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Los Angeles ⇄ Puerto Rico Movement

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#1
  • bee
  • 2021/09/08 09:55

I am planning to go to Puerto Rico for a few months from Los Angeles, but due to various reasons I am not able to leave the country for a while now because of my visa.
I heard that Puerto Rico can be reached with only a driver's license.
In this case, will I be asked to show my visa when I go from Los Angeles to Puerto Rico or from Puerto Rico back to Los Angeles ?
I am worried because Hawaii is a state but Puerto Rico is a territory. Will I go through immigration etc. ?
Please let me know if you know anything about this, thank you.

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#2
  • 国内線
  • 2021/09/08 (Wed) 10:02
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I believe the real ID starts in October.
You can go to Puerto Rico with a driver's license during September, but you can't come back to California after October ?.

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#3
  • bee
  • 2021/09/08 (Wed) 10:08
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#2 Thank you for your response

Is it difficult to present passport as real ID since there is no visa ?
By the way, I presented my passport as ID for Hawaii and was able to go and return without difficulty.

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#4
  • 国内線
  • 2021/09/08 (Wed) 10:23
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I checked and
you don't need a passport or visa to go to Puerto Rico if you are a
US citizen or US resident.

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#5
  • 正気?
  • 2021/09/08 (Wed) 10:54
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insecure

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#6
  • むむむ
  • 2021/09/08 (Wed) 12:06
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I see that the Real ID deadline has been extended to May 2023.

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#8
  • bee
  • 2021/09/08 (Wed) 12:50
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Thank you

I am Japanese and my passport is a Japanese passport
Even if I am not a US citizen, can I just show my driver's license or passport if I am flying from within the US ?
If I am staying for a few months, I am not sure if I will be able to get a visa. I am worried about coming back to Los Angeles.

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#9
  • 群馬県新田郡三日月村出身
  • 2021/09/08 (Wed) 15:52
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Currently, even US citizens need a passport to go to Tijuana.

You should not ask important questions here, but ask the appropriate
specialist.
Ask at a travel agency for a quick answer.

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#10
  • 無知
  • 2021/09/08 (Wed) 18:11
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Tijuana is Mexico. You've always needed a passport. If you don't need a passport, you can come in here as much as you want, mekiyan.

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#11
  • 群馬県新田郡三日月村出身
  • 2021/09/08 (Wed) 18:41
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# 10

Americans used to be able to come and go
with just a drivers license.
You must have come here recently if you don't know what happened then.

A friend of mine who was buying antiques once told me
that he had a Mexican friend who showed him only his driver's license and
said I'm an American, and he cut off his tongue and came and went.

Instead of exposing your ignorance here
ask a travel agent
when did you start needing a
passport to go to Tijuana even though you are an American citizen?
I don't know if by any chance you don't need one with a real ID.

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#12
  • おトーマス
  • 2021/09/08 (Wed) 19:33
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I went to Mexico in 2008 or so with 4 American colleagues, and all of us entered the country with driver's licenses except me. What about now?

Needing a passport to enter the United States from U.S. territories
https://help.cbp.gov/s/article/Article-980?language=en_US

U.S. Citizens and Lawful Permanent Residents (LPR's) who travel U.S. Citizens and Lawful Permanent Residents (LPR's) who travel directly between parts of the United States, which includes Guam, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Swains Island, and the Commonwealth of the of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI}, without touching at a foreign port or place, are not required to present a valid U.S. Passport or U.S. Green Card.

However, it is recommended that travelers bring a government issued photo ID and copy of birth certificate. It is also recommended that you always carry proof of your LPR status in the event you are asked to prove your status. It only states that US citizens and green card holders are okay, so I guess the topical case does not qualify for the exemption.

It is also recommended that you always carry proof of your LPR status in the event you are asked to prove your status. It is also recommended that you always carry proof of your LPR status in the event you are asked to prove your status.

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#13
  • 群馬県新田郡三日月村出身
  • 2021/09/08 (Wed) 19:34
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# 10
Unlike now, in the old days,
the only visa you could get if you were in the country illegally was a Green Card.

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#14
  • 無知
  • 2021/09/08 (Wed) 20:18
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Ah you are talking about overland.
It's a Puerto Rico slip, so it's by plane. Say by air route.

> The visa you could get if you were in the country illegally was a Green Card.
When was that a long time ago? At least not 30 years ago that I know of.  Or even longer ago ? when I was a first generation Japanese American. ?
You're talking about the old days of an old man who can't read the air and can't die.

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#15
  • おぢさん
  • 2021/09/08 (Wed) 23:14
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2008 is ?
that's a lot earlier.
Since the 9/11 attacks ( 2001 ) surveillance at the border has tightened dramatically.

But the information in the English part of that #12 was quite helpful.

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#16
  • 群馬県新田郡三日月村出身
  • 2021/09/09 (Thu) 07:35
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# 14
At least not 30 years ago that I know of.

What's up with you and your dad?

At least 30 years ago I knew you, you came here recently
I doubt if you heard or lived here and knew.

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#17
  • 群馬県新田郡三日月村出身
  • 2021/09/09 (Thu) 09:40
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When was the #oldest time?
Lottery permanent residency winners, the first year, each person could apply for as many as they wanted.
Someone I know sent out about 3,000 letters.
The more you send out, the better chance you have of winning, and that's how I won.
The winner was the one who won.

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#18
  • 無知
  • 2021/09/09 (Thu) 09:49
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You're talking about the early 90's too.

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#19
  • 年齢バレ
  • 2021/09/09 (Thu) 10:02
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> It used to be that Americans could
come and go with just a driver's license.
You must have come here recently if you don't know what happened then.


That's what my old neighbor said.

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#20
  • 群馬県新田郡三日月村出身
  • 2021/09/09 (Thu) 11:47
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19 #

All the people who came at that time have left, but
I wonder if you will survive.
Well, you came here for fun, so you might as well go home when you're satisfied with your fun.

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#21
  • おトーマス
  • 2021/09/09 (Thu) 12:02
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No, no, no, I was in Japan at the time of the attack, and I am sure it was 2008. It was overland, by the way.

I have been to inspect local factories twice before 2008, and it was not so severe. There are people who come from Mexico to work across the border, so it would not make sense if we had to watch them every time they came to Japan.

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#22
  • ムーチョロコモコ
  • 2021/09/09 (Thu) 16:27
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I once gave a friend a ride to the bus terminal in Tijuana who was taking a bus back to his hometown in Baja California Sur, but he didn't have a passport. I had a free pass to enter Mexico and a California DL to enter the US. Those were loose ~ times.
Topix, if you are going to PR, don't forget your passport.

Kunisada village and Mikazuki village in Jyoshu are neighbors.

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#23

As a side note, you do not have to leave Tijuana to enter Mexico.
Tecate I was able to enter Tecate, where the beer factory is located, without any checkpoints, and it was less than an hour east of San Diego.
It was a small, peaceful, tranquil village. 20+ years ago, I would say that once you've been to Tijuana, you're done.
I think you can get to Puerto Rico just by DL.

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#24
  • アフォ
  • 2021/09/09 (Thu) 22:54
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Well, you don't need me to go to Mexico, wow
I'll be there for the return trip.

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#25
  • 群馬県新田郡三日月村出身
  • 2021/09/10 (Fri) 07:54
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You have not written down what visa relationship you have.
If you can't write down your background, don't ask here
Travel Agency or

https://embassylosangeles.com/puerto-rican/visa-information-for-american-citizens/#main
Check.
If you can't write down your visa status, don't ask here.

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#26
  • しっかりせー
  • 2021/09/10 (Fri) 09:03
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What about Puerto Rico, which is also a U.S. territory ?
?
They are useless.

