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bonanza bucko
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OK...from reading all these messages I still don't have a clear idea about how you enter the SENTRI lane from the main drag at the East Gate.
I've been told that you stay left when everyone else turns right into the border gates and then you explain to the cop who wants to ticket you for
that turn that you have a SENTRI pass and then you enter the SAME traffic as the "Easy" lane until you are over the bridge which obviates having a
SENTRI pass in the first place because the bridge is where all the time is usually spent.
In other words...it looks to me as though having a SENTRI pass at the east gate doesn't do much good. ????
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nbacc
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ok............i AM GOING TO GET IT! I will let everyone know when i go and return. sometime in Oct. Maybe we will know before then but by then myy
paperwork will have been sent off. thank you everyone for trying to answer my questions. Nancy
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CortezBlue
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bonanza bucko
OK...from reading all these messages I still don't have a clear idea about how you enter the SENTRI lane from the main drag at the East Gate.
I've been told that you stay left when everyone else turns right into the border gates and then you explain to the cop who wants to ticket you for
that turn that you have a SENTRI pass and then you enter the SAME traffic as the "Easy" lane until you are over the bridge which obviates having a
SENTRI pass in the first place because the bridge is where all the time is usually spent.
In other words...it looks to me as though having a SENTRI pass at the east gate doesn't do much good. ????
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Ok, when you enter the general area to turn into the crossing lanes, there is one lane to the far left that is SENTRI, but SENTRI only. This is NOT
the Easy Ready lane.
Next to the far left lane there are about 2 or 3 lanes that you would enter and stay left. After you travel for several hundred yards or maybe a
mile, on the left a lane will open up that has a very small sign that states it is for Ready Lane.
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BajaWarrior
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| Quote: | Originally posted by SFandH
The documents need to be RFID enabled. That's the key. |
Just so you know our experience in the "ready lane" 2 of the 4 passports we presented were not RFID enabled and the agent didn't say anything about
it.
Wish I had taken a photo of the sign which directed us to use the lane with Passports only. Of course the original question was about Mexicali East
crossing which I am reporting on that crossing the other borders could be different.
[Edited on 9-14-2011 by BajaWarrior]
Haven't had a bad trip yet....
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sancho
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I was under the impression that the Ready Lanes,
at least at San Ysidro and Otay, were STRICTLY for
holders of the PASSCARDS, and that PASSPORTS
even with the RFDI chip were not part of the
program? Looked up this,
http://www.sandiegored.com/noticias/10559/U-S-to-open-ready-...
It mentions Pasports as being accepted then later contradicts
itself saying passcards?
[Edited on 9-13-2011 by sancho]
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CortezBlue
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I guess my question is, if they will take a passport, then there is no difference then any other lane. Yea, yea, I know, someone is going to say,
yea, but there are folks that have a drivers lic and birth certificate, but I can't imagine that would be that many folks.
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nbacc
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I read all the info on any site that explained the Ready pass. They have a little video to show you how to use it. You are supposed to hold your
card up to the window. We will hear more as time goes by as to how this thing is working. My hope is that it does what it is meant to do and speed up
getting back across the border. Nancy
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