The Mexico-Guatemala border has several steps to cross from Chiapas. One of the most common is to cross into Guatemala from the San Cristóbal de las Casas area. This border crossing allows you to cross by car, we will see the requirements.
Mexico and Guatemala they share 965 kilometers. On the part of Mexico limits with the states of Chiapas (654 km), Tabasco (108 km) and Campeche (194 km), and in Guatemala with the states of San Marcos, Huehuetenango, Quiché and Petén. From Campeche there is no tourist border with Guatemala.
The most common border crossings among travelers are:
- Frontera Corozal (Mexico) - Bethel (Guatemala): el Usumacinta River it is the natural border between these two countries. In the population of Frontera Corozal, starting point towards the ruins of Yaxchilán, is the border booth. The river is crossed by boat to Bethel in Guatemala. Bethel It is a border city of passage towards the interesting area of Petén of the Passion River, with Mayan cities such as Dos Pilas, Ceibal or Aguateca, or towards Flowers to visit Tikal.
- Cuauhtémoc City (Mexico) - La Mesilla (Guatemala): crossing the mythical Panamericana is very juicy for the traveler. In broad strokes it connects two important tourist areas, the beautiful San Cristóbal de las Casas with the area of Lake Atitlan, in Guatemala. You can cross this border by car, an advantage for many, without a doubt. We are going to deal with this border in this post.
- Tapachula (Mexico) - Tecún Umán (Guatemala): one of the most transit borders between Mexico and Guatemala. The famous train of the Beast that joins Mexico with the USA, left from Tapachula, now from Arriaga. For this reason it is a crossing with many undocumented migrants who hope to take this train to the north. You can also cross by car through this step.
Border City of Cuauhtémoc (Mexico) -La Mesilla (Guatemala):
This border unites the state of Chiapas in Mexico from Cuauhtémoc City, with The table in the state of Huehuetenango in Guatemala. Many travelers cross it after visiting San Cristóbal de las Casas (3 hours and a half) and a few from Comitán (hour and a half). In Guatemala, Huehuetenango (2 hours away), Chichicastenango or Lake Atitlán awaits you along this route.
The border opens every day of the year. At 9 p.m. the border is closed, and in La Mesilla, there are not many transportation options for Huehuetenango after 3 p.m. Hours from 6 in the morning to 9 at night.
I recommend whenever you can, cross the borders early in the morning or measured tomorrow, avoiding Sundays and holidays, where some services may be closed. Take one photocopy of the papers that you are going to require the car at the border. I do not recommend you travel at night, if you go in your own car leave the road at dusk. The poor lighting of roads and security are the main causes.
In all border crossings there are money changers or money changers. You can exchange a small amount with them if you do not have local currency, or wait to find a bank or exchange house on your way. We do not usually exchange money at the borders because they make a worse exchange, just as it happens at airports.
General requirements to cross the Mexico-Guate border:
PASSPORT: the travelers we need passport valid for at least 90 days after the date of departure from Belize. It is always advisable to travel with your passport valid for 6 months.
VISAS: Spaniards, Argentines, Colombians, Peruvians, Brazilians, Chileans No. They need a visa. Check if your nationality needs a visa:
- Who needs a visa to enter Guatemala
- Countries which they do not need a visa to enter Mexico.
- Attention: for the chaotic traffic of this border, sometimes you jump without wanting the Mexican booth and they do not seal you (ring) when leaving, you simply pass the exit, you will not be the first. This misleads the traveler, but it is a reality that must be dealt with. Remember to seal your exit, especially if you want to return to Mexico without bureaucratic problems.
FEES: there are no entry fees a Guatemala, although some officers demand it, in this border this practice is very common (they ask you for some 20 quetzales). Ask for a receipt, and in your person is the more or less discuss with the officers. En Mexico you do not pay when you enter, yes you pay when leaving if you've been in Mexico for more than 7 days: 332 mxn (Mexican pesos) per person leaving by land. If you return to your country by plane from Mexico, you will have to pay the airport departure fees (55 euros) provided that a period of more than 7 days of stay in the country has elapsed.
Cross the Mexico - Guatemala border by public transport:
- IN TOURIST COLLECTIVE: from San Cristóbal de las Casas leaves daily tourist transport It crosses the border and takes you to Panajachel, on Lake Atitlan, Antigua or other stops along the way like Huehuetenango. Is a easy and comfortable way to cross the border with other travelers, while you do your paperwork, they wait for you from the other border lake. The vehicles they use are vans or vans of about 12 people. You contract in a simple way this service in San Cristóbal de las Casas agencies: the cost is 500 pesos, they will pick you up at your hotel on the 6 in the morning.
- IN LOCAL COLLECTIVE: you can arrive by collective transport from Comitán to Cuauhtémoc city, and from here you cross the border doing the procedures to The table, from where buses leave for Huehuetenango or Quetzaltenango. From City by Cuauhtémoc a The table there is a kilometer, which you can do in tricitaxi for about 10 quetzales. On this border, as in several in Central America, there are people who come to help you cross in exchange for a tip. Personally, I do not consider it necessary, they are somewhat tricky for my taste: they always exaggerate how complicated the procedures are and some are unreliable.
- IN PRIVATE TAXI: It is another option to cross the border. I honestly do not know the prices of this option, it depends on the route you want to make.
Crossing the Mexico Guatemala border by car:
It tienes private car It is very easy to cross to Guatemala. Few travelers dare to drive through Guatemala, and more in a country where tourist transport works very well, vans that connect the most tourist destinations. Anyway, the pleasure of stopping where you want is a temptation for many.
What do you need?
- passport in order
- driver's license
- the circulation card / vehicle registration certificate
- Temporary import permit, valid for a maximum of 30 days, is processed free at the border.
If the car is not in your name You will need a written permission before a notary that appears as owner on the circulation card.
The person who drives the car crossing the border to Guatemala must be the same one that drives it when leaving the country.
Procedures with the car:
- Seal the exit from Mexico: stop at the Mexico border post to seal the exit. Sometimes the security fence for cars of the border booth in Mexico is open, you pass it and you do not seal, and then back to Mexico it is somewhat confusing not having the exit paper. But hey, everything is resolved in an understandable way.
- Fumigate the car: before reaching the border There is a booth where you must disinfect the car (price 17 quetzales). It delivers the role of fumigation at the border.
