Mexico requiring passports from Canadians
Country 'aligns its entry requirements'
Last Updated: Monday, January 25, 2010 | 5:42 PM ET
The Canadian Press
Canadians will need passports to enter Mexico beginning March 1. (Canadian Press)Canadians will need passports to enter Mexico as of March 1, the country's tourism board advises.
Canadian citizens have been able to visit the country with just a birth certificate plus photo ID, but that is changing as Mexico "aligns its entry requirements to the rest of North America," said Alfonso Sumano, the Mexico Tourism Board's regional director for Canada.
Out of the 1.2 million Canadian tourists who visited Mexico last year, about 10,000, or less than one per cent, did not have passports, Sumano said.
Canada's Foreign Affairs Department strongly recommends that Canadians travelling to Mexico carry passports "to avoid delays and misunderstandings" and ensure they will be allowed to board return flights.
Most airlines refuse boarding to Canadians wanting to travel home from Mexico without a passport, the department says.
The department also says Canadians should exercise "a high degree of caution" in Mexico due to crime and violence throughout the country.
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