| Pages:
1
2 |
Bajaboy
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 4375
Registered: 10-9-2003
Location: Bahia Asuncion, BCS, Mexico
Member Is Offline
|
|
Sentri Good News
Hi All,
We got our kids' approval last week and just came home from their interview at Otay Mesa. I was surprised to find a lot of openings in the evening.
My wife and I were able to reschedule our appointment for later this year to last week in Calexico. If you have an appointment, check every day and
you should be able to get an earlier appointment.
I asked the agent if the evening appointments were new. She said the new administration is focused on reducing the backlog. If I recall, they are
doing interviews until 11pm or so. The agent also said they are working Sundays, too. She said 16 hour days are now common.
So finally some good news regarding Sentri.
|
|
|
JZ
Elite Nomad
Posts: 9236
Registered: 10-3-2003
Member Is Offline
|
|
Great to hear.
|
|
|
BajaMama
Super Nomad
Posts: 1106
Registered: 10-4-2015
Location: Pleasanton/Punta Chivato
Member Is Offline
Mood: Got Baja fever!!
|
|
The system is so random! We had to renew & switched to Global Entry, I was approved in less than a week, had my GE card for the SENTRI lane two
days later. My husband? Conditional approval 7 months later, interview required, he did at SFO (with GE you don't need to interview at the border),
8 weeks later we had to call them to let them know we had not been notified of approval. Finally got that and his GE card. Crazy how inconsistent
the backlog has made things, glad it is getting back on track.
|
|
|
BajaTed
Senior Nomad
Posts: 859
Registered: 5-2-2010
Location: Bajamar
Member Is Offline
|
|
REAL ID has been delayed yet again until 5-22. Eventually all airline travel will need a GOES/SENTRI or REAL ID card. The states are failing the
implementation of REAL ID due to the long term ramifications associated with voting ID, IMO.
Es Todo Bueno
|
|
|
Ateo
Elite Nomad
Posts: 5847
Registered: 7-18-2011
Member Is Offline
|
|
Thanks bajaboy. I’m gonna log back in and see if I can get an earlier interview. Mine was schedule out like 10 months in the middle of nowhere!
|
|
|
Bajaboy
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 4375
Registered: 10-9-2003
Location: Bahia Asuncion, BCS, Mexico
Member Is Offline
|
|
Quote: Originally posted by Ateo  | Thanks bajaboy. I’m gonna log back in and see if I can get an earlier interview. Mine was schedule out like 10 months in the middle of
nowhere
MAGA
Making Attorneys Get Attorneys
|
|
|
BajaMama
Super Nomad
Posts: 1106
Registered: 10-4-2015
Location: Pleasanton/Punta Chivato
Member Is Offline
Mood: Got Baja fever!!
|
|
| Quote: Originally posted by BajaTed | | REAL ID has been delayed yet again until 5-22. Eventually all airline travel will need a GOES/SENTRI or REAL ID card. The states are failing the
implementation of REAL ID due to the long term ramifications associated with voting ID, IMO. |
A passport will work just fine for air travel, I know a few people who don't want to deal with the DMV and won't bother getting the Real ID since they
have a passport, no additional credentials required.
|
|
|
mtgoat666
Select Nomad
Posts: 17302
Registered: 9-16-2006
Location: San Diego
Member Is Offline
Mood: Hot n spicy
|
|
| Quote: Originally posted by BajaMama | | I know a few people who don't want to deal with the DMV and won't bother getting the Real ID since they have a passport,... |
“Deal?”
My trip to dmv to show docs and get Real ID DL took all of 1/2 hour.
Real ID DL fits in my pocket, passport doesn’t.
Don’t make appts at DMV. Do walk-in early mornings, always easy in/out.
Woke!
“...ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.” “My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America
will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.”
Prefered gender pronoun: the royal we
|
|
|
AKgringo
Elite Nomad
Posts: 5809
Registered: 9-20-2014
Location: Anchorage, AK (no mas!)
Member Is Offline
Mood: Retireded
|
|
A passport card is what I have been using, since Alaska still wasn't up to the real ID standard with their driver's license the last time I renewed
mine.
It serves the purpose for all but international flight requirements, and it fits in my wallet!
