Transit Visa Required when Coming to Canada?

[MorganR]

Hello,

I am Canadian and my wife is Peruvian and she has been fully approved as a Canadian Permanent Resident. She has her COPR and her single entry visa in her Peruvian passport. We have to transit through Mexico, which now requires Peruvians to have a visa.

Does the COPR and Canadian Entry Visa omit her from requiring a Mexican visa? Will that be sufficient to transit through Mexican airport, or does she need a Mexican visa? It says that Canadian Permanent residents are void from the requirement but have to show their PR card, which she hasn't received because this is our first landing voyage.

 

[armoured]

Hello,

I am Canadian and my wife is Peruvian and she has been fully approved as a Canadian Permanent Resident. She has her COPR and her single entry visa in her Peruvian passport. We have to transit through Mexico, which now requires Peruvians to have a visa.

Does the COPR and Canadian Entry Visa omit her from requiring a Mexican visa? Will that be sufficient to transit through Mexican airport, or does she need a Mexican visa? It says that Canadian Permanent residents are void from the requirement but have to show their PR card, which she hasn't received because this is our first landing voyage.

You have to check with your airline. Online sources mostly say that those who transfer within the airport (stay in the international zone and don't go through Mexican immigration) should not need a visa. That probably means she won't need one if using a single airline (and its partners) and checking baggage all the way through.

BUT: knowing that doesn't help if your airlines don't let you board.

Here's a random source but again: don't rely on it.

https://natvisatravel.com/mexico-info/transiting-through-mexico-airports

 

[steaky]

Hello,

I am Canadian and my wife is Peruvian and she has been fully approved as a Canadian Permanent Resident. She has her COPR and her single entry visa in her Peruvian passport. We have to transit through Mexico, which now requires Peruvians to have a visa.

Does the COPR and Canadian Entry Visa omit her from requiring a Mexican visa? Will that be sufficient to transit through Mexican airport, or does she need a Mexican visa? It says that Canadian Permanent residents are void from the requirement but have to show their PR card, which she hasn't received because this is our first landing voyage.

I think she need a Mexican visa. I'm Canadian and last time I had a layover in Mexico. I couldn't stay in the international zone for a transfer, had to go through security screening twice and then recheck-in at the airline counter for the flight to Canada.

Alternatively, you guys can also fly with Air Transat that departs Lima to Toronto directly.

 

[armoured]

I think she need a Peruvian visa.

Why would a peruvian need a peruvian visa?

 

[steaky]

Why would a peruvian need a peruvian visa?

Mexican visa. Auto-corrected.

 

[andrews17]

I believe it depends on the airline and the terminals. If her flights arrive/depart from different terminals, she'll have to go through customs, which means she'll need a visa.

I once flew from Colombia to Las Vegas via Mexico City (Aeromexico) and I had to go through customs in Mexico because my flights were in different terminals even when both flights were through the same airline.

Avianca, Copa, and Arajet fly from Peru to Canada (Toronto and Montreal), stopping in Colombia, El Salvador, Panama, or Dominican Republic. Peruvians don't need visas for those countries. If she wants to go somewhere else in Canada, she can just take a local flight from Toronto or Montreal. Or get a Mexican visa.