Border Intelligence Center
Official CBP Wait Times • Updated Automatically Throughout the Day
- San Ysidro 90 min SENTRI 5 min Heavy delay
- Otay Mesa 70 min Current wait Heavy delay
- Tecate Unavailable Current wait Not reported
- Pedestrian 5 min at San Ysidro Moving well
- USD / MXN 17.0260 +0.04%
- Best crossing Otay Mesa 70 min
- Updated 9:05 am Official CBP feed
Detailed Border Wait Times (CBP)
| Port of Entry | General | Sentri | Pedestrian |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Ysidro | 90 min | 5 min | 5 min |
| Otay Mesa | 70 min | — | No delay |
| Tecate | — | — | — |
Estimated Total Travel Time
- From
- Colonia Presidentes, Tijuana
- Drive
- 17 minutes
- Border wait
- 70 min
- Total estimate
- 87 min
Drive time is an estimate; the border wait is live and changes through the day. Check again before you travel.
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U.S. Border Wait Times Official government resource
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Vehicle Permits Official government resource
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Patients attending medical appointments across the border may use the Cruce Agil / Medical FastLane northbound lane.
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Colonia Presidentes Quick Facts
- Drive to San Ysidro 17 minutes
- Major Shopping Ley express, Plaza bazar Presidentes
- Parks & Recreation Parque Priv Agustin de Iturbide, Parque Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Welcome to Colonia Presidentes, Tijuana
- Distance
- 10.3 miles
- Typical drive
- 17 minutes
- Closest crossing
- Otay Mesa
San Ysidro P.O. Box N Ship gives Colonia Presidentes a real U.S. street address for the parcels American retailers will not send across the border — with notification on arrival and holding until you collect.
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About Colonia Presidentes, Tijuana
Colonia Presidentes packs an unusual amount of trade into forty-eight hectares. A Ley Express, the Plaza Bazar Presidentes, a Super Sammy, an Oxxo Presidentes and a run of abarrotes all operate inside a grid of streets named for presidents and eagles — Avenida Presidente Miguel Alemán Valdés, Calle del Águila Marina, Avenida Águila Americana.
Schooling is strong for the size: Secundaria Técnica 41, the Alfonso Sierra Partida and Jaime Torres Bodet primaries, and the Fray Juan de Zumárraga and Práxedis Guerrero preschools. The Parque Adolfo López Mateos and a chapel provide the public space, and the Parque Industrial Presidentes and Baja Maq. El Águila sit on the boundary.
Small traders are the distinctive customer here. A bazar and a run of independent shops restock constantly, and a large share of what sells well — phone accessories, tools, clothing, household goods — is bought cheapest from U.S. suppliers who will not ship to Mexico.
Colonia Presidentes covers 48 hectares in the Cerro Colorado delegación, bordered by Baja Maq. El Águila, Bugambilias, Cerro Colorado and Parque Ind. Presidentes. Calle del Águila Marina and Calle José López Portillo carry the colonia, and the routed drive to the store is 10.3 miles — about 17 minutes of driving, with the border wait separate and reported live on this site.
- Plaza Bazar Presidentes and Ley Express
- Secundaria Técnica 41
- Parque Adolfo López Mateos
- Parque Industrial Presidentes on the boundary
- Dense independent retail
- Seventeen routed minutes to the store
Neighbourhood insights
What makes Colonia Presidentes, Tijuana distinctive?
Presidentes has more independent retail per hectare than anywhere else in this batch, including its own bazar plaza, with an industrial park on its boundary.
Why do people here use a U.S. mailbox?
A U.S. address lets a trader buy at U.S. wholesale and collect in one trip, instead of paying an importer's margin or an international shipping surcharge.
Who uses the service most from this area?
Independent traders restocking, plant staff on the industrial boundary, and households buying for school and home.