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
|
|
|
Bajaboy
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 4375
Registered: 10-9-2003
Location: Bahia Asuncion, BCS, Mexico
Member Is Offline
|
|
We got our Sentri cards just over a week after our interview so things are definitely picking up. Unfortunately, I'm in Baja now. One more crossing
without Sentri....wish me luck.
|
|
|
BajaMama
Super Nomad
Posts: 1106
Registered: 10-4-2015
Location: Pleasanton/Punta Chivato
Member Is Offline
Mood: Got Baja fever!!
|
|
| Quote: Originally posted by mtgoat666 | | Quote: Originally posted by BajaMama | | I know a few people who don't want to deal with the DMV and won't bother getting the Real ID since they have a passport,... |
“Deal?”
My trip to dmv to show docs and get Real ID DL took all of 1/2 hour.
Real ID DL fits in my pocket, passport doesn’t.
Don’t make appts at DMV. Do walk-in early mornings, always easy in/out.
|
I hear you - I got my Read ID ages ago, I do make appts at DMV, was in and out fast. To each their own 
|
|
|
elgatoloco
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 4323
Registered: 11-19-2002
Location: Yes
Member Is Offline
|
|
| Quote: Originally posted by Bajaboy | | We got our Sentri cards just over a week after our interview so things are definitely picking up. Unfortunately, I'm in Baja now. One more crossing
without Sentri....wish me luck. |
Buena suerte! 
MAGA
Making Attorneys Get Attorneys
|
|
|
Bajaboy
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 4375
Registered: 10-9-2003
Location: Bahia Asuncion, BCS, Mexico
Member Is Offline
|
|
3 hours today at Tecate
|
|
|
elgatoloco
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 4323
Registered: 11-19-2002
Location: Yes
Member Is Offline
|
|
Nice way to go out. I promise your next cross will be quicker. 
MAGA
Making Attorneys Get Attorneys
|
|
|
Bajaboy
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 4375
Registered: 10-9-2003
Location: Bahia Asuncion, BCS, Mexico
Member Is Offline
|
|
I kind of savored the long wait knowing it would be my last
|
|
|
laventana
Nomad
Posts: 216
Registered: 8-24-2006
Member Is Offline
Mood: sharing
|
|
| Quote: Originally posted by BajaMama | | The system is so random! We had to renew & switched to Global Entry, I was approved in less than a week, had my GE card for the SENTRI lane two
days later. My husband? Conditional approval 7 months later, interview required, he did at SFO (with GE you don't need to interview at the border),
8 weeks later we had to call them to let them know we had not been notified of approval. Finally got that and his GE card. Crazy how inconsistent
the backlog has made things, glad it is getting back on track. |
It is not crystal clear on the website, can you use global entry at the sentri pedestrian entry points?
It is clear if you have the sentri you can use it for flying.
|
|
|
Bajaboy
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 4375
Registered: 10-9-2003
Location: Bahia Asuncion, BCS, Mexico
Member Is Offline
|
|
| Quote: Originally posted by laventana | | Quote: Originally posted by BajaMama | | The system is so random! We had to renew & switched to Global Entry, I was approved in less than a week, had my GE card for the SENTRI lane two
days later. My husband? Conditional approval 7 months later, interview required, he did at SFO (with GE you don't need to interview at the border),
8 weeks later we had to call them to let them know we had not been notified of approval. Finally got that and his GE card. Crazy how inconsistent
the backlog has made things, glad it is getting back on track. |
It is not crystal clear on the website, can you use global entry at the sentri pedestrian entry points?
It is clear if you have the sentri you can use it for flying. |
Additional information. They asked us if we wanted GE. Also kids are free for Sentri unless you also want GE for them. If you do, they charge you
for finger prints. We obviously opted for GE as well.
[Edited on 5-5-2021 by Bajaboy]
[Edited on 5-5-2021 by Bajaboy]
|
|
|
JZ
Elite Nomad
Posts: 9236
Registered: 10-3-2003
Member Is Offline
|
|
| Quote: Originally posted by laventana |
It is not crystal clear on the website, can you use global entry at the sentri pedestrian entry points?
It is clear if you have the sentri you can use it for flying. |
Yes you can for sure.
|
|
|
| Pages:
1
2 |
![[*]](images/xmbforum/default_icon.gif){kind=icon}
