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 Entering Baja California, Mexico Passport Entry Exemptions - A new Mexican federal regulation requiring U.S. and Canadian visitors to present passports when entering Mexico went into effect March 1, 2010, but Baja California travelers won’t be affected.
Exempt from the new rule are visitors to border regions who remain in the country for less than 72 hours, according to Mexico’s National Migration Institute. In addition, cruise ship passengers who briefly disembark in Ensenada will not be required to present a passport.
When announced earlier this month by Mexico’s federal government, the regulations stipulated that all U.S. and Canadian citizens entering Mexico by air, land and sea must carry passports. The measure was quickly modified to exempt border zones after protests by tourism officials and business groups in Baja California and other northern border states.
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 Feb 2010 - A new Mexican government rule that U.S. visitors present passports when entering Mexico by land, sea and air will not be enforced at Baja California’s border crossings, authorities said Monday in Tijuana.
Francisco Javier Reynoso Nuño, the top federal immigration official in Baja California, said Mexico lacks the infrastructure to enforce the regulations at busy ports such as San Ysidro and Otay Mesa.
“We’re going to stay the same,” Reynoso said following a meeting with state officials worried about how the regulations could affect travel to Baja California.
The rules, set to go into effect March 1 in other parts of Mexico, will not be applied to short-term visitors along the northern border, Reynoso said. Likewise, cruise ship passengers who briefly disembark at Ensenada won’t be required to present a passport, he said.
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2008 U.S. Passport Information: New federal regulations require all U.S. citizens to have passports for air travel to and from Mexico. Cruise passengers and travelers crossing by land will also need passports beginning January 31, 2008.
2009 U.S. Passports and U.S. Passport Card Requirements: The new regulations have prompted a passport rush. The State Department is warning Americans that they won't be allowed to enter the country from Mexico without a passport after June 1, 2009
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