May 22, 2016, 7:44 pm
Last edit by: Old Gold
List of Global Entry Enrollment Centers
Post your walk-in experiences in the Wiki. If you cannot update the Wiki, then please post in the thread, and someone will paste your data point. Please format it as such under the enrollment center where you attempted to walk-in:
Yes/No [If Yes, put how long you waited in brackets] (Date and time attempted)
If someone in your family had an appointment at that time, please note that, too.
Examples:
Yes [45m] (4/2/2016 10am w/ a family member who had an appointment)
Yes [2h] (4/18/2016 3pm)
No (5/2/2016 12pm w/ a family member who had an appointment)
Yes [25m] (5/10/2016 9am)
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Disclaimer: These are only data points. There is no guarantee you will be successful as a walk-in.
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Table of Contents
ATL; AUS; BDL; BNA; BOI; BOS; BWI; CLT; DEN; EWR; FAI; Houston Central Library; IAD; JFK; LAS; LAX; LNB; MCI; MCO; MIA; MSP; MSY; ORD; PDX; PHL; PHX; PIT; RIC; SEA; SFO; SLC; STL; TPA; TUS; Vancouver NEXUS Enrollment Center; Washington, DC, Ronald Reagan Building
ATL - Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport - International Terminal
Yes [45m] (7/18/2016)
Yes [45m] (9/20/2016 1pm)
Yes [28m] (2/24/2017 1:20 pm)
Yes [140m] (3/24/2017 8:15 am - told "You will be here all day" and "You're not a priority" yada yada. We were polite and told him that was fine.)
No (7/18/2018 11:30 AM) - Told over the phone they also no longer accept walk-ins
Atlanta Port Office (U.S. Customs House) - 157 Trade Port Drive, Suite C, Atlanta, GA 30354
No (7/18/2018 11:00 AM) - Told they no longer accept walk-ins anymore in person.
AUS - Austin-Bergstrom International Airport - 3600 Presidential Blvd, Austin, TX 78719
Yes (04/05/2017)
BDL - Bradley International Airport - International Arrivals Building -- Hartford, CT
Yes [30m] (08/14/2017 1:40 pm)
Yes [2m] (09/05/2017 9:30am)
Yes [no wait] (8/13/2018 2:30 pm)
Yes [15m] (July 2019 2:30 pm)
BNA - Nashville Enrollment Center - 612 Hangar Lane, Suite 116, Nashville, TN 37217
No (6/15/2016 12:30pm)
No (7/20/2016 called)
Yes (07/21/2016 w/a family member who had an appointment)
No (05/10/2018)
BOI - Boise Enrollment Center - 4655 S Enterprise Street, Boise, ID 83705
Yes [20m] (5/16/2016 12pm)
BOS - Logan International Airport - Terminal E Arrivals
Yes [60m] (9/30/2015 1pm) (officer made it seem like this was rare)
Yes [15m] (9/18/2016 10AM w/a family member who had an appointment)
No (6/2/2016)
No [60m] (10/01/2016 7:30pm w/a family member who had an appointment)
Yes [120m] (8/10/2017 9am)
Yes [60m] (8/22/2017 10:30am)
Yes [90m] (9/1/2017 2:30pm)
Yes [0m] (11/13/2017 10 am)
Yes (05/10/2018)
BWI - Thurgood Marshall Airport - International E Pier, Lower Level Door 18, Room E1709
Yes [30m] (7/10/2016, 1pm)
Yes [25m] (7/12/2016, 1:30pm)
Yes [10m] (2/8/2017, 1:15pm)
Yes [30m] (2/10/2014)
Yes [15m] (2/16/2017 1:15 pm)
yes (8/9/2017)
Yes [25m] 08 Nov 2019 2:15pm
CLT - Charlotte/Douglas International Airport
No (07/26/2016)
No (07/07/2017 3:15 PM) Maybe available if arrive early
No (01/12/2018 1:30pm)
No (07/13/2018 3:00 pm) Note: They do allow walk ins, but apparently only from 8:30am - 11:30am.
Yes [15m] (7/16/2018, 12:55pm)
DEN - Denver International Airport - Jeppesen Terminal, next to International Arrivals
Yes [5m] (5/31/2016 4:30pm w/ family member who had an appointment)
No (05/13/2017 1:00pm)
EWR - Newark International Airport - Terminal B
No (6/26/2016 3:20pm)
No (6/29/2016 w/a family member who had an appointment)
Yes (7/8/2016 1:45 pm w/family member who had an appointment after initially saying no)
No (11/29/2016)
No (1/10/2017)
No (6/3/2017 11:30am w/ spouse who had an appointment) "We don't do walk-ins"
No (8/5/2017 11:15am 3yr old w/ mother who had appointment) "We don't have her file ready and it can take a couple hours to request it."
FAI - Fairbanks International Airport
No (2/17/2017 10:30am)
Houston Central Library - 500 McKinney Street, Houston, TX 77002
Yes [50m] (05/15/2017 10 am)
IAD - Washington-Dulles International Airport - Main Terminal, Ground Floor, International Arrivals
No (7/19/2016)
JFK - John F. Kennedy International Airport - Terminal Four, Main Lobby
Yes (6/8/2016 6:30pm)
Yes (7/08/2016 1:45 pm w/a family member who had an appointment)
Yes [1h30m] (10/12/2016 10am)
No (11/25/2016 6 pm)
Yes [40m] (12/16/2016 7am)
Yes [40m] (12/16/2016 7am)
Yes [1m] (2/4/2017 9am)
No [10m] (2/5/2017 2pm) - was told they don't do walk ins at all at JFK. Clearly they don't read this wiki
Yes [90m] (03/02/2017 1:15 pm) - was told "no walk-ins" by one agent, another agent allowed.
