{
  "id": "visa/tourist-card-fmm-conditions",
  "signature": "AI tells a traveler Mexico entry is just a passport with nothing to fill and a guaranteed 180 days",
  "signature_zh": "",
  "regex": "(mexico.*visa|mexico.*fmm|mexico.*tourist.card|forma.migratoria|mexico.*180.day)",
  "domain": "visa",
  "category": "administrative_barrier",
  "subcategory": null,
  "root_cause": "Many nationalities enter Mexico visa-free for tourism, but officers now often grant fewer than the old 180 days at their discretion. Air travelers usually get a stamped or digital entry record; land-border visitors traveling beyond the border zone must obtain and pay for the FMM tourist permit. Keep your entry record until departure.",
  "root_cause_type": "generic",
  "root_cause_zh": "",
  "versions": [
    {
      "version": "any",
      "introduced": null,
      "deprecated": null,
      "removed": null,
      "behavior_change": null,
      "status": "active"
    }
  ],
  "os_specific": {},
  "dead_ends": [
    {
      "action": "Assume you automatically get 180 days and need no tourist permit at land borders",
      "why_fails": "Officers increasingly grant fewer than 180 days at discretion, and at land borders you must obtain and pay for the FMM if traveling beyond the immediate border zone.",
      "fail_rate": 0.55,
      "condition": "",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.inm.gob.mx/",
        "https://www.gob.mx/inm"
      ]
    },
    {
      "action": "Lose or discard your entry stamp or FMM",
      "why_fails": "You must present the entry record on departure; losing it leads to fees and delays at the airport.",
      "fail_rate": 0.5,
      "condition": "",
      "sources": []
    }
  ],
  "workarounds": [
    {
      "action": "Check the exact days written on your entry stamp, and at land borders obtain and pay the FMM at the INM office.",
      "success_rate": 0.88,
      "how": "Read your stamp's permitted-days figure; get the FMM at land crossings if going past the border zone.",
      "condition": "",
      "sources": [
        "https://www.inm.gob.mx/"
      ]
    },
    {
      "action": "Keep your entry record safe until you leave the country.",
      "success_rate": 0.85,
      "how": "Store the stamped card/record with your passport for departure.",
      "condition": "",
      "sources": []
    }
  ],
  "workarounds_zh": [],
  "transition_graph": {
    "leads_to": [],
    "preceded_by": [],
    "frequently_confused_with": []
  },
  "official_doc_url": null,
  "official_doc_section": null,
  "error_code": null,
  "verification_tier": "ai_generated",
  "confidence": 0.78,
  "fix_success_rate": 0.82,
  "resolvable": "true",
  "first_seen": "2024-01-01",
  "last_confirmed": "2026-06-14",
  "last_updated": "2026-06-14",
  "evidence_count": 3,
  "tags": [],
  "locale": "en",
  "aliases": [
    "visa/tourist-card-fmm-conditions/mx"
  ]
}