198 nationalities, 63 enter Mexico with no paperwork at all. The rest: 135 must be approved before they travel.

We have not found a Mexico government portal we can link to with confidence, so we link to none — a lookalike is worse than nothing. Apply through Mexico's own immigration service or its embassy.

How long your passport must be valid for Mexico: see passport validity by country.

What do you need?

Who needs what

Visa free 63

Nothing to apply for and nothing to pay before you travel.

eTA (electronic travel authorisation) 3

Not a visa. A short online form for travellers who are already visa-exempt, usually approved automatically in minutes to hours. No appointment, no interview, no documents.

Visa required 132

You must apply and be approved before you travel. Airlines will refuse to board you without it.

About Mexico

Region
North America
Capital
Mexico City
Population
131,946,900 2025 · 11th of 197
Size
1,964,375 km² 13th largest of 199
Density
67 per km²
Language
Spanish
Currency
Mexican peso MXN

Capital, area, languages and currency from the open country dataset, pulled 21 September 2026. Population from the World Bank, series updated 13 July 2026. Density is calculated from the two figures above.