More agents are on the way.
Travelers arriving by air at various Mexican airports ought to see shorter waits in the immigration lineups now that additional agents have been trained to receive arrivals.
The National Immigration Institute (INM) has added more personnel at six international airports so as to reduce processing times.
At the Mexico City airport, where 240,000 foreigners arrive every month, the INM figures that three minutes are needed to process the documentation for each one. With 140 flights arriving daily, the 40 INM desks can handle up to 3,000 foreign visitors in the course of 25-30 minutes.
In Cancún the number of agents has been doubled to speed up the process.
Other airports affected are Guadalajara, Puerto Vallarta, Monterrey and Los Cabos.
Frequent American travelers to Mexico also have the option of using the Viajero Confiable, or Trusted Traveler program, if they are enrolled in the United States’ Global Entry system. Visitors insert their passports in a scanner and input other information in the process, which is supposed to take no more than three minutes.
The service is available at the airports in Mexico City, Los Cabos and Cancún.
The processing times are only those for immigration. Customs is even faster but not when you press the button and lose the red light lottery, which gets you a bag inspection.
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