Nearby landmarks
The bazar plaza and the Ley Express are the colonia's commercial landmarks, with Secundaria Técnica 41 and the López Mateos park behind them.
Shopping
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Ley express
Formal retail inside Colonia Presidentes, inside the colonia.
What it does not stock is what crosses the border — a U.S. address makes those orders possible at all.
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Plaza bazar Presidentes
The colonia's own supermarket trade, inside the colonia.
Residents compare its shelves against U.S. sellers and order the difference to a border address.
Government Services
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Estación 8
Public administration for the surrounding colonias, about 1.1 km outside the colonia.
Administrative errands and a border collection are commonly combined into one trip.
Education
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Alfonso Sierra Partida
Teaching provision for the colonia, inside the colonia.
School and course equipment is ordered to a U.S. address and collected at the border.
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Escuela Secundaria Tecnica Num. 41
One of the colonia's school campuses, inside the colonia.
Course materials and devices are cheapest from U.S. sellers, and those sellers need a U.S. address.
Parks & Recreation
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Parque Priv Agustin de Iturbide
Green and sporting space for Colonia Presidentes, inside the colonia.
Equipment for the teams and families who use it arrives at a U.S. address.
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Parque Adolfo Lopez Mateos
Public open space in Colonia Presidentes, inside the colonia.
Sports and outdoor equipment is ordered from U.S. sellers and collected at the border.
Transportation
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Otay Mesa Port of Entry
The crossing most collections from Colonia Presidentes use; the store is on the San Ysidro side.
Routed drive only — border wait is separate, and the Border Intelligence Center reports it live.
Border crossing
The nearest crossing for Colonia Presidentes, Tijuana is Otay Mesa. Wait times vary considerably by hour and by day, and both pedestrian and vehicle lanes are worth checking before you travel — the pedestrian lane is often much faster when you are collecting a parcel rather than moving goods by car.
Bring the documents the crossing requires of you. A mailbox adds no further requirement of its own: collecting mail is an ordinary errand on the U.S. side.
Driving directions
Toward the Otay Mesa crossing, then west along the U.S. side to the store.
- Parking
- Free parking directly outside the store. Presidentes is dense and street parking is tightest around the bazar.
- Public transport
- The colonia's streets feed onto Boulevard Cochimíes and the Insurgentes corridor for the route west.
Travel times
- Distance
- about 10.3 miles
- Estimated driving time
- 17 minutes
- Plus border wait
- Varies at Otay Mesa, often by hours. Check current wait times before travelling.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I use the box for business stock?
Yes. Name the business on the agreement. For volume shipments, tell the store what to expect so space is available.
Do you accept deliveries from wholesalers as well as retailers?
Yes — anything a U.S. carrier delivers to a U.S. street address.
Can more than one person collect?
Yes, once each person is named on the mailbox agreement.
Can I receive Amazon packages?
Yes. A San Ysidro street address is treated as an ordinary U.S. delivery address, including by Amazon.
Will I be told when a parcel arrives?
Yes — you are notified, so the crossing happens when there is something to collect.
Why customers from Colonia Presidentes, Tijuana choose us
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A real U.S. mailing address
A street address rather than a PO Box number, so retailers and carriers that refuse PO Boxes will still deliver.
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Secure package receiving
Parcels are signed for, logged and held securely until you collect them.
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Border convenience
Positioned for the Otay Mesa crossing, so collecting a parcel is an errand rather than an expedition.
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Mail forwarding
Have mail and parcels sent onward when collecting in person is not practical.
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Digital mailbox
See what has arrived without making the trip, and decide what to do with it.
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Bilingual support
Staff who work in English and Spanish, every day, for customers on both sides of the border.
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Business services
Notary, printing and a registered address businesses can use for supplier deliveries.
Why customers trust us
- Secure & Reliable Locked mailboxes and monitored premises
- Bilingual Team English and Spanish, every day
- Every Major Carrier UPS, FedEx, USPS and DHL accepted
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