Hi, I have my surgery Feb 7 , and not really enough time to get a passport I explained this to my coordinator. She it will be ok and to just bring my Real ID and Birth Certificate. I just dont want to go all the way down there for nothing. but i could also be over thinking stuff. How was your experience with the border part of this.

Edited January 20Jan 20 by dameon

The coordinator is correct. Of course a passport is the best way to cross but if you are in a car you are not stopped going into Mexico. And the US can not deny you entry to your home country. They can send you to secondary but that is very rare especially when you cross in a medical transport van.

Hi. Five days postop from VSG and Tijuana here. Let me tell you, I felt exactly the same way you do! I just didn’t know how that would make sense. And I was very apprehensive. So I went ahead and got my passport

Here’s what happened. They drove me from San Diego to Tijuana and we never even got stopped. Driver said that they never get stopped because it’s important to Mexico to get as much revenue as possible, so they’re not gonna stop in American. I don’t know what truth that is those are his words.

When I came back over from Tijuana into San Diego. We went through the medical lane and it was fairly fast. Probably about 20 minutes. But to be honest with you. She looked at my passport for three seconds and handed it right back to me. She did ask if I was presenting a passport or a birth certificate.

Hope this helps