Originally Posted by
bankops
Normal process for US Citizens: Sign up for GOES (checking that you want FLUX, i.e. Privium also), perform GOES interview, recieve GOES sticker in passport, perform Privium interview and iris scan.
WHEN a CBP officer is "in residence" in AMS, this may all be completed there, if you ask for the FLUX interview. They will NOT let you have the Privium interview and scan until you have the CBP sticker from GOES in your passport. So for US passport holders, this means that you have to have a trip to the US before completing the process in AMS.
Just a warning. Membership in the GOES program means that if CBP ever catches you out on something, they will throw the book at you. They were very explicit with this. They call it a "trusted program" and if you cheat, they will nail you to the wall.
Just to be clear (at the risk of sounding like a broken record, but I think it's essential that we be clear for those who read this thread seeking accurate info):
- there is no such thing as a "GOES program"
(at least not from the traveler perspective)
- there is no such thing as a "GOES interview"
(at least not from the traveler perspective)
- there is no such thing as a "GOES sticker"
GOES is not a trusted traveler program. GOES is nothing more than a web application/portal used for applying for various trusted traveler programs, including GlobalEntry, the topic of this thread.
- there IS a GlobalEntry program
- there IS a GlobalEntry interview
- there IS a "CBP" sticker issued to GlobalEntry members
Please, everyone, let's get our terminology clear!