vandy - 5-21-2010 at 06:38 PM
I sent my old passport (expired in January) to trade in for a new one in like 6 weeks. 4 weeks to go.
I am ready to travel now.
Any probs coming back to the States? I have witnessed people with NO documents crossing over, just a few questions. That was like a year ago.
You know I'll go anyway, fishing and camping down to the house...just "what do I need to cross he border?" I'll skip the Mexican formalities, but
those damn US ones may be annoying.
Come to think of it, I always get sent to secondary inspection at the border and get rousted by the Border Patrol in AZ. I think I've answered my own
question. It just can't get any worse.
I'll report in a couple of months.
JohnV
BajaWarrior - 5-21-2010 at 06:41 PM
Birth Certificate and I.D. No questions asked of our friends who traveled with us and didn't have passports this year.
sancho - 5-21-2010 at 06:53 PM
I wouldn't delay a trip because of not
having a passport in possession.
Read a post off an Mex RV board,
some guy claims his relative is a Texas
Border patrolman, this Border Officer
says he doesn't think the Passport Law
will EVER become mandatory.
I'm glad you put a disclaimer in about not
messing with Mex Formalities,
which I assume is not getting a Tourist Card,
which I believe is issued to Passport/Passcard
holders. I must be getting old, just in
the last few yrs., have I changed old habits
and strictly follow to all of mex Regs
[Edited on 5-22-2010 by sancho]
vandy - 5-21-2010 at 07:14 PM
Yeah, no reason to change my bad habits. I hope they have a sense of humor at the border.
I WILL report in a few months. What are they gonna do? That they already haven't?
My boy went thru
mcfez - 5-21-2010 at 07:32 PM
Two week ago my 27 yr old boy went thru Mexicali without a issue. Take Birth Cert.
bigzaggin - 5-22-2010 at 01:59 PM
Funny...I crossed with friend (San Ysidro) who only had driver's license. We got through, but were told that by July, it would mean $400 fine and
mandatory secondary. Maybe he was misinformed or just going scare tactic.