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bowser
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Taking a minor into (and out of) baja north
We want to take our 11 year old grandson to Bahia De Los Angeles for a week. We will be driving through Tijuana. He doesn't have a passport. Can
anyone tell me what documentation we will need to get his tourist card and where the best place would be to handle this?
Thanks for your help.
Bowser
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bajajudy
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I am sure that others have more experience with this but I am pretty sure that you should have notarized papers giving you permission to travel with
your grandson into Mexico. If you were flying you would not be able to get on the plane without them. On the ground may be a different story.
I would check with the Mexican consul in your area.
[Edited on 11-21-2005 by bajajudy]
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mcgyver
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Kids to Baja
You will have to have notarized letters from both parents or guardian and some times picture ID. People drive across all the time with out permissions
but getting caught 1 time with all the hassle is not worth it. If there is a problem between the parents about permission from one of them you will
have REAL problems. The least of which is you will be on permanent watch list both US and Mexico from then on. Check with both before crossing.
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Bob and Susan
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Bring his birth cert...
Stop in secondary in TJ at the border...far right where the busses go
Park...and get the visa there.
7 days or less free...$21 if you need to pay
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MrBillM
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Worst Case Scenario
You ARE REQUIRED legally to have notarized permission from both parents to take the kid across the border, but the likelihood that anyone will check
or care is pretty low and usually corrected by a "fee". Go for it. Worst case, maybe they take the kid. Just go home and tell the parents where to
look.
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Bruce R Leech
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it is correct You ARE REQUIRED legally to have notarized permission from both parents to take the kid across the border. I have done it many times and
have been asked for the papers.
Bruce R Leech
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thebajarunner
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Mr Bill is correct
The worst thing that they can do is take the kid.
Probably turn out to be a great learning experience for all involved.
Many years ago we took the 15 year old son of one of our race sponsors to help in one of our race pits.
That was back when they had the little booth at Maneadero.
We had some sort of note on an envelope, or some such, but the guy was having none of it.
So, we just backed up the truck, drove up the hill, around the garbage dump and back on the hiway and had a great time pitting with the kid.
Nice kid too, would have been a shame for them to confiscate him...
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bowser
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sure - remember a great short story - "The ransom of red chief"?
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David K
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What Bob & Susan say... PLUS the notorized permission slip signed from the living parents.
FYI... In the dozens of times I have taken my kids to Baja (without a mother) AND taken one of their school friends along, too... I have NEVER been
stopped, asked, or hassled for the permission slip from the missing parent(s).
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Ken Cooke
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
In the dozens of times I have taken my kids to Baja (without a mother) AND taken one of their school friends along, too... |
David,
That boy told Suzanne he was 42 yr. old! 
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David K
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Good, that means he listened to me!!!
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bajaandy
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For what it's worth, I also have taken my minor son into and out of Baja on many of our numerous camping trips and never even had a suspicious eye
cast in my direction. I'm not advocating this approach for anyone, just telling what my experience has been. I did once fly to Mexico city with some
friends and a minor youth. He and his father almost missed the flight after having to go to the airport notary to get an authorization for his father
to take him into Mexico. It's probably best to be prepared with the notarized authorization from his parents as well as some sort of picture ID and
or passport.
subvert the dominant paradigm
"If you travel with a man, you must either fall out with him or make him your good friend."
JBL Noel
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mcgyver
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Kids to Baja
It too depends on if there is a AMBER ALERT in progress locally. Smaller entrys ports are more likely to be checked by US Customs/Law enforcement
before crossing IE: Agadones/Tecate/Lukeville. US Agents eyeball cars, I have been stopped several times at Agadones before crossing border while
towing my Geo Tracker for title check and California Highway Patrol routinely has a car eyeballing traffic entering at Tecate. David k. You obviously
have never did anything to get your lisence plate put on the watch list, when you do you will see what I mean, luckly it dosent follow you when you
get a new lisence number and car. (YET)
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David K
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Nope, I am a clean dude... no problemas...
I have never crossed at ALGODONES ('Cotton', in English), however... But have at all the other Baja borders.
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In Algodones I have been asked for my FM3 on several occasions - once when it was being renewed. They looked at my passpost which shows something
about it and said OK. This in response of being asked where I was going and answering "San Felipe".
No Bad Days
\"Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference\"
\"The trouble with doing nothing is - how do I know when I\'m done?\"
Nomad Baja Interactive map
And in the San Felipe area - check out Valle Chico area |
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bajalera
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Way to go, Runner!
When living in Escondido, with no husband to notarize permission to take our child to Mexico, I had that same unfortunate experience. The main
"highway" wasn't well marked in those days, and quite often I somehow strayed off it and onto back roads that didn't happen to go by the Migra post at
Maneadero.
Lera
\"Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest never happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.\" -
Mark Twain
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Skipjack Joe
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The imigracion office just north of Guerrerro Negro always checks our papers for parental consent. Always.
You can avoid this by passing through at night or driving around it in some way, but what kind of a lesson are you sending your child?
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MrBillM
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Lessons
Don't be a slave to bureaucratic nonsense ??
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bajajudy
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Lessons
MrBill.
I would guess that if it were your kid in the car with kidnappers the burearcratic nonsense would, in fact, make sense.
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soulpatch
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What if the other parent is dead (or, just dead to you )?
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