Timeline for I lost my passport. Can I use my ID or my driver's licence to fly from USA to Mexico?
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| Dec 19, 2017 at 10:17 | comment | added | Damon | ... to your home country. Being a citizen of that same country, there is finally no way they can refuse you (it's a right that cannot be easily denied, or denied at all under normal circumstances). Sure. But I wouldn't want to go through the immigration ordeal (hours, days?) it takes. That's definitively the kind of trouble that one wants to avoid. | |
| Dec 19, 2017 at 10:14 | comment | added | Damon | @reirab: That is an interesting question. Actually they're not allowed to let you even board the plane to Mexico in the first place. If they do, they're required to provide you leave (i.e. put you on the next plane back, yes). But if you somehow made it through by some means, they arguably wouldn't be allowed to let you board on the trip back either, ironically, since air travel to the USA requires presenting (and thus carrying with you) a passport for US citizens, and the airline must make sure you meet this requirement (or be liable). No doubt you will be allowed to go back... | |
| Dec 19, 2017 at 5:58 | comment | added | reirab | "The airline will refuse to let you board on your flight back" Wouldn't the airline instead be required to put you on the next flight back to the U.S. when you reach the Mexican border (assuming that the airline somehow messed up and let you on the flight to Mexico in the first place?) | |
| Dec 18, 2017 at 22:43 | comment | added | Acccumulation | "But even if they do let you board, you won't make it past the immigrations officer." You mean the US immigration officer? If you can show US citizenship, US immigration can't refuse you entry. | |
| Dec 18, 2017 at 14:30 | vote | accept | user71600 | ||
| Dec 18, 2017 at 10:51 | history | answered | Damon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |