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Keri
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Ready lane
What does one need to use the ready lane ,k
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BajaBlanca
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a passport card as opposed to a passport.
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SFandH
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https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/1211/~/ready-la...
WHTI-compliant, RFID-enabled cards approved by the Department of Homeland Security include:
the U.S. Passport Card;
the Enhanced Driver's License (EDL);
the Enhanced Tribal Card (ETC);
Trusted Traveler Cards (NEXUS, SENTRI, Global Entry and FAST cards);
the new Enhanced Permanent Resident Card (PRC) or new Border Crossing Card (BCC).
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BajaBlanca
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So many options, I had no idea.
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DENNIS
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Only a six-pak instead of a 12.
"YOU CAN'T LITTER ALUMINUM"
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baja43
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When I'm driving north from Ensenada on the toll road, what route do I take (after the stretch along the border fence) to access the Ready Lanes? I
see that they are on the east side of the vendors, but how the heck do I get there?
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willardguy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by baja43
When I'm driving north from Ensenada on the toll road, what route do I take (after the stretch along the border fence) to access the Ready Lanes? I
see that they are on the east side of the vendors, but how the heck do I get there? |
you have a couple
options, both ridiculous!  I think the easiest way is to just take the free road
all the way past the indian over the bridge 1st right, 1st right again, through the CFE parking lot, right on the speedway, get to the left and follow
the signs! see? nothin to it!
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SFandH
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It is complicated and there are different ways. I take the highway along the fence to the border crossing area. When you make the left turn into the
crossing take the lane marked Zona Federal. It is the lane just to the right of the lanes that go to the crossing, however it is not the far right
lane. It's in the middle.
Follow that road around and make an almost u-turn (to the left) at the traffic circle. Follow that road. You will come to a spot where it forks into 3
different roads. Take the middle lane.
Follow that road until you come to the 2nd traffic circle. Make a hard right there. That will take you to the Via Rapida frontage road. Make a right
back towards the border crossing and then quickly get into the left lane so you can hop on Via Rapida. Be careful, you have a short distance to merge
into 50 to 60 mph traffic.
Go a mile or so until you come to another 3 way fork. The middle option is marked "Ready Lane". Take that and you're where you want to be.
It's confusing and can be dangerous if you're unsure about where you're going. But once you have it figured out it's not too bad. Certainly heads up
driving though.
I learned how to do it by riding with a friend who knew the way. Then the first time I did it solo I made sure to get to the border at daybreak on a
Sunday.
Tijuana driving really sucks.
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sancho
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| Quote: | Originally posted by SFandH
or new Border Crossing Card (BCC). |
Stood in the SY ped line with a young Mex National
using his BCC for the first time, entering the bldg saw
a sign stating the BCC can be used in the Ready Line,
sorta took me by surprise, a US Passport book holder
has to stand in a longer line to get back to his country
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danaeb
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| Quote: | Originally posted by sancho
sorta took me by surprise, a US Passport book holder
has to stand in a longer line to get back to his country |
Don't take it personally. It has more to do with technology than ethnicity. It's so easy to get a passport card, and the pedestrian Ready Lane is so
fast, I'm considering ditching my SENTRI card when it expires and getting the passport card instead. I cross the border on foot at both SY and Otay
often and can't see much difference in the lines. Is there a reason for me to keep SENTRI?
[Edited on 6-5-2014 by danaeb]
Experience enables you to recognize a mistake every time you repeat it.
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willardguy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by danaeb
| Quote: | Originally posted by sancho
sorta took me by surprise, a US Passport book holder
has to stand in a longer line to get back to his country |
Don't take it personally. It has more to do with technology than ethnicity. It's so easy to get a passport card, and the pedestrian Ready Lane is so
fast, I'm considering ditching my SENTRI card when it expires and getting the passport card instead. I cross the border on foot at both SY and Otay
often and can't see much difference in the lines. Is there a reason for me to keep SENTRI?
[Edited on 6-5-2014 by danaeb] |
other than bragging rights? no. but I can think of a couple reasons to
ditch it!
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danaeb
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When I got my SENTRI there were no Ready Lanes, so it's not a matter of bragging rights - more a matter of expense.
[Edited on 6-5-2014 by danaeb]
Experience enables you to recognize a mistake every time you repeat it.
