Can a permanent us resident travel to Mexico and back without a passport?

Question

If someone who was born in Mexico has their US permanent resident card can they travel to Mexico and back to the US without a Mexican passport? I've found several conflicting answers on this, does anyone know for sure? The biggest question is will they be re-admitted to the US with just their US permanent residency card and maybe a birth certificate?

Answer 1

The Mexicans will want to see a passport.  They will not accept our Permanent Residence cards for their purposes.  The card is all you need to reenter the United States.

Answer 2

No the INS will require you to have a Mexican passport along with your "green card".The birth certificate won't work since it does not have a photo to confirm that it is you.

Answer 3

nope.  just get a passport!

Answer 4

I suggest to wait and get the mexican passport. Mexican airports are very goofy about those things.

I have an american and mexican passport. I use the American one to enter the US and viceversa to come back. I my last visit they made a big (and idiotic) fuss over the fact that the little paper they give to you when to leave Mexico in case you want to come back was in english. I whined that the card says the exact same things the spanish version has (where was I born, if I'll be travelling by car or plane, how long will I be absent from Mexico and purpose of the trip).

The customs lady finally gave up (the policy is idiotic on the premise that a lot of mexicans who live elsewhere for many years threw the paper to the trash; I only kept mine because I was in the US for only a few weeks on vacation). I know people who simply use their foreign passport to enter Mexico because it's such a pain in the tush to enter Mexico as a mexican sometimes.

I suggest your wife to try to get a Greencard if you've been married for long enough. The wait is only 2 years now and the main requirement is that she has lived in the states for 5 years, no felonies and speaks fluent english. She can then enter Mexico with more ease than many mexicans. >_<

Answer 5

If you are originally from Mexico and are a permanent resident with a green card here in the states you will only need what is called a Mexican counselor I.D (matricula consular) to travel out of the country and back in to the states. Have a  Blast.

Answer 6

If you have your green card and a gov't issued photo I.D....like a drivers license, you will be ok.  However, you will need a passport starting next    you no longer have your Mexican passport, you NEED to get one.  You can go to a  Mexican consulate in the U.S. or  a passport ( INM) office in Mexico to apply for a Mexican passpot. See 1st website below...you can even fly  between the U.S. and Mexico  without a passport.  however, it would be very wise for you to get a replacement Mexican Passport.  See last sentence under "Entry requirements" to read that  green card holders may re-enter the U.S. with their I 551 permanent resident card. See last sentence in the 4th paragraph of the 2nd website below to see tha green card holders do not need a passport to re-enter theU.S. from Mexico.