Thread: Passport requirement?

And then he says: "Mexico does not require Americans to have a passport. The US requires it for re-entry. Therefore you can not leave with out it becasue otherwise you will not be able to get back into the US." Looks like the result is the same. Get it.

Thanks Coke, so it's not a legal requirement for Canadians but may well cause problems you could do without if you dont have one.

myekun - I highly suggest that you do so - I think you will find if you show up at the airport without a passport that you will be denied boarding for the trip southbound !! That is one quick way to ruin your vacation Even though having a passport is not technically legally required to enter Mexico it is ultimately up to the the airline as to what their requirements are as to what documents are considered acceptable. If you don't meet...

Thank you everyone for the replies. Since my last post we received our passport application back . Not approved because we forgot one item on their checklist. Maybe the worst that can happen is they wont let us leave cancun. lol. Our only option now is to drive to Surrey B.C. (about 5 hours away) where the nearest passport center is, pay an extra 70$ per application and spend the night. We can get our passport in 24 hours that way. Or cross...

Quote: As of June 1, 2009, if you travel to Mexico to, through or from the United States (by land or sea), you will be required to present one of the following documents at the US border: * A valid Canadian passport; or * A NEXUS card;or * A Free and Secure Trade (FAST) card; or * An enhanced driver's licence (EDL) or an enhanced identification card (EIC) from a province or territory where U.S.-approved EDL/EIC program has been...

My first trip out of the US, in 2003, "just" needed my birthcertificate, and my drivers license......to Jamaica, then when I got home, now hooked on the Caribean, got my passport.....period.....I love looking at it to see the stamps from places we have been! Nothing like having alternative identification sources.....just a fear I have.....so I even got the US passport card......can't have too much Id! _________________...