Originally Posted by
San Gottardo
Time to push the French government to join the Global Entry program, you'll be through immigration in 30 seconds without even showing your passport every time...
It really is a fantastic program. I've never had an inspection of my property, more than a two questions ("Do you have anything to declare?" or, "Would you like to enroll your official passport into Global Entry?") Even when I do declare, they have always just waved me through. I have spent longer in the Diplomat/Crew/Military channel answering questions when I brought my brother who lacks GE into the country than I have ever spent in GE. I do wish GE members could still join Privium like precovid but the Dutch RMP usually allow me the courtesy of the diplomatic lane when there is a queue anyways.
Originally Posted by
Goldorak
For info of the Ulti community flying to HKG : you likely know that there is a possibility to enroll in the e-channel programme to be able to use them like HK residents. This is attached to your passport. You can enroll when you arrive in HKG, just after having passed immigration and before going into the bagage claim area. You can enroll if you have an history of frequently going to HK (>3 or 4) or if you have a status in a FFP or airline serving HKG. I have enrolled in this program for quite some time now on my previous 2 or 3 passports. I just had a new passport and stopped at the enrollment office to register my new passport in the system, showing my FB Ultimate card. You probably guess where I'm going to... The agent has a file with an image of all FFP status cards eligible and, for AFKL, they don't have the Ulti card so they declined my request. AFKL HK didn't update the HK immigration services when Ulti became a separate tier
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I experienced this earlier this year but they were more than happy to take my BA, DL, or ITA status instead so I didn't think much of it. Now I've got a APEC travel card so I guess it didnt even matter
