We will be headed back to Mexico City tomorrow for our third face-to-face meeting with the Director General of Mexican Immigration and his staff since the beginning of the year. We are grateful and fortunate that the Director General has invited us to these exclusive meetings. We are also fortunate to have the support of AOPA as well.

Our observations and recommendations are; 1) Not having a free portal is detrimental to the flow of General Aviation and the Mexican government should consider implementing a free portal for APIS Manifest filings like the USA and CARICOM countries, 2) the requirements on timelines and frequency for presenting APIS Manifests are incompatible with the capabilities of General Aviation.

We have submitted to the Director General a detailed list of proposals in writing complete with analysis and examples for changes to the current guidelines. In addition, we have also found an existing option for a free portal that could be used.

We hope to report progress on the Mexico APIS issue soon.

Rick Gardner
Caribbean Sky Tours