Hi, I am an asylee and didn't apply for GC yet.
I want to share information that may be helpful for some people.
As a refugee travel document holder with no green card, do I need a VISA to enter Mexico?
Mexican consulate site is not clear about it, because they talk about the RTD holders under the permanent resident category. so i was confused and sent the consulate in NYC an email.
They said NO. then I called them to double check and eliminate any risks of being deported from Mexico airport, and they asked if I have green card, I said not yet, and they said then you need a Visa! "although in the email they confirmed that I dont need one"!
I went to the consulate last week and surprisingly the lady there said "No" you dont need a visa even if you are not a green card holder! she showed me the same web page that confused me before because they put the RTD under permanent resident category. I told her that this is for GC holders not for current asylees, she said it is the same thing.
I forgot to say that what made me worry is that in my RTD the status is Asylee, while people with GC have status of: permanent resident at their RTD.
So, at mexico the immigration officer will notice I am not yet a GC holder.
To make the long story short, she confirmed that I don't need a visa even if i liked to get one just in case. she said, we are not even allowed to put a visa on a US issued document.
I will go within few days, hopefully she is right and nothing bad is happening there. I will update this post after returning back telling you guys what happened exactly.
here is a link of the Mexican consulate that confused me more than benifit me:
http://consulmex.sre.gob.mx/nuevayork/index.php/component/content/article/228
I want to share information that may be helpful for some people.
As a refugee travel document holder with no green card, do I need a VISA to enter Mexico?
Mexican consulate site is not clear about it, because they talk about the RTD holders under the permanent resident category. so i was confused and sent the consulate in NYC an email.
They said NO. then I called them to double check and eliminate any risks of being deported from Mexico airport, and they asked if I have green card, I said not yet, and they said then you need a Visa! "although in the email they confirmed that I dont need one"!
I went to the consulate last week and surprisingly the lady there said "No" you dont need a visa even if you are not a green card holder! she showed me the same web page that confused me before because they put the RTD under permanent resident category. I told her that this is for GC holders not for current asylees, she said it is the same thing.
I forgot to say that what made me worry is that in my RTD the status is Asylee, while people with GC have status of: permanent resident at their RTD.
So, at mexico the immigration officer will notice I am not yet a GC holder.
To make the long story short, she confirmed that I don't need a visa even if i liked to get one just in case. she said, we are not even allowed to put a visa on a US issued document.
I will go within few days, hopefully she is right and nothing bad is happening there. I will update this post after returning back telling you guys what happened exactly.
here is a link of the Mexican consulate that confused me more than benifit me:
http://consulmex.sre.gob.mx/nuevayork/index.php/component/content/article/228
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