Originally Posted by
IslesFan
I understand that... but the wording of the letter seems(to me) that you can't use your passport at the kiosk until after you receive and activate your global entry card(which you can't use at the kiosk anyway).
We got a GE interview, and subsequent approval (15 minutes by email) for my kids on the day of our outbound SFO-LHR flight, and used the kiosk on our return flight. The card showed up 2 weeks later.
Don't worry, card activation doesn't not trigger GE. The approval email does.