I lost my passport. Can I use my ID or my driver's licence to fly from USA to Mexico?
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- Aparna Patel
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- 10 Aug, 2023
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I should note that every US airport I’ve been to in the last few years (where the airplane is departing for another country) has people showing their passport to board the aircraft (might vary by airline but unlikely). They probably won’t even let you on the plane in O’Hare without the passport.
This doesn’t qualify as a life or death emergency, but calling your local bureau and explaining the situation might yield you some sort of option that would still allow you to travel.
You definitively need your passport or an adequate emergency travel document.
Not only will Mexico not accept your ID card or driver’s license but more importantly, since about a decade already, you are required to present a passport to return when arriving by air.
So, unless you want to stay in Mexico for, uh… a longer time, not taking your passport is hardly an option. The airline will refuse to let you board on your flight back (if they ever let you board on the flight to Mexico, which I doubt). But even if they do let you board, you won’t make it past the immigrations officer. Sure, you will eventually make it back, but that’ll be a lot of needless trouble.
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According to Timatic (I used the Sky Team interface), the following applies:
Driving License issued by United States of America to a national of United States of America is not listed as an accepted document by Mexico. Please check the document details have been entered correctly.
And:
Document of Identity issued by United States of America to a national of United States of America is not listed as an accepted document by Mexico. Please check the document details have been entered correctly.
And:
Official Photo Identification issued by United States of America to a national of United States of America is not listed as an accepted document by Mexico. Please check the document details have been entered correctly.
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