No (06/15/2017 6pm)
No (06/16/2017 8am)
No (07/29/18 11am)
Yes [20m] (11/20/2019) - officer said it could be "an couple hours or more"
Yes [5m] (11/30/2019)
LAS - Las Vegas McCarran International Airport Terminal 3
Yes (10/16/2019 ~9:00 am)
LAX - Los Angeles International Airport - 11099 S La Cienega Blvd Suite #155, Los Angeles, CA 90045
No (5/23/2016)
Yes [0m] (2/17/2017 7:30am) - had an appointment for 9:45am that day, but I showed up right when they opened and it was no problem.
LNB - Long Beach Seaport - 301 E. Ocean Blvd., Room 805, Long Beach, CA 90802
No (7/18/2016 w/a family member who had an appointment)
Yes (11/3/2016 w/a family member who had an appointment)
Yes (1/2/18 1:30pm w/ spouse who had an appointment)
MCI - Kansas City International Airport - Terminal C
Yes [30m] (8/9/2016 7:30am)
No (4/12/17 5:30pm with a family member who had an appointment)
MCO - Orlando International Airport - Terminal B
No (7/14/2016 1pm)
MIA - Miami International Airport - Concourse J - 2nd level, Passenger Hallway
Yes [Varies Heavily ~15-45m] (10/01/2016 4:30PM)
MSP - Minneapolis/St. Paul Int'l - Terminal 1 Lindberg, Baggage Claim Level (By Carousel 2)
No (7/15/2016 4pm)
Yes [10m] (5/11/2017 9:00am)
No (9/21/2017 8:50am)
MSY - New Orleans/Lois Armstrong International Airport
Yes (6/22/2016 1:00 pm w/ a family member who had an appointment)
ORD - Chicago O'Hare International Airport - Terminal 5
No (6/19/2016)
Yes (7/9/2016 w/a family member who had an appointment)
Yes [30m] (7/23/2016 3:00pm)
Yes [5h] (11/14/2016 1:30pm)
No (4/26/2018 "got there too late - they close at 3:30")
Yes [30m] (4/27/2018 2:00pm)
PDX - Portland Int'l Airport - Room T3352
No (7/11/2016 11:30am)
PHL - Philadelphia Int'l Airport - Terminal A West, 3rd Floor
No (5/16/2016 11am )
Yes [20m] (9/17/2016 7PM w/a family member who had an appointment)
Yes [50m] (10/06/2016 3PM two adults and one infant)
No (08/31/2016 12:00 noon)
Yes [20 m] (9/1/2016 5:35pm)
Yes [45 m] (3/20/2017 10:30am)
Yes [5 m] (03/14/2018 7 pm)
PHX - Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport
Yes [90 m] (3/20/2017 9 am)
PIT - Pittsburgh International Airport - Main Terminal - Ticketing Level
Yes [5m] (08/31/2017 1:00 pm)
RIC - Richmond International Airport
No (6/19/2017 asked by phone)
SEA - Seattle-Tacoma Int'l Airoport (Seatac) - Mezzanine Level, Room MT6439M
No (2/17/2016 9am)
Yes [25m total time] (7/21/2016)
Yes (4/17/2017 11:30 am)
Yes [30min] (6/17/2019 1:15pm - w/3 family members)
SFO - San Francisco Int'l Airport - Int'l Arrivals Level
Note: It has been confirmed that there are at least six walk-in spots available twice a day: 7am & 3pm.
Obviously, to increase your chances of one of those spots, you will need to arrive earlier than those times.
Yes [5m] (2/27/2016)
Yes (6/24/2016 w/family member has appointment)
Yes [20m] (7/6/2016 6pm)
Yes [5m] (7/8/2016 6 am)
Yes [8m] (8/19/2016 9:10am)
Yes [6h 15m] (9/18/16 3am)
Yes [40m] (9/29/16 6:40pm)
Yes [5h50m] (10/05/2016 04:52)
Yes (10/5/2016 10:40)
Yes [2h] (10/14/2016 4pm)
Yes [3h] (10/14/2016 4pm)
Yes [90m] (12/10/2016 2:15pm)
Yes [4h] (04/12/2017 6:50 AM)
Yes [100m] (04/13/2017 2:50 PM)
Yes [30m] (04/13/2017 12:05 PM)
Yes [4h] (04/16/2017 1pm)
Yes [2h] (05/01/2017 7:30pm)
No [5h30h] (05/18/2017 5:30pm - Office was short staffed)
Yes [1h] (05/19/2017 7:30am)
Yes [1h] (05/25/2017 11:55am - waited a little over an hour)
No (11/24/17) arrived at 8pm
Yes (11/25/17) waited 1 1/4 hours at 10am
Yes [5 min] (02/12/17 2 with family member who had an appointment)
Yes [15 min] (02/08/19)
SLC - Salt Lake City International Airport - International Terminal
No (07/27/2017 2:00-2:30 pm - "We don't take walk-ins." Office was dead)
STL - St. Louis Int'l Airport - Terminal 2 (Southwest Airlines Terminal)
Yes (7/20/2016 am, with a family member who had an appointment)
TPA - Tampa International Airport - 1st floor baggage claim level - Red
No (4/17/17)
TUS - Tucson Int'l Airport - US CBP Office
Yes (6/29/2016)
Yes [10m] (02/04/2020 1:00pm)
Vancouver NEXUS Enrollment Center - 1611 Main St, 4th Floor, Ste 400, Vancouver, British Columbia, CAV 6A2W5
Yes [30m] (7/4/2016, 11 am, w/family members with appointments)
Washington, DC, Enrollment Center - Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Yes (08/13/2016 noon)
Yes [0m] (08/27/2016 11:00 am)
Yes [0m] (01/23/2017 11 am; had an appointment for 6 hrs later, but was in the building for a meeting. It appeared that earlier people w/o appointments got in right away)
Yes [0m] (02/22/2017 7:30 am)
Yes [30m] (03/15/2017)
Yes [20m] (03/20/2017)
Yes [0m] (06/6/2017 3:30 pm)
Yes [<5m] (06/7/2017 8:30 am)
Yes [20m] (06/12/2017 3:45 pm)
Yes [15m] (06/16/2017 12:20 pm)
Yes [0m] (07/01/2017 12:30 pm)
Yes [10m] (9/16/2017 9:30am)
Yes [ 3m] (19 July 2018, 12 noon)
Yes [30m] (07/27/2018 11:1am)
Yes [30m including wait and interview] (July 2019 7:00 am]
Yes [25m] (11/21/2019, ~15:00)
Post your walk-in experiences in the Wiki. If you cannot update the Wiki, then please post in the thread, and someone will paste your data point. Please format it as such under the enrollment center where you attempted to walk-in:
Yes/No [If Yes, put how long you waited in brackets] (Date and time attempted)
If someone in your family had an appointment at that time, please note that, too.