- Pay a tax In the border of 165 quetzals to pass the car, both cars and motorcycle. You pay it in a small bank office that is next to where the paperwork is done. Then they put a sticker on the car glass.
- No car insurance is necessary in Guatemala, although I recommend you always travel with car insurance. Insurance from other countries is not valid. In banks they make insurance for a year, the truth is that they do not facilitate the insurance issue much. Caution: on Sundays and holidays some services where they manage insurance are closed.
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Can you cross in a rental car?
Yes you can, but there are very few companies from Mexico that give the option of crossing to Belize and Guatemala by rental car. American Car Rental if it does, you will have to pay an extra approximately 180 usd for this procedure to the car company. Another company where you can also rent, as a traveler noted in comments on this blog, is Price Car Rentals, and carry out the free process. Sure there are other car rental companies, but I don't know.
Testimony of César, the traveler, thanks to whom I can share this information with you: «Of course we had made the paper before a notary public that the car rental company (america car rental) let me pass the car to Guatemala. That cost me an extra 180 US dollars and one more day of rental car to have my car locked and to do the paperwork before I picked up the car. "
César and his partner Goizalde recently traveled by rental car leaving from Cancun, crossing from Chiapas to Guatemala, then to Belize and from Belize to Mexico again to depart from the Cancun international airport. They did the loop whole for these three Mayan territories of Mexico, Guatemala y Belize. Many thanks to César for giving me back the help I could give him for his trip. This spirit of traveling help from which I have benefited so many times in my travels, is the reason to be writing this blog.
For me it is a pleasure to be able to help other travelers, and when you meet guys like César, much more. Thank you, it is pending to invite you to a chela and give you a hug.
Good way,
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Could someone pass me information about the tourist transport that is said to leave San Cristobal?
and if there is one from tuxtla.
I will make that tour in September I will thank you very much
my email is; electrpedey@hotmail.com
Hello Juan Manuel, I do not know how to give the concrete data, but I know that they leave daily from San Cristóbal de las Casas to Guatemala. Ask at your hotel or at travel agencies. From Tuxla it is very easy to get to San Cristobal de las Casas by transport. Let's see if someone took this option and can tell you something.
Greetings and luck,
In the main street of San Cristobal de las Casas there are several companies that take you to Guatemala in van.
Hi Sandra how are you ? I hope that very good ! I tell you, my idea is to leave by land, I understand that you have to pay a fee when leaving, my query is because I also enter by land and pay that fee when entering. Should I pay it when I leave too? Or am I exempt from paying the fee? I hope you can help me !! Cheers!!
Hello Santiago, departure fees are paid only when leaving because they depend on the number of days you stay in the country and if you leave by land, air or sea. Each country has its rate price. I find it strange that you pay when you enter, I don't have an answer in your specific case, maybe it's a misunderstanding, I don't know.
Good way Santiago, I'm sorry I have no concrete answer.
Hello, good morning, they would help me to go to Mexico from Guatemala, I am Cuban and I travel with my son, we were denied a visa to Mexico and we want to go to Chiapas, I would appreciate the answer
Lilianne, I really do not know how to give you a solution or information to help you in your complicated situation.
I feel it in the soul,
Sandra
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Hello, what kind of help do you give?
Hello
How many registration positions are there from tapachula to Oaxaca?
Border registration there is one crossing Tapachula. On the way to Oaxaca you can find different controls, I have no idea how many.
Good morning Sandra
Buy some crafts in Guatemala, they are not for sale, they are for gifts.
They tell me that the total purchase was 91usd with shipping to my home, but they tell me that I have to pay taxes.
If it is real when I must pay and to whom I must pay, this purchase is made online.
Greetings and thanks for your support
Hi Gilberto, the truth is that I do not know how to answer your questions. Anyway, I'll see if I find out about tax issues in merchandise, since several of you have asked and I do not know about that issue, which is very extensive and particular in each merchandise. If I find out I link what I learned in this thread.
Regards,
I have a doubt:
I am Costa Rican but I have a vehicle in Mexico (registered in Tuxtla Gutiérrez) and I want to travel BY EARTH, in that car, throughout Central America. My specific question is: What documents should I provide to authorize the departure of that car, from Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas, Mexico to Central America?
Hello Juan Carlos, if the car is in your name this is what you will need to travel from Mexico to Central America, all countries require the same:
-service in order
-driver's license
-the circulation card / vehicle registration certificate
-Temporary import permit, valid for a maximum of 30 days, is processed free at the border.
If the car is not in your name you will need a written permission before a notary that appears as owner on the circulation card.
The person driving the car when crossing the border into Guatemala must be the same person who drives it when leaving the country.
Pure life 🙂
Sandra
Thank you very much Sandra. Very friendly on your part and very useful information.
Thanks for your comment Juan Carlos, I'm glad it's useful.
Regards,
Hello Sandra, let me tell you, we want to go to Guatemala my wife, my 3 daughters and I, in our car, the detail is that the car is in her name, and the one who drives it is me. In that case, what is done?
Thanks for your help.
Hi Maykin, no problem with that. The owner of the car must be in the car, it does not have to be the driver.
Very good way
Hello from Guatemala, I can cross to Mexico by land, tourist, and ask for a passport.
Hi, Nerea,
To enter Mexico you need your valid passport for at least 90 days after the departure date (it is advisable to travel with your passport valid for 6 months) and visa If your nationality needs it, check it here: http://www.inm.gob.mx/index.php/page/Paises_No_Visa
Regards,
Hello, the Venezuelan people crossing over land of gautemala to Mexico who ask me in addition to the passport I want to go to San Antonio de las Casas
Hi, Nerea,
As a Venezuelan, you do not need a visa to enter Mexico. So you need a valid passport for at least 90 days after the departure date. It is always advisable to travel with your passport valid for 6 months.
Greetings and good trip,
I need information about what documents I used to go to work in Mexico specifically in Colima. I'm from Guatemala.
