bajasuzie
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Sentri pass
When you have a sentri pass, does it matter what you are driving? Friend has a motorhome and heading home sunday from San Felipe. She thinks sentri is
only for cars. Right or wrong? She has a pass
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Mike99km
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The car must have a sticker from Sentri. Sentri will not put a sticker on a mo/ho. If she is in another car with a sticker no problem, using her card.
The sentri system is for cars and pick-up trucks only.
MMc
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LilSue
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Thanks, that helps.
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MitchMan
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I thought a sentri card could be used by a pedestrian walking across the border and going through US customs on his/her way to the USA?
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pointdog
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What about a pick-up with a cap over camper?
Or a pick-up with a shell?
Thanks!
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bajamigo
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Usually no problem, but if it has a lot of stuff in it, off you go to secondary.
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bajabound2005
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yes, there is also a Sentri for pedestrians. No motorhomes, no towing of anything.
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MrBillM
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SO ?
Pedestrians towing Motor Homes will be turned back ?
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Roberto
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I have a Sentri pass, and a sticker on my truck. When I got the sticker I had my shell on the truck, and the agent STRESSED to me that the back of the
truck must be open in order to use the SENTRI lane. I suppose you could find someone who will let you through, but those are not the rules.
Campers are a no-no. Towed items are a no-no. They want to be able to quickly scan the truck. In fact, I was told that not following those rules could
mean loss of the SENTRI pass entirely.
Again, this is the info I received six months ago when I picked up my pass.
As far as dropping someone someone off before the border, driving across and picking them up on the other side, that is no problem. Do it all the
time.
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DENNIS
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SENTRI isn't a sacred zone. It seems a lot of smugglers are intercepted there....people and drugs. Consequently, normal vigilance is the rule.
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durrelllrobert
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why does homeland security place these restrictions on the sentri lanes and yet allow anyone (including those that can't pass the criminal background
check) driving anything go through the regular lanes?
Bob Durrell
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by durrelllrobert
why does homeland security place these restrictions on the sentri lanes and yet allow anyone (including those that can't pass the criminal background
check) driving anything go through the regular lanes? |
Careful what you wonder about. They may just spend the extra time to check everybody....every trip.
No No No....don't want that.
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elgatoloco
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Roberto
As far as dropping someone someone off before the border, driving across and picking them up on the other side, that is no problem. Do it all the
time. |
They key is to make certain the agents do not see you dropping anyone off and that any thing left in your vehicle by passenger can not be identified
as belonging to someone else. When we drop passengers we always do it at Otay and pull over well before the booth and we make them take small bags,
backpacks etc that belong to them.
Agent told us that you can not have anything in your car that does not belong to you and that they were no longer going to allow you to drop off
passengers due to stopping flow of traffic and safety issues. At Otay on a Tuesday mid afteroon for instance you normally drive right up to the gate
which would not cause traffic issues but agent said they were going with zero tolerance on dropping off passengers so we dont care to tempt the fates
and drop off before in sight of agents.
Have had SENTRI for many years and on the occasions when I have camper on truck and can't use it I am reminded how nice it is to be able to cross in
minutes not hours.
We also used it to walk across after the Tequila Festival and were getting a lot of diry looks and some comments when we walked past everybody in the
ped line at SY to gert to the front of the line, flashed our cards and bingo. Saved us about two hour wait by my guess.
Viva SENTRI!
MAGA
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