Member's Home Forums General Discussion Mexico Mexico Aeronautical & Regulatory * UPDATE * New rules for entering Mexico

We received a question about the passenger list and the timing for renewing a Multiple Entry Permit which we will share here with our members.

We specifically asked if the list of passengers created is a list of all those who could possibly fly on the aircraft or those physically on the aircraft. The answer was that it was those physically on the aircraft. They told of one operator who had turned in a list of over 200 potential passengers, I guess that operator has A LOT of friends.

The topic of when the Multiple Entry Permit can be renewed is an issue we reviewed with the DGAC about 6 years ago and new guidelines were written. Historically, Multiple Entry Permits (MEP) that were processed through the DGAC offices in Mexico City (through a handler for a lot of $$) could be processed starting October 01 of that year for a MEP valid for the following year. For example, you could obtain a 2015 MEP starting October 01 of 2014. With this precedent, we requested that the same be true at the DGAC offices at the airports and new rules were passed and announced allowing the same to happen at the airports. Personally, we do this every year and renew our MEP for the following year in the last quarter of the year. The VERY IMPORTANT thing to NOT let happen is to allow the MEP to expire while the aircraft is still in the country.

However, Mexico's DGAC has a new Director General and a new Adjunct Director of Aviation Safety so we will have to see if any of these other long standing procedures remain in place. Based on our meeting, we did not hear anything that would indicate any other changes of this nature, they are really focused on illegal cabotage.