Mexico delays entry into force of visa requirements for Peruvians until May

The Mexican government delayed until May the entry into force of a provision to temporarily apply the visa requirement to Peruvian citizens who want to enter the country, according to an agreement published on Thursday in the Official Gazette.

The measure, issued by the Secretary of the Interior (Interior) of Mexico, due to the increase in migratory flows from the South American nation, was initially disclosed in the same gazette on April 4 with the instruction that it would come into force in 15 days.

In response, Peru announced a reciprocal measure that it however backtracked a few days later.

“This Agreement will enter into force on May 6, 2024,” says the new guideline published on Thursday and which reforms the previous one.

In 2012, Mexico eliminated a previous visa requirement for Peruvians visiting the country for up to 180 days. The measure placed Peruvians among the 10 nationalities that visit Mexico the most.

Since then, the country has seen a “substantial” increase in the number of Peruvians entering its territory “whose profile does not fit that of the genuine visitor or tourist and present inconsistencies in their documentation,” stated the Ministry of the Interior when publishing the first agreement in the official journal.

In recent years, Mexico has imposed visas on visitors of different nationalities, arguing that they used its territory to surreptitiously enter the United States.

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