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I am traveling to the United States with my husband, Mexican, and our daughter, who is Mexican/American.

Do I need to get her a Mexican passport as well? She already has her American passport.

I do not want any issues leaving Mexico or coming back to Mexico if she is supposed to have both passports.

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  • It is "madness" not to get all passports possible. Go get the passport.
    – Fattie
    Commented Nov 29, 2017 at 21:34
  • @Fattie What do you base that opinion on?
    – Crazydre
    Commented Nov 29, 2017 at 21:42

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You're way overthinking this. Mexican immigration doesn't even require Mexican citizens to present a passport.

As stated in Timatic, the database used by airlines:

Passport Exemptions:

Nationals of Mexico with a:

  • national ID card; or
  • certified copy of birth certificate; or
  • consular registration; or
  • certificate of Mexican nationality; or
  • naturalization letter; or
  • Matricula Consular; or
  • Constancia de Identificacion; or
  • voter's certificate with photo.

("national ID card" here refers to the cédula de identitad personal)

So any of these documents alone will be enough to board a flight to Mexico and to re-enter Mexico. With one of these, she has absolutely no need for a Mexican passport.

She will obviously need a US passport to fly to the US.

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  • I would just add that, given the source, any of those documents will also be enough to board a flight to Mexico. Since the child seems to live in Mexico, "returning" to the US seems not to be a concern.
    – phoog
    Commented Nov 29, 2017 at 17:53
  • The idea of travelling with an infant with no passport, is simply insanity. Get the passport.
    – Fattie
    Commented Nov 29, 2017 at 21:35
  • @Fattie Why's it insanity, if a birth certificate is clearly accepted?
    – Crazydre
    Commented Nov 29, 2017 at 21:42
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    Anything can happen. Ask a parent. They could be diverted somewhere, they might have to travel somewhere else - border "officials" have total fiat power, one of them could get uppity for any reason. We're talking about a near third-world country and the world's primary arbitrary, non-systematic country. It's a non-starter. Do everything you can to protect the infant.
    – Fattie
    Commented Nov 29, 2017 at 22:03
  • @Fattie A Mexican citizen cannot be denied entry to Mexico
    – Crazydre
    Commented Nov 29, 2017 at 23:13
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No, but it's probably a good idea.

She is an American citizen with, presumably valid, American passport therefore she can travel on that passport. However, entering Mexico with an American passport generally limits stay to 180 days.

Traveling with the Mexican passport alone will require a US visa.

I recommend traveling with the US passport, but carrying the Mexican passport (or other document such as birth certificate) so that on returning back to Mexico you can show she is also a Mexican citizen and thus not subject to the stay limit for non-citizens.

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  • Yeah, she has her CRBA and American passport. Now is she going to have problems when returning to Mexico on only an American passport? Will she have to have an FMM card?
    – Nicole
    Commented Nov 28, 2017 at 18:10
  • Okay, that was my concern. Returning to Mexico. We don't have much time to obtain a Mexican passport, I just came across the issue yesterday. I am still learning the dual nationality stuff right now.
    – Nicole
    Commented Nov 28, 2017 at 18:11
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    If the daughter is actually a national of Mexico, I don't think entering Mexico on a US passport can possibly oblige her to leave after a particular period of time. If she has no proof of Mexican nationality at the border, her US passport may get stamped with notations that purport to admit her for a limited period of time, but that will retroactively become a nullity when she does later produce such proof.
    – hmakholm left over Monica
    Commented Nov 28, 2017 at 18:15
  • @HenningMakholm Yes, but if she is flying back to Mexico, she will not be allowed to board if she doesn't have a return ticket to the US.
    – ventsyv
    Commented Nov 28, 2017 at 18:20
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    If you think of it, after the trip, come back and add your own answer, based on the aggregate of your advice from the trip. You can answer your own question.
    – CGCampbell
    Commented Nov 28, 2017 at 19:36

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