new passport rules

[JSmooth619 0]

My wife just got her G/C last month. Yaaaay!!

We are planning a trip to Cancun, I have a US passport as a US citizen, my question is, can my wife get a US passport or is it only for Citizens, if she can't get one what documents does she need? What do we need to travel to and from Cancun, Mexico.

Thanks guys in advance!

[LIFE'SJOURNEY 970]

A US passport is ONLY for Citizens of the United States.

[SP&JM 0]

My wife just got her G/C last month. Yaaaay!!

We are planning a trip to Cancun, I have a US passport as a US citizen, my question is, can my wife get a US passport or is it only for Citizens, if she can't get one what documents does she need? What do we need to travel to and from Cancun, Mexico.

Thanks guys in advance!

She can't get a US passport - she needs to use her passport and Green Card and then come through the Permanant Resident line in Immigrations.

[payxibka 10,045]

My wife just got her G/C last month. Yaaaay!!

We are planning a trip to Cancun, I have a US passport as a US citizen, my question is, can my wife get a US passport or is it only for Citizens, if she can't get one what documents does she need? What do we need to travel to and from Cancun, Mexico.

Thanks guys in advance!

She can't get a US passport - she needs to use her passport and Green Card and then come through the Permanant Resident line in Immigrations.

which is the same as the citizen line

[lucyrich 20]

Just to be safe, you may want to contact the consulate of Mexico in the United States to find out for certain what the Mexican government will require for her in order to enter Mexico. Citizens of many countries can enter with just their passports and no Mexican visa, but I don't know about all countries.

To re-enter the US, she'll need her green card and her foreign passport. As others have said, she can't get a US passport unless and until she becomes a US Citizen.

[SP&JM 0]

My wife just got her G/C last month. Yaaaay!!

We are planning a trip to Cancun, I have a US passport as a US citizen, my question is, can my wife get a US passport or is it only for Citizens, if she can't get one what documents does she need? What do we need to travel to and from Cancun, Mexico.

Thanks guys in advance!

She can't get a US passport - she needs to use her passport and Green Card and then come through the Permanant Resident line in Immigrations.

which is the same as the citizen line

That's what I thought too, but it's not. At least, not the last time I came through O'Hare (from Heathrow). And I checked extra-special because my husband asked me about it. But maybe since she's traveling with her USC husband they'll go through the USC line together and it won't be a big deal.

Just check the signs.

[payxibka 10,045]

My wife just got her G/C last month. Yaaaay!!

We are planning a trip to Cancun, I have a US passport as a US citizen, my question is, can my wife get a US passport or is it only for Citizens, if she can't get one what documents does she need? What do we need to travel to and from Cancun, Mexico.

Thanks guys in advance!

She can't get a US passport - she needs to use her passport and Green Card and then come through the Permanant Resident line in Immigrations.

which is the same as the citizen line

That's what I thought too, but it's not. At least, not the last time I came through O'Hare (from Heathrow). And I checked extra-special because my husband asked me about it. But maybe since she's traveling with her USC husband they'll go through the USC line together and it won't be a big deal.

Just check the signs.

There are two types of lines - 1) Visitors and 2) Citizens/Residents

I have been through O'Hare quite a few times as well

Edited May 26, 2009 by payxibka

[SP&JM 0]

My wife just got her G/C last month. Yaaaay!!

We are planning a trip to Cancun, I have a US passport as a US citizen, my question is, can my wife get a US passport or is it only for Citizens, if she can't get one what documents does she need? What do we need to travel to and from Cancun, Mexico.

Thanks guys in advance!

She can't get a US passport - she needs to use her passport and Green Card and then come through the Permanant Resident line in Immigrations.

which is the same as the citizen line

That's what I thought too, but it's not. At least, not the last time I came through O'Hare (from Heathrow). And I checked extra-special because my husband asked me about it. But maybe since she's traveling with her USC husband they'll go through the USC line together and it won't be a big deal.

Just check the signs.

There are two types of lines - 1) Visitors and 2) Citizens/Residents

I have been through O'Hare quite a few times as well

There were two lines. 1) Citizens and 2) Visitors/Permanent Residents

I promise I was suprised too...and so were the residents who had to go get in the other line.

Maybe they were having a "screw with the immigrants" day?

Anyway, there is no harm in checking and making sure - that's better than waiting in the line only to find out that you have to go back and wait in the other longer (sometimes) slower line as well. That was my point from the beginning. Everyone here is literate.

[milimelo 4,477]

O'Hare has 1) Visitor's line 2) US Citizen/PR line.

Permanent residents with or without their USC spouse go in the USC/PR line.

[motu 5]

I have never gone to the line based on signage - I go to the line with the least amount of people - No one has ever questioned me or told me to go back to another line - I am a US citizen and my wife a resident till now. That's my approach - go to the shortest line - they all know how to deal with citizens/residents/visitors etc. - not a big deal! I have only done it in Denver, New York, Miami, Houston, Dallas, Detroit, Atlanta and a few others. Don't be paranoid - do what you like!

Edited May 27, 2009 by motu