Examples:
Yes [45m] (4/2/2016 10am w/ a family member who had an appointment)
Yes [2h] (4/18/2016 3pm)
No (5/2/2016 12pm w/ a family member who had an appointment)
Yes [25m] (5/10/2016 9am)
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Disclaimer: These are only data points. There is no guarantee you will be successful as a walk-in.
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Table of Contents
ATL; AUS; BDL; BNA; BOI; BOS; BWI; CLT; DEN; EWR; FAI; Houston Central Library; IAD; JFK; LAS; LAX; LNB; MCI; MCO; MIA; MSP; MSY; ORD; PDX; PHL; PHX; PIT; RIC; SEA; SFO; SLC; STL; TPA; TUS; Vancouver NEXUS Enrollment Center; Washington, DC, Ronald Reagan Building
ATL - Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport - International Terminal
Yes [45m] (7/18/2016)
Yes [45m] (9/20/2016 1pm)
Yes [28m] (2/24/2017 1:20 pm)
Yes [140m] (3/24/2017 8:15 am - told "You will be here all day" and "You're not a priority" yada yada. We were polite and told him that was fine.)
No (7/18/2018 11:30 AM) - Told over the phone they also no longer accept walk-ins
Atlanta Port Office (U.S. Customs House) - 157 Trade Port Drive, Suite C, Atlanta, GA 30354
No (7/18/2018 11:00 AM) - Told they no longer accept walk-ins anymore in person.
AUS - Austin-Bergstrom International Airport - 3600 Presidential Blvd, Austin, TX 78719
Yes (04/05/2017)
BDL - Bradley International Airport - International Arrivals Building -- Hartford, CT
Yes [30m] (08/14/2017 1:40 pm)
Yes [2m] (09/05/2017 9:30am)
Yes [no wait] (8/13/2018 2:30 pm)
Yes [15m] (July 2019 2:30 pm)
BNA - Nashville Enrollment Center - 612 Hangar Lane, Suite 116, Nashville, TN 37217
No (6/15/2016 12:30pm)
No (7/20/2016 called)
Yes (07/21/2016 w/a family member who had an appointment)
No (05/10/2018)
BOI - Boise Enrollment Center - 4655 S Enterprise Street, Boise, ID 83705
Yes [20m] (5/16/2016 12pm)
BOS - Logan International Airport - Terminal E Arrivals
Yes [60m] (9/30/2015 1pm) (officer made it seem like this was rare)
Yes [15m] (9/18/2016 10AM w/a family member who had an appointment)
No (6/2/2016)
No [60m] (10/01/2016 7:30pm w/a family member who had an appointment)
Yes [120m] (8/10/2017 9am)
Yes [60m] (8/22/2017 10:30am)
Yes [90m] (9/1/2017 2:30pm)
Yes [0m] (11/13/2017 10 am)
Yes (05/10/2018)
BWI - Thurgood Marshall Airport - International E Pier, Lower Level Door 18, Room E1709
Yes [30m] (7/10/2016, 1pm)
Yes [25m] (7/12/2016, 1:30pm)
Yes [10m] (2/8/2017, 1:15pm)
Yes [30m] (2/10/2014)
Yes [15m] (2/16/2017 1:15 pm)
yes (8/9/2017)
Yes [25m] 08 Nov 2019 2:15pm
CLT - Charlotte/Douglas International Airport
No (07/26/2016)
No (07/07/2017 3:15 PM) Maybe available if arrive early
No (01/12/2018 1:30pm)
No (07/13/2018 3:00 pm) Note: They do allow walk ins, but apparently only from 8:30am - 11:30am.
Yes [15m] (7/16/2018, 12:55pm)
DEN - Denver International Airport - Jeppesen Terminal, next to International Arrivals
Yes [5m] (5/31/2016 4:30pm w/ family member who had an appointment)
No (05/13/2017 1:00pm)
EWR - Newark International Airport - Terminal B
No (6/26/2016 3:20pm)
No (6/29/2016 w/a family member who had an appointment)
Yes (7/8/2016 1:45 pm w/family member who had an appointment after initially saying no)
No (11/29/2016)
No (1/10/2017)
No (6/3/2017 11:30am w/ spouse who had an appointment) "We don't do walk-ins"
No (8/5/2017 11:15am 3yr old w/ mother who had appointment) "We don't have her file ready and it can take a couple hours to request it."
