Under a separate post, I have asked for and received some excellent recommendations for dental work to be done in Mexico. I'm sure I can find information on passports through Google, but I am interested in knowing first hand experience. Is a passport checked when Americans go across the border for dental work? If you have a passport, how long did you have to wait? If a passport is absolutely needed, is a passport card as acceptable? Since I've never had a passport, all input is greatly appreciated! THANKS!

Passport Card is acceptable at border town locations. Interior travel, I believe a Passport is needed.Walking across the border at Acuna, never a wait.Driving across can be up to an hour, depending on time of day.Entering Mexico at Acuna, no Passport Check, returning to the US, they check passports (cards)Easy in, and Easy Out.

mikeleblanc413 wrote:Under a separate post, I have asked for and received some excellent recommendations for dental work to be done in Mexico. I'm sure I can find information on passports through Google, but I am interested in knowing first hand experience. Is a passport checked when Americans go across the border for dental work? If you have a passport, how long did you have to wait? If a passport is absolutely needed, is a passport card as acceptable? Since I've never had a passport, all input is greatly appreciated! THANKS!You don't need one to get into Mexico but you really should have one to get back.Good luck with your Dental care! No way would I go there for that!Get the forms from the post office and pic at Costco. Should not take more than a couple weeks.

We have only used the Passport Card. It is accepted for land and vehicle crossing but not for air travel. Lines depend on the time of year and the amount of traffic going back and forth. We have always walked across at Algodones. One time, when DW had her oral surgery, I had to drive because she wasn't going to be able to walk afterward. That crossing took significantly longer but she was blissfully unaware in the passenger seat.

Get the passport - makes things a lot easier when using it for identification with financial institutions, changes drivers licenses to a new state, etc.Barb

Some border crossings will accept an "enchanced" US driver's license, but they tend not to want to tell you that. Get a passport and be sure.One tip: If you go into Mexico on a day trip, try to get in early and get out early. Once the liquor stores open, the lines are lots longer to get back into the US. :)al

Passport Requirements To Mexico For Dental Work

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BarbaraOK
Explorer
Jan 23, 2014
Get the passport - makes things a lot easier when using it for identification with financial institutions, changes drivers licenses to a new state, etc.

Barb
SteveRuff
Explorer
Jan 23, 2014
We have only used the Passport Card. It is accepted for land and vehicle crossing but not for air travel. Lines depend on the time of year and the amount of traffic going back and forth. We have always walked across at Algodones. One time, when DW had her oral surgery, I had to drive because she wasn't going to be able to walk afterward. That crossing took significantly longer but she was blissfully unaware in the passenger seat.
Cummins12V98
Explorer III
Jan 23, 2014
mikeleblanc413 wrote:
Under a separate post, I have asked for and received some excellent recommendations for dental work to be done in Mexico. I'm sure I can find information on passports through Google, but I am interested in knowing first hand experience. Is a passport checked when Americans go across the border for dental work? If you have a passport, how long did you have to wait? If a passport is absolutely needed, is a passport card as acceptable? Since I've never had a passport, all input is greatly appreciated! THANKS!

You don't need one to get into Mexico but you really should have one to get back.

Good luck with your Dental care! No way would I go there for that!

Get the forms from the post office and pic at Costco. Should not take more than a couple weeks.
RV_CONUS
Explorer
Jan 23, 2014
Passport Card is acceptable at border town locations. Interior travel, I believe a Passport is needed.

Walking across the border at Acuna, never a wait.
Driving across can be up to an hour, depending on time of day.

Entering Mexico at Acuna, no Passport Check, returning to the US, they check passports (cards)

Easy in, and Easy Out.

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