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Santa Teresa Port of Entry (Santa Teresa) border wait times

Santa Teresa Port of Entry (Santa Teresa) is a Mexico land crossing, open 6 am-10 pm. CBP is reporting on 3 lane groups here right now, and this page reads that feed directly, so the numbers change while you watch them.Santa Teresa Port of Entry (Santa Teresa) on the Mexico border, live from CBP. 3 lane groups reporting now.

Live from CBP · checked 04:18 UTC on 31 August 2026

Santa Teresa Port of Entry (Santa Teresa) wait right now, northbound into the U.S.Santa Teresa Port of Entry (Santa Teresa) wait right now

45 min Standard lane, northbound into the U.S.

Only 1 of 4 car lanes are open right now.

Cars · Ready

40 min

2 of 4 open

Walk

5 min

1 of 2 open

Trucks · General

Lanes Closed

Trucks · FAST

Lanes Closed

Best time to cross

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Northbound is lightest from 10 PM to 6 AM and worst around 2 PM. Typical by hour, CBP prior-year average.

Which lane should you use?

General 45 min

Open to anyone, no sign-up.

1 of 4 open

Ready lanes 40 min

Free with an RFID document.

2 of 4 open

The nearest crossing

This crossing 45 min, cars · here

Bridge of the Americas (BOTA) (El Paso) 75 min, cars · 13 mi east

This crossing is about 30 minutes faster than El Paso right now.

Documents you will need

U.S. citizens Passport, passport card, or enhanced driver's license.

Permanent residents Green card (Form I-551).

Visitors Passport plus a visa or ESTA where required.

Children under 16 A birth certificate is accepted by land.

Santa Teresa Port of Entry (Santa Teresa) crossing, common questions

How long is the wait at Santa Teresa right now?

The figure at the top of this page is the delay CBP itself reports for passenger vehicles in the general lanes, refreshed every few minutes while the page is open. CBP measures each lane group separately, so pedestrians and trucks can be queueing very differently from cars.

Do NEXUS, SENTRI and Ready lanes actually save time here?

Where CBP staffs them, yes, and this page shows their delay side by side with the general lanes so you can see the gap today rather than in general. When a trusted traveler lane shows no reading it is closed, and the general lane is the only option.

Why does the wait jump around so much?

CBP recalculates from vehicles actually processed, and opens or closes booths through the day. A crossing can go from ten minutes to forty in one update when a lane closes, which is why a number from an hour ago is not worth much.

Live from U.S. Customs and Border Protection; typical-by-hour is CBP's own prior-year average. How these numbers are made.