I thank you in advance
Hello Víctor, being Guatemalan you need to have a valid passport and ask for a visa to cross into Mexico. I do not know if I answer your question. I send you the address of the Mexican embassy in Guatemala where they inform you about the issue of visas and other questions you may have. https://embamex2.sre.gob.mx/guatemala/index.php/seccion-consular/visas/tipos-de-visa-y-requisitos
Regards,
Hello, I am Colombian, I was living here in Mexico with a temporary residence due to family ties but they denied me the renewal and they ask me to leave before the 30th of Mexico, I would like to know if I can leave and have my passport stamped and I can know if they do not put me in trouble for enter Mexico as a tourist
Hello Laura Maria, we are very sorry that we do not have an answer to what you are asking, as it is beyond our knowledge in this specific case. We wish you all the luck in the world and hopefully you can go in and out without problems. You should leave Mexico for 48 or 72 hours, you cannot leave and enter the same day (that's for sure). Best of luck.
Good morning my question is that I want to go in my car to Guatemala I want to know how much is paid in total to go and come to my country I want to make my vacations there
Hi Jairo, in the article we write we give you the prices of each management. The truth is that I don't know it by heart. If you have the patience and read it carefully, you can add up the costs to know the information you are looking for.
Best regards and good trip,
I go to Guatemala by car that is in the name of the company, but I am the legal representative. I need the same notary signature to move to Guatemala, I am Guatemalan but a permanent resident in Mexico.
Hello Nelson, I dare say you do need it, as long as the car is not in your name, you need permission. If in customs they do the steps correctly, they would ask you.
Thanks Sandra, the truck is in the name of the company, I am the legal responsible! What would be the permission they would give me as legal representative at the notary? or would it be a permit where I too (or the legal representative) would sign it? dispensation. or who would give me permission, if I am the legal representative, and I have certified minutes where indicated. I apologize, I want to play it safe, even if I have to do a paperwork before, I will do it. Thanks Sandra for taking the time to respond.
For nothing Nelson, I would like to know more in your case, but I do not come with my information.
As you explain, it seems that you could go with your company car without paper, but it escapes my knowledge. You could approach a car rental company that does the service, maybe they know (American car Rental or Price Car Rentals) or directly in the consulate or embassy. I'm sorry I can not help you. I hope you tell us how you solved the issue to help the next in your situation.
Best regards and luck Nelson,
Hi, good morning! I write to ask if the entrance to Guatemala charge some tax when arriving by air, since the publication where they explain that data is one year old! Thank you
I am looking forward to your response!
Gabi
Hi Gabi, if you arrive by air to Guatemala you do not have to pay anything, but you will have to go by plane. Normally the rates are included in the plane ticket, they are about 3 usd. There is also a payment of about 3 airport usd. Blog entries for "practical information" I try to update the information to be useful.
Best regards, good trip!
Sandra
Good morning, I want to travel to Cancun via land (public transport) from Guatemala, I am Guatemalan, what border will be the best for my trip, and what documents do I need?
Thanks for your attention. 🙂
Hello Kary, being Guatemalan you need to ask for a visa to cross into Mexico. I send you the address of the Mexican embassy in Guatemala where they inform you about the issue of visas and other questions you may have. https://embamex2.sre.gob.mx/guatemala/index.php/seccion-consular/visas/tipos-de-visa-y-requisitos To cross, I would choose this border, that of La Mesilla.
Greetings and good trip,
HELLO.
I WANT TO TRAVEL TO GUATEMALA THIS END OF THE YEAR BUT I DO NOT REACH ANY QUOTATIONS TO REMOVE MY PASSPORT.
IS THERE ANY WAY THAT I GIVE A PERMISSION IN THE AUDANA TO ENTER HUEHUETENANGO WITHOUT PASSPORT AND WITH THE VEHICLE?
THANK YOU.
Hello Erickson, I am not aware that permits are being processed at the borders, the passport must be in the embassy. Regards,
Thanks for all this info! 🙂
One question, Mexicans can move to Guatemala for a short time with their IFE right?
Thank you!
Hi Maria, with IFE you can go to Guatemala less than 24 hours, it is usual to cross to buy in the border market of Guatemala or in the free zone of Belize. It is going in and out to buy in the same day what you are allowed with IFE.
I hope it solves you, best regards
I am Mexican I will go to Guatemala these days. Someone knows if crossing the border I have to pay and how much. I would greatly appreciate it.
Hi Mariah, if you read carefully the information in this post tells you what you have to pay per car and person. I find myself with limited access to the internet, but I answer you in three days.
Regards,
It happened to me that I'm going in the car and I'm carrying my passport.
Hello Sandra
I would like to know, if you can cross the border of Carmen Xhang to Gracias a Dios by car and if there is a post to seal the exit and the entrance. I would also like to comment that on the map of this page the labeling of the arrows of the two borders "La Mesilla" and "Gracias a Dios" may have to be the other way around! The Mesilla according to me is located south of Gracias a Dios!
regards
Hi Urs, thank you, I look at the map and modify it if necessary. As far as I know, the only tourist borders are Tapachula, Comitán and Frontera Corozal between Mexico and Guatemala. There are other border crossings but they are not tourist.
I hope it helps you. Greetings and thanks,
What day are the handicraft craftsmen in Guatemala and in Chiapas border And that side of the border without Mesas corozal
Hello jose, I do not know if I answer your question well, the stores at the borders open daily.
Regards,
Hello, I'm from Argentina with arrival in Mexico City to take a flight to Tuxtla-San Cristóbal and with the idea of continuing as soon as I arrive in Guatemala. You can inform me what I need to take to go from San Cristobal de las Casas to Huehuetenango, bus or van and which travel agency in San Cristobal recommend me to buy the passage via e-mail that is reliable and respond to the passage of the border, because by comments there are agencies that leave you or in Guatemala they pass you to a bus of those who are raising people on the road. Thank you for your attention. Mabel
Hello Mabel, the tourist van is convenient for Huehuetenango. These tourist services go daily to Guatemala, most agencies find them on Real de Guadalupe Street in San Cristóbal. I regret not being able to give you a specific one, in fact on Friday a friend crosses Guatemala through this means. If you give me good reports of the company with whom you buy the ticket, I'll give you direct contact with them. Do you have time until this Friday?
Greetings travelers,
Hola!
I'm French, and I come to Mexico for a month.
I wanted to buy a car with friends. This car was bought in the USA (state of Oregon)
We would like to do only one "power" (notice of car sale) official paper made in a notary, and the gray card would remain in their last name.
