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Regional Visitor Card — TVR

MexicoShort stays and visits

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For the relevant traveller scope, is a visa, electronic authorisation, visa on arrival or no advance visa normally required?

The Regional Visitor Card (TVR) is available only to nationals or permanent residents of Guatemala, Belize, Honduras or El Salvador, and allows them to enter and leave Mexico only through the authorised land crossings on the southern border. The official source does not state whether a visa or other authorisation would otherwise be required for these travellers.

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  • The official source does not state whether a visa or other authorisation would otherwise be required for these travellers.

What short-visit purposes does this route cover?

The card is for visiting Mexico's southern border states (Chiapas, Campeche, Tabasco, Yucatán and Quintana Roo) and does not permit paid activities. The official source does not state a list of specific permitted visit purposes.

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  • The official source does not state a list of specific permitted visit purposes.

What maximum stay, rolling-period rule, validity and entry rules apply?

Holders can stay in Mexico for up to seven calendar days. The card is valid for up to five years and allows multiple entries and exits, only through the authorised land crossings on the southern border, into the states of Chiapas, Campeche, Tabasco, Yucatán and Quintana Roo.

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What important funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance, onward-travel or passport evidence may be required?

Applicants present a valid passport, personal identification document or identity and travel document. Minors need a birth certificate issued no more than six months earlier and permission from their parents or legal guardian granted before a notary public or justice of the peace. Foreign nationals residing in Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador or Honduras must present the document proving permanent residence. The official source does not state funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance or onward-travel evidence.

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  • The official source does not state funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance or onward-travel evidence.

Where/how is permission obtained when required, and under what important circumstances can a stay be extended or changed?

Applicants attend any of the seven interaction points on the southern border with the required documents, where biometric data (fingerprints, iris, signature and digital photograph) are taken; a migration agent conducts an assessment interview and communicates the decision, and if approved the Federal Migration Agent issues the card. The procedure is free of charge. The official source does not state whether or how a stay can be extended or changed.

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  • The official source does not state whether or how a stay can be extended or changed.

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