Guess what? We are now required to have a TWIC.

As it's known in moron land - Transportation Workers Identification
Credential.

Doesn't matter if you don't actually work in the Maritime Industry or
require Port Facilities access, you gotta get one.

Hones to pete.

http://twicinformation.tsa.dhs.gov/twicinfo/index.jsp

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
Guess what? We are now required to have a TWIC.

As it's known in moron land - Transportation Workers Identification
Credential.

Doesn't matter if you don't actually work in the Maritime Industry or
require Port Facilities access, you gotta get one.

Hones to pete.

http://twicinformation.tsa.dhs.gov/twicinfo/index.jsp

Do you get one of them fancy TSA like uniforms too?

On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:19:51 -0400, Gene Kearns
wrote:

On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 17:18:46 -0400, BAR penned the following well
considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

|Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
| Guess what? We are now required to have a TWIC.
|
| As it's known in moron land - Transportation Workers Identification
| Credential.
|
| Doesn't matter if you don't actually work in the Maritime Industry or
| require Port Facilities access, you gotta get one.
|
| Hones to pete.
|
| http://twicinformation.tsa.dhs.gov/twicinfo/index.jsp
|
|Do you get one of them fancy TSA like uniforms too?

The silly thing is that the only difference in the documents required
to get the TWIC and my OUPV/Masters is the additional $132.50. The
last time I renewed, they even took a digital picture and
fingerprints. They have the information, this is just another dig for
money.

Mine's up for renewal in May 2009 so I haven't gone through the new
process yet.

I did the whole preenrollment thing for examination process and the
online form kept kicking my application out because I hadn't filled
out the employment section. I called the hot line and explained the
issue and the lady, very nice by the way, asked me why I needed the
TWIC. So I told her the whole deal and she laughed, took care of it
and presto - all done.

I don't know if you are aware of this, but it's $105 if you have a
current license issued after May 31, 2005.

On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:36:18 -0400, Gene Kearns
wrote:

On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:18:45 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing penned the
following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

|On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:19:51 -0400, Gene Kearns
wrote:
|
|On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 17:18:46 -0400, BAR penned the following well
|considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:
|
||Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
|| Guess what? We are now required to have a TWIC.
||
|| As it's known in moron land - Transportation Workers Identification
|| Credential.
||
|| Doesn't matter if you don't actually work in the Maritime Industry or
|| require Port Facilities access, you gotta get one.
||
|| Hones to pete.
||
|| http://twicinformation.tsa.dhs.gov/twicinfo/index.jsp
||
||Do you get one of them fancy TSA like uniforms too?
|
|The silly thing is that the only difference in the documents required
|to get the TWIC and my OUPV/Masters is the additional $132.50. The
|last time I renewed, they even took a digital picture and
|fingerprints. They have the information, this is just another dig for
|money.
|
|Mine's up for renewal in May 2009 so I haven't gone through the new
|process yet.
|
|I did the whole preenrollment thing for examination process and the
|online form kept kicking my application out because I hadn't filled
|out the employment section. I called the hot line and explained the
|issue and the lady, very nice by the way, asked me why I needed the
|TWIC. So I told her the whole deal and she laughed, took care of it
|and presto - all done.
|
|I don't know if you are aware of this, but it's $105 if you have a
|current license issued after May 31, 2005.

Yeah, I renewed last Summer, so I should be good for the lesser fee.
My "pre-enrollment" hasn't hit the computer yet. I may just "walk-in"
in Wilmington, since I don't have to make that long pilgrimage to
Charleston.

I thought I was going to have to go to Boston, but apparently there is
an examinination/issuing center in New London.

Hell of a lot better than going to Boston. :)

I have to admit, the online thing is pretty slick - bada bing, bada
boom - you are done.