I want to go to Mexico to Panama, but I would like to know if it is possible to cross the borders without problem with only the power (which justifies that the car belongs to me)? It is difficult to find an official and clear paper on this situation.
And does anyone know a notary in Mexico or Cancun?
Thank you so much!!
Salut Coulin, I think that is enough to cross borders the power you say. Personally I went to Belize with a car that was not in my name only with the permission of the Mexican owner. In Cancun there are many notaries you find them without problem. I give you a blog about some car travelers who have traveled through America, surely they will be more concrete. http://dfushuaia.com/web/los-preguntones/
Have a fantastic trip, what a win!
Good afternoon Sandra Saved with a query you could help me I need to travel to Mexico from Guatemala I'm chapin I need to know what I can do to enter the Mexican country
Hi Erwin, Guatemalans need a visa to cross into Mexico. This visa is a procedure that you must do in the Mexican embassy of your country. I leave you in a link where you should look at these procedures: https://embamex.sre.gob.mx/guatemala/
Greetings and luck,
Good afternoon I would like to visit Guatemala I am Venezuelan and I am in Mexico, Tabasco where I take transportation to arrive
Hello Lilia, I answer to what I understood you have doubts. As a Venezuelan, you do not need a visa for Guatemala. From here you must go to one of the Chiapas borders that leads to Guatemala: either Tapachula or Cuauhtémoc City, near San Cristóbal de las Casas. There are several bus companies that connect, in the Tabasco terminal you are sure they give you the information, but look at their website schedule and rates: https://www.ado.com.mx/ado2/#/
Warm regards,
Hello, I am a Guatemalan with permanent residence. I want to go to Guatemala by land but my passport has expired and I have not arrived. I can enter Mexico with my permanent residence card.
Hello Jonael, even if you have your permanent resident card, at the border of entry to Mexico we must present our passport, it is the only document valid as foreigners, as far as I know. Anyway, call your embassy or better the Mexican embassy to reaffirm what has been said.
Best regards, good luck.
Hello Sandra,
a question. I want to go to Guatemala from Chiapas (I am Mexican) but my passport expires at the end of this month. Obviously I plan to return a week before it expires. Do you think I may have problems to enter or leave Guatemala?
Regards!
Uf Javier, in theory the passport must have a minimum validity of three months, in theory. It is necessary that the customs "resolve" with a bite the subject, do not realize or return you. Personally I would not try to cross in that situation. Make a call to your embassy to see how you can do it, maybe they give you a solution that I do not know or they accelerate the renewal.
Good trip Javier, I'm sorry I can not specify more.
Goodnight
Excuse me, will you know of any telephone or mail from the vans that leave from San Cristobal to Huehuetenango?
I am Mexican .
Thank you very much for your attention.
Hello, I have the phone number of two agencies in San Cristobal that operate this service, I just asked for them, I pass them to you: 967 6781951 from one agency and the other is the 967 6317220 or the 967 1144739 phone.
Greetings and good way! 🙂
Thank you very much Sandra! ¡¡
excellent help, a thousand blessings.
: )
Hello Sandra, good morning, my name is Marlenysy, I want to go to Mexico to visit my family that are settled there, I understand that they are returning many people from the different international airports of that country, so I would like to go through land from Gautemala, I need to know what would be the reuqisitos to enter, and know if you have knowledge of returns of Venezuelan people from these land borders? If you have any private contact number where to communicate I would appreciate it .. greetings ..
Hi Marleys, I'm going to ask some Venezuelan acquaintances if they know anything about how things are for you at the border, to see if they heard anything. I hope I can give you an answer tomorrow.
I link what you require in your entry to Mexico: http://www.inm.gob.mx/gobmx/word/index.php/paises-no-requieren-visa-para-mexico/
For Guatemala: http://www.minex.gob.gt/Visor_Pagina.aspx?PaginaID=21
A hug,
Hello Marlenys, I could not know much.
Yes I have confirmed the entry problems you are having, and the recommendation is that you enter with hotel reservation and return ticket. Enter with a credible story as a tourist.
The best of luck to you.
Hi, my name is Jorge and I'm going to Guatemala by car but my friend wants me to sell my car in Guatemala, what are the requirements and where is the legalization and placement and the nearest office, I enter the ceibo frontier with Tabasco ... thanks greetings
Hello Jorge, I'm sorry I can not help you because I do not have this information. The normal thing would be to go to transit in your population in Mexico and that they will inform you of the requirements, but I do not know the process.
Good luck in your efforts, good trip!
Hello Sandra, I find your information page very interesting to the traveler, in my case I am Colombian and I will be a couple of days in Guatemala City, then I would like to know some places in Chiapas Mexico, traveling by land, what do you suggest and how it facilitates. Thank you very much for a hug.
Hello Julio, from Antigua, tourist transport that crosses to Chiapas, is a comfortable and easier way to cross border with other travelers. But from Guatemala, get on bus or combi to one of the border crossings. In your case, being Colombian, I think you do not take a visa either in Guatemala or in Mexico. The public transport service works very similarly in both countries, much collective or go for shorter distances and buses for long trips.
If you want to specify information ahead, I do not know if I answer correctly.
Good trip Julio!
Hello again, July Vargas, my tour would be by public transport.
Thank you again.
Hello Sandra
I am a Mexican citizen living in Canada. I want to travel to Mexico but before I wanted to go to Guatemala for a day. My question is: when leaving and entering Guatemala (via land) do I have to stamp my passport or can I only pass with my IFE?
Hello Natalia, in theory for less than 24 hours you can spend with your IFE, that is the regulations. Many Mexicans from the border go and return on the same day with their IFE, thus generating more commercial traffic.
Regards,
Hi, I'm from Veracruz, Mexico, my family and I have planned to travel to Chiapas and if you can cross to Guatemala one day. Can we cross with the bus that we carry? What cost would have to spend with the bus in case of power and if we can cross with just presenting the IFE?
In fact, there are people of all ages, from children to seniors.
Thank you.
Hello Angel, I do not know how to give an accurate answer. It is possible that the bus does not let pass, better call your embassy to have that information at first hand. I'm sorry I did not solve your doubt.