FAI - Fairbanks International Airport
No (2/17/2017 10:30am)
Houston Central Library - 500 McKinney Street, Houston, TX 77002
Yes [50m] (05/15/2017 10 am)
IAD - Washington-Dulles International Airport - Main Terminal, Ground Floor, International Arrivals
No (7/19/2016)
JFK - John F. Kennedy International Airport - Terminal Four, Main Lobby
Yes (6/8/2016 6:30pm)
Yes (7/08/2016 1:45 pm w/a family member who had an appointment)
Yes [1h30m] (10/12/2016 10am)
No (11/25/2016 6 pm)
Yes [40m] (12/16/2016 7am)
Yes [40m] (12/16/2016 7am)
Yes [1m] (2/4/2017 9am)
No [10m] (2/5/2017 2pm) - was told they don't do walk ins at all at JFK. Clearly they don't read this wiki
Yes [90m] (03/02/2017 1:15 pm) - was told "no walk-ins" by one agent, another agent allowed.
No (06/15/2017 6pm)
No (06/16/2017 8am)
No (07/29/18 11am)
Yes [20m] (11/20/2019) - officer said it could be "an couple hours or more"
Yes [5m] (11/30/2019)
LAS - Las Vegas McCarran International Airport Terminal 3
Yes (10/16/2019 ~9:00 am)
LAX - Los Angeles International Airport - 11099 S La Cienega Blvd Suite #155, Los Angeles, CA 90045
No (5/23/2016)
Yes [0m] (2/17/2017 7:30am) - had an appointment for 9:45am that day, but I showed up right when they opened and it was no problem.
LNB - Long Beach Seaport - 301 E. Ocean Blvd., Room 805, Long Beach, CA 90802
No (7/18/2016 w/a family member who had an appointment)
Yes (11/3/2016 w/a family member who had an appointment)
Yes (1/2/18 1:30pm w/ spouse who had an appointment)
MCI - Kansas City International Airport - Terminal C
Yes [30m] (8/9/2016 7:30am)
No (4/12/17 5:30pm with a family member who had an appointment)
MCO - Orlando International Airport - Terminal B
No (7/14/2016 1pm)
MIA - Miami International Airport - Concourse J - 2nd level, Passenger Hallway
Yes [Varies Heavily ~15-45m] (10/01/2016 4:30PM)
MSP - Minneapolis/St. Paul Int'l - Terminal 1 Lindberg, Baggage Claim Level (By Carousel 2)
No (7/15/2016 4pm)
Yes [10m] (5/11/2017 9:00am)
No (9/21/2017 8:50am)
MSY - New Orleans/Lois Armstrong International Airport
Yes (6/22/2016 1:00 pm w/ a family member who had an appointment)
ORD - Chicago O'Hare International Airport - Terminal 5
No (6/19/2016)
Yes (7/9/2016 w/a family member who had an appointment)
Yes [30m] (7/23/2016 3:00pm)
Yes [5h] (11/14/2016 1:30pm)
No (4/26/2018 "got there too late - they close at 3:30")
Yes [30m] (4/27/2018 2:00pm)
PDX - Portland Int'l Airport - Room T3352
No (7/11/2016 11:30am)
PHL - Philadelphia Int'l Airport - Terminal A West, 3rd Floor
No (5/16/2016 11am )
Yes [20m] (9/17/2016 7PM w/a family member who had an appointment)
Yes [50m] (10/06/2016 3PM two adults and one infant)
No (08/31/2016 12:00 noon)
Yes [20 m] (9/1/2016 5:35pm)
Yes [45 m] (3/20/2017 10:30am)
Yes [5 m] (03/14/2018 7 pm)
PHX - Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport
Yes [90 m] (3/20/2017 9 am)
PIT - Pittsburgh International Airport - Main Terminal - Ticketing Level
Yes [5m] (08/31/2017 1:00 pm)
RIC - Richmond International Airport
No (6/19/2017 asked by phone)
SEA - Seattle-Tacoma Int'l Airoport (Seatac) - Mezzanine Level, Room MT6439M
No (2/17/2016 9am)
Yes [25m total time] (7/21/2016)
Yes (4/17/2017 11:30 am)
Yes [30min] (6/17/2019 1:15pm - w/3 family members)
SFO - San Francisco Int'l Airport - Int'l Arrivals Level
Note: It has been confirmed that there are at least six walk-in spots available twice a day: 7am & 3pm.
Obviously, to increase your chances of one of those spots, you will need to arrive earlier than those times.
