Comment Re:License and registration please? (Score 1) 884
I got stopped near Mexican border by a border patrol. I only had my California license and not my passport with me. They called in a number to check my visa and asked me to carry the passport in the future as I'm a visitor in US. I didn't, because it's too unsafe to have all of that documentation lost, if the police wants to stop me they can use my other ID to check for the visa. So far I have been stopped once, so it hasn't been a problem.
In other countries I have never been asked for a passport, including China and many South American countries.