Well except for the employment thing that is. :)

On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:44:03 -0400, Gene Kearns
wrote:

On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:58:34 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing penned the
following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

|On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:36:18 -0400, Gene Kearns
wrote:
|
|On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:18:45 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing penned the
|following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:
|
||On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:19:51 -0400, Gene Kearns
wrote:
||
||On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 17:18:46 -0400, BAR penned the following well
||considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:
||
|||Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
||| Guess what? We are now required to have a TWIC.
|||
||| As it's known in moron land - Transportation Workers Identification
||| Credential.
|||
||| Doesn't matter if you don't actually work in the Maritime Industry or
||| require Port Facilities access, you gotta get one.
|||
||| Hones to pete.
|||
||| http://twicinformation.tsa.dhs.gov/twicinfo/index.jsp
|||
|||Do you get one of them fancy TSA like uniforms too?
||
||The silly thing is that the only difference in the documents required
||to get the TWIC and my OUPV/Masters is the additional $132.50. The
||last time I renewed, they even took a digital picture and
||fingerprints. They have the information, this is just another dig for
||money.
||
||Mine's up for renewal in May 2009 so I haven't gone through the new
||process yet.
||
||I did the whole preenrollment thing for examination process and the
||online form kept kicking my application out because I hadn't filled
||out the employment section. I called the hot line and explained the
||issue and the lady, very nice by the way, asked me why I needed the
||TWIC. So I told her the whole deal and she laughed, took care of it
||and presto - all done.
||
||I don't know if you are aware of this, but it's $105 if you have a
||current license issued after May 31, 2005.
|
|Yeah, I renewed last Summer, so I should be good for the lesser fee.
|My "pre-enrollment" hasn't hit the computer yet. I may just "walk-in"
|in Wilmington, since I don't have to make that long pilgrimage to
|Charleston.
|
|I thought I was going to have to go to Boston, but apparently there is
|an examinination/issuing center in New London.
|
|Hell of a lot better than going to Boston. :)
|
|I have to admit, the online thing is pretty slick - bada bing, bada
|boom - you are done.
|
|Well except for the employment thing that is. :)

How soon were you able to log in after you pre-registered?

Immediately. Got my appointment for enrolling in the program slicker
than a pig in slop.

On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:16:08 -0400, Gene Kearns
wrote:

On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:39:36 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing penned the
following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:44:03 -0400, Gene Kearns
wrote:

On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:58:34 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing penned the
following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

|On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:36:18 -0400, Gene Kearns
wrote:
|
|On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:18:45 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing penned the
|following well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:
|
||On Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:19:51 -0400, Gene Kearns
wrote:
||
||On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 17:18:46 -0400, BAR penned the following well
||considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:
||
|||Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
||| Guess what? We are now required to have a TWIC.
|||
||| As it's known in moron land - Transportation Workers Identification
||| Credential.
|||
||| Doesn't matter if you don't actually work in the Maritime Industry or
||| require Port Facilities access, you gotta get one.
|||
||| Hones to pete.
|||
||| http://twicinformation.tsa.dhs.gov/twicinfo/index.jsp
|||
|||Do you get one of them fancy TSA like uniforms too?
||
||The silly thing is that the only difference in the documents required
||to get the TWIC and my OUPV/Masters is the additional $132.50. The
||last time I renewed, they even took a digital picture and
||fingerprints. They have the information, this is just another dig for
||money.
||
||Mine's up for renewal in May 2009 so I haven't gone through the new
||process yet.
||
||I did the whole preenrollment thing for examination process and the
||online form kept kicking my application out because I hadn't filled
||out the employment section. I called the hot line and explained the
||issue and the lady, very nice by the way, asked me why I needed the
||TWIC. So I told her the whole deal and she laughed, took care of it
||and presto - all done.
||
||I don't know if you are aware of this, but it's $105 if you have a
||current license issued after May 31, 2005.
|
|Yeah, I renewed last Summer, so I should be good for the lesser fee.
|My "pre-enrollment" hasn't hit the computer yet. I may just "walk-in"
|in Wilmington, since I don't have to make that long pilgrimage to
|Charleston.
|
|I thought I was going to have to go to Boston, but apparently there is
|an examinination/issuing center in New London.
|
|Hell of a lot better than going to Boston. :)
|
|I have to admit, the online thing is pretty slick - bada bing, bada
|boom - you are done.
|
|Well except for the employment thing that is. :)

How soon were you able to log in after you pre-registered?

Immediately. Got my appointment for enrolling in the program slicker
than a pig in slop.

Crap. Mine musta barfed.... I'll try again.....

A couple of guys in my fishing club had that happen.

I guess it depends on when the computers update the registrations.
Give it 24 hours.