One million people enrolled in Global Entry
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One million people enrolled in Global Entry
The GE program apparently only rather recently hit its million member mark. I am curious how much critical mass it would take for GE not to be replaced by APC (which is available to most all US citizens at some airports/terminals).
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It seems like there are more Mexicans in GE than Canadians. 36,000 Mexicans. Has the relative cheapness of NEXUS membership acquisition, the ability of NEXUS members to use GE, the smaller number of Canadians in the world and the high proportion of sub-100 mile proximity to the US border been factors in Canadians not being a larger group of non-US persons enrolled as GE members? It seems so.
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I believe Global Entry has over 2.5 million members, but Global Entry began 2008.
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This summer, the Washington Post said this:
The Global Entry program is offered at 52 international airports and has enrolled more than 2.5 million travelers. The kiosks have been used more than 9.1 million times since 2008, and have allowed CBP to reinvest inspection resources in other more productive areas since the kiosks now process approximately 8 to 10 percent of all arriving air travelers. The increased use of Global Entry resulted in savings equivalent to 60 CBP officers in fiscal 2013.
Note this too:
http://www.ustravel.org/news/press-r...ers-and-growin
Around two months ago, CBP said this:
"1.38 million members have enrolled directly in Global Entry thus far and there are more than 2.4 million trusted travelers with Global Entry benefits."
http://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-me...ring-interview
Cutting into and analyzing public statements that may mislead apparently needs to be done when dealing with our own government too. After doing this, we may get clarity.
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It seems like there are more Mexicans in GE than Canadians. 36,000 Mexicans. Has the relative cheapness of NEXUS membership acquisition, the ability of NEXUS members to use GE, the smaller number of Canadians in the world and the high proportion of sub-100 mile proximity to the US border been factors in Canadians not being a larger group of non-US persons enrolled as GE members? It seems so.
http://www.gao.gov/assets/670/663724.pdf
http://www.cbp.gov/global-entry/about/eligibility
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Canadians can't get GE directly. They have to enroll in NEXUS to get it. According to the GAO, 76% of NEXUS members are Canadian. NEXUS hit 1 million members in April, 2014 so 760,000 Canadians have GE privileges (as long as they have their full 10 fingerprints on file with CBP).
http://www.gao.gov/assets/670/663724.pdf
http://www.cbp.gov/global-entry/about/eligibility
http://www.gao.gov/assets/670/663724.pdf
http://www.cbp.gov/global-entry/about/eligibility
Canadians who are US residents can't get GE? I was pretty sure that I've seen Canadians apply for and receive GE status and GE cards.
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Hasn't reported an issue with using GE at YYZ Preclearance, being based in Toronto. He obviously preferred using the NEXUS kiosks when that was an option departing for the US.