Originally Posted by
nbevan
Consistent with the Joint Statement, U.S. citizens who participate in Global Entry or U.S. citizens who can utilize Global Entry kiosks as NEXUS or SENTRI participants will have the option to apply for participation in the United Kingdom's trusted traveler program, once such a program is established. Once the program is established, CBP plans to announce it on CBP's Web site at
http://www.globalentry.gov.
Yeah, swell. "You let us in now, we'll let you in someday, as soon as we get around to it." My IRIS worked fine for years, then suddenly stopped working, and of course
there was no one to ask why, the offices being permanently de-staffed. All phone calls led to the answer, "The program is being discontinued." And incoming Fast Track has become a joke in most of LHR.
IMHO, the US should have gently insisted on SOME kind of
actual reciprocity.