BajaNomad

? re: sentri pass

woody with a view - 6-6-2007 at 06:25 PM

i've been trying to find out some info for a friend who wants to get a pass. i figure this is the best, easiest repository of info so....

when the driver/vehicle gets a sentri pass how are passengers treated, i.e. do all passengers need to be "sentri approved" or is it only the driver?

bajaguy - 6-6-2007 at 06:27 PM

Everybody

leadmoto - 6-6-2007 at 06:29 PM

All passengers need to be approved on the specific vehicle driven.

Bob and Susan - 6-6-2007 at 06:29 PM

otherwise you have to drop them...they walk across

you drive

you wait 2 hours on the other side:lol:

oldhippie - 6-6-2007 at 06:33 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by leadmoto
All passengers need to be approved on the specific vehicle driven.


Is that true? Or do all passengers just need a PortPass issued by the Dept. of Homeland Insecurity?

The Gull - 6-6-2007 at 07:36 PM

They need to be registered to the vehicle, that is the trusting part of the equation to allow speedy use of the lane.

oldhippie - 6-6-2007 at 07:56 PM

I don't really understand "trusting part of the equation" but I'll go by what you say until I find out different. It makes sense to me that the driver and the car need to be connected somehow.

I've heard that they're considering removing the car from the equation. Just the people need to be cleared. But who knows? It all seems to be in a state of flux. All I know is that I have a cracked windshield on my high compression gas guzzling hotrod and I have to go get another RFID sticker at Otay to put on a new windshield so I haven't replaced it and the hotrod is not happy.

Phil C - 6-6-2007 at 08:39 PM

As I understand it the new rules are that anyone with a port pass may cross in an aproved vehicle, I can ride with you you can ride with me....maybe driver needs to be registered to the vehicle, that would make sense, if theres any sense to all this.

[Edited on 6-7-2007 by Phil C]

The Gull - 6-6-2007 at 09:02 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by oldhippie
I don't really understand "trusting part of the equation" but I'll go by what you say until I find out different. It makes sense to me that the driver and the car need to be connected somehow.

I've heard that they're considering removing the car from the equation. Just the people need to be cleared. But who knows? It all seems to be in a state of flux. All I know is that I have a cracked windshield on my high compression gas guzzling hotrod and I have to go get another RFID sticker at Otay to put on a new windshield so I haven't replaced it and the hotrod is not happy.


Choose whatever answer suits your purpose.

I replaced a windshield and it took 10 minutes to get a replacement sticker at Otay. Too Busy?

oldhippie - 6-6-2007 at 09:13 PM

too lazy, I'll wait until the crack grows a bit. No point in doing today what I can put off until tomorrow.

amir - 6-6-2007 at 09:27 PM

In this thread is the first time ever that I heard of a "sentri pass". Can somebody please give me a link to find out more about this?

Thank you in advance for your reply.

--Amir

SENTRI

bajaguy - 6-6-2007 at 09:30 PM

www.cbp.gov

click on "travel" tab (top right)

click on "Frequent Traveler Programs" (left side of screen)

click on "SENTRI" (center of screen)

[Edited on 6-7-2007 by bajaguy]

woody with a view - 6-7-2007 at 06:04 AM

and what is the "port pass"? one of our crew is the "unsavory" type with a record and i'm trying to figure out if he's gonna be left out, so to speak.

MICK - 6-7-2007 at 06:21 AM

We got our passes not long ago and we were told that anybody with a pass could travel in any car with a pass. Since then My wife has come across with her sister in their car and nothing was said so I believe this to be true. I also know of someone else that has come thru with other people in his car no problem. They did not assign us to either vehicle when we signed up. I do know that you better not get caught with people that don't have the card unless you don't want your's
Mick

oldhippie - 6-7-2007 at 03:26 PM

woody,

PortPass is printed on top of the ID card. Sentri is the name of the program. Laws about who qualifies have changed. Initially they allowed the officials working the Sentri program to use some judgement when considering criminal records. Perhaps something like letting old misdemeanors (sp?) slide. But those were the good old days. Now it's zero tolerance. If you have a pimple on your butt, forget it. In fact, it's based on arrest records. Not convictions. So if you were arrested for something and found not guilty by judge or jury, I think you will still be disqualified. Not sure though. I'm sure that any crimnal conviction no matter if it was for drinking a beer on the sidewalk (a misdemeanor I think) 20 years ago disqualifies you.

When they first implemented these new rules I wrote Congresswoman Susan Davis pointing out that George drunk driver Bush doesn't qualify. An aid wrote back confirming that.

thanks

woody with a view - 6-7-2007 at 03:29 PM

i figured it was like that.

DanO - 6-7-2007 at 03:37 PM

If dropping non-Sentri people to cross by foot, you also cannot carry their luggage across in the vehicle. Don't know how they'd check that, but . . . .