Cash / Currency 🇲🇽 Mexico
USD 10,000 declaration required
Can I bring Cash / Currency into Mexico?
USD 10,000 declaration required
USD 10,000 declaration threshold
- Customs declaration form
Required at the destination customs authority
Full details
Travelers entering or leaving Mexico with cash, traveler's cheques or monetary instruments worth USD 10,000 or more must declare via SAT Customs Declaration. Undeclared amounts above the threshold are subject to 20-40% administrative fine; over USD 30,000 undeclared is treated as money laundering under the federal anti-laundering law. Mexican-peso equivalents are computed using the Banco de Mexico daily reference rate.
PENALTIES
- Fine: 1000–50000 MXN
- Civil penalty only
Active — Customs actively enforces this rule.
Leaving Mexico with cash / currency
Travellers departing from Mexico carrying cash, banker's cheques, bearer bonds, or other bearer-form negotiable instruments totalling USD 10,000 or more must complete Declaración de Efectivo at customs before boarding. This threshold aggregates all currencies at exchange-rate parity. Failure to declare is grounds for seizure of the entire cash amount under Ley Aduanera Art. 9 plus criminal prosecution for aggravated cases. Source-of-funds documentation may be requested. Legitimate declared movements are not restricted; the requirement is transparency-based to combat money laundering and tax evasion.
Values at or above this threshold must be declared (MXN).
Declare cash, traveler's cheques, or monetary instruments above the local threshold to SAT Aduanas on arrival or departure. Use the dedicated currency-declaration channel; undeclared amounts above the threshold are subject to seizure and an administrative fine of 25-50% of the undeclared sum.
USD 10,000 declaration threshold
- Customs declaration form
Mexican Customs Law, Anti-Money Laundering Law
This page covers destination customs rules in Mexico. Whether you can carry cash / currency through security, in carry-on, or in checked baggage depends on airline and screening rules — see air travel rules.
Cash / Currency rules in other countries
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🇺🇸 United States
Must declare cash or monetary instruments over USD 10,000 on arrival and departure.
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🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Must declare cash of GBP 10,000 or more when entering or leaving Great Britain.
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🇩🇪 Germany
EU rule: declare EUR 10,000 or more when entering or leaving the EU.
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🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
Must declare cash of AED 60,000 or more (approx. USD 16,300) on arrival.
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🇵🇭 Philippines
PHP 50,000 limit; foreign currency over USD 10,000 must be declared
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🇻🇳 Vietnam
VND 15 million limit; USD 5,000 foreign currency