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#27
  • 群馬県新田郡三日月村出身
  • 2021/09/10 (Fri) 09:46
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# 28 Ask a travel agent, or what kind of visa,

I hope you made it to Puerto Rico,
but I hope when you come back you can come back regardless of visa.


I hope you don't think that
Japanese passport and visa holders are treated the same as American citizens.

If you can come and go with just your ID, go to Puerto Rico and
write your results.
You're right, 26 here is useless.

Topix
You wrote in 26 that you can come and go with only ID
so go to Puerto Rico
for a few months without a passport and you will be safe.

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#29
  • Amazon狂
  • 2021/09/10 (Fri) 09:57
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If you google it, you'll usually find various people's blogs and such that you don't need a passport to go to Puerto Rico.
If you have a valid US driver's license, they say you can go with just a driver's license.

https://4travel.jp/travelogue/11426122

By the way, you could go to Tijuana with a driver's license until 2007.

I did go there in 2005 when I was a teenager, but my American friend only had a driver's license.

Up until 2007, citizens of the United States and Canada could travel to Mexico without a passport, but with the implementation of the WHTI, Up until 2007, citizens of the United States and Canada could travel to Mexico without a passport, but with the implementation of the WHTI, part of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (IRTPA), the passport requirement came into effect for travelers within the different countries that make up North America. different countries that make up North America.

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#30
  • 群馬県新田郡三日月村出身
  • 2021/09/10 (Fri) 10:28
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#29 It comes up that you don't need a passport for Puerto Rico.

Are foreigners with Japanese passports also included?

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#31
  • Amazon狂
  • 2021/09/10 (Fri) 11:09
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The URL I'm attaching is a Japanese person's blog.
why don't you check it out and ask ? lol

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#33
  • 群馬県新田郡三日月村出身
  • 2021/09/10 (Fri) 11:29
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#31
You write that citizens of the United States and Canada could travel to Mexico without a passport.

Since you are a foreigner with a Japanese passport,
why don't you check it without cutting corners and then
ask and write it down? LOL

I don't know
what a pain in the ass I don't know, it won't help me. Hohoho, lol TIME

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#35
  • Amazon狂
  • 2021/09/10 (Fri) 12:01
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I wrote two things.
The first half is about Puerto Rico.
URL is also about Puerto Rico, and I attached a blog by a Japanese person living in NY.

The second half is about Mexico.
English text also says that Americans and Canadians could go to Mexico without a passport ?
Look closely, grandpa lol.

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#36

Thank you all for your comments

Is it possible for a Japanese national to enter and leave the country under a Japanese passport (visa free) ? ??

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#37
  • 群馬県新田郡三日月村出身
  • 2021/09/10 (Fri) 16:24
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# 35
Seen as someone who is too low level to be given important and responsible work
. Ho ho ho, lol TIME

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#38

I am a US resident.
I hope this has already been resolved ?

Puerto Rico is also treated as being in the US.

Puerto Rico is a domestic flight from any US airport, including Los Angeles, so
when you arrive in Puerto Rico or
when you return to another state,
you will not go through the immigration gate, so

no worries if you have ESTA or visa

If you have ESTA or visa, you will not have to worry. Same as Hawaii and Alaska.

I did a round trip
New York JFK ⇆ Puerto Rico with a friend who came from Japan to visit New York
We both treated as domestic travel. No problem at all.


*The same goes for the US portion of the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean.



*However, you should check whether or not you need a corona test for corona disaster
even within the US, as each municipality is different.
Not sure now, but from late last year to January
flights to Puerto Rico required proof of a negative corona test within 72 hours.
(This is because the government of Puerto Rico is requiring that. )

Whether testing is also required when returning to Los Angeles
depends on whether the state of Los Angeles requires it.

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#39
  • 無知
  • 2022/02/26 (Sat) 08:52
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> You won't go through the immigration gate, so
> If you have ESTA or visa, no worries


If you don't have immigration, you don't need visa.

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