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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| Jan 28, 2017 at 18:09 | comment | added | Thomas | I have a funny story about that: I renewed my passport abroad and, like an idiot, I packed the new passport and showed up at the border (Canada->US) with the old passport; the guy at the border didn't laugh; they put me in the interview room, one guy came in, asked me my driver license, not even the old passport, checked me on their computer and let me in; that was pre-9/11 though. | |
| Feb 23, 2016 at 21:25 | comment | added | phoog | @DavidRicherby it is in fact against the law for a US citizen to leave the US "unless he bears a US passport" though the executive can make exceptions, for example for those under 16 or those who have trusted traveler program cards, etc. | |
| Feb 23, 2016 at 2:17 | comment | added | David Richerby | And note that "no other choice" means "because you lost your passport while abroad" not "because that was the only way I could make my trip to Mexico." In this case, you have another choice: don't leave the USA without a passport. | |
| Feb 23, 2016 at 1:31 | history | answered | user102008 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |