Hi all. I'm Global Entry, so have never used Mobile Passport.
But I have an upcoming trip to France with two pre-teens (both have US passports), who don't have GE, so I'm looking at this app. I've modeled it for myself without the final submission and found, yes, as soon as I closed the app, my information and photo were deleted.
Though this thread, I think the idea is (on the free version), that you you need to fill the data in and take the photo just prior to arrival.
So a couple of questions.
First, if you finally submit the data, I'm understanding that you receive a bar code or qr code which is presented at the passport control kiosk. How long is the code valid? In other words, can I do this before the flight (say in the lounge at CDG)? Also, is the code resident in the app and just appears when I open it?
In the app FAQs, it says I can put all three of us on my phone? Any one know how this actually works? Do I just serially repeat the data entry/photo submission for each kid? Will the three codes then reside in the app on my phone?
How are the three codes managed at the kiosk?
Both kids have their own phones (I'm Android, they're iOS). Would it just be easier to load the app and each have their own code?
(We will be arriving at SFO on a weekday evening. I've flown this flight before and generally passport control isn't terrible, so there's always the possibility of just going through.)
Thanks in advance for any guidance.
Edit - I just found the 16 page Mobile Passport thread and will work my way through to see if this information is there. I'm a bit concerned that much of the thread is quite old and may be outdated. Also, of course, on boards such as this confirmation of information is key, so I'll check back here of course.
Thanks again.