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Udo
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Yes, Dennis, I take showers also.
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What I did, Dennis,
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Thanks, Udo. I was only mildly curious. I'm clean. |
Udo
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redmesa
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My husband was disqualified because he did not reveal a disorderly charge when he was 18 (45 years ago) which he did not even know he had. He could
have appealed but said screw it. I hate data mining!
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Udo
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As I previously stated...it all depends on the agent doing the interviewing.
Udo
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Udo
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Now that I know that I got approved, I started the application process for my wife Jana.
I would have done both at the same time, but I was fearful that my wife would get approved and I would be left holding the bag.
Withe her application, we are have applied for registering the FJ Cruiser.
My car is the Prius. Which will be my traveling car (can't beat 50 MPG). The FJ Cruiser costs me about $400 US in gas for the round trip from Tecate
to Bahia Asunción. The Prius, I can make the round trip on less than 10 gallons. I use about 13 gallons for the round trip from the middle of Orange
County to BA and back!
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Way to go Udo. We are waiting for our car to get "approved". I screwed up when applying for our passes and failed to sign the car up.
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Udo
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bajalearner
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Congratz. I wouldn't want to be in a club that would have me as a member! Sentri is a good thing.
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Ateo
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Congrats. Sentri has allowed me to drop the kids off at school and head to Baja for lunch and shopping while getting me back home in time to pick up
the kids.
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skipowell
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things are going faster at Sentri
Congratulations Udo!
I just got an email from Sentri today to let me know that my car is conditionally approved. When I called last month they said the wait was 3- 6
months. It ended up taking 2 1/2 months. Got an appointment for next week. Whew! I was ready for a really long wait. I was a bit nervous as my
Sentri is up for renewal in March and I was not able to renew it while the car was pending. Can live with out the new car going down but would have
been bummed if I couldn't travel in the line.
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baconjr
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If you want to see what they know about any past indiscretions get a livescan http://ag.ca.gov/fingerprints/publications/contact.php#sandi... and request the FBI check criminal check.. That is what they are looking at. It
costs $60+ dollars and I had an email from the FBI about my past in my inbox before I got home. Here is more information http://www.fieldprintfbi.com/FBISubPage_FullWidth.aspx?Chann... Good news is that the improvements at SY have dramatically shorten the wait. At
noon today SY standard line wait is 20 min.
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Udo
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That is good information for future SENTRI applicants, baconjr (BTW...great name for those of us who are involved with food).
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tjsue
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Congrats. I have a friend that lives in TJ that just applied. He got a part-time job in Chula Vista, and says that it can take him up to three hours
to cross on foot with his Ready card.
He's afraid that he won't get it because of past "issues," but I told him to try anyway, you never know. I also told him not to set up an interview
at Otay for any reason, just wait for a SY opening.
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sancho
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| Quote: | Originally posted by tjsue
and says that it can take him up to three hours to cross on foot with his Ready card.
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I've crossed in the ped line a couple times, took approx. 2 1/4 hr
on the weekend, standard line with Passport , I BELIEVE one can bypass the entire line, all the
way to the metal gate/fencing, a short ways from entering the
CBP build, if one has Sentri. It seems by your friends wait, one
cannot go to the front of the line with just a Ready card?
There is virtually 10 people or so , in the Sentri line
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Oddjob
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Udo
Now that I know that I got approved, I started the application process for my wife Jana.
I would have done both at the same time, but I was fearful that my wife would get approved and I would be left holding the bag.
Withe her application, we are have applied for registering the FJ Cruiser.
My car is the Prius. Which will be my traveling car (can't beat 50 MPG). The FJ Cruiser costs me about $400 US in gas for the round trip from Tecate
to Bahia Asunción. The Prius, I can make the round trip on less than 10 gallons. I use about 13 gallons for the round trip from the middle of Orange
County to BA and back!
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Round trip from Tecate to BA is over 1,000 miles, so your Prius gets more than 100 miles per gallon?
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dasubergeek
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There have never been more than two people in the SENTRI line when I cross at SY pedestrian (on weekends, generally). You can walk all the way to the
metal gate. Show your card to the officer and walk into the building all the way along the right wall. Scan your card at the post and wait to be
called (they will call you out of order before Ready Lane participants).
