From my archive of press clippings:
Sign on San Diego
Mexico’s passport rule in effect tomorrow
Visitors staying less than 72 hours will be exempt
By Sandra Dibble, UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 12:04 a.m.
Online: For more information about Mexico’s rules for people entering the country, go to uniontrib.com/passport
TIJUANA — A new Mexican federal regulation requiring U.S. and Canadian visitors to present passports when entering Mexico goes into effect tomorrow, but the majority of travelers to Baja California won’t be affected.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Exempt from the new rule are visitors to border regions who remain in the country for less than 72 hours, according to Mexico’s National Migration Institute. In addition, cruise ship passengers who briefly disembark in Ensenada will not be required to present a passport."
"When announced earlier this month by Mexico’s federal government, the regulations stipulated that all U.S. and Canadian citizens entering Mexico by air, land and sea must carry passports. The measure was quickly modified to exempt border zones after protests by tourism officials and business groups in Baja California and other northern border states."
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"Most U.S. citizens who cross into Mexico already carry passports because of U.S. travel regulations requiring the documents when they re-enter the United States."
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SDN - Mexico's passport mandate to be eased. Enforcement lifted for visitors to Baja.
From my archive of press clippings:
San Diego News
Mexico's passport mandate to be eased
Enforcement lifted for visitors to Baja
By Sandra Dibble, UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at 12:04 a.m.
A new Mexican government rule that U.S. visitors present passports when entering Mexico by land, sea and air will not be enforced at Baja California’s border crossings, authorities said Monday in Tijuana.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Francisco Javier Reynoso Nuño, the top federal immigration official in Baja California, said Mexico lacks the infrastructure to enforce the regulations at busy ports such as San Ysidro and Otay Mesa."
"The rules, set to go into effect March 1 in other parts of Mexico, will not be applied to short-term visitors along the northern border, Reynoso said. Likewise, cruise ship passengers who briefly disembark at Ensenada won’t be required to present a passport, he said."
"The announcement of the new rules has come as Mexico has worked to increase security at its ports of entry. The federal government is in the process of installing a new electronic inspection system, known as SIAVE, at its land border crossings as a means of detecting illegal weapons and other contraband.
Southbound border waits have been growing longer in recent months as a result of SIAVE. Business groups in both Baja California and San Diego complained that the additional immigration inspection would create even longer delays, and further stifle commerce and tourism on both sides."
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"The regulations, announced this month by Mexico’s National Migration Institute, state that U.S. citizens traveling to Mexico “by air, land or sea” must present either a valid U.S. passport or passport card. U.S. permanent residents must also present documents proving their status.
Because of U.S. travel document requirements, most U.S. visitors to Mexico already carry passports or passport cards or trusted traveler documents such as SENTRI passes when crossing at the border."
San Diego News
Mexico's passport mandate to be eased
Enforcement lifted for visitors to Baja
By Sandra Dibble, UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at 12:04 a.m.
A new Mexican government rule that U.S. visitors present passports when entering Mexico by land, sea and air will not be enforced at Baja California’s border crossings, authorities said Monday in Tijuana.
Read the whole article here.
Snippet(s):
"Francisco Javier Reynoso Nuño, the top federal immigration official in Baja California, said Mexico lacks the infrastructure to enforce the regulations at busy ports such as San Ysidro and Otay Mesa."
"The rules, set to go into effect March 1 in other parts of Mexico, will not be applied to short-term visitors along the northern border, Reynoso said. Likewise, cruise ship passengers who briefly disembark at Ensenada won’t be required to present a passport, he said."
"The announcement of the new rules has come as Mexico has worked to increase security at its ports of entry. The federal government is in the process of installing a new electronic inspection system, known as SIAVE, at its land border crossings as a means of detecting illegal weapons and other contraband.
Southbound border waits have been growing longer in recent months as a result of SIAVE. Business groups in both Baja California and San Diego complained that the additional immigration inspection would create even longer delays, and further stifle commerce and tourism on both sides."
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"The regulations, announced this month by Mexico’s National Migration Institute, state that U.S. citizens traveling to Mexico “by air, land or sea” must present either a valid U.S. passport or passport card. U.S. permanent residents must also present documents proving their status.
Because of U.S. travel document requirements, most U.S. visitors to Mexico already carry passports or passport cards or trusted traveler documents such as SENTRI passes when crossing at the border."
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