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jodiego
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Border wait
Anybody noticing any longer waits to get back into the states lately because of the sequester/furlough situation?
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The Wonderer
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I came back thru Mexicali West on 4/6, wait was 15 min w/ Sentri pass. Usually its less than 5 min.
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Pompano
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Tecate last Saturday was 1 hour 45 minutes...a good average for the last couple of years. Pause for questions at US Customs entry gate was minimal.
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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jodiego
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More specifically, San Ysidro/Otay.
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durrelllrobert
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| Quote: | Originally posted by jodiego
More specifically, San Ysidro/Otay. |
55 minutes in ready pass lanes at Otay around 0930 on 4/16
Bob Durrell
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nandopedal
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I cross San Ysidro 2 or 3 times a week around 5 to 7PM, have not noticed any change in wait, I use "ready lane".
\"There are many dangers in Baja. The most serious of which is not going.\" Christophe Noel (EXPO)
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jodiego
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Thanks. Sounds like business as usual at the border.
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DavidE
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Unless the FBI finds a package of frozen enchiladas in the freezer of "You Know Who"
A Lot To See And A Lot To Do
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sancho
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DavidE
Unless the FBI finds a package of frozen enchiladas in the freezer of "You Know Who" |
The sports radio station out of San Dlego gives border
wait times, weekday sometimes as much as 3 at SY,
sometimes 1 1/2,
FBI and who?
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fandango
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23may13:
The wait in sentri today at 11am at san ysidro was 1minute.
I dropped a pedestrian off and there was NO line, zero!
sbwontoo
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willardguy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by jodiego
Thanks. Sounds like business as usual at the border. |
man I had to stare at that avatar for awhile and im
still not sure! 
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Russ
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I don't know why I keep getting in the lane to the left of the SD lane and then having to figure out how to get back on track. This time I kept left
and went to the little toll booth instead of continuing into TJ. They asked for the tourist pass which I didn't have, of course. Seems there are some
bar & restaurants that sell these for $200 pesos. So I pay the $200 and am dropped off only 10 cars back from the border. Crossed in 15 min. Best
mistake and $200.
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Bajahowodd
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Last month, 20 minutes at Tecate.
Problem is that with just a couple of gates, you really need to decide "when" to head there. We were there on a Tuesday around noon. And by the way,
what's with the weather? It was 56 degrees in Tecate just after noon on April 15.
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Udo
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Tecate, this past Saturday...2hrs, 20 minutes, but the line was moving regularly.
They changed the approach for the line queue... if the line is longer than normal (normal is about the top of the hill), one now makes a right at the
border fence wall and fall in line wherever the line starts along the border wall. No more waiting on the boulevard and being guided by cops.
Several times a person tried to cut in line, including a motorhome, but they eventually gave up and went to the end of the line, about a block away.
The CBP agents said they were working on adding an extra agent of the RFID lane, but it may be after the sequestration crap is over.
Udo
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SFandH
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San Ysidro - 5 hours 54 min
Reported by this website, 7:25 PM, Memorial Day.
http://traffic.calit2.net/border/border-wait-times.php?type=...
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CortezBlue
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Came across at Mexicali east on Memorial Day, ZERO wait and made it to Far East Mesa, AZ in 5:45 from San Felipe
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Whale-ista
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Ready lane requirements?
| Quote: | Originally posted by nandopedal
I cross San Ysidro 2 or 3 times a week around 5 to 7PM, have not noticed any change in wait, I use "ready lane". |
What documents are required to use the ready lane?
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Floridian ugliness.\" (John Steinbeck, 1940, discussing the future of La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
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David K
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Tecate Today at 2:18pm... 1 hour & 7 minutes. 
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nbacc
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Ready Lane? Get the application on line (passport info), send it in with your passport and money and it comes in the mail., Easy Nancy
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SFandH
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Whale-ista
| Quote: | Originally posted by nandopedal
I cross San Ysidro 2 or 3 times a week around 5 to 7PM, have not noticed any change in wait, I use "ready lane". |
What documents are required to use the ready lane? |
The passport card, which is the size of a credit card, RFID, and issued by the passport office, works. I think the new regular passports work also but
not sure.
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