Regards,
Good afternoon ... I am in the state of Chiapas as a tourist, can I go to Guatemala and go back to Mexico? When you leave and enter, would you reseal my passport? I am a Colombian national. Thanks for your attention
Hi Pia, if you can do it, with your passport in order you can cross and re-enter Mexico with a new stamp. You must stay at 48 minimum hours in Guatemala to re-stamp your passport.
Regards,
Good day, I am Colombian and I am in Guatemala I need to go to Mexico to seal my passport and return to Guatemala, my question is how long should I be in Mexico to be able to return to Guatemala and have it sealed for me. Passport
Hello Paola, by law you must stay over 48 hours outside of Mexico to enter with another tourism stamp.
Some compatriot of yours had told me the amount of questions they asked at the border, so if you can stay more days better, then less suspicion is raised.
Warm regards,
Good evening, Sandra.
I am Guatemalan.
And I want to go to Mexico on a Saturday and return on Sunday.
They told me that I can go with a permit. Can I get that permit right there at the border of the bedside table?
And if so, what requirements do I need?
Hi Anibal, I'm pretty sure they give a pass for a day, yes. You must wear your official identification as a Guatemalan, I think that would be enough. I leave the page of consultation of your embassy: http://www.minex.gob.gt/AtencionUsuarios.aspx
Warm regards,
Thank you.
Seriously your information helps me a lot.
Thank you again.
Anibal, I thank you very much, helping travelers is something more than grateful.
Very good way 🙂
A question does someone know if I can move to Guatemala with some type of temporary permit for a few days?
I do not have a passport and I do not have time to process it
Hi Rodrigo, I'm afraid you can not.
Go to your embassy for more information: if there was the possibility of special permission, they are the ones who would give it to you.
Regards,
Hi, how can I go from Chiapas Mexico to Guatemala ... can you help me ... thank you very much;)
Postscript I would like to know how many vans I have to grab until I reach the capital of Guatemala ... thanks for your help 🙂
Hi Jonathan,
I do not know how to say exactly how many vans if you go on your own: one from Comitán to the border, another in La Mesilla that will take you down to Antigua or Panajachel, which is direct. And from there to Guatemala City, more or less is like that.
It is an easy and convenient way to cross the border with other travelers, while you do your paperwork waiting for you from the other border lake. The vehicles they use are vans or vans of about 12 people. You contract in a simple way this service in San Cristóbal de las Casas agencies: the cost is 500 pesos, they will pick you up at your hotel on the 6 in the morning. They take you to Panajachel or Antigua direct, from there to Guatemala City.
I hope you serve, greetings and good trip.
Jonathan, in my time, a few years ago but it does not have to have changed, there was bus from the Mesilla to Huehuetenango and from there you already found a direct bus to Guatemala City.
And from Chiapas it depends on exactly where you leave but the transport to Ciudad de Cuauhtemoc is very easy, probably via Comitán.
Hello good day, I am Guatemalan I live in Mexico and I want to go by car is in my name but I am paying by bank credit, can you spend the car like that in these conditions?
Hi Erick, yes you can pass the car, if your problem is in your name.
Regards,
Hello I have 2 girls I want to go to Mexico because my boyfriend lives there, and as I read I will need to leave every so often I would like to know .. is it difficult to go out with my girls from Mexico to Guatemala and return by the same route? I read a bit on several blogs and I'm scared by my girls, I'll thank you if you help me choose the best solution. A thousand thanks I'm Peruvian and I'm going to Mexico by plane
Hello Giss, I understand your concern, and I'm sorry I can not give you an accurate answer because my situation at the time of crossing is different. On the borders there are people who arouse suspicion before the police, as they are not so usual: it is not the same to see a couple of travelers crossing the border with a passport with several visas from different countries, than a mother with her two daughters a new passport with few stamps in your passport. There are people more suspicious of wanting to enter the country not for tourism, but for other reasons, that's what border controls are for. Those things are like that. Once in Mexico you will surely meet people in similar cases and it is they who will give you more accurate information on this subject. Try to make your boyfriend find out a little more about this in Mexico, to give you peace of mind.
If for my part I find or think of someone who can inform you better, I will pass this information to your email.
That would be your biggest difficulty, raising suspicions and being returned to Peru. For the rest I do not think you had major problems in the crossings.
Good luck Giss, I'm sorry I can not be more precise.
Hello Sandra. The first thing is to congratulate you on your blog, it seems to me a sensational job and it is helping me prepare our next trip. Like Cesar, whom you name in your article, I am planning to rent a car and from Cancun, travel through Yucatan, Chiapas, cross Guatemala and return through Belize.
My question is if you have any reference about how safe it is to drive through Guatemala, and if Cesar will provide you with some information or information about your route that may be useful to me.
Thank you very much and congratulations again for your blog.
Hi Adri,
It is very rewarding to do this and help travelers, thank you very much for the comment, I am glad that it serves you.
There is almost no Guate info in the blog as you can see, and it is a country that we have been several times, my brother lived there for three years, so if I can help you count on that. Recently a good traveler friend rented a car in Guate and toured the part of Antigua, Lake Atitlán and Tikal without problems. What you do have to keep in mind is not driving at night. In the Yucatan Peninsula it is not advisable not to know the area and the roads are very dark when there is no lighting, but in Guatemala there are assaults. To refresh your memory I will ask you if there is something important to know this friend. César, who was a charm, had no problem in Guate, indeed, he had them with the cop in Mexico, who are quite vultures in the Riviera Maya. But it is a safe area, yes. Oh, and on the Guate border they wanted to charge more, but that's part of the idiosyncrasy of the country.
We are saying, a great trip awaits you 🙂
Thanks for your help Sandra.
You know 🙂
Hello! I called the La Mesilla customs office and they told me that it is open from the 6 the morning until the 9 at night to cross. I wanted to write it here because I saw that it is written that it is possible until the 5 in the afternoon. https://portal.sat.gob.gt/portal/contacto/#1509055889782-78a1ef1b-3d8c
I thank you very much Chiara, I correct it now.
Thank you, best regards,
Hello, a question is needed passport to enter Guatemala I am Mexican
Hello Laura, yes, you always need a passport to access another country that is not ours. What you do not need in Guate visa, but passport.
