UTTransplant
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An Enhanced DL has an embedded RFID chip which is scanned when coming into the country similar to a passport. Does a military ID have that? They didn’t years ago, but maybe they have added it since.
I have always noticed it is much more difficult to get back into the USA than to leave it. For example, going into Canada, just a few questions about guns or whatever, takes about one minute and we are in.it is the US that cares what you use to get back.
Only that, like (almost) every other port of entry into the US, you need appropriate documentation (for US citizens, a US passport or passport card). On one of our return crossings at Los Algadones, we were accompanied by a couple of forum members who had 'green cards' (i.e. they were US 'resident aliens', and had been for many years); There was some glitch in the system showing their green cards had been lost or canceled (don't recall the details), but they were stuck at the immigration desk for a long time. It eventually got resolved and they were allowed through.... getting back again can be problematic.
Aye, and my failing memory said he was from Hong Kong; If so, just curious if he was entitled to have a UK passport. Probably wouldn't need it anyway, since I suspect he was a naturalized US citizen.... (Tom was Chinese).
We usually go to Algodones for meds too. We try to be at the crossing by 8:00 and back into the US by 9:00. Once we had breakfast in Algadones and made it to the line into the US about 10:00. Took an hour until we got to the desk. We haven’t made that mistake since.Oh, one other issue - if you arrive at the Los Algadones crossing noon or later, be prepared for a very long line. If we just needed to visit a pharmacy down there, we'd go in early and leave before 9.00am; No line.
One time the line we were in went up the street and into the next block.Took an hour until we got to the desk. We haven’t made that mistake since.
When we met in 1974, he only had an "Overseas British Passport". The "overseas" part means you can not live permanently in Britain.Aye, and my failing memory said he was from Hong Kong; If so, just curious if he was entitled to have a UK passport. Probably wouldn't need it anyway, since I suspect he was a naturalized US citizen.