Originally Posted by
Boraxo
My 3-year old made her own decision to follow daddy.
I admit that I chuckled at this one. Do you honestly believe that this argument would hold up in an official inquiry?
I do not think it would be difficult for CBP to publish T&Cs or indeed an agreement, and more specifically to simply clarify that "GE members traveling with minors cannot use GE kiosks"
The policy does not prohibit minors. It says that every person using a GE channel must be a GE member in good standing. That's what "member specific benefits" means.
or "Each person passing through the GE lane must have his own receipt when exiting."
Yes, I agree that it would be much more clear to state it this way.
At this point it is all largely academic and really makes little difference to me - I can simply purchase GE for everyone in my family before my next trip and CBP can waste time interviewing my children. @:-)
You certainly are welcome to do so. I suspect it would be a pretty easy interview for the CBP officers, so it would not take too much time.
In fact, if you plan to travel overseas with your children frequently, I recommend that you sign them up for GE. As a bonus, if approved, they would be eligible for PreCheck (if over 12; under 12
qualifies automatically), so it could help to streamline your TSA experience as well.
One question you might ask the officers conducting the interview is how your 3-year-old is supposed to answer the kiosk questions when he/she is not able to read. (There must be some mechanism, given that I doubt GE membership could be denied on the grounds of illiteracy. And plenty of illiterate and blind people enter the USA every day through normal processing with the blue paper form.)