ajijicer Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 Last time I flew into TJ and took the bus to San Ysidro to cross, I was on the bus over 3 hours because of back ups. Was told to get a Sentri Pass and take a taxi from the airport so I can walk through the Sentri lane. Tried to download the application but it appears to be only in Spanish. Any help is appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denver Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 I believe Sentri is for cars/motorcycles, not people. http://www.globalentry.gov/sentri.html . Global Entry is for people, at airports, to get through immigration faster via a priority line. http://www.globalentry.gov/ . Took me about 3 weeks to get my Global Entry. $100 US non-refundable processing fee. Have to have a clean record and go through an interview. I don't drive down any more but I think I can add Sentri for the same money to my acct. I also picked up TSA-Pre, for NON-international flights. Nexus the the USA/Canadian equivalent of Sentri. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanMexicali Posted April 26, 2013 Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 I believe Sentri is for cars/motorcycles, not people. http://www.globalentry.gov/sentri.html . Global Entry is for people, at airports, to get through immigration faster via a priority line. http://www.globalentry.gov/ . Took me about 3 weeks to get my Global Entry. $100 US non-refundable processing fee. Have to have a clean record and go through an interview. I don't drive down any more but I think I can add Sentri for the same money to my acct. I also picked up TSA-Pre, for NON-international flights. Nexus the the USA/Canadian equivalent of Sentri. They have a Sentri line when you walk through the San Ysidro port of entry. It is at the gate [well marked "Sentri Only" ] just before you go into the USA area and the guard looks at it and there is a separate line to go into the building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajijicer Posted April 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2013 The Sentri pass is $122.25 for 5 years.It is is for cars, etc and walkers over the border. I know Global entry is for all countires and is $100 (is it for 1 year or 5?) and how does it differ from a Sentry pass? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denver Posted April 28, 2013 Report Share Posted April 28, 2013 Global Entry is $100 US for 5 years. It's for immigration lines at major USA airports. You scan your passport at a kiosk, declare whatever electronically at that kiosk, get a receipt, and then move on to pick up your luggage. For me, it's much better than standing in line for 30 to 90 minutes waiting for someone to scan/stamp my passport and ask me what I was doing in Mx. Didn't know Sentri was also used for walking across the Mx/US border. Might just add it to my Global Entry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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