I stalked this forum when I was trying to figure out how to get my son Global Entry with extenuating circumstances - under 18 so I had to be at the interview, our home was in MS with no CBP office in the state at that time, attending boarding school in Michigan a thousand miles away, he was spending spring break (the only opportunity we had to get the interview in time for his trip to Europe) in LA and no interviews available for months at Long Beach or LAX - and it helped so much and we were able work it out.

I finally renewed my passport and applied for Global Entry myself and the universe must be making up for what all we had to go through for my son.

Applied: 8/31
Conditional Approval: 9/4
Interviewed/Approved: 9/6 (and that was only because the office is closed on Tues.)

If you are having problems getting an interview come to Gulfport, Mississippi - seems nobody knows it is there

And I want a trophy for being start to finish under a week!!!!