MPC: Mobile Passport Control

Returning back to the US from Mexico earlier this month, I used CBP’s new Mobile Passport Control app. This entailed downloading the app–easy enough to find in the apple store. I then uploaded all of my passport information to a section called “People.” It’s plural because you can upload the information about everyone that you’re traveling with–spouse, kids, etc. I did this well in advance of my trip. On the day of my return into the US, I just checked into the app once I’d landed back in the US, answered a few questions, and took a selfie. The app issued a receipt, giving me 4ish hours to get my luggage and make it through customs. 

As you can see from this pic of DFW, there is now a separate lane for MPC.

When I got to my designated lane, a CBP camera took a photo of me (no doubt to compare to the selife I took earlier). I showed my passport to an OFO agent and was through it all lickety split.

-KitJ