Originally Posted by
LoveEurope
Applied online for GE 6/10/19 (first time, and I do not have TSA precheck).
Conditional approval 6/15/19.
First available appointments (facility near LAX) are on 6/27/19 (several appts every 15 minutes) but I set mine for 7/2/19.
After reading online, including their website, I am kind of shocked it was so fast. My passport, DL, etc., all match. Maybe that's why?
They also sent me an email 6/15/19 pushing return airport arrival interviews, but I didn't want to do that.
Update on 6/18/19. I received this email:
Global Entry Applicant,
You are receiving this e-mail because your scheduled Global Entry Enrollment Center appointment has been cancelled.The ongoing humanitarian and security crisis on our southern border has required extraordinary action by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), including the deployment of additional U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) personnel to the southern border. In response to this effort, CBP is temporarily reducing staff at Global Entry Enrollment Centers and reassigning them to support frontline traveler processing during the summer months. Regrettably, this situation has forced the cancellation of your scheduled appointment.
(There are two options. I can try to schedule an appointment at the Long Beach facility, which I will try calling tomorrow. Or, I can choose to be interviewed after my next international flight at the airport, upon arrival. Also, because I went online and my appointment was still showing there, I called the near-LAX GE office and was told they were informed today the office was closing at the end of June.)