Travel to El Salvador with expired Salvadorian passport?

Question

My grandmother recently found out her Salvadorian passport was expired but wants to go back to El Salvador for a few months. Is it possible to leave the US with an expired passport?

Answer 1

does she wanna come back?  why has she been here so long???

Answer 2

It should not be a problem because she is going to her homeland after all

but you can contact the Salvadorian embassy in the state that you leave in to ask, she might be able to renew it before leaving

Good luck

Answer 3

It is doubtful the airlines would board a passenger without a valid passport.  As always, though, check with the official sources for the best answer:

Consul General Luis Montes Brito

Viceconsul Roberto Alas Engelhard, Paola Barrera Rubio, Ana María Alvarez de Eserski, and

Florence Kriete de Avila

2600 Douglas Road, Suite 104 (Douglas Centre)

Coral Gables, FL 33134

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Fax [phone]

Jurisdiction:  Florida

If you can't get an answer there, try the embassy in Washington, DC:

Consul General Ana Margarita Chávez Escobar

Consul Rosa Angela Valencia de Argumedo

Viceconsul Angela María Rubio

1724 - 20th Street, NW

Washington, DC 20009

Telephone [phone]

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Jurisdiction District of Columbia, Maryland and West Virginia

or call back to El Salvador:

General Direction of Assistance to the Salvadoran Community Abroad, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Centro de Gobierno Edificio # 4

San Salvador, El Salvador

Tel.: [phone]

General Direction of Immigration

Ministry of the Interior

Centro de Gobierno

San Salvador, El Salvador

Tel.: [phone]