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Canadians: Pack a Passport if Mexico's Your Destination
 Ron Pradinuk - Winnipeg Free Press
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February 13, 2010
It is now official. As of March 1, Canadians will require a passport in order to be allowed entry into Mexico.
Permanent residents of Canada will need a permanent resident card, certificate of identity or refugee travel document.
There has been some confusion around the issue, with some believing we will also need a visa to enter Mexico. This is not the case.
While I am surprised the implementation of this decision was not delayed until summer, it appears the problem may not be as big as surmised.
Mexican tourism officials say only about 10,000 Canadians over the past year entered without already having a passport in their possession. This is less than one per cent of the 1.2-million Canadians that visited Mexico last year.
Forward your travel questions to askjourneys(at)journeystravel.com. Ron Pradinuk is president of Journeys Travel & Leisure SuperCentre and can be heard Sundays at noon on CJOB. Previous columns and tips can be found at www.journeystravelgear.com or read Ron's travel blog at www.thattravelguy.ca. |
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