Originally Posted by nmstough

I applied for Global Entry. Had my interview at the Boston airport last week when departing the US. The officer went into all sorts of background questions, starting off with "Have you ever been arrested?". I have a long arrest history so I started talking about some of these experiences. Then he was quizzing me about what I was charged with. I had only a vague memory of these because some of them were more than 10 years ago. All charges were eventually dismissed in court. Then he started going into my experiences with difficulties getting into Canada (I was deported once). Eventually after a lot of grilling, he says he will have to do more FBI checks and let me know and he lets me go saying I haven't told him everything he asked for and this may be a problem.

A week later I get a denial notice. The only explanation is that I was "less than forthcoming". My understanding is that I should be able to get approved if I haven't been convicted of anything. And I haven't. Maybe I have a long arrest record, but that's not the same. I cant see his file and I cant recall everything that he can see on his screen. This is grossly unfair.

It tells me I can make an appointment to speak to a supervisor but I don't live in the US so this isn't easy. I was counting on having the card to get entry on my next trip. I had to wait in line an hour the last time and this is awful!