Calderón Will Make It Easier for Foreigners to Stay Longer in Mexico

President Felipe Calderón

Mexico City – President Felipe Calderón said this week that he will make it easier for foreigners to stay longer in Mexico to promote tourism and business investment.

Speaking in Acapulco, the granddad of Mexican tourist resorts, Calderón said tourists would automatically get permission to stay for 180 days, and the process to get visas to stay for years would be fast tracked.

Under the present rules, most tourists are given up to 90 days to stay in Mexico and have to go to a special office to get that extended.

“I'm convinced in tourism because it's the economic activity that ia going to make Mexico the most profit and generate the most jobs,” Calderón said.