I was just told that the "New" passport card cannot be used to fly, only to cross on foot? I don't believe that....Whats the deal??? Anybody
Land or sea only.
It is printed on the back of the card on the left side.
[Edited on 12-21-2014 by RnR]
[Edited on 12-22-2014 by RnR]theotherone - 12-21-2014 at 01:05 PM
Valid when entering the United States from Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean and Bermuda at land border crossings or sea ports-of-entry.
Foreign Governments and the US cannot stamp passport cards and/or add visa pages to it. Be aware that when traveling by sea, if stopping in a foreign
port of call, a US passport card may not be valid.
[Edited on 12-21-2014 by theotherone]
1 size doesn't fit all
Whale-ista - 12-21-2014 at 01:12 PM
Fine print on the back of the cards notwithstanding: it's confusing.
Better yet- try explaining it to a car full of tired, inexperienced travelers when approaching the border gate and selecting which lane to go in ("OK,
who has an RFID passport? A passport card? A drivers license?? Anything??")
Yet, judging by my travel planning, post-SENTRI acceptance, the various security systems (TSA Pre-Check, SENTRI, Global Traveller, Trusted Traveller
etc.) are linked in the big network in the virtual sky. I put in my ID and - voilá- I am awarded a TSA pre-check boarding pass!
So- why they can't come up with a "1 size fits all" universal border entry card with electronic "stamping" capability, for those who are willing to
pay for the convenience/efficiency and don't mind the additional pre-travel scrutiny?
Add it to the "We can land a satellite on a comet but we can't..." list of questions/complaints...
[Edited on 12-21-2014 by Whale-ista]pauldavidmena - 12-21-2014 at 03:48 PM
Some quick clarification for someone who doesn't visit Baja quite often enough: by "Passport" do you mean some card to expedite border crossing, or an
actual passport?bajaguy - 12-21-2014 at 04:01 PM
Passport card enables you to use the Ready Lane back to the US.....sometimes faster than regular crossing:
Some quick clarification for someone who doesn't visit Baja quite often enough: by "Passport" do you mean some card to expedite border crossing, or an
actual passport?
chuckie - 12-21-2014 at 04:01 PM
So? with the "passport card" May you walk across the border to the TJ airport, get on a plane and fly to Loreto? sancho - 12-21-2014 at 04:06 PM
The Passport card has been around for maybe 4 yrs.? One
could never fly internationally with one, it is my understanding
Mex Imm
will issue a passport card holder an fmm. I believe
one can fly domestically with one, like TJ/Cabo RnR - 12-21-2014 at 05:17 PM
Some quick clarification for someone who doesn't visit Baja quite often enough: by "Passport" do you mean some card to expedite border crossing, or an
actual passport?
It is a plastic card, smaller than a credit card, that is equal to the normal passport booklet, but only intended for land or sea entry. Not for air
travel.
The nice thing. It fits in your wallet.Alm - 12-21-2014 at 07:04 PM
try explaining it to a car full of tired, inexperienced travelers when approaching the border gate and selecting which lane to go in ("OK, who has an
RFID passport? A passport card? A drivers license?? Anything??")
RFID passport is just a passport. Regular great unwashed, only with remotely-readable chip. No soup for you. No ready-lane, no sentri, no nothing.
Passport card should - I think - be in possession of a driver, doesn't matter what passengers have. Though I don't use it, so might be wrong here.
Drivers License is not a border-crossing ID, in the last 5(?) years. Nor it gives any privileges like ready-lane.
So- why they can't come up with a "1 size fits all" universal border entry card with electronic "stamping" capability, for those who are willing to
pay for the convenience/efficiency and don't mind the additional pre-travel scrutiny?
Border entry ID or a card that gives certain "convenience/efficiency" privileges for those willing to pay? These are two different things. Can be
combined, but not everybody would want to combine (and pay for that), otherwise ready/nexus/sentri lanes would become meaningless, because everybody
would be using them. You wouldn't want this.
Besides, both US and international border-crossing regulations have too many contradictions, conditions and mutual differences to be reconciled
successfully in one US-issued card.chuckie - 12-21-2014 at 07:22 PM
So? Once again...With the passport card ,can one walk across the border at TJ airport, get an FMM and fly to Loreto?sancho - 12-21-2014 at 08:15 PM
With a great deal of confidence, yes, one can fly WITHIN
Mex with a passport card. You just cannot fly into Mex
from the US. It is my understanding, just like Sentri lane,
everyone in the vehicle needs the passport card to use
the ready lanetheotherone - 12-21-2014 at 09:59 PM
Technically, according to CBP officers, all passengers including the driver need to have RFID-enabled cards when traveling in a Ready Lane.
But...I have crossed numerous times using Ready Lanes at both Calexico (East) & San Ysidro without a RFID-enabled card. I was never the driver,
just a passenger with a regular US Passport. My wife was the driver, using her US Passport Card, but I was never questioned and/or lectured to by a
CBP officer.
