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beccab · Joined: 12 Aug 2006 Posts: 5

Hello All,

Wondering if I need to purchase a roundtrip ticket to get through immigration upon entering Mexico? I'm planning on staying for at least a year and possible getting an extended visa if necessary while in country. Otherwise, I'll shoot across the border to Guatemala or Belize as needed every three months or so. Is it necessary for me to purchase a roundtrip ticket to enter Mexico on a tourist visa? Is it feasible to tell immigration I'll be taking a bus back through Tijuana? Any advice greatly appreciated...

kosherpickle · Joined: 24 Nov 2006 Posts: 93

this thread has some good answers:
http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/job/viewtopic.php?p=382257&highlight=roundtrip#382257

and from my own experiance no one ever bothered to see if i had a round trip ticket or not...to my knowledge anyway, they may have checked without making a fuss about it.

corporatehuman · Joined: 09 Jan 2006 Posts: 198 Location: Mexico City

dont bother getting a round.trip ticket, I came on a oneway and had no problems.

chris

hlamb · Joined: 09 Dec 2003 Posts: 431 Location: Canada

I've done it a few times and had no problems.

jillford64 · Joined: 15 Feb 2006 Posts: 397 Location: Sin City

I've also done it a few times with no problems.

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

Does it matter where you are flying into? I know it matters not in Mexico City, but is that the same case everywhere? I thought that it might be more of an issue at tourist centers like Cancun or PV.

jillford64 · Joined: 15 Feb 2006 Posts: 397 Location: Sin City

Don't know about the really touristed areas like Cancun or PV, but I did it once into BJX in Leon (which is the airport serving Guanajuato and San Miguel de Allende which are fairly touristy) with no problem.

reddevil79 · Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 7:13 pm Post subject:

I do remember someone saying in a similar thread a while ago that authorities in Cancun were becoming a bit more fussy with passengers entering on one way tickets.

aisha · Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 2:02 am Post subject:

I flew into cancun on a one-way ticket and had no problems. What also surprised me was that I overstayed my tourist visa by 2 months and they didn't say a word to me when I flew back to the states. I believe that was the 2nd time I flew into Cancun on a one-way ticket.

chola · Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 2:39 am Post subject: one way ticket

I've flown in twice with 1-way tix, though houston and lax. no problems (although I had some good stories cooked up, just in case....)