Originally Posted by
ESpen36
Hi there,
I'm heading down to San Diego later this week and am hoping to drive south to the border, park on the US side, and then walk across into Tijuana for some shopping and sight-seeing. I have a US Passport Card and would like to use it instead of my passport book. I know it is a WHTI-compliant document for re-entry to the USA, but my question is, what will the Mexican Immigration authorities think of it? Will they refuse me entry to Tijuana? (Or is there no required immigration check for those staying in the border cities and not venturing farther into Mexico?)
I'm especially interested in stories from those who have used a Passport Card for travel by land to Mexico.
Many thanks!
It's secondhand, since it was my little sister, but she's standing right behind me and she reports they didn't have any objection. You can't stray past the border cities without a travel permit, but it appears you know that. Only issue anyone I know has had with a passport card was at one of the inland border crossings in WA, where the Canadian Customs person called his supervisor to look at it, and the sup was profusely apologetic once he saw it; this was also in 2008, when the things were new.