Stinson4118C
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ID documents to get Tourist card
One last question before we go!!! As per everyones advice I'm going to stop at the border in TJ and get tourist cards for me, my wife and my
daughter. We have a birth certificate for our daughter and drivers licenses for my wife and I. Also we have expired passports for the two of us. What
we don't seem to be able to find is the birth certificates for the adults. And it's probably too late to get copies. So what do you think? Drivers
license enough? Passports but expired? Forget the whole thing and stay in North Baja only? I realize that only too soon we'll need passports to
return to the US, but not this trip, so I'll procrastinate on that. And thanks again for all the help. This is an awesome forum.
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bajabound2005
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from mexonline.com:
"According to the law you must have the Tourist Card on you while traveling (make a copy if possible in case original is lost). You can pick up a card
at the border, just stop at immigration as you cross into Mexico, parking is available. You must have either a current passport or original birth
certificate with current ID. Baja California and Sonora sometimes only require a current ID, but it's wise to check with the consulate first."
Most Nomads would agree that you should have a current passport no matter what.
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Dave
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They'll take anything as long as it's accompanied by Andrew Jackson's ID. 
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Dave
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I got one of these:
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bajabound2005
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Geez, Dave, you sure are short!
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Dave
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That's not what the girls say
| Quote: | Originally posted by bajabound2005
Geez, Dave, you sure are short! |
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Stinson4118C
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Sometimes I'm an unusually niave person, and I can have a hard time seperating smart(alec) from serious. Especially in email. The Andrew Jackson
solution is FINE by me. Ideal in fact. But if that's not an option it would be nice to know you were kidding. The waterfowl license is out, I'm
afraid. But I do have lots of picture ID. Just not a current passport, or a birth certificate. But again, i sort of thought the purpose of the Tourist
card was to collect some (much needed?) revenue, so I was thinking that there might be some flexibility in the documents. And I know there wouldn't be
if the situation was reversed and I was a Mexican citizen looking to travel the other way. But that's for a different forum, huh??? 
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jorgie
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did you get your Mexican vehicle insurance ??????
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Stinson4118C
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We're renting from Dollar which lets you go anywhere in Baja for an extra $25 per day, which includes insurance. Mostly doing that because it's easy,
not necessarily cheap. Thanks!!
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BajaDanD
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Are you sure that includes Liabillity Ins.
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BajaDanD
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I have waited to get my tourist card until I got the Guerrero Negro border Imagration office When we got there my wife could not find her Birth Cert.
We got the "YOU HELP ME I HELP YOU" line from the guy cost me $20 comming and same guy on our way back got another $15 "but" Im not reccomending you
try this.
Just stating what happend.
Have also gone through there when Imagration office was closed on our way down and on our way back
DAND
[Edited on 1-9-2007 by BajaDanD]
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Stinson4118C
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Thanks everyone. Sounds like the drivers license at TJ just after crossing will work. And if an extra Andrew is required that's fine too. Hope the
drive south goes well, we'll leave a trip report as soon as we get back.
And for BajaDanD, is that snow that truck is stuck in or just some extra fine sugar sand, say from Destin or something?
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BajaDanD
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Sand
We found that truck burried in the sand on the beach at SanQuintin
I wouldnt try the extra Andrew at the TJ border If you are going to go that route wait until you get to GN The Imigration office at TJ/ San Ysidro is
a little more official and they might get upset if you offer the AndrewJ. especially if there are witnesses to the Trans.
BUT then again I am in no way suggesting that this is OK to do.
Good Luck
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I assume that the insurance is by a mexican insurer if not US insurance means nothing in Mexico. A small dent will cost you money and maybe some jail
time. So will an Andrew Jackson offered to the wrong official. Things aint what they were. Take care, have a great time
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Dave
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Stinson4118C
Thanks everyone. Sounds like the drivers license at TJ just after crossing will work. And if an extra Andrew is required that's fine too.
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It was not meant as a bribe. Simply that the permit payment is more important than the ID necessary to obtain it.
Save the mordida for getting out of trouble. 
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