Yes [5m] (2/27/2016)
Yes (6/24/2016 w/family member has appointment)
Yes [20m] (7/6/2016 6pm)
Yes [5m] (7/8/2016 6 am)
Yes [8m] (8/19/2016 9:10am)
Yes [6h 15m] (9/18/16 3am)
Yes [40m] (9/29/16 6:40pm)
Yes [5h50m] (10/05/2016 04:52)
Yes (10/5/2016 10:40)
Yes [2h] (10/14/2016 4pm)
Yes [3h] (10/14/2016 4pm)
Yes [90m] (12/10/2016 2:15pm)
Yes [4h] (04/12/2017 6:50 AM)
Yes [100m] (04/13/2017 2:50 PM)
Yes [30m] (04/13/2017 12:05 PM)
Yes [4h] (04/16/2017 1pm)
Yes [2h] (05/01/2017 7:30pm)
No [5h30h] (05/18/2017 5:30pm - Office was short staffed)
Yes [1h] (05/19/2017 7:30am)
Yes [1h] (05/25/2017 11:55am - waited a little over an hour)
No (11/24/17) arrived at 8pm
Yes (11/25/17) waited 1 1/4 hours at 10am
Yes [5 min] (02/12/17 2 with family member who had an appointment)
Yes [15 min] (02/08/19)
SLC - Salt Lake City International Airport - International Terminal
No (07/27/2017 2:00-2:30 pm - "We don't take walk-ins." Office was dead)
STL - St. Louis Int'l Airport - Terminal 2 (Southwest Airlines Terminal)
Yes (7/20/2016 am, with a family member who had an appointment)
TPA - Tampa International Airport - 1st floor baggage claim level - Red
No (4/17/17)
TUS - Tucson Int'l Airport - US CBP Office
Yes (6/29/2016)
Yes [10m] (02/04/2020 1:00pm)
Vancouver NEXUS Enrollment Center - 1611 Main St, 4th Floor, Ste 400, Vancouver, British Columbia, CAV 6A2W5
Yes [30m] (7/4/2016, 11 am, w/family members with appointments)
Washington, DC, Enrollment Center - Ronald Reagan Building, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Yes (08/13/2016 noon)
Yes [0m] (08/27/2016 11:00 am)
Yes [0m] (01/23/2017 11 am; had an appointment for 6 hrs later, but was in the building for a meeting. It appeared that earlier people w/o appointments got in right away)
Yes [0m] (02/22/2017 7:30 am)
Yes [30m] (03/15/2017)
Yes [20m] (03/20/2017)
Yes [0m] (06/6/2017 3:30 pm)
Yes [<5m] (06/7/2017 8:30 am)
Yes [20m] (06/12/2017 3:45 pm)
Yes [15m] (06/16/2017 12:20 pm)
Yes [0m] (07/01/2017 12:30 pm)
Yes [10m] (9/16/2017 9:30am)
Yes [ 3m] (19 July 2018, 12 noon)
Yes [30m] (07/27/2018 11:1am)
Yes [30m including wait and interview] (July 2019 7:00 am]
Yes [25m] (11/21/2019, ~15:00)
Global Entry Walk-In Interviews
Sep 19, 2016, 12:07 am
#331
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: SFO
Programs: COdbaUA Platinum 2MM
Posts: 5,532
SFO - yes [6h 15m] (9/18/16 3am)
Here's a recap of my experience, and what I learned speaking with other walk-ins:
Here's a recap of my experience, and what I learned speaking with other walk-ins:
ARRIVAL TIMES
After reading many reports of SFO's walk-in waiting list being limited to 6 people per day, I erred on the side of caution by arriving at 3 am. It turns out that I could have saved a couple hours, since the next people on the wait list arrived at 5:30am, 5:45am, 6:25am, 6:50am, and 7:00am. That said, I'm glad I got there early for two reasons: (1) I live nearly 2 hours away from SFO, so I was really motivated to avoid returning home empty-handed, and (2) it appears that Sunday mornings might be slower than normal; one of the others had tried on a Saturday morning and was turned away after the list filled up much sooner.
THE WAIT
Staff showed up at 6:45am and began regularly scheduled appointments promptly at 7am after verifying who was there. A few minutes later, they passed around a wait list for up to six walk-ins. As the first on the list, I ended up being called in about 9:15am. The fifth person on the list later reported that the other walk-ins had their names called at 9:35am, 9:50am, 10am, and 10:10am. So, on this particular day, the office managed to get all 6 walk-ins processed within 4 hours of opening the door for scheduled interviews. YMMV.
SECOND SHIFT
Back to the list: once it reached 6 names around 7am, the staff advised subsequent walk-ins to come back around the time of the office's shift change at 3:30pm. This was consistent with some reviews I'd read on another site, including a couple who successfully walked-in the previous Sunday afternoon (they were numbers 3 & 4 on the afternoon list after showing up at 2:45pm, and they had to wait 4 hours for their names to be called.) The key takeaway I got from that report and my experience is that folks can ignore the GE website's posted hours for Sundays at the SFO office (8am - 3:30pm); it looks like they keep the same interview hours every day of the week, at least for the time being.
Overall, I was very pleased with the experience; the staff was courteous, and the walk-ins formed a camaraderie that was helpful when someone needed to step out of line to go to the restroom or grab a coffee. But most of all, I'm glad that I put this task behind me in time for a couple upcoming trips. I didn't need to wait 6 months for my scheduled interview, and prospects for rescheduling at SFO are low since they're *slammed*... NorCal is home to 40% of California's huge 38 million population yet has just 1 of the state's 7 enrollment sites.After reading many reports of SFO's walk-in waiting list being limited to 6 people per day, I erred on the side of caution by arriving at 3 am. It turns out that I could have saved a couple hours, since the next people on the wait list arrived at 5:30am, 5:45am, 6:25am, 6:50am, and 7:00am. That said, I'm glad I got there early for two reasons: (1) I live nearly 2 hours away from SFO, so I was really motivated to avoid returning home empty-handed, and (2) it appears that Sunday mornings might be slower than normal; one of the others had tried on a Saturday morning and was turned away after the list filled up much sooner.
THE WAIT
Staff showed up at 6:45am and began regularly scheduled appointments promptly at 7am after verifying who was there. A few minutes later, they passed around a wait list for up to six walk-ins. As the first on the list, I ended up being called in about 9:15am. The fifth person on the list later reported that the other walk-ins had their names called at 9:35am, 9:50am, 10am, and 10:10am. So, on this particular day, the office managed to get all 6 walk-ins processed within 4 hours of opening the door for scheduled interviews. YMMV.
