We met with the Director General of Immigration regarding eAPIS last Tuesday 14-JAN-2014 in Mexico City. Also present was the person in charge of the APIS roll out for Mexico. We presented the impact that the current state of confusion is having on tourism, the issues we see with the eAPIS process, a list of suggestions and we had a long discussion. The meeting was very positive and we hope that changes will be forthcoming.

Unfortunately, the bad news is that the APIS roll out date of December 31, 2013 was for PRIVATE aircraft as well and that they are currently in an "evaluation mode".

One of our Caribbean Sky Tours members in northeast Mexico has also been spearheading an effort to meet with local and regional Immigration officials, Airport operators and other interested parties. We will prepare a combined report on both meetings shortly as we are currently traveling on a Fly-In in Mexico.

Rick Gardner
Caribbean Sky Tours