Canada reimposes visitor-visa requirement for most Mexican citizens

Validated finding · five-country-2010-20260922-v118-evidence-presentation-fix

CountryCanada

Operative dateFebruary 29, 2024

CategoryBorder control / short-term entry / asylum deterrence

Policy toolVisa requirement / entry restriction

Affected groupCitizens of mexico

Policy effect

Removes Mexico from the schedule of visa-exempt jurisdictions, invalidating general Electronic Travel Authorizations (eTAs) for Mexican nationals and restricting eTA access solely to Mexican air travelers who held a Canadian TRV in the past 10 years or hold a valid U.S. non-immigrant visa, with an exception preserving valid eTAs for Mexican nationals who hold a valid work or study permit at the time the regulations come into force.

Conditions and exceptions

Validated condition or limit: Removes Mexico from the schedule of visa-exempt jurisdictions, invalidating general Electronic Travel Authorizations (eTAs) for Mexican nationals and restricting eTA access solely to Mexican air travelers who held a Canadian TRV in the past 10 years or hold a valid U.S.; non-immigrant visa, with an exception preserving valid eTAs for Mexican nationals who hold a valid work or study permit at the time the regulations come into force.

Official source excerpt

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3 Schedule 1.1 to the Regulations is amended by deleting the following: Mexico … The regulatory amendments remove Mexico from the schedule of countries and territories whose nationals are exempt from the TRV requirement for travel to Canada under the Regulations. … The amendments also add Mexico to the list of countries and territories whose nationals may be eligible to travel to Canada on an eTA if they are travelling by air and have held a Canadian TRV in the last 10 years or hold a valid U.S. non-immigrant visa.

Government of Canada / Privy Council OfficeCanada Gazette, Part II, Volume 158, Number 6: Regulations Amending the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (Electronic Travel Authorization): SOR/2024-34.; SOR/2024-34, P.C. 2024-161, Canada Gazette, Part II, Volume 158, Number 6; IRCC, Orders Amending the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations: Re-imposition of Visa Requirement for Citizens of Mexico, 2024.Open official source

Retrieved from https://gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2024/2024-03-13/html/sor-dors34-eng.html

Review method

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite extraction with independent Gemini 3.8 Flash verification

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Canada reimposes visitor-visa requirement for most Mexican citizens

Policy effect

Conditions and exceptions

Official source excerpt

Review method

Other Canada changes operative in 2024