Regards,
Hello, hey, I have a query, I'm Venezuelan and in a short time the days here in Mexico are over, I've been recommended to cross the border to Guatemala. I would like to know what they are asking for, if it is safe? How much should I be in Guatemala and then return to Mexico? and get me to stamp my passport for a few more days, since I do not have the money to take a flight, and Venezuelans run the risk of not letting us go back. please wait for a quick response.
Thanks in advance
Hello Grace,
In your case and others who ask me in a similar situation, I usually say something in a generic way: on the borders there are people who arouse suspicion before the police, because they are not so usual: it is not the same to see a couple of travelers crossing the border with a passport with several visas from different countries, that a person with few stamps in his passport. There are people more suspicious of wanting to enter the country not for tourism, but for other reasons, that's what border controls are for. That would be your greatest difficulty, raising suspicions and returning you to Venezuela.
Having said that, to cross the border and return with a new stamp, you need to be 48 hours in Guatemala, or in Belize (you can also cross to Belize, in case you do not know this option). The procedure is the usual one, as you will know you do not need a visa as a Venezuelan, neither in Mexico nor in Guatemala. And I think what you need is a good story, Grace, because I know that many Venezuelans, unfortunately, they back you up.
I wish you the best of luck.
Hello, thank you very much for the information provided.
I would like to know what happens if I take out the border permit and they find me in the DF
Once I was in Mexico without papers and in Oaxaca the migration stopped me and sent me back
I would like to know if the same thing would happen to me if they find me outside of where the border permit is with that card
Thank you very much blessings.
Hello Yasmin,
The border permit I do not know what it is, but I imagine it is only to move in an area and for a time, not to enter the country and move wherever you want. If this is how the border permit works, they can send you back if you are in Mexico City. Keep in mind that whenever you are in a country without the required tourist visa, the authorities can send you back. If you have your tourist visa, no.
Best regards Yasmin, the best of luck.
Hi good day!!!!
If I need to go to work a few days, you can support me in what requirements I need and where I can process them, I am in Toluca State of Mexico, I hope you can support me your information would be very useful
Hello Belen,
I regret not having this type of information to help you, it should be your consulate or embassy that will support you with the requirements you require.
Warm regards,
Hola!
I would like to know if you can take a dog traveling by land from Mexico to Panama.
Thank you very much!
Sld! Annika
Hello Annika, there is no problem in traveling with your pet, at the entrance I leave a blog where he explains very well the requirements, I leave it here as well: http://dfushuaia.com/web/2013/01/viajar-con-perro/
Very good way Annika,
Hello Sandra, great greetings, I am Costa Rican and in a few days I travel to Guatemala and one of my destinations is to arrive in San Cristobal de las Casas, you could give me information on the safest and cheapest ways to get there, reading other comments. buses from Antigua, but if possible from a department closer to the border, for example, if buses depart from Huehuetenango ?, I would be very grateful if you could give me an update on costs, time and security for the rainy season , pure life and good vibes !!
Hi Mary,
From Huehuetenango there is transportation to the border of the Mesilla, that's for sure. I do not know the prices and the schedules, but when you get there you ask at the terminal, I'm sure there are several. I recommend you leave early for the trip to the border. Once crossed the border you must cross to take another transport from the other side towards Comitán, and from Comitán to San Cristóbal de las Casas. Maria is simple, the local buses are not very expensive. The one from Antigua to San Cristóbal is a tourist transport that leaves daily, the tickets the purchases in travel agency, this transport happens through Huehue, but the passage is usually complete. I hope you serve the information María.
Pure life 🙂
Hello sandra I am Peruvian and I was in Mexico and I exceeded the 6 months allowed in that country .. but when leaving by plane to Peru they told me that they might not let me go through exederme in time ... I need to return to Mexico I can do it for Guatemala. Now I am in Peru
Hi, Naldo.
Honestly I can not tell you how strict they are with that in the border in your case, surely they can penalize you by coming to Mexico, no matter what path you take. Try to inform you by another means Naldo, because I do not have the information to advise you well.
I wish you the best of luck.
Hello, what a wonderful page that helps us solve doubts. My doubt that I must do to move to Mexico through the Guatemalan border and the most recommended, they tell me about Cuauhtémoc Chiapas, I am Colombian and just in the week they rejected me from the CDX airport. I have all the documentation that I do not understand. urgently enter Mexico and I would like to say that it is for tourism, that you recommend me with your experience? My passport has 15 days that they gave me that affects? And would I have to spend the night in Guatemala before moving to Mexico? Thank you
Hi Cristel, sorry for the delay I'm traveling.
You must bear in mind that if they rejected you it is possible that it is registered, and it is not easy for you. From Guatemala (Antigua, Flores, Panajachel) daily tourist transport departs to Mexico. It is simple to contract the transfer in agency of Guate. They leave and arrive the same day in Mexico.
Honestly I can not say if having a recent passport affects you or not, I do not know the reasons why you allow or not enter the country. I do not know what reasons they gave you when they rejected you.
I hope you get there. Best regards and the best of luck
Hello Sandra. I'm Venezuelan and I'm in Mexico but soon my stay here will expire. Can I go to Guatemala and re-enter as a tourist? How long will I be able to enter Mexico again?
Hello Merlin,
As a Venezuelan you need a "consulted visa" to enter Guatemala, I leave you the information: http://www.minex.gob.gt/Visor_Pagina.aspx?PaginaID=21
The time to stay in Guatemala once you acquire this visa would be by law from 48 to 72 hours, I do not remember exactly.
I wish you the best of luck.
Ola sandra I am Mexican I want to go to Guatemala to buy I can only go with my official Mexican identification or they ask me for a passport to fuersas or a and some special permission
Hello Erick,
As a Mexican you can only cross with your identification to the shopping area, there is step. You can not enter Guatemala and stay, but as in the Mexico-Belize border, there is a transit and shopping area, like a free zone that encourages commerce.
Warm regards,
Hello, I'm Mexican and this December I want to travel to Guatemala, my question is. If I want to travel in my own car to Guatemala, the roads of Guatemala are recommendable, or how safe are they for the tourist that goes in their own car, or that line of autobuces you recommend from Chiapas to Guatemala ... Greetings !!!
