Originally Posted by
gnolly
If you first get a NEXUS card ($50) you will get Global Entry for FREE afterward. It's a bit cumbersome to get the NEXUS card if you're not near a US-Canadian gateway (such as Seattle, Detroit, etc) because that's where the interviews are conducted, but the process itself is pretty painless. Except for the wide-angle camera they use to take your picture - it will show you what you will look like after you've aged 20 years!
No kidding about that camera. I thought they had photographed the wrong guy, as in some senior citizen that snuck into camera range ...it did not help that they photograph you from a high angle