Originally Posted by
Minnesota_Nice
Wondering if any have had a similar experience, my husband was arrested for theft of a car stereo 27 yrs ago when he was 19 yrs old. Plead guilty and convicted of a misdemeanor. In 2012 it was expunged from his record. We both applied for Global entry on 01/20/20 I was conditionally approved on 01/23/20 and his is still pending review. He stated yes on his global entry application about criminal charges and gave an explanation.
My questions are these:
By answering yes is that making the conditional approval take longer?
Has anyone else had a misdemeanor years ago and been granted conditional approval?
I know reading through these forums that conditional approval seems somewhat random and can take many months. I’m just trying to see if he will be denied because of his past or will he still have a chance of being approved.
Yes, it could take a little longer. In my case, mine was never expunged (can't for that for federal crimes). I did describe the crime, explained by probation process and completed worked dates. I didn't have any government documentation whatsoever. I think it took about a month for conditional approval. I did the interview and it took about 3 weeks for the card to come in, but I was approved pretty quickly after the interview via email).
To give perspective, I was convicted 25 years ago. I had a single conviction, I plead guilty.
Granted, my GE application was 7 years ago, or so. And when I renewed, I was asked again about this. But the interview process both times was extremely easy. More of a formality than anything to be concerned about. Just be open and honest.