Hi Felipe, the roads are a bit worse than in Mexico, but they are good. Do not drive at night. Several friends have traveled by car for Guate without inconvenience. If you want to go by local transport I recommend the tour buses that leave from San Cristobal de las Casas to Antigua, Guatemala City or Panajachel, leave daily: any agency in San Cristóbal gives this service. In Guatemala, from any tourist point to another, there is ease of movement in tourist vans, travelers use this medium a lot. I mention that at Christmas and Easter is when there are more assaults on the road, because people go home to share with family and carry money, and that the robbers know.
I hope it will be useful for your trip.
Warm regards,
Hello Sandra
I need to go to the offices of clara guatemala since I work in a telecommunications company and I need to cross the border to Guatemala with some lithium batteries and I do not know the procedure to be able to cross.
Hello Jhonny, in the writing is the explanation to cross the border according to your nationality. In principle you need your current passport and check if you need a visa or not here: http://www.minex.gob.gt/Visor_Pagina.aspx?PaginaID=21
Regards,
good morning, I would like to know if today it is safe to cross the border of Guatemala, this traveling direction lagoons of montebello to guatemala to tikal, I want to know if there is normal crossing, due to everything that has been eescuhando of migrant lawsuits.
regards
Hi David, the cross-border activity has not stopped. This border of La Mesilla is not having so many incidents, it is more for Tapachula. Have good travel, greetings.
Hello I am from Monterrey but I am on vacation in Tapachula Chiapas and I would like to call Guatemala but because of all that is said about the immigrants, it gives me a little fear, could you tell me why road is safer for Guatemala and what are the requirements? for the crossing, I go in my own car I hope and you can help me thanks
Hello Sandra, I do not know how to ensure how Tapachula is right now. The frontier most traveled by tourism is the one in this article, Ciudad de Cuauhtémoc with La Mesilla in Guatemala, and it is surely calmer than others. It is the one that is taken from Comitan, personally I would choose this to cross in a car. As a Mexican, you must carry a passport and car papers in your name. In the writing we describe the requirements in case you want to review what you need.
Greetings and good way,
I would like to know an official source for the payment of the 332mxn when leaving Mexico because although I have searched I can not find official information about it.
Hi Mikel, that information must be in some official document, I do not have it, so I should look for it. I have been given the information personally asking the customs, the same information that other travelers have received with whom we have commented (in case you are interested to know where the written information comes from). If you find something official online it would be perfect to tell us. Anyway, at the border they have the official payments, so you can check with the border agents without problem.
Greetings and good way.
Hello Sandra, how are you? I want you to be able to tell me I want to get to Monterrey and I want to go by transit because I am a Dominican and I will go to Guatemala. I would like to know if at the border they can give me a permit and how many days they can give me.
Hi Eliesee, I'm so sorry I do not have that information to help you.
As far as I know at the borders, they do not give permission of that type, one must go with their passport and visa to be able to cross.
I wish you the best of luck Eliesse.
Hello Sandra!
How could I get in touch with Cesar and Goizalde to ask them about the car issue crossing mexico-belize-Guatemala?
Thanks and CONGRATULATIONS x the blog
Hi Omar, I'm going to look for your email to see if I can find it and I'll write it so you can give me permission to contact you, which I imagine will not have any problems. If you want, you write to me sandra@elcaminomascorto.es In case I can help you anyway, we have also crossed the border by car and we have the experience report of other friends and travelers.
Sorry I had not seen the comment that we hacked the blog.
Hello Sandra, my daughter and I want to go to Honduras as tourists, passing by land through Guatemala, we are Mexican, she is underage, but the father did not want to agree to passport for her, friends have told me that no I need a passport for her, I do have a passport. What document could you ask for?
Thank you!!
Hi Yuliana, everyone needs to get a passport, whether they are older or younger.
Also, if your daughter is a minor, I think she needs the permission of the parent or guardians to get their passport and written permission from them. Please verify the information with the official authorities of the area of Mexico where you are, for asking do not be afraid. If you have any questions, write me.
The best of luck Yuliana.
Hello, best regards, I hope you can help me. I am a Venezuelan and Portuguese citizen and next month 6 meets here in Guatemala, which is the legal time I can be. I entered the country with my Portuguese nationality since as a Venezuelan they ask me for a visa. I plan to go to Tapachula (Border with Mexico) to leave and re-enter and thus be able to extend 90 days more my stay here in Guatemala. My question is if what I want to do is legal and if they will ask me for a departure ticket when I want to enter Guatemala again. Thank you very much in advance. I want to do that since I have not yet been able to process a residence here.
Hi Fatima, what you want to do is something that many people do. My brother was a cooperative in Guatemala for 3 years, and he went out and entered with his tourist status to Mexico to return to Guate by the border of the Mesilla in order to renew his stay. Like several acquaintances do that from Mexico to Belize. As a Portuguese, you don't need a visa for Mexico, something that favors you. It is true that as Europeans we must have an exit ticket from America, sometimes they can ask you for that, sometimes not, that's right. You could look to book a ticket and then cancel the flight (I don't know how to do it). My advice, to raise fewer questions, is that you can go out for a few days, not just the couple of days you need to re-enter Guate, so you spend more as a tourist. I don't know if I explain myself, a traveling story always helps more. I am not an expert in borders, I speak of my experiences and other travelers, I wish you the best Fatima, Any doubt here you have me.
Warm regards,
Greetings sandra and many blessings, could you help me, is that I need to take a trip from Idalgo to tecun uman (Guatemala) but I don't know anything about land transport, I would like to know which are better if how many kisses should I transfer or if there is a direct trip and Prices if you could know. Only that I hope you can help me to sell
Hi Berner, this border in Chiapas is the one I don't know, I'm sorry I don't have information to provide you. I know that combis leave from Tapachula towards the border, but I don't know prices or if there are direct buses from Hidalgo to Tecum Uman. I'm sorry I can't help you, I wish you a good trip Berner.
Hi Sandra, your blog is very helpful for someone like me planning first trip to Central America. I'm Hungarian, and want to drive with a car rented in Mexico from San Christobal towards Lake Atitlan through La Messila on the 31th December or 1st January. Do you know if the border crossing should be open on these days? Also can I find an insurance office agency open?
Thank you!
Hi Pete, I'm glad you find the blog useful. The days you mention the border is open, no problem. But to get insurance permits it is probably not, at least in Belize and Guatemala even on Sundays it is closed.
