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Ten-year Visitor Visa without Paid Activities

MexicoShort stays and visits

Explore the five recorded questions, answers and sources for this pathway.

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

Under this route an advance visa is obtained: it is listed by SRE among visas for foreigners, for eligible profiles who wish to enter Mexico as visitors without permission for paid activities and who do not intend to reside in Mexico.

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Limits of the record
  • The page does not state which nationalities need this visa or are visa-exempt.

What short-visit purposes does this route cover?

The permitted purpose is entry as a visitor without permission to carry out paid activities.

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

The official page names this route "Larga duración (10 años)", a long-duration, ten-year visa. The official source does not state the maximum stay per visit, any rolling-period rule or the number of entries allowed.

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

Documents required are a passport, a photo, proof of nationality or legal stay, and one of: economic solvency, frequent-traveller status, prominent-person status, a family link to a Mexican national, a family link to a foreign Temporary or Permanent Resident, a family link to a diplomatic official, or company-incorporation documents plus proof of an employment relationship.

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  • gob.mx, Visa larga duración 10 años, Requisitos
    1. Pasaporte. 2. Una fotografía. 3. Ser nacional del país o acreditar legal estancia en el país en el que se presente la solicitud de visa. 4. Presentar los documentos que acrediten alguno de los siguientes supuestos. a) Solvencia económica. b) Viajero Frecuente. c) Persona prominente. d) Vínculo con familiar de mexicano. e) Vínculo con familiar de persona extranjera Residente temporal o Residente permanente. f) Vínculo con familiar de funcionario diplomático. g) Original y copia de acta constitutiva de constitución de empresa o filial y carta indicando relación laboral entre solicitante y empresa.

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

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm where the visa is obtained and whether the stay can be extended or changed.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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