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skipowell
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Adding a new car to Sentri
Hello
Curious if anyone has recently added a new car to Sentri
According to the website I am suppose to apply online at GOES, well I did that 6 weeks ago and still do not have a conditional approval.
DO you think I can just show up at the Otay office with my car and get the decal?? I already paid for it when I applied on line 6 weeks ago.
Thanks for any help
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bajalearner
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I can't give you any answer to your question but I applied to add a motorcycle to my SENTRI about 2 weeks ago. I didn't know they are taking a long
time to schedule the inspection. I haven't added anything for a couple years.
You mentioned the Otay office. I assume it's still there and I have read that they added a San Ysidro office on San Ysidro Blvd. near the Border. I
had to pay $42 for the cycle. I might go by the San Ysidro office this week just to see what's up. If I do I will tell you.
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Otay SENTRI
In the past, you could just go by the SENTRI Otay office and add a vehicle or get a replacement sticker, however now you have to apply on line.
Just got a replacement sticker for a new windshield. Walked up and told them what I wanted. They said I had to apply on line, but since I was from
Nevada and at the office they would take me.
The clerk mentioned that they were doing away with all walk up vehicle issues, had to process on line.
San Ysidro walk up office does not do anything with vehicles.
YMMV...........
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skipowell
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Thanks for the input,
boy they are really trying to make this difficult.
Taking my mom on Tuesday to get her Sentri card, the only appointment I could get her while she is here visiting from Hawaii was at the San Ysidro
office. If that somehow goes smooth I might go on up to Otay office afterwards and attempt to just walk in and get the car dealt with.
I will post the results once we are done
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| Quote: | Originally posted by skipowell
Thanks for the input,
boy they are really trying to make this difficult.
Taking my mom on Tuesday to get her Sentri card, the only appointment I could get her while she is here visiting from Hawaii was at the San Ysidro
office. If that somehow goes smooth I might go on up to Otay office afterwards and attempt to just walk in and get the car dealt with.
I will post the results once we are done |
if you are in a hurry and dont mind driving, you can get appointments much more quickly by scheduling appts for cbp/sentri office over in imperial
valley
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tjsue
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Just keep checking the appointment section of their website.
I have an appointment at Otay on Tuesday for my interview and vehicle inspection. When they notified me that I was ok, the first appointment was
July 1, but if you keep checking the website, more appointments will open up, because I changed mine, and I could have gone in the next day (May 23),
but chose to wait.
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skipowell
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i may not have been real clear, in my original post.
It is not the appointment time that is the the concern, it is the waiting for the conditional approval. It has already been 6 weeks and still the
new car has not been approved. So I am not even allowed to make an appointment yet.
Wanting to know if I can just walk in like the last time we got a new car.
If everyone has to go through the same procedure for a broken windshield or a new car this is going to be ridiculous.
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schwlind
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| Quote: | Originally posted by skipowell
i may not have been real clear, in my original post.
It is not the appointment time that is the the concern, it is the waiting for the conditional approval. It has already been 6 weeks and still the
new car has not been approved. So I am not even allowed to make an appointment yet.
Wanting to know if I can just walk in like the last time we got a new car.
If everyone has to go through the same procedure for a broken windshield or a new car this is going to be ridiculous. |
The answer is no. I had to apply online and afterward called the Otay Mesa Sentri office to ask if I could just come in and was told unequivocally
NO!
I again called the Otay Mesa Sentri office and was told the minimum wait time to hear back about okay to set appointment was 3 to 6 weeks. I actually
received my conditional approval within a few days after applying online (not the 3 to 6 weeks I was told).
I would definitely call them, explain how long you have been waiting for "conditional approval" notification and ask if they can offer any assistance.
I wouldn't count on it though... as this is another govmnt bureaucracy.
The phone number for the Otay Mesa Sentri office is:
(619) 690-7600. You'll probably not be able to speak to a real person initially, but their prompt system allows you to leave a message.
[Edited on 6-23-2013 by schwlind]
Linda
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skipowell
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schwlind i should have paid more attention to your response as my trip to Otay was a waste of time. Had a very nice person at the counter but she
said they could not help out as once it is in the system it is out of the hands. She also said new car regestration is taking as long as 2 months now
for apporval.
Wow, I will be really thinking twice about getting rid of a car that is already Sentri approved. So really a new car could really take 1/2 a year to
get signed up at this time. 1st you have to wait to your your liscense plates from the DMV, that took about 3 1/2 weeks, then you apply on line at
Sentri, at this time time it is taking about 8 weeks, then you have to schedule an appointment and the rumors are those are even months out. WOW!
Keep you old paid off cars!!
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schwlind
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A new vehicle you couldn't do this with... but if you are replacing a windshield of a previously Sentri inspected and approved vehicle, if whomever is
VERY careful, they can remove the sticker from the old windshield and affix it to the new one. Had a serious chip in the windshield of my 99 Toy
4runner and they were able to put it on the new windshield without a problem.
Linda
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| Quote: | Originally posted by schwlind
A new vehicle you couldn't do this with... but if you are replacing a windshield of a previously Sentri inspected and approved vehicle, if whomever is
VERY careful, they can remove the sticker from the old windshield and affix it to the new one. Had a serious chip in the windshield of my 99 Toy
4runner and they were able to put it on the new windshield without a problem. |
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JAG
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My neighbor just received his sticker at the Otay office after exactly 10 weeks
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have added a few cars. 4-6 weeks after you pay and apply. appointments are plentiful. No walkins. have all your paper work.
1. be sure all doors work. trunk and hood have to be self holding.
2. sometimes the agent could careless, sometimes they can be strict.
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Any adding a new car to Sentri updates here as of this spring or summer? I added a new truck in the GOES system a few weeks ago. I have a trip
coming up in August...seems like too short of a timeline these days.
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When I SENTRI-fied my truck it took three months. I applied three weeks ago to SENTRI-fy a car and haven't heard anything. It's actually taking longer
than the initial SENTRI application.
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I also just applied for a Sentri for our new car. It's been 5 weeks so I called. The woman told me they are experiencing the longest wait times ever.
She said I could expect to wait FIVE months before the vehicle was approved and I could make an appointment. I'm hoping she is wrong...five months.
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Bichito
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Thanks for the updates... 5 months is quite a backlog for a VIN check followed by a 2 minute inspection. Almost makes me regret getting a new truck
- almost.
SENTRI-fy...I like that.
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added one about 2 months ago, and it took 6 weeks for the approval. this is the inefficiency of the US government and its height. there is no reason
it should take more than a couple of DAYS to add a vehicle.
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My wife and I are waiting for our appointments - it's been about 7 weeks and we haven't heard back from them yet. I am going to take down my GMC
pickup for approval. My question is should I have my cabover camper on the truck when I do this?
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I'll be doing the same thing. My Astrovan was hit and totaled by a stolen car a month after I moved back to San Diego. So I'm looking for another
Astrovan, and the one (when I find one), will be added to my Sentri.
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