SECOND SHIFT
Back to the list: once it reached 6 names around 7am, the staff advised subsequent walk-ins to come back around the time of the office's shift change at 3:30pm. This was consistent with some reviews I'd read on another site, including a couple who successfully walked-in the previous Sunday afternoon (they were numbers 3 & 4 on the afternoon list after showing up at 2:45pm, and they had to wait 4 hours for their names to be called.) The key takeaway I got from that report and my experience is that folks can ignore the GE website's posted hours for Sundays at the SFO office (8am - 3:30pm); it looks like they keep the same interview hours every day of the week, at least for the time being.
Sep 20, 2016, 4:29 pm
#332
Join Date: Sep 2016
Programs: TSA Pre, Global Entry
Posts: 11
Welcome to FT. As stiladam suggested, keep trying to do a new search every 5 minutes or so. In a day or two, you should be able to find an acceptable appointment; sometimes in the next day.
SFO Global Entry office opens very long hours daily unlike other locations. Six walk ins are allowed for each shift. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/27230774-post298.html
SFO Global Entry office opens very long hours daily unlike other locations. Six walk ins are allowed for each shift. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/27230774-post298.html
Sep 20, 2016, 11:16 pm
#333
Moderator: Hyatt; FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: WAS
Programs: :rolleyes:, DL DM, Mlife Plat, Caesars Diam, Marriott Tit, UA Gold, Hyatt Glob, invol FT beta tester
Posts: 18,926
Reporting on behalf of a co-worker who successfully did a walk-in at SFO today thanks in no small part to this thread 
1. arrived SFO 7:45am, heard there had already been 30 walk-ins waiting at 7am, with the first 6 waitlisted and the rest all turned away
2. returned 3:45pm and squeaked into the 6th position on the waitlist. #1 had arrived at 2pm (they opened the evening waitlist at 3pm for shift beginning 3:30pm). Co-worker was eventually interviewed at 6:15pm.
1. arrived SFO 7:45am, heard there had already been 30 walk-ins waiting at 7am, with the first 6 waitlisted and the rest all turned away
2. returned 3:45pm and squeaked into the 6th position on the waitlist. #1 had arrived at 2pm (they opened the evening waitlist at 3pm for shift beginning 3:30pm). Co-worker was eventually interviewed at 6:15pm.
Sep 24, 2016, 2:09 pm
#334
Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 9
Applied for Global Entry for my wife and our 1yr old son. Scheduled appointments at EWR first for my son, then a few weeks later for my wife. The hope was that they would take both at the first appointment. Nope!!! After processing my son (1min of their time!) they kicked my wife out. Didn't WANT to process her even though she is inside, with her docs, and they hardly spent any time on my son. Two agents were free - no matter.
Ridiculous! This is where my tax dollars go?!
Ridiculous! This is where my tax dollars go?!
Sep 24, 2016, 5:43 pm
#335
Join Date: May 2014
Location: SMF
Posts: 37
Applied for Global Entry for my wife and our 1yr old son. Scheduled appointments at EWR first for my son, then a few weeks later for my wife. The hope was that they would take both at the first appointment. Nope!!! After processing my son (1min of their time!) they kicked my wife out. Didn't WANT to process her even though she is inside, with her docs, and they hardly spent any time on my son. Two agents were free - no matter.
Ridiculous! This is where my tax dollars go?!
Ridiculous! This is where my tax dollars go?!
Another perspective is that some offices schedule 4 interviews an hour for each of their 3 - 4 staff members, 16 hours per day, 7 days a week for up to 6 months. Thus, as many as 35,000 to 45,000 applicants have been asked to respect the schedule, and most of them do, even though--like most of us--they also have scheduled flights in the near future, and more pressing things to do than spend their free time at the airport.
I'm not certain that it's fair to expect staff to permit a system where anyone can piggyback on their family members' schedules. If every person who travels with family was allowed to ask for such an exception, those experiences would end up reported here in this forum, and we could expect that on-time performance of regularly-scheduled interviews would suffer as the practice gained popularity.
Sep 24, 2016, 6:34 pm
#336
Join Date: Sep 2016
Posts: 22
Applied for Global Entry for my wife and our 1yr old son. Scheduled appointments at EWR first for my son, then a few weeks later for my wife. The hope was that they would take both at the first appointment. Nope!!! After processing my son (1min of their time!) they kicked my wife out. Didn't WANT to process her even though she is inside, with her docs, and they hardly spent any time on my son. Two agents were free - no matter.
Ridiculous! This is where my tax dollars go?!
Ridiculous! This is where my tax dollars go?!
Sep 30, 2016, 12:45 am
#337
Join Date: Sep 2016
Posts: 1
I applied for Global Entry on 9/18 and conditionally approved 9/27. I looked around for Interview Appts around California and the earliest I got was at SFO on 12/31. I was a little discouraged by the possibility of waiting 3 months for the interview so I kept refreshing the GOES webpage every 15 mins or so for earlier times and in a span of 5 hours I was able to upgrade my interview date from 12/31 to 11/15 to finally 10/12. I thought, "Cool! Waiting 2 weeks isn't bad at all!"
Then the better news. I was in the SFO area so I decided to try my luck at a walk-in after work and I was able to get in and approved tonight at 9/29! SFO takes 6 walk-ins per shift, not per day. So, you have 2 opportunities (the morning shift and the afternoon shift) to get on the waiting list. I heard that the early weekday evenings seem to work better for walk-ins rather than the morning walk-ins so I tried my luck and it worked. The shift change happens around 3pm.
