Visitors

(1) Written permission may be given by an immigration officer to persons resident in the border villages to enter Belize without a passport or other travel document for a visit not exceeding twenty-four hours to the nearest village or town or to the town of San Ignacio. For the purposes of these Regulations the border villages or towns are– (a) in Mexico- Chetumal, Subteniente Lopez, Chac, Santa Lucia, Sac Xaan, Ramonal, Esteves Mengel, Pucte, Palmarcito, Xcopen, Cocoyol San Francisco Botes, Buenavista, Santa Teresa, Chumaba, Estero Franco. (a) in Guatemala- Yalloch, Sibal, Plancha de Piedra, Melchor de Mencos, Arenal, Camalote, Chiquibal. (2) The permits issued to such persons shall be returned to the immigration officer on their departure.