EXPIRED PASSPORT NORTHBOUND

mexicoruss wrote:

paulcardoza wrote:
The issue is - WHERE DOES IT END? Rules state you must carry a valid US Passport to re-enter the country. If yours expired one day ago or 5 years ago, why should you get a pass around the rules? Who decides what is reasonable and what is not? You? :R

Bumpyroad wrote:

paulcardoza wrote:
so much for heightened security......... :h

MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
Quote U.S. Customs, Special Agent...

"We could care less if the passport is expired. All we're interested in is proof that you are a US citizen"

Live & Learn Dept...

why the worry? Just because my passport expired yesterday it does not affect my citizenship today. I thought it was foolish not to accept one. what is the issue?
bumpy

As a USA citizen you will be allowed to reenter your country of origin with or without papers to prove it. This is a guarantee in the US Constitution. If that was not the case what would happen if you were in Europe and got your passport stolen? Would you then have to live in Europe for the rest of your life because you don't have the proper papers to reenter the USA?

I cross the USA border regularly from Mexico, sometimes I have my passport sometimes not. They will ask for my drivers license and my SS number and in a few clicks on the computer they determine who I am and in I go. This having to carry a birthright is ridiculous and out dated in my opinion.

Very bad information. My passport is out for visa work. I checked at US immigrations to see if I could enter back into US with a birth certificate or a copy of the passport. They said yes with a large fine and a day in the immigration office.
MM49