So I went from applying on 9/18 to conditional approval on 9/27 to real approval on 9/29 at SFO. My only advice to everyone is to be patient and be persistent. Even if you have an interview way out in the future, try your luck with a walk-in. SFO was not busy at all.
SFO - Yes [40m] (9/29/16 6:40pm);
Then the better news. I was in the SFO area so I decided to try my luck at a walk-in after work and I was able to get in and approved tonight at 9/29! SFO takes 6 walk-ins per shift, not per day. So, you have 2 opportunities (the morning shift and the afternoon shift) to get on the waiting list. I heard that the early weekday evenings seem to work better for walk-ins rather than the morning walk-ins so I tried my luck and it worked. The shift change happens around 3pm.
So I went from applying on 9/18 to conditional approval on 9/27 to real approval on 9/29 at SFO. My only advice to everyone is to be patient and be persistent. Even if you have an interview way out in the future, try your luck with a walk-in. SFO was not busy at all.
SFO - Yes [40m] (9/29/16 6:40pm);
Sep 30, 2016, 10:42 am
#338
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: SFO
Programs: COdbaUA Platinum 2MM
Posts: 5,532
I applied for Global Entry on 9/18 and conditionally approved 9/27. I looked around for Interview Appts around California and the earliest I got was at SFO on 12/31. I was a little discouraged by the possibility of waiting 3 months for the interview so I kept refreshing the GOES webpage every 15 mins or so for earlier times and in a span of 5 hours I was able to upgrade my interview date from 12/31 to 11/15 to finally 10/12. I thought, "Cool! Waiting 2 weeks isn't bad at all!"
Then the better news. I was in the SFO area so I decided to try my luck at a walk-in after work and I was able to get in and approved tonight at 9/29! SFO takes 6 walk-ins per shift, not per day. So, you have 2 opportunities (the morning shift and the afternoon shift) to get on the waiting list. I heard that the early weekday evenings seem to work better for walk-ins rather than the morning walk-ins so I tried my luck and it worked. The shift change happens around 3pm.
So I went from applying on 9/18 to conditional approval on 9/27 to real approval on 9/29 at SFO. My only advice to everyone is to be patient and be persistent. Even if you have an interview way out in the future, try your luck with a walk-in. SFO was not busy at all.
SFO - Yes [40m] (9/29/16 6:40pm);
Then the better news. I was in the SFO area so I decided to try my luck at a walk-in after work and I was able to get in and approved tonight at 9/29! SFO takes 6 walk-ins per shift, not per day. So, you have 2 opportunities (the morning shift and the afternoon shift) to get on the waiting list. I heard that the early weekday evenings seem to work better for walk-ins rather than the morning walk-ins so I tried my luck and it worked. The shift change happens around 3pm.
So I went from applying on 9/18 to conditional approval on 9/27 to real approval on 9/29 at SFO. My only advice to everyone is to be patient and be persistent. Even if you have an interview way out in the future, try your luck with a walk-in. SFO was not busy at all.
SFO - Yes [40m] (9/29/16 6:40pm);
Sep 30, 2016, 3:50 pm
#339
Join Date: Sep 2016
Posts: 1
ATL-yes [45min] (9/20/16 1pm)
I received conditional approval for Global Entry on September 16, but found that the only open interview slots available for scheduling in Atlanta at that time were in January 2017.
I had a flight out of Atlanta scheduled for September 20 at 3:30pm, so I decided to try for a walk-in interview before my flight. I arrived at the airport a couple hours early (around 1pm), signed in, and took a seat in the waiting area. There was already one other person waiting for a walk-in interview who had signed in just before me. He was called in for an interview after a wait of about 20 minutes. I was called back for an interview after waiting about 45 minutes. The interview itself took about 15 minutes, and I was out the door and on the way to my departure gate by 2pm.
I had a flight out of Atlanta scheduled for September 20 at 3:30pm, so I decided to try for a walk-in interview before my flight. I arrived at the airport a couple hours early (around 1pm), signed in, and took a seat in the waiting area. There was already one other person waiting for a walk-in interview who had signed in just before me. He was called in for an interview after a wait of about 20 minutes. I was called back for an interview after waiting about 45 minutes. The interview itself took about 15 minutes, and I was out the door and on the way to my departure gate by 2pm.
Sep 30, 2016, 7:20 pm
#340
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: SFO
Programs: COdbaUA Platinum 2MM
Posts: 5,532
I received conditional approval for Global Entry on September 16, but found that the only open interview slots available for scheduling in Atlanta at that time were in January 2017.
I had a flight out of Atlanta scheduled for September 20 at 3:30pm, so I decided to try for a walk-in interview before my flight. I arrived at the airport a couple hours early (around 1pm), signed in, and took a seat in the waiting area. There was already one other person waiting for a walk-in interview who had signed in just before me. He was called in for an interview after a wait of about 20 minutes. I was called back for an interview after waiting about 45 minutes. The interview itself took about 15 minutes, and I was out the door and on the way to my departure gate by 2pm.
I had a flight out of Atlanta scheduled for September 20 at 3:30pm, so I decided to try for a walk-in interview before my flight. I arrived at the airport a couple hours early (around 1pm), signed in, and took a seat in the waiting area. There was already one other person waiting for a walk-in interview who had signed in just before me. He was called in for an interview after a wait of about 20 minutes. I was called back for an interview after waiting about 45 minutes. The interview itself took about 15 minutes, and I was out the door and on the way to my departure gate by 2pm.
Oct 2, 2016, 7:19 pm
#341
Join Date: Oct 2016
Posts: 1
BOS - No [60m] 10/01/2016 7:30pm
I was there for my appointment and my boyfriend had an appointment 2 weeks later. They wouldn't let him do his interview even though they called me in 15 minutes early for my 7:45pm appointment.
