Derecho de No Residente (Mexico)
Mexico's federal fee charged to visitors without work permission, under the Ley Federal de Derechos.
Mexico's tourist entry fee is 983 pesos in 2026; the 2027 budget package sent to the Chamber of Deputies on 8 September 2026 would raise it about 36% and carve out a new share for the immigration agency.
Last refreshed: 4 October 2026
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The 2027 budget package sent to the Chamber of Deputies on 8 September 2026 proposes a fee of 1,334.80 pesos, up from 983 pesos. It would also hand 26% of the revenue to the Instituto Nacional de Migración for border-security and migration-control technology and reduce the Defence Ministry's portion to 50%. Committees aim to clear the revenue bills by 15 October.
The Derecho de No Residente is the fee set by Article 8, section I, of Mexico's Ley Federal de Derechos for a visitor without permission to do paid work. Visitors WHO enter by land pay nothing if they stay seven days or fewer; a longer stay is charged on exit.
Under Article 18-A, 67% of the revenue from tourist visitors goes to the Defence Ministry, through a federal trust, for state-majority companies under its control, and the rest to the federal treasury. Under the proposal the Defence Ministry would give up 17 points of its share while each visitor paid 351.80 pesos more.