Do you have to have a passport to travel to Mexico?

Question

I am a U.S. citizen and want to travel to Mexico for a honeymoon but do I have to have a passport in order to? I am asking because I know the laws have recently gotten a whole lot more agressive with passports.

Answer 1

yes

Answer 2

There have been a lot of changes in the passport requirements as to dates. Just get the passport, no worries.

Answer 3

I have an idea. Turn off the computer games and READ A NEWSPAPER.

Answer 4

Going to Mexico has required a passport for a while. Going to Canada requires a passport now.

Answer 5

The new rules are -  any person entering or re-entering the United States must have a valid passport.  You can get into Mexico on a birth certificate and a photo ID, but you cannot get back into the United States.

Answer 6

Somora was the only one who gave you a correct answer.

Here's confirmation:

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

Answer 7

Yes the law just changed about a week ago for good you now must have a pass-port to travel to ANY other country!

Answer 8

Now you do. As of a couple weeks ago I believe.

Answer 9

"If you fly, you need a passport. If you travel by land or sea, you don't. But as of Jan. 31, U.S. adults are expected to present at least a birth certificate or other proof of citizenship, plus a government-issued photo ID, such as a driver's license, to cross these land-sea borders; children 18 and younger need only a birth certificate.

Starting sometime this spring, the State Department plans to issue a new document, called a passport card, that you can use for land-sea crossings from Mexico, Canada, the Caribbean and Bermuda."