I was there for my appointment and my boyfriend had an appointment 2 weeks later. They wouldn't let him do his interview even though they called me in 15 minutes early for my 7:45pm appointment.
Last edited by Tralit; Oct 2, 2016 at 7:51 pm
Oct 2, 2016, 8:24 pm
#342
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: SFO
Programs: COdbaUA Platinum 2MM
Posts: 5,532
Welcome to FT. Thank you for sharing your experience at BOS. I have updated wiki for you.
Oct 3, 2016, 5:31 pm
#343
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: MSP & MCO
Programs: DL PM & NRSA, AA Gold, ANA Plat, Hilton Gold, Marriott Gold, National EC Exec, GE, CLEAR
Posts: 1,225
MIA - Yes [Varies Heavily ~15-45m] 10/01/2016 4:30PM
MIA accepts walk ins after others have been interviewed.
Got mine w/ in 15 minutes of arrival.
Got mine w/ in 15 minutes of arrival.
Oct 5, 2016, 1:39 pm
#344
Join Date: Oct 2016
Posts: 9
Fastest GE processing time ever?
Applied Thursday Sept 29 around 17:30 Pacific
Got conditional approval Tuesday Oct 4 19:09 (3 business days!)
Walk-in GE interview at SFO Wednesday Oct 5 10:40
GE Officially Approved Wednesday Oct 15 12:23.
SFO - Yes/[5h50m] (Oct-05-2016 04:52)
I think I did that right. I have no idea what yes/no means, I don't see it explained in the wiki or in the first few posts. I did not have an appointment, I walked in.
I thought SFO GE opened at 07:00 and I read on Yelp of people getting there by 6:30ish; I figured I was better off shooting for 5/5:30 and instead managed to arrive early, eg, before 5. I had been hoping I'd wait 2 hours and get right in by being first rather than delaying arrival by 30mins but being 3rd or 4th on the list.
There were 6 people waiting by about 07:15.
As you can deduce, it took over 2.5h for me to get in as #1; that said, #2 got taken in at the same time as me.
Also, short term parking cost $36 ($2 per 15m up to max $36) even though the sign said "full day $25".
Applied Thursday Sept 29 around 17:30 Pacific
Got conditional approval Tuesday Oct 4 19:09 (3 business days!)
Walk-in GE interview at SFO Wednesday Oct 5 10:40
GE Officially Approved Wednesday Oct 15 12:23.
SFO - Yes/[5h50m] (Oct-05-2016 04:52)
I think I did that right. I have no idea what yes/no means, I don't see it explained in the wiki or in the first few posts. I did not have an appointment, I walked in.
I thought SFO GE opened at 07:00 and I read on Yelp of people getting there by 6:30ish; I figured I was better off shooting for 5/5:30 and instead managed to arrive early, eg, before 5. I had been hoping I'd wait 2 hours and get right in by being first rather than delaying arrival by 30mins but being 3rd or 4th on the list.
There were 6 people waiting by about 07:15.
As you can deduce, it took over 2.5h for me to get in as #1; that said, #2 got taken in at the same time as me.
Also, short term parking cost $36 ($2 per 15m up to max $36) even though the sign said "full day $25".
Oct 5, 2016, 3:12 pm
#345
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: SFO
Programs: COdbaUA Platinum 2MM
Posts: 5,532
Fastest GE processing time ever?
Applied Thursday Sept 29 around 17:30 Pacific
Got conditional approval Tuesday Oct 4 19:09 (3 business days!)
Walk-in GE interview at SFO Wednesday Oct 5 10:40
GE Officially Approved Wednesday Oct 15 12:23.
SFO - Yes/[5h50m] (Oct-05-2016 04:52)
I think I did that right. I have no idea what yes/no means, I don't see it explained in the wiki or in the first few posts. I did not have an appointment, I walked in.
I thought SFO GE opened at 07:00 and I read on Yelp of people getting there by 6:30ish; I figured I was better off shooting for 5/5:30 and instead managed to arrive early, eg, before 5. I had been hoping I'd wait 2 hours and get right in by being first rather than delaying arrival by 30mins but being 3rd or 4th on the list.
There were 6 people waiting by about 07:15.
As you can deduce, it took over 2.5h for me to get in as #1; that said, #2 got taken in at the same time as me.
Also, short term parking cost $36 ($2 per 15m up to max $36) even though the sign said "full day $25".
Applied Thursday Sept 29 around 17:30 Pacific
Got conditional approval Tuesday Oct 4 19:09 (3 business days!)
Walk-in GE interview at SFO Wednesday Oct 5 10:40
GE Officially Approved Wednesday Oct 15 12:23.
SFO - Yes/[5h50m] (Oct-05-2016 04:52)
I think I did that right. I have no idea what yes/no means, I don't see it explained in the wiki or in the first few posts. I did not have an appointment, I walked in.
I thought SFO GE opened at 07:00 and I read on Yelp of people getting there by 6:30ish; I figured I was better off shooting for 5/5:30 and instead managed to arrive early, eg, before 5. I had been hoping I'd wait 2 hours and get right in by being first rather than delaying arrival by 30mins but being 3rd or 4th on the list.
There were 6 people waiting by about 07:15.
As you can deduce, it took over 2.5h for me to get in as #1; that said, #2 got taken in at the same time as me.
Also, short term parking cost $36 ($2 per 15m up to max $36) even though the sign said "full day $25".
Last edited by 1KChinito; Oct 5, 2016 at 3:17 pm