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deux_ball
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"US Reentry Requirement"
 
   LAST EDITED ON 14-Jul-10 AT 03:25 PM (PST)
 
I haven't been to TJ for 8 years. I'm thinking about heading there for Labor Day weekend. Can I bring a copy of the passport for reentry or the original passport is recommended?

Thanks.

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1. "RE: US Reentry Requirement"
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Bring the original.

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2. "RE: US Reentry Requirement"
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   get a re-entry card, I think it's only $20.

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3. "RE: US Reentry Requirement"
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Bring the original, but also a photocopy of the ID page. Keep the copy separate in case the original is lost or stolen. I keep the copy with me at all times in case I am injured.

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4. "RE: US Reentry Requirement"
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I scan my passport and convert that to pdf, then e-mail the pdf to myself just before leaving the country.

This can be accessed...and printed...from any computer that has internet access (and a printer, of course).

When I get back home, the e-mail gets deleted, and all is well.

Cheap protection that you don't have to carry or worry about losing.

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5. "RE: US Reentry Requirement"
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   Good advice. I also scan all the contents of my wallet (credit cards, ID's, front and back) and send myself a password encrypted file with all of these. That way, if my wallet gets lifted, I have all the necessary contact numbers and serial numbers already.


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6. "RE: US Reentry Requirement"
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   Thats one helluva good idea. I scanned and emailed myself my passport but did not think about the wallet contents.

Thanks.

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7. "RE: US Reentry Requirement"
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   Kind of off topic, but still within the same question. What are the requirements for a green card? I have a friend who has a green card and wants to go to TJ with me.

Thanks,

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8. "RE: US Reentry Requirement"
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I've wondered that too

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9. "RE: US Reentry Requirement"
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My guess in addition to green card you guys need special travel document, best ask local Immigration office

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10. "RE: US Reentry Requirement"
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   Thanks for the replies. I guess I will give the passport department a call to find out for sure.

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11. "RE: US Reentry Requirement"
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all you need is the Green Card. Not even a passport.

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13. "RE: US Reentry Requirement"
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   this is slightly incorrect.
you will need your green card and your original passport of original citizenship.

green card only provides proof that your in the country legally without the need for a visa. You have rights up to a point as any citizen. But its not proof of travel citizenship.

Therefore your green card will get you into the country without need for an i 94 or hb1 visa but it doesn't allow you to call yourself an American. ie A person from new Zealand living and working in the USA leaves and goes to Mexico, will require a passport for entry into Mexico and for re entry to the USA. The green card will tell ice that you meet the residential requirements for entry. But your passport will be stamped in and out of the USA until you have obtained American citizenship.

To the op... your friend needs to make sure that their original passport is current or they can lose the right to their green card.

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14. "RE: US Reentry Requirement"
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Sorry, but I think you are mistaken. The regs state that you have to prove you have the legal right to be in the USA, as well as your identity. The green card does both.

My understanding is that the requirements at a land crossing are not the same as, for example, at an airport.

I crossed the border from Mexico yesterday and they scanned my green card and waved me through. I had my passport in my pocket just in case, but never even took it out, let alone had it stamped.

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15. "RE: US Reentry Requirement"
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   LAST EDITED ON 27-Jul-10 AT 11:20 PM (PST)
 
No I am not mistaken. If the agent elects to waive you thru with out doing proper sop. Then so be it, but the next time it could be a fresh new jack city agent, are you willing to chance that a passport is not needed.?..

Some cops run your DL when you get pulled over, then again some don't.
But to advise people not to travel with proper documents, is being reckless.

Sorry pure but that is what you did,

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16. "RE: US Reentry Requirement"
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It does seem rather strange then, because according to you they would have had to stamp my passport. Which is not at all like getting pulled over and having a cop choose not to run a DL when they pull you over.

In any case, I certainly did not advise anyone to try to travel without their passport. I had mine with me, as I said. I think you're wrong, but I wouldn't risk it.

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17. "RE: US Reentry Requirement"
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   Re read post 11.

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18. "RE: US Reentry Requirement"
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OK, well since you are so insistent on being right, why don't you take a look at the following Homeland Security website, where you will see that you are, in fact, wrong. You only need a green card at a land crossing:

http://www.dhs.gov/files/crossingborders/travelers.shtm#1

Lawful Permanent Residents
Air Travel
All travelers including children must present a passport or secure travel document when entering the United States by air.

Land/Sea Travel
Lawful permanent residents may continue to present their Form I-551, Permanent Resident Card. More information available at CBP.gov.

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12. "RE: US Reentry Requirement"
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I was in San Diego a week ago and had a chance to sneak away for a quick trip to TJ. I had forgotten my passport but, given the info on this thread, figured I'd give it a shot with just my driver's license. The ICE agent didn't question me or anything - she glanced at my license and waved me through. I should note that this might have been at least a bit due to the fact that it was midnight on Saturday and there was a huge line (it took me about 15 minutes to get through, which I know isn't that big of a line but it's much more than I normally see crossing from TJ during the week), so she might have figured she had a lot of folks to get through. I might have been more harassed had I been coming through on a slow weeknight.

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19. "RE: US Reentry Requirement"
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agree with prurient. A green card is a PERMANENT RESIDENT card. it proves your right to live in the US. No passport or other document required. US cititzens do not have gren cards and must bring passport etc. that said, they will let you in without it but you MAY get subjected to extra scrutiny/delay. Photocopy of passport plus dl is a good plan.

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20. "RE: US Reentry Requirement"
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For land border entries, you can get a passport card which is a bit smaller and more portable than the traditional passport book.

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