Can an American citizen come back into the united states from Mexico without a passport?
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Can an American citizen come back into the united states from Mexico without a passport?
My niece and nephew are American citizens. They went to live with their mother also an American citizen in Mexico 6 yrs ago. They want to come home and live with the father my brother. The US Embassy in Mexico is requesting paperwork that is impossible to gather for their passports. Can he just take their birth certificates and SS cards to the border and pass the with that?
Asked on June 28, 2018 under Immigration Law, Texas
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SB Member California Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 5 years ago | Contributor
No, that would not be possible but can you please clarify what the US Embassy is asking for that would be impossible to obtain? Were the children born in the US or in Mexico? If in the US, do they have valid birth certificates? If not in the US but in Mexico but their father is a US citizen and was at the time of birth? Please explain.
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