Honeymoon to Mexico-Visa needed?

omahaid

Similar to the thread on Turkey. I heard you can just fill out a form on arrival, is this correct?

The Lovely Muffin

It seems that info is correct (re; visa for honeymoon to Mexico);

From World Travels website

Entry requirements for Irish nationals: Irish nationals must have a passport. A visa is not required for stays of up to 180 days if in possession of a Tourist Card/FMT form issued free by airlines. Business travellers do not require a visa for up to 30 days if holding a FMTTV form. Travellers are required to have tickets and documents for a return or onward journey, and sufficient funds.

Passport/Visa Note: All visitors must hold a tourist card (FMT form), which is issued free of charge and obtainable from airlines, Mexican Consulates, Mexican international airports and border crossing points. As part of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI), all travellers travelling by air outside the United States are required to present a passport or other valid travel document to enter or re-enter the United States

Hope this helps.

omahaid

Excellent stuff, thanks a lot. It seems to line up to what I heard, you can fill out this tourist card when you arrive at the airport in Mexico.

Savman

Correct, you just fill in a card and customs form upon arrival, they usually give them out on the flight.

odonnell

When you board the plane, a few hours into the flight theyll give you the card... easy to fill out if its in english, if youre flying with air france or the like itll be in French so just ask the attendant for help.

when you arrive - DO NOT LINGER... go straight from the plane as quickly as you can walk to immigration. Benito Juarez airport is mad crazy all the time so, dont linger.... once you get to immigration where the queues are, youll see forms in holders around the columns with places to lean and write - take one of these forms, fill it in and when you reach the front of the queue the guy at the front will check it for you, send you away to fix something, then go straight back to him... he will then send you to an immigration desk where they will scan your passport and let you through with a tourist card. DONT lose the tourist card as Mexico is unbelievably silly.

I live here and love it...and hate it

I hope you have a good time, try to accept mexicans for who they are - they have their own customs and ways...some of which can be infuriating and can seem like super bad manners.

Have fun and stay safe. and DONT flag cabs off the street )if youre going to mexico city that is)

omahaid

Cheers for that! Cancun would be much the same I presume? Bit more touristy I suspect?

odonnell

omahaid wrote: »

Cheers for that! Cancun would be much the same I presume? Bit more touristy I suspect?

Far more touristy, as you rightly note im basing it all on my experience of Mexico City airport, but mexican airports are all the same in my experience! So yeah mate same would probably apply... dont hang around at the airport, get out and have fun.

Cancun isnt so bad, though, from a security point of view...its far more of a tourist destination so, whilst you have the scheisters trying it on in various ways, you probably wont be so much at risk of being robbed etc so dont worry too much about that.

Congratulations on the wedding, and I hope you have a lovely honeymoon. It really is a lovely place.