If you need to move past people (because the line past the shops is actually the Ready Lane), just be polite about it, but don't wait behind them.
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wessongroup
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That you are up and moving this well .... Outstanding 
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tjsue
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My friend says that the word at the pedestrian line is that there's a new CBP manager, who only lets people into the building in increments of 50 at a
time, which holds up the line.
The longest that I ever waited on foot with my passport card was 45 minutes, when I got my Sentri, I think the total wait including walking up the
kiosk, was about 10 minutes. I never had more than five people ahead of me in line at one time.
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Udo
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I mis-spoke...
The trip from Tecate to BA, could have been done in 10 gallons, but I had a little less than ¼ tank and filled up in Vizcaino.
You are right on my miscalculation.
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Now that I know that I got approved, I started the application process for my wife Jana.
I would have done both at the same time, but I was fearful that my wife would get approved and I would be left holding the bag.
Withe her application, we are have applied for registering the FJ Cruiser.
My car is the Prius. Which will be my traveling car (can't beat 50 MPG). The FJ Cruiser costs me about $400 US in gas for the round trip from Tecate
to Bahia Asunción. The Prius, I can make the round trip on less than 10 gallons. I use about 13 gallons for the round trip from the middle of Orange
County to BA and back!
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Round trip from Tecate to BA is over 1,000 miles, so your Prius gets more than 100 miles per gallon? |
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Udo
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Mil gracias!
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That you are up and moving this well .... Outstanding |
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carlosg
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Buenos dias amigos,
We just crossed the border in Tecate last night(09/25/14 about 7:00pm) trailering a 16' boat after a camping trip to San Luis Gonzaga, the truck cab
and bed were loaded with us and our equipment as well as the boat: used the left lane after the military post, took about 30 minutes to cross (don't
try this on weekends specially on Sundays or on US or Mexican holidays, best time is Mon-Fri from 3:00pm on after), line started about half way down
the hill (where the vendors start), we have (all 4 for the past 12 years) SENTRI Cards, officer asked what we had to declare and I gave him a verbal
list (be prepared to do so and be very specific and clear) of vegetables, beer cans (3), wine bottles (6 bought in the US) and cheese, he replied
asking if any poultry or pork and I said NO, it seems beef may have some problem coming across; then he seemed to go ahead and start writing the red
slip for secondary inspection when he asked me if the trailer had its own registration which I immediately displayed (so be prepared and hand over any
trailer and/or boat registration with your passport(s)) he checked it and sent us on our way... this was a great surprise and a pleasant one: no
secondary. REMEMBER: BE PREPARED with ALL your info BEFORE arriving to the check point and check and recheck your paper work!!!!
When in Tecate try out El Tucan Restaurant in El Dorado Hotel (nice, basic, clean rooms: $450.00 pesos for double, wifi and secured parking -if
available you can use the private parking not the street while dining- ph:665-654-1333), on weekends try the authentic Mexican all you eat buffet or
you can also order from the menu, good freshly ground coffee, very clean restaurant and clean restrooms. Its on the main street: Avenida Juarez,
coming from Ensenada drive north past the railroad tracks into town, at the Plaza make a left onto Avenida Juarez, drive west for about 8 blocks to
the west end of downtown and its on the corner of Calle Cantu and Avenida Juarez east of the Red Cross.
Try this links:
to find out crossing times at ANY of Baja's Border Crossing:
http://bwt.cbp.gov/?com=1&pas=1&ped=1&plist=2503...
to find out crossing times at the Tijuana Border Crossing:
http://garitacenter.com/
http://www.frontera.info/Garitas/
http://www.el-mexicano.com.mx/traficoengaritas
to find out what fruits and vegetables you can bring across the border, refresh your browser because it changes from time to time:
https://epermits.aphis.usda.gov/manual/index.cfm?NEW=1&R...
[Edited on 9-26-2014 by carlosg]
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Udo
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I just received my SENTRI card...in 12 days!
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bajaguy
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INM
Don't forget to change your residence location with INM on your RP cards from BA to Ensenada.....don't know the time limit, but I am sure there is one
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