Timeline for Can I enter the USA from mexico, by car, without a passport, if I am 16 years old and a citizen? I am traveling for a missionary trip
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| May 20, 2017 at 17:32 | comment | added | phoog | @Dennis 16, 17, and 18 year olds who are part of an organized group also qualify for entry without a passport, which could well be the case here. See cbp.gov/travel/us-citizens/western-hemisphere-travel-initiative. | |
| May 20, 2017 at 17:02 | comment | added | Crazydre | Get at least a US passport card or enhanced drivers licence. That way you can re-enter the US completely according to the rules, and the passport card also lets you enter Mexico legally | |
| May 20, 2017 at 16:57 | answer | added | Travis | timeline score: 3 | |
| Feb 23, 2016 at 20:07 | comment | added | user38879 | @k.silva, The rule is that US citizens who are under 16 may use a birth certificate for identification at a land border, but once you turn 16 it is no longer sufficient. This rule may seem arbitrary, since not much changed about you on the day you turned 16, but it is still the rule. You are asking if you can ignore the rule. You can if you choose to, but you should not. Your trips go smoothly now because you follow the rules and they trust you. If you ignore rules they will surely let you back anyway, but will now have a reason to not trust you in future. You shouldn't risk that. | |
| Feb 23, 2016 at 15:22 | comment | added | Jon Story | @LorenPechtel - not necessarily true (although true for the US border). Travelling from the UK to Ireland can be done on a driving license or government ID card, for example | |
| Feb 23, 2016 at 12:40 | comment | added | k.silva | @Gagravarr, I know I can get into the Mexico because I have done it about 100 times, and they never ask for any form of identification, they just want you to pay the fee of using their bridge to cross over to Mexico. Also, every time I have traveled to Mexico, since I travel by car, I have always used my birth certificate to get back into the USA, and they have never had a problem. I also traveled for a mission trip to the border of Mexico in November, and i was able to get in the USA with a birth certificate (i was 15). My question is, can i get with a birth certificate now that I am 16? | |
| Feb 23, 2016 at 9:34 | answer | added | B. Murri | timeline score: 5 | |
| Feb 23, 2016 at 7:13 | comment | added | Mikey | As a 16 year old, I strongly recommend you have this arranged by an adult no matter what the situation, and I understand you must have a passport regardless. | |
| Feb 23, 2016 at 3:30 | comment | added | Michael Hampton | Unless your trip is leaving tomorrow, then you have time to get your passport. | |
| Feb 23, 2016 at 2:24 | comment | added | Nelson | Your mission trip organizer should know about this. If you are doing this by yourself, without anybody assisting you in the process, this is NOT a good idea. Crossing the border is the least of your worries. I assume you're not there to convert the Mexican upper class, so the areas you will end up in may not be favorable. | |
| Feb 23, 2016 at 2:21 | comment | added | DJClayworth | How are you planning on getting into Mexico? | |
| Feb 23, 2016 at 1:40 | answer | added | user38879 | timeline score: 6 | |
| Feb 23, 2016 at 1:31 | answer | added | user102008 | timeline score: 2 | |
| Feb 23, 2016 at 0:27 | comment | added | Loren Pechtel | The days when you could do this have been over for several years now. Cross a border = passport. Period. You can get an expedited one but it will cost you more. | |
| Feb 23, 2016 at 0:12 | comment | added | Gagravarr | What proof of citizenship and ID do you have? Also, what makes you think that the Mexican authorities would let you in without a passport or similar to start with? | |
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