Traveling to Mexico without actual green card

[Roberta Acosta 0]

My mother in law is arriving from Honduras  To the US this weekend after passing her resident interview and being approved as a US resident.  We paid the green card fee of $225 and Homeland Security explained to me that when she arrives in the US, they will stamp her passport as a US Resident and that will act as her proof of residency until the actual green card is mailed which should be around 120 days.  We are traveling to Cancun Mexico the first week of January and would have loved to have her travel with us.  I know it’s impossible we will receive her actual green card in the short time before we leave so I called Homeland Security and explained the situation. They told me the stamp they are going to place in her passport when she arrives, is as good as her green card and she should have no issues traveling to Mexico.  However, I called the Mexican Embassy to double check and they said they would not acknowledge a stamp in her passport as proof as resident in America and she would need a Mexican Visa to travel without her actual green card. Does anyone have any experience traveling without a green card to Mexico?  Thank You!!!!

[SalishSea 17,835]

2 minutes ago, Roberta Acosta said:

My mother in law is arriving from Honduras  To the US this weekend after passing her resident interview and being approved as a US resident.  We paid the green card fee of $225 and Homeland Security explained to me that when she arrives in the US, they will stamp her passport as a US Resident and that will act as her proof of residency until the actual green card is mailed which should be around 120 days.  We are traveling to Cancun Mexico the first week of January and would have loved to have her travel with us.  I know it’s impossible we will receive her actual green card in the short time before we leave so I called Homeland Security and explained the situation. They told me the stamp they are going to place in her passport when she arrives, is as good as her green card and she should have no issues traveling to Mexico.  However, I called the Mexican Embassy to double check and they said they would not acknowledge a stamp in her passport as proof as resident in America and she would need a Mexican Visa to travel without her actual green card. Does anyone have any experience traveling without a green card to Mexico?  Thank You!!!!

The issue seems to be Mexico's regulations, rather than the US.  The 551 stamp will be enough for her to be readmitted to the US after a trip to Mexico, but if Mexico says she needs a visa to go there, I would follow that.

[igoyougoduke 1,656]

7 hours ago, Roberta Acosta said:

My mother in law is arriving from Honduras  To the US this weekend after passing her resident interview and being approved as a US resident.  We paid the green card fee of $225 and Homeland Security explained to me that when she arrives in the US, they will stamp her passport as a US Resident and that will act as her proof of residency until the actual green card is mailed which should be around 120 days.  We are traveling to Cancun Mexico the first week of January and would have loved to have her travel with us.  I know it’s impossible we will receive her actual green card in the short time before we leave so I called Homeland Security and explained the situation. They told me the stamp they are going to place in her passport when she arrives, is as good as her green card and she should have no issues traveling to Mexico.  However, I called the Mexican Embassy to double check and they said they would not acknowledge a stamp in her passport as proof as resident in America and she would need a Mexican Visa to travel without her actual green card. Does anyone have any experience traveling without a green card to Mexico?  Thank You!!!!

wet stamp in passport is good to travel to mexico.