Passport card or SENTRI? Passing customs faster when coming back from Mexico

[buddha]

Originally Posted by ful-rac

Just like I said "PASSPORT CARD".

I didn't even know that either, but I asked him just to make sure and the officer confirmed that the passport card is ok to use in the express lanes. Ask Jim, and Greg they were in my truck with me...they heard it too.

To me that is very suspect. Everyone that comes back to the US has to have a passport. The passport card is actually the lesser form of the passport as you can only enter by car or foot.

I fail to see how a passport card is special since everyone has to have a passport.

I had two friends drive to the border and one of them had the Sentri card and one had the passport card. The one with the passport card had to get out of the car and stand in the walking entry while the one with the Sentri card was allowed to go through the fast lane. Unless both have the Sentri card you can not go through the fast lane.