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Comment on U.S. tourists crossing the U.S.-Mexico border by land need travel documents June 1 by mayra

mayra — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 01:26:22 +0000

acearly what is done in secondary inspection..im going shopping across the border.. im a natural born citizen . n im registered to live in the border baja california mexico i lost my passport and im only using my arizona id n birthcertificate ..what else is going to b done to in inspection please reply soon

Comment on Traveling in Mexico: Passports and travel advisories, oh my! by Gordon

Gordon — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 20:46:30 +0000

My son and I just did the park and walk to Tijuana on Oct 7, 2012. It’s a short (about a mile) walk into Mexico and goes like a walk in the park. It’s so easy that you’ve walked into Mexico with no delays or any kind of realiization that you’ve just switched countrys. Our only purpose was to walk in to scratch it off the bucket list and come back. This was happening at 11AM on a Sunday. We immediately noticed a blocks long line heading back for the USA. After reading other blogs, we decided to take a taxi back to customs to avoid the roughly 2 hour wait in line on the street. It turned out to be a bad choice. Taxi ride went fine until about 500 feet prior to the side door of the US Customs Building when we came to a stop and lengthy wait in a 15 passenger van. We made it up the the customs door 2 hours later. We had to stay with the van because there were numerous signs that along the edge of the street that said no walking. Anything that says that the best way to visit Mexico is by walking hasn’t been there recently. It’s going to take you 2 or more hours either by car, walking or taxi.

The customs coming back to the US is described in many blogs as a Nazi like experience. I totally agree with that statement and will add that it is completely disfunctional. You go through the line and get to a unfriendly customs agent who scans your passport and hands it back. No words spoken, no metal detectors and no scanning equipment. The delay is for no apparent reason. US Customs needs to work on their attitude and the function as to why they are even there. Customs is a joke.

Comment on Answer to question about passport requirements at the U.S. border by Grisselda

Grisselda — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 18:23:17 +0000

I’m goin to Tijuana in October and I don’t have time to get my passport mailed and ready. What documents could I take as back up? I don’t have a drivers licence because I’m under age! Someone please help!

Comment on U.S. tourists crossing the U.S.-Mexico border by land need travel documents June 1 by Ash

Ash — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 05:50:15 +0000

Hello myself and partner are coming to the us and have a visa wavea and current nz passports to get into lax LA. We where wanting to cross the us/mexio border into mexio for the day then back into the us what papers/things do we need ??

Comment on U.S. tourists crossing the U.S.-Mexico border by land need travel documents June 1 by Ash

Ash — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 23:54:39 +0000

Hi myself and partner are from New Zealand and are travling to the usa/la we have got a visa via and current passports. We are wanting to cross into mexio for the day and then back into the usa what are the protcals/prcedures or paper work we need to ensure we have on us?

Comment on U.S. tourists crossing the U.S.-Mexico border by land need travel documents June 1 by johanna rosales

johanna rosales — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 23:51:12 +0000

in december i turn 18 and i will leave to indiana after that my question is can i cross the with just my birth cerificate social security card and 2 school ids i havent tooken out my passport because my name on my birth certificate is missing a letter thats one of the reasons im going back..please help.

Comment on Answer to question about passport requirements at the U.S. border by Wade W

Wade W — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 01:13:44 +0000

No problem crossing into Juarez or coming back with only a DL and birth certificate. I didn’t get a warning note or anything like that.. We didn’t have to go to secondary either. No sweat at all.. Plus FYI, Juarez was really safe and everyone was friendly. The locals seem to really want people to know its ok to come. Great experience.

Comment on U.S. tourists crossing the U.S.-Mexico border by land need travel documents June 1 by Tano

Tano — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 22:04:37 +0000

Hi i have family visiting the US with a philippine passport with a valid US Visa. He wants to visit Mexico for the day and cross the border. Does he need a Visa from mexico to cross the border? Your reply is appreciated.

Comment on Answer to question about passport requirements at the U.S. border by BumbleBee

BumbleBee — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 20:16:13 +0000

can i cross back into the United States WITHOUT A CALIFORNIA ID but with a birth certificate and two school ID’s ??

Comment on Answer to question about passport requirements at the U.S. border by Wade W

Wade W — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 20:57:07 +0000

Ok, so today is August 17, 2012. I am crossing into Juarez from El Paso on Monday Aug 20 to have dental work done. I will be taking my New Mexico DL, Birth Cert and Social security card. I will surely repost and let everyone know my experience. With this dentist, they pick you up in the US and drive you back so you don’t have to bring your vehicle over. I sure hope it all goes easy.. I guess the one fact that encourages me to “risk it ” is the repeated fact on this blog that US Citizens cannot be denied entry back. Period. That is enough for me. I’ve gone to Mexico several times in my life but not in the last ten years so I wasn’t even aware of the required passport issue. So, since this seems to be the only post in 2012 I will re-post next week and let you all know how it went..