GENERAL INFORMATION
· HISTORY OF THE EVENT
The Mexican Symposium on Medical Physics is the most important academic activity of the Medical Physics Division of the Mexican Physics Society and since 1997 (first edition) has been organized by several universities and hospitals across the country. The symposia have taken place in six cities: Mexico City: 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2010 and 2016; León, Guanajuato: 1999, 2004, 2014; Mérida Yucatan: 2000; Juriquilla, Querétaro: 2001; Guadalajara, Guadalajara: 2006; Oaxaca, Oaxaca: 2012. In about 50% of the occasions, the event has taken place in Mexico City. This can be explained by the fact that the only two existing Post-graduate Programs in Medical Physics in the country are from the metropolitan area: one at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) in Mexico City and the other one at the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México (UAEM) in the State of Mexico.
· PASSPORT AND VISA
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- Permanent resident in Canada, USA, Japan, United Kingdom or any of the EU Schengen countries
- USA Tourist visa
- APEC Business Traveler Card (ABTC) approved by Mexico.
If a visa is required, we strongly encourage you to start your application in your home country at least 90 days before the intended date of travel. Visas cannot be obtained within Mexico, because it is an entry document. The corresponding procedures must be done at a Mexican Consulate or Embassy abroad and it may require the receipt of the registration form and payment. For further advice contact your travel agency or the Mexican Consulate or Embassy in your country.
