DO I NEED A PASSPORT TO GO TO MEXICO???

Question

I know you do if going by air, but we're driving. Do we just need birth certificate (or will social security card suffice?) and drivers license?

Answer 1

We go every year we had applied for our passports but hadn' t recieved them the border patrol said we didn't need them yet anyway and we drove also. we just had our birth certi.

Answer 2

To drive to and from Mexico you must have your birth certificate and a photo I.D. unless you have a passport.  Passports will be required after June 1, 2009.  See site below.  A  S.S. card cannot be used as an I.D. and is not proof of citizenship....since there are so many stolen every year and so many fake ones in circulation.

Answer 3

Yep -- and you darn sure need one to get back into the US again.

Answer 4

You are correct--driver's license and birth certificate.  Not the social security card; that is not an accepted form of ID.

This will change next summer.

For confirmation of this information:

http://travel.state.gov/travel/cbpmc/cbp...

Answer 5

didn't they change the law now YOU HAVE TO BRING A PASSPORT if your crossing the mexican boarder cuz my cuz was gonna come but didn't have a passport and couldn't come.they didn't allow birth certificate