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Global Entry enrollment centers locations from the Official website of the Department of Homeland Security:
Global Entry Enrollment Centers Locations/Information
Mar 29, 2015, 8:30 pm
#47
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: SFO/CDG
Posts: 320
No problem. Here is a more detailed map of the arrivals level with the office indicated by the red arrow:
Full ORD Terminal 5 Map [PDF]
International Parking - Lot D
Full ORD Terminal 5 Map [PDF]
International Parking - Lot D
Mar 30, 2015, 5:04 am
#48
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Chicago
Posts: 245
That's spot on. Just park International Short Term, and walk right in. Just make sure you have an appointment. It gets booked pretty far out.
My wife went there to register her new passport (name change, no appt needed), and just doing that took about 30 minutes.
My wife went there to register her new passport (name change, no appt needed), and just doing that took about 30 minutes.
Apr 10, 2015, 8:44 am
#50
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 825
Global Entry Enrollment Centers Locations
I live in a city (OMA) where the TSA does not offer interviews for the Global Entry program, so I'm going to have to do my interview somewhere else. I find myself looking at two very different options, and would appreciate help in choosing between them.
Here they are:
I have a four-hour layover in MIA on April 16. I could try to do the interview there. My flight to MIA from DFW is scheduled to arrive at 2:33 PM, and my outbound flight leaves at 6;20 PM. The catch is that my outbound flight is an international departure to GYE, and since it's with American it probably won't be departing from the international terminal. So I'll have to walk to the J concourse, do the interview, then go back through security again and head back to the domestic terminal to catch my international flight. I've tentatively scheduled an interview at 3:15 PM. To those of you who know MIA well, does this seem feasible?
Alternatively, I could schedule an interview at ORD for the morning of June 6, fly up from OMA on the 6 AM flight specifically for the interview, then spend the rest of the weekend with my parents and return on Sunday evening. No worries about rushing to catch a flight after the interview in that scenario, but of course it costs me more money this way.
Which would you choose, and why?
(The option I really wanted, to do an early AM interview at DFW on the morning of my departure for MIA, is out, as every interview slot at DFW that day is booked. Damn!)
Here they are:
I have a four-hour layover in MIA on April 16. I could try to do the interview there. My flight to MIA from DFW is scheduled to arrive at 2:33 PM, and my outbound flight leaves at 6;20 PM. The catch is that my outbound flight is an international departure to GYE, and since it's with American it probably won't be departing from the international terminal. So I'll have to walk to the J concourse, do the interview, then go back through security again and head back to the domestic terminal to catch my international flight. I've tentatively scheduled an interview at 3:15 PM. To those of you who know MIA well, does this seem feasible?
Alternatively, I could schedule an interview at ORD for the morning of June 6, fly up from OMA on the 6 AM flight specifically for the interview, then spend the rest of the weekend with my parents and return on Sunday evening. No worries about rushing to catch a flight after the interview in that scenario, but of course it costs me more money this way.
Which would you choose, and why?
(The option I really wanted, to do an early AM interview at DFW on the morning of my departure for MIA, is out, as every interview slot at DFW that day is booked. Damn!)
Apr 10, 2015, 8:58 am
#51
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: ONT/FRA
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 878
It's doable. GE interviews tend to be short. It's definitely the more time-constrained/stressful choice. If I were in your shoes, I'd probably consider the ORD/visit family option purely because it's less stressful.
Apr 10, 2015, 9:32 am
#55
Join Date: Feb 2015
Posts: 539
You can occasionally do a walk-in appt so maybe you could try the morning at DFW. Just get there early as they make walk-ins wait a bit if they see you at all. Also keep checking the appts online as things sometimes open up with last minute cancellations. I got my interview at LAX a day after I was approved that way.
Apr 10, 2015, 9:39 am
#56
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: San Francisco, CA
Programs: UA Plat/2MM [23-yr. 1K, now emeritus] clawing way back to WN-A List; MR LT Titanium; HY Whateverist.
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As this focuses on a trusted traveler interview program, please follow the thread as it moves to the dedicated forum for this topic. Ocn Vw 1K, Moderator, TravelBuzz.
Apr 10, 2015, 9:40 am
#57
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Northern Nevada
Programs: DL,EK
Posts: 1,652
Our interview was probably longer than most at 15-20 minutes. I think this is because we had recent travel to Iran, Somaliland and Sudan. I think the agent called these COIs (Countries of Interest) or something like that. It was not really a big deal and we chatted about how it was being an American tourist in Iran.
Apr 10, 2015, 9:43 am
#58
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: DCA
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Posts: 50,262
TSA has nothing to do with GE. It's CBP.
Keep checking for DTW appointments before your 4/16 departure. Openings occur as people cancel/change. If no appointments, you can try a walk-in. CBP tends to acommodate these.
As others note, so long as you are absolutely 100% honest, the interview should take 5-10 mins. max.
Keep checking for DTW appointments before your 4/16 departure. Openings occur as people cancel/change. If no appointments, you can try a walk-in. CBP tends to acommodate these.
As others note, so long as you are absolutely 100% honest, the interview should take 5-10 mins. max.
Apr 10, 2015, 11:06 am
#59
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 825
Thanks. I've moved my appointment to 9 AM at ORD on June 6, but I'll keep checking to see if anything opens up at DFW for the morning of April 16 - and if nothing does, I'll try for a walk-in interview that morning as well. (I didn't know that a walk-in interview was even an option. Thanks!) I can book the ORD tickets in May after I get back from my upcoming trip easily enough. And either option seems less stressful than my original MIA interview, so it's a no-lose deal.