Now, you can call an Uber for your next trip to Mexico.

The taxi-service has launched its first cross-border service, offering one-way transportation from San Diego across the San Ysidro border.

The program, called UberPASSPORT, began driving passengers to Tijuana earlier today.

Now, you can call an Uber for your next trip to Mexico. The taxi-service has launched its first cross-border service, offering one-way transportation from San Diego across the San Ysidro border

HOW TO USE UBERPASSPORT - Open your Uber app and select the PASSPORT option within the vehicle menu - Request a ride and remember to bring all of the required documentation - Hop in your UberPASSPORT and cross into Mexico in one trip - A trip from San Diego to Tijuana Airport will cost $100. - Uber will charge a $20 cross-border fee for each journey, and the entire far can be split between four passengers. - Rather than just getting one Uber on the way back, customers have to book two. One for the trip to the border in Mexico, and another from the US border to San Diego. Advertisement

'In our increasingly interconnected binational region, travel between San Diego and Tijuana is a daily occurrence for more than 300,000 individuals,' said Paola Avila, vice president of International Business Affairs for the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce.

'Whether for business or leisure, Uber's new service provides a simple and reliable travel option that will open more economic opportunities for our region.'

The service is only available through Uber's more expensive black-car option which guarantees professional, trained drivers.

Uber says this improves the safety of long rides across the border.

According to Fox News Latino, Uber has identified 50,000 people – or around 10 per cent of Uber customers in San Diego – who have made the trip across the border.

Uber’s own Ryan Graves, Head of Global Operations and a San Diego native, joined San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer to launch UberPASSPORT and take the very first PASSPORT trip down to Tijuana

A trip from San Diego to Tijuana Airport will cost $100. Uber will charge a $20 cross-border fee for each journey, and the entire far can be split between four passengers

HOW TO GET BACK TO US - Open the Uber app and request a ride from your current location in Tijuana - Enter ‘TJ Border Pickup’ as the drop-off destination in the app for the San Ysidro International Border Crossing - Cross into the U.S. using the pedestrian lane - Once you’ve arrived on the U.S. side, request an Uber in San Diego to travel to your final destination Advertisement

The service will take riders throughout the Baja Norte region of Mexico and to Valle de Guadalupe.

A trip from San Diego to Tijuana Airport will cost $100.

Uber will charge a $20 cross-border fee for each journey, and the entire far can be split between four passengers.

But while getting to Mexico is easier under the new scheme, getting back is much harder.

Rather than just getting one Uber on the way back, customers have to book two. One for the trip to the border in Mexico, and another from the US border to San Diego.

When in Mexico, Uber encourages riders to request UberENGLISH to be paired up with an English speaking driver within Tijuana.

'To travel back to the U.S., riders should request an Uber to the international border. From there, travellers can use the pedestrian lane to cross back into the U.S.', Uber says in a statement.

'From there, travellers can use the pedestrian lane to cross back into the U.S.,' read an Uber press statement. Once passengers cross the border into the U.S., riders can request an Uber into San Diego.

Uber isn't offering return trips as this would require it to fill in immigration paperwork ensuring that all drivers and passengers are legally allowed to enter the country.

The San Diego Tribune points out that there is a potential downside to the program.

It says if it's successful, it could contribute to already lengthy northbound wait times, which have increased as a result of the expansion of San Ysidro's Port of Entry.