vandy
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I am ready for a trip...but is my passport?
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
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BajaWarrior
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Mood: Anxious to get south
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Birth Certificate and I.D. No questions asked of our friends who traveled with us and didn't have passports this year.
Haven't had a bad trip yet....
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sancho
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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]
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vandy
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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?
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mcfez
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My boy went thru
Two week ago my 27 yr old boy went thru Mexicali without a issue. Take Birth Cert.
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bigzaggin
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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.
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