In 2012 Mexico passed a law requiring a tourist visa for any visitors to Mexico's border cities, within 25 miles of the border, for longer than seven days. The Visas cost around $23 USD and are good for 180 days.
Since the law has passed, thousands of visitors to areas like Tijuana and the Baja area have been charged the fee but the law hasn't been fully enforced in some cases.
“The only thing that changed in Otay is that inspections are more rigorous, but the law has always existed,” says Rodulfo Figueroa Pacheco, delegate for Mexico’s . . .
