From Colombia to Mexico

richardshari says on Sep 15, 2008, 18:44:

Thanks Jonas, is it just as hard getting that visa as it is to the get the one for the U.S.?

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utopiacowboy says on Sep 15, 2008, 19:39:

Strangely enough (or not so strangely) the Mexicans do not make it very easy for their southern Latino brethren to visit. Unless he/she has residency in the US, Canada, Australia, Europe etc. a visa will be difficult to obtain.

Disclaimer: any comment I make is inane and is not to be taken seriously, and is so patently ridiculous that no one should take it seriously, even as an insult.

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richardshari says on Sep 16, 2008, 03:40:

That's a damn shame. I was also reading that there are alot of latin american countries, including venezuela that do not need a visa to go to mexico. Ughhh!!

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gamm2 (☼Travelguide writer) says on Sep 16, 2008, 05:44:

guacharaca says on Sep 16, 2008, 08:31:

PR card in Canada or USA gets a Colombian into Mexico visa free. If your PR card is from Canada, they can stamp you for up to a six month stay at the airport in Mexico. A PR card still does not let a Colombian into Venezuela traveling by bus without a visa.

Colombianos: Las armas os han dado independencia, las leyes os daran libertad. (Santander)

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Mononoke28 says on Sep 16, 2008, 09:31:

Yes, they need a visa to go to Mexico and it's not easy to get, mainly because it's used as a trampoline to get into the US.

Diana

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sanandressi says on Sep 16, 2008, 09:52:

I have heard from a pretty good source that for $5,000 or $10,000 they can get you into Mexico and to the border and across where you be a OTM if the Border Patrol nabs you. Other Than Mexican. OTM Of course, you could be robbed or raped or left to die by your coyotes.

Mexico does not want illegals anymore than many of us Americans do. The Mexican governnment is arrogant and now polluted by drugs which started in Colombia and then went to the Mexican border because Bush senior did a good job of shutting down Florida to drugs in the late 80's. So I have read anyway. Just yesterday I read where parts of MEXICO are now drug cartel controlled. Sound like Colombia with Para's and FARC?

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richardshari says on Sep 16, 2008, 14:11:

Guacharaca, what is a PR card?
Sanandressi: where did all that come from? I just asked about a Colombian requiring a visa to travel to Mexico, LOL

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Mononoke28 says on Sep 16, 2008, 14:15:

PR card = US permanent resident card or green card.

Diana

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lpdiver says on Sep 16, 2008, 17:41:

It all just goes in cycles. Remember in the late seventies when Mexico was the big pot source. Remember paraquat? Until some senators son got fucked up on paraquat tainted pot.


It is all just a cycle...kind of like the human induced global warming...every thirty or forty years it rears it's ugly head...

ts

Remember what the monkey says, "Fuck money it's free"

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Robert Jorge says on Sep 16, 2008, 22:04:

I don't know details, but I know for a fact that a Colombian friend who has a US tourist visa traveled to the US last spring. She went with another friend on a cruise out of Miami, with one port of call being Cancun. She absolutely had no visa for entry into Mexico.

"You can not take the barrio out of the girl you really can't." Oneforamillion

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richardshari says on Sep 17, 2008, 04:59:

I read somewhere that traveling differs by plane, air or sea.... in regards to the paperwork.

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