Canada reinstating visa requirements for Mexican citizens as asylum claims soar

Mexican citizens will once again need a visa to come to Canada after asylum claims from citizens of the country have soared over recent years.

Immigration Minister Marc Miller made the announcement in Ottawa on Thursday morning, revealing the requirement will be in effect as of 11:30 p.m. (ET) that evening.

Queried about the seemingly sudden decision, Miller said that the federal government has not “necessarily been a tightly-guarded system” and that their goal with such a short window was to mitigate more “bad actors” from “abusing the system.”

Miller said that among all nationalities, asylum claims from Mexican citizens in Canada accounted for 17 per cent of the overall claims in 2023 alone.

The announcement will not apply to Mexicans who hold a valid work or student visa, and Mexicans with a U.S. visa will still be able to travel to Canada without a visa.

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[elinkay]

Asylum status has lost all meaning. It used to be reserved only for very very specific circumstances and very few people actually qualified for it. Nowadays, anyone from anywhere can just claim asylum whenever they feel like migrating to any Western countries of their choice.

[LifeofHum]

Keep making stupid decisions and then backtracking when enough damage is done. Well done 👌

[shaunlitt]

All the rest of the immigrants and asylum seekers also need to be vetted. Not just Mexico.

[Logikal-lo]

This isn’t Canada, It’s India 2.0. The only apartments available are ones offering a ROOM. Is this what our ancestors fought for? Shame.

[PREVALENTMIND]

"We're getting a surge of cartel crimes in Canada and the normies are starting to notice."

[Lum]

we in Mex should start asking Canadians visa to come to Mexico too! :/

[thedarkgreenvanman]

Now do something about the people from India, the middle east, and Africa!

[ayanpradhan]

This government is going nuts, people who are here they don’t have jobs and they are allowing more people 😅

[pietersmidt]

I agree there should be an orderly process for Immigration, but Mexican people who end up as residents of Canada, largely share our western values, assimilate, and become productive members of our society. It is interesting that the Trudeau government has made it a priority to target Mexicans. Is this not what we are looking to encourage among new immigrants.

[diegosoto]

Nobody talks about that not all mexicans want to stay in Canada or migrate ilegally to the US. Some mexicans want to travel to a country that is not Latin America choose Canada because to get a US you need an income above average for any mexican. There are college professionals that make roghly 500 usd a month. This are educated people with no means to migrate just want to do tourism and obviously cant afford to go Europe or other continent. Canada is literally their only option since their income doesent qualify for US visa. I know some family members will get down by this news, they were just planing a summer trip. Now they will probably go to Colombia or Argentina and spend their money there. I know you canadians dont care about this little Mexican money staying in canada. But I do feel for the people that just wont make the cut and have genuine tourism intentions.

[aaroncartoon]

The fact that no connection is made between the territories in which organized crime (Northamerican demand funded and armed cartels) and overwhelmingly Canadian mining enterprises are located is beyond liberal hypocrisy.
Anyone can look at the overlapping maps on the internet.
Lima (Ottawa group) strikes again, and Miller has become the most suitable for Freeland's (NATO) geopolitics.

[Stoich]

Good! What are they seeking asylum from?
And why and how are there so many of them here unchecked?

[laurafulton]

Why are Canadians now suddenly vastly outnumbered in overcrowded Canadian cities?

[m.b]

So Steven Harper was right When he had the visa requirement in place

[korky]

Put a 30 year ban on all immigration, asylum seekers, refugees and worker/student permits. Invest in old stock Canadians, we want a liveable wage with hours and benefits, labour shortage solved overnight!

[StarvingDadChange]

Does this Mexican Visa requirement INCLUDE the Mexicans, China is bringing into Canada, to work at all the Chinese companies, at a record 1, 000 per trip, when there are Unemployed Canadians looking for work???

[gdrpcqp]

They have no clue what is coming. Currently there are about 10 million people moving out of honduras/haiti/belize
towards the southern USA border....About 30% of them are not from south america but Africa and middle

[ArabicReja]

Some Chinese even pretended to be Mexican 🇲🇽 to come to Canada.
Reinstating visa requirements is a good thing to do to control the border.

[JulesDior]

Exactly what would be nice if we put Canadian citizens first since it’s our country we should feel neglected and over looked in our own country I would like to see a “even flow “ of citizens from all over the world come to Canada and enjoy appreciate and respect our culture since the influx of foreigners we are over capacity this isn’t a race issue etc it’s a numbers issue are health care system is collapsing rise in the economy is at a all time high and available work low let fix our health care housing cap / affordable housing and so many other issues we need to address and maybe then we can discuss having a free for all for everyone else but this American / Canadian dream that has been sold to foreigners is a fairy tale because it’s became more and more unaffordable and difficult for us to enjoy it !!

[whatdoyouwantfromme]

Should have been done long ago but I guess better late than never 👍