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Old Jun 1, 2016, 11:12 pm
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Originally Posted by Smiley90
Does anyone have any idea when I'll be able to apply? I'm Swiss and we formally agreed to join GE in December

https://www.admin.ch/gov/en/start/do...-id-60013.html

but the website still won't tell me I'm eligible. What's been the precedent for new countries to join?
Interesting. I haven't been able to find any other information yet, and this seems to just be a declaration of intent - I presume they're still working on the technical details?

It took a few months from rumours of UK GE membership to it actually happening, I can't imagine it taking that much longer for CH (especially given they're way more organised about things), but given the lack of news it might be worth getting in touch with SEM or CBP?

Also interesting that this seems to be unilateral, not that there's much point in a Swiss trusted traveller program given how efficient the border processing there is.
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