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willardguy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by danaeb
When I got my SENTRI there were no Ready Lanes, so it's not a matter of bragging rights - more a matter of expense.
[Edited on 6-5-2014 by danaeb] |
there's a couple nomads that wear em like a badge of honor! but aside from the hassle, expense and jumping through hoops, you have a sentri, you
know the small infractions that can lead to revocation. it just doesn't make sense to me to risk having that following you around forever, just to
save a few minutes in line? 
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sancho
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| Quote: | Originally posted by danaeb
It has more to do with technology than ethnicity
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Ethnicity, heck no. I was thinking more in the line of,
why does Foreign National, non US perm resident,
have quicker access to the US than a US born citizen with
US Passport
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SFandH
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Because the standard US Passport book is not RFID ready. The new Border Crossing Card the Mexicans use is RFID ready.
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sancho
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| Quote: | Originally posted by SFandH
Because the standard US Passport book is not RFID ready |
I believe I'm correct in saying, I've been wrong before,
that US Passport Books issued
in the last 5yrs.+, maybe longer, have a RFID chip. Mine
is 4 yrs. old, has a chip. Apparently not the current chip
accepted in the Ready Lane/Line prog. I have not heard
plans to make US Passport Books Ready Lane acceptable
[Edited on 6-5-2014 by sancho]
[Edited on 6-5-2014 by sancho]
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bajalearner
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Keri
What does one need to use the ready lane ,k |
From what I see, nothing special. I mean, I use the ready lane with my motorcycle and routinely see the person(s) ahead of me hand the ofcr
paperwork and/or passports. I don't see the ofcr appear irritated, lecture the people or send them to 2ndary. I don't know if they are using a grace
period or what the intent is but I suppose if one doesn't have the proper card, it doesn't cause a problem.
Also, I notice at times the "all the rest" lanes are shorter than the ready lane but not always.
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danaeb
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| Quote: | Originally posted by sancho
| Quote: | Originally posted by danaeb
It has more to do with technology than ethnicity
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I misspoke. I didn't mean ethnicity, but citizenship.
Here is a list of READY LANE requirements from CBP:
https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/detail/a_id/1211/~/ready-la...
Ethnicity, heck no. I was thinking more in the line of,
why does Foreign National, non US perm resident,
have quicker access to the US than a US born citizen with
US Passport |
Experience enables you to recognize a mistake every time you repeat it.
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dasubergeek
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| Quote: | Originally posted by sancho
| Quote: | Originally posted by SFandH
Because the standard US Passport book is not RFID ready |
I believe I'm correct in saying, I've been wrong before,
that US Passport Books issued
in the last 5yrs.+, maybe longer, have a RFID chip. Mine
is 4 yrs. old, has a chip. Apparently not the current chip
accepted in the Ready Lane/Line prog. I have not heard
plans to make US Passport Books Ready Lane acceptable
[Edited on 6-5-2014 by sancho]
[Edited on 6-5-2014 by sancho] |
The passport book's RFID chip contains different data to the passport card's RFID chip. The passport book's RFID chip has all of your personal data
that appears on the information page of your passport book encoded, so that when it is scanned, it will display, more quickly than scanning the text
block with the >>>>> in it.
The chip on your passport card (and the border crossing card/laser visa, and the green card, and the SENTRI, Global Entry and NEXUS card) only encodes
a locator number. When you scan your card at the reader, it automatically does a query and pulls up much more than just your biometric data for the
CBP officer, things like previous adverse encounters with CBP, issues you may have had with APHIS (bringing illegal fruit back), etc.
The passport book's RFID is meant to be read by any border agent anywhere in the world, regardless of country. US CBP can read the RFID chip of an
Australian traveler just as easily as an American traveler.
As for why you can't fly with a passport card? Because your passport card isn't up to the international standard and can't be read by the RFID readers
at, say, Changi Airport in Singapore. All they would see is 912380924097421098 or whatever, and they'd kick you out, and your airline would eat the
cost of flying you home. The U.S. negotiated the land-and-sea crossing thing with neighboring countries.
Incidentally, it takes time to retrieve that information, which is why you scan your card when you are second-to-next in line, not next.
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SFandH
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Thanks dasubergeek, that all makes sense.
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