Originally Posted by
whirledtraveler
All of this talk is making me a bit nervous. My fear about Global Entry is that it will all be a big "bait and switch": have people pay and biometrically register with the promise that you can usually walk through without any questions and then find all sorts of reasons to stop and question you, presenting as much hassle as the current system.
I'm a green card holder and they already have my finger prints.
I nearly missed my connection in ORD in May because green card holders can no longer use the citizen lines.
For $100 over 6 years, if it gets me to the front of line to answer questions I'm happy to do it. That is not "as much hassle" as what I'm currently faced with.
Originally Posted by
whirledtraveler
So where does this "sticker" thing actually go on your passport? A visa page? How big is it? Does it look goofy?
Don't know about passports; in my case it would go on the back of my green card (I would imagine it goes on the back of ones U.S. passport). It is about 1/4" by 1/2" and simply says: "CBP". As for "goofy" the problem is that GlobalEntry is a "cardless" system, and CBP wants a way to identify likely GlobalEntry holders when the kiosk and other IT systems are down, so that the people who paid $100 get something for their money. A card would have been simpler.