There are few car rental companies in Mexico that allow crossing the borders, I know two: American Car Rentals and Price Car Rental. Any questions we try to support you.
Good trip,
Hey.
We plan to travel as a family from Guatemala to Oaxaca, and I need to know what requirements they will ask me to enter my vehicle in La Mesilla and intern me to Oaxaca.
Years ago, as a child, I remember being sent to a bank and demanded to buy insurance and stamped a sticker on one of the windows.
Could you tell me if this is still the case? Do you attend every day?
Is it possible to do it online?
Greetings and great your page. Many successes.
Hi Gerardo, I send you what I think are all the requirements to cross into Mexico with your car. As you say it is very possible that with foreign plates you have to take out insurance and they will place it on the glass of the vehicle. That you take it directly at the border, I don't know if it can be done online. I do not advise you for paperwork to cross on Sunday, there are closed dependencies.
-service in order
-driver's license
-the circulation card / vehicle registration certificate
-Temporary import permit, valid for a maximum of 30 days, is processed free at the border.
If the car is not in your name you will need a written permission before a notary that appears as owner on the circulation card.
The person driving the car when crossing the border into Guatemala must be the same person who drives it when leaving the country.
I wish you an excellent trip, best regards.
Has anyone crossed the border from Guatemala to Mexico with pets? Do you know if it is very complex?
Hi Carolina, too bad that a blog that linked to pets is no longer working. But hey, I found the necessary documents in these official files: https://embamex.sre.gob.mx/kenia/images/stories/pdf/procedimiento_ingreso_mascotas_mexico.pdf to enter Mexico and to go out with a pet from Mexico: https://www.gob.mx/senasica/articulos/tu-mascota-viaja-contigo
I hope it serves you, good way.
Hi Sandra, I don't know if I got the previous message, but I asked you for any suggestions regarding my situation, I have a very dear Peruvian friend who wants me to come to Mexico and I already try 2 times (in a time of 2 months) and I don't they have allowed entry (of course you have your passport in order), and now we want to try it by land through Guatemala, cr
Hello Rafael, if the message arrived, I answered, and more a question like yours. Unfortunately I can not be very helpful, because believe me that my knowledge in crossing borders is only personally as a tourist. I don't know why they don't let them cross or what advice to give in your case. I wish you the best of luck.
Warm regards,
Hi! And what are the requirements now with the pandemic?
Hello Angel, I do not have the precise answer, better consult directly with the embassies or official organizations.
Good way,
Excuse me, I have a question, I don't know if you can help me. In my work I need to send some foliar samples to analyze to a laboratory in Guatemala and since I do not have a passport I cannot take the samples, I would like to know if there is a parcel agency there at the border that I can use to send the samples. Please is very important because I must send them before they spoil as they are woven
I would really appreciate if someone could help me
Hello Manuela, surely it exists. I recommend that you speak directly with a local parcel company so that they can give you the correct information and send it without any problem. You don't have to go to the border, in my opinion.
Greetings ??♀️
Hello, I am from Guatemala living in Mexico and I am going to travel permanently to Guatemala via Hidalgo. What procedure should I do to enter my vehicle. I must do some procedure in Mexico or only in Guatemala.
Hi Rubén, I'm sorry I don't have an answer in your case to help you. I know that the procedures are different if you definitively enter a car with foreign plates than if you do tourism for a few days, but I do not know them. Try to contact Guatemalan foreign affairs to get an answer: https://www.minex.gob.gt/Preguntas-frecuentes.aspx
Good luck on your return
Hi friend!! I am Mexican and I want to go to Tikal by the border of La Mesilla my question where I stamp my exit passport in Cd Cuauhtemoc or the table as well as if I have to pay to leave since I have read that they charge but that they should not charge you and that they go to me Recommend to get to Flores, thanks in advance for the information ... best regards !!
Hello Isaias, as a Mexican you do not pay when leaving or entering Guatemala, but they may ask you for money when entering Guatemala, because unfortunately it is common for border agents to pocket some money. The passport is stamped both when leaving Mexico and when entering Guatemala, always two stamps, that is important. From this border to Flores I don't know how to tell you the way. If you go without a car, the Usumacinta border Corozal-Bethel border is more direct with Flores.
Good traveler road, any questions tell me?
Hello Sandra ! First of all congratulations on the blog and thanks for good information!
I am planning to travel Mexico-Belize-Guatemala-Mexico in 2022, I have already rented the car with American Car rental and planned to have the papers to cross the two borders. What I am not so clear about is how I do the insurance. In American they have told me that neither Belize nor Guatemala covers me. In your blog I have read that you can do car insurance on the border of Belize and Guatemala. I will enter Belize through Chetumal and Guatemala through San Ignacio / Melchor de Mencos. Do you know if it is possible to make insurance on those borders? do you know when it can cost? Gracies !!
Hello Llorenç molts gràcies pel comment.
Yes, you can make insurance by entering Belize and Guate, only that they are closed on Sundays, so avoid entering on Sunday at all costs. In the same customs they tell you where. In Belize I remember it is a booth a kilometer or so, in Guate right now I do not remember well, but they will tell you anyway. Car insurance is mandatory when entering, it is one more procedure. Belize was about $ 30, depending on the day.
Que tingueu un molt bon viatge, qualsevol dubte parlem sense a problem.
Salut i bon cami
Can you give me tips to go from Mexico to Guatemala, then return through Belize to Mexico?
Hello Jorge, the information we have is collected in the blog. To go from Belize to Mexico we still have the information in this article: https://www.elcaminomascorto.es/frontera-mexico-belice/
I hope they help you to organize your trip.
Good way ???
Hello, I want to enter Guatemala from Mexico by car. My wife is Guatemalan and I am Argentine, but we both have permanent residency in Mexico and a valid passport that is still valid for several years. What border do you recommend to enter by car? Do you know how safe or unsafe it is? Do you know if I need a permit for the car if it would be 30 days or less?
Thank you for this blog and for your help!
Hello Ariel, sorry for the delay that I was traveling.
The busiest for tourism is the one at this entrance, Ciudad de Cuauhtémoc- La Mesilla. Insurance is not necessary, only the documents in order of what we describe in the article. What is necessary is detailed, no problem. NEVER drive at night and cross the border as early as possible, never on a Sunday.
Have a good trip ?