Visas

Your best bet is to contact the Mexican Consulate in Phoenix, you have plenty of time to do so but I would do it now. Here's the latest contact information. Provecho!


Mexican Consulate
320 E. Mcdowell Rd.
Phoenix
AZ
85004
EUA

E-mail: contactenos@consulmexphoenix.phxcoxmail.com
Teléfono: (602) 242-7398/ 242-3649

You can't get them on line.
Some years you can get them at your local Consulate, if you have one nearby.

I believe what we call a Mexican 'visa', the FMM, is not a real visa. It is for the use of US and Canadian citizens only (and maybe central America). For a foreign national, I think they must get a real visa from the local Mexican Consulate. But not all Consulates handle visas, you might have to go to an Embassy instead. Call your local Consuate/Embassy to check.

Above all, I wouldn't drive all the way to KM 21 just to find out that your friends can't cross.

Rather Authoritative Factoid Link


https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/mexico/entry-requirements


Having a piece of paper filled out means the MIGRA does not have to reach beneath the counter and grab an empty FMM form.

Still needs to have a valid passport presented, stamped, and be paid for, and FMM form stamped. Right in the office of INM. You save nothing. I carried a clipboard.

Consulate in Phoenix. . . http://consulmex.sre.gob.mx/phoenix/

List of Consulates . . .

http://www.sre.gob.mx/index.php/representaciones/consulados-de-mexico-en-el-exterior

Embassy . . . http://embamex.sre.gob.mx/eua/

MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Rather Authoritative Factoid Link


https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/mexico/entry-requirements


Having a piece of paper filled out means the MIGRA does not have to reach beneath the counter and grab an empty FMM form.

Still needs to have a valid passport presented, stamped, and be paid for, and FMM form stamped. Right in the office of INM. You save nothing. I carried a clipboard.

Good Link. That pretty much covers it. And I learned something new. Might add that to my Border FAQ sticky.

Don't know about actual visas but before I became an American citizen I crossed all the time with my UK passport. But that was before 2006 so maybe the rules have changed. I have advised my family to contact the Mexican Embassy in London and I will call the Consulate in Phoenix.

Thank you all for the advice. I just don't want to spend hours at KM 21 if it can be avoided!

Maggy