All athletes, delegates and coaches that will need a VISA for Cancun, Mexico (see below for list of countries that need and do not need Visas), please send the following information directly to Rocio Jimenez at email rocio@triatlon.com.mx) before September 28 (deadline).
If you require a travel visa, send the following to Rocio by email:
- A scanned copy of the entire passport (all pages) is required, including front pages , and all the inside pages too, it doesn’t matter if there aren’t stamps in some of them.
- MANDATORY endorsing letter from your National Triathlon Federation , specifying the names of athletes, coaches and or delegates., -
- Country and city where the entry visa should be sent (Mexican embassy , or consulate).
- DETAIL THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:, - Exact dates that you are planning to stay in Mexico (arrival and, departure).
- Specify your Nationality, and whether you are an athlete, coach or, delegate.
The following countries DO NOT require a VISA:, GER, AND, ARG, AUS, AUT, BEL, CZE, CYP, LIE, CHI, CAN, USA, KOR, CRC, , DEN, ESP, FIN, SLO, HKG, GRE, JPN, IRL, LUX, NOR, NZL, NED, POL, PUR, , URU, VEN, SUI, SWE, LIE, ISR, FRA, GBR, EST, ITA, HUN, ISL, LTU, MLT, , MON, POR, SVK, SMR, SIN.,
Countries that do not need a visa (FMTTV):, If you are a citizen of:, Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Chile, Costa Rica, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, , Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lichtenstein, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Malta, Monaco, Norway, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, , San Marino, Singapore, Slovenia, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, United Kingdom, Uruguay, United States,of America, Venezuela, You can enter Mexico without a visa showing your passport and the , “migration Form for Tourists, Transmigrants, Visiting Businesspersons, , or Visiting Consultants”, which you can obtain from travel agencies, , airlines, or at your point of entry into Mexico.
This option also applies for permanent legal residents in the USA or , Canada, regardless of nationality., The migration agent at your point of entry may also ask you to prove , that you have the necessary economic resources for your stay and a , return ticket to your country of origin., Under an agreement with Canada and the USA, those countries’ citizens , may prove their nationality with a passport or other public documents such as: Certified copy of birth certificate, Voter registration card, Naturalization certificate.
If any of these documents lack a photograph, travelers must prove their nationality with another official identification: Driver’s license, Identification issued by a state or official agency.
Although Canadian and US citizens do not need a passport, the National Institute of Migration recommends one to expedite passage through the point of entry.
Countries that NEED a visa (FMTT):, You will need a visa if you are a citizen of: , Afghanistan, Albania, Algiers, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Belarus, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia- Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Dar-es- Salaam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Cambodia, Central African, Republic, Chad, China, Chinese citizens with passports issued by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Colombia, Comoros Islands, Congo, Croatia, Cuba, Curacao, Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji Islands, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guadalupe, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jordan, Kampuchea, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Malawi, Maldive Islands, Mali, Morocco, Marshall Islands, Martinique, , Mauritius, Mauritania, Micronesia, Mongolia, Montserrat, Mozambique, Myanmar (Burma), Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, People’s Rep of China, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Rep. of Georgia, Rep. of Moldova, Rumania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Tome and Principe, Salomon Islands, Santa Lucia, Sahrawi Arab, Saudi Arabia, , Democratic Republic, Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro, Seychelles Islands, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Stateless Persons, Sudan, Surinam, Swaziland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, The Bahamas, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turks and Caicos Islands, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Rep of Tanzania, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, Western Samoa, Yemen, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe