Expedited Passport(card)...proof of travel?? e-ticket?

SeattleSue · June 30, 2011

OK, this may be elementary but I cannot find hide nor hair of an answer on the USGOV website (keeping commentary to self here...)

To get an expedited passport, I need to prove travel within 14 days. I'm not flying to Mexico and last I checked, you don't need a passport to enter California. Will I have to show a surgery schedule date? Anyone know?

And IF I have to show travel to San Diego for good faith, does anyone know if an e-ticket will work or do I have to go get a hard copy? lol details details

I figure if I carry my birth certificate and drivers license with me, legally I'm good...but...I really do want to come home! hahahahaha

Thanks in advance!

msleesa · June 30, 2011

OK, this may be elementary but I cannot find hide nor hair of an answer on the USGOV website (keeping commentary to self here...)

To get an expedited passport, I need to prove travel within 14 days. I'm not flying to Mexico and last I checked, you don't need a passport to enter California. Will I have to show a surgery schedule date? Anyone know?

And IF I have to show travel to San Diego for good faith, does anyone know if an e-ticket will work or do I have to go get a hard copy? lol details details

I figure if I carry my birth certificate and drivers license with me, legally I'm good...but...I really do want to come home! hahahahaha

Thanks in advance!

To my knowledge you can not go into mexico without a passport. The only way you can go without one is if you bring the receipt for your passport. that way they know that you have attempted to get your passport but it just didn't arrive in time. Even with the receipt you will need a birth certificate or a drivers license.

KellyL · June 30, 2011

I didn't have to show proof of anything to get mine expedited. I just pd the fees and filled out a form.

lucill35 · June 30, 2011

I didn't receive my passport in time to travel to Mexicali but was able to pass through the border with my driver's license, birth certificate and receipt that I had applied for my passport. Ernesto, Dr. Aceves's driver handled it all at the border.

kemo46 · June 30, 2011

OK, this may be elementary but I cannot find hide nor hair of an answer on the USGOV website (keeping commentary to self here...)

To get an expedited passport, I need to prove travel within 14 days. I'm not flying to Mexico and last I checked, you don't need a passport to enter California. Will I have to show a surgery schedule date? Anyone know?

And IF I have to show travel to San Diego for good faith, does anyone know if an e-ticket will work or do I have to go get a hard copy? lol details details

I figure if I carry my birth certificate and drivers license with me, legally I'm good...but...I really do want to come home! hahahahaha

Thanks in advance!

You will just need to show your driver's license and birth certificate when coming back to the U.S. We had two in our group that did not even apply for a passport and they had no issues. I wish I had known that before and I could have saved on my expedited fee.

msleesa · July 2, 2011

I went to the passport agency on Thursday. I just showed them my itinerary to San Diego then told them i was driving to mexico. I paid the $195 and my passport will be ready on wed.