Hey did you reach out to anyone after the verification or just waited for ~6 months ?

Congratulations !!!. Very surprising, I had my Police Verification done in Sept 29 2017 and till now i dont see Conditional Approval email. Not sure how or on what basis they are providing approvals. Next month July 5th will be first year anniversary of my application completion in TTP website without approval. :-D :-D

I had submitted a Service Request on Passport Seva's Web site back in March, and was informed that although my police report was received, "other reports" were not available yet. After that, I just waited as there was nothing else that could be done.

Not sure if this really mattered, but I have been filing my tax returns in India for the past few years. Not that I owed anything, but I wanted to have some form of record with the IT department there. Given the Ministry of Finance is one of the agencies that provides approval, I have been wondering if my filing returns in India helped in any way.

I hope you get your conditional approval soon!

Hoping someone can help me out. Great to see a lot of people are getting approvals and slowly moving towards being a part of the program!

I applied last August and I am currently on a F1 visa (student visa), but also have a B1/B2 and soon may have an L2 visa (which means my F1 will be canceled I believe as I won't need it). I am assuming that somewhere along the line, it was decided that as a student visa holder I would not need Global Entry (they sort of alluded to this when I was at the PSK almost a year ago).

What I am wondering is, is there a chance that I have not heard anything because the Indian government decided I do not need GE as a F1 visa holder? I am also wondering if it is possible to cancel my application and reapply under L2 visa if I end up getting it? Alternatively, any F1 visa holders on this forum who have seen success?

I think there is nothing to do with your visa. Any valid visa holders are eligible and can apply for GEP. Correct me if i am wrong.

I know F1 is eligible and can apply, but I am wondering if the Indian government has some sort of like, why would a student need Global Entry type mentality? It has been almost a year, but from what I remember at the PSK one of the people checking my documents sort of made a remark towards that. Additionally the bulk of approvals here seem to be those on H1B visas so was just wondering.

Okay. I know one of my friend's brother applied for GEP program and he is on F1. He said PSK people just verified the documents and didn't asked or said any to him. I can recheck with him again. Thanks.

Finally Finally Got my Conditional Approval Yesterday June 21th, I have also scheduled an interview at nearest airport for next week too.
Its been a while for this almost an year since applied online.
Timelines:
- Created profile and applied online July 2017,
- Passport office visit in September 2017 last week
- Police verification done September 2017 last week,
Waited for like 8-9 months to get conditional approval
- Conditional Approval June 2018
- Interview scheduled June 2018

The timelines may be varying for other people. could be much shorter delay or longer.

What kind of US visa do you have, and what country do you live in? I think if everyone added this info to their timeliness it would be helpful for everyone.

I am on H1b, Living in Dallas.

Also when i had my interview with Enrollment Center officer at airport, I did ask about the card issue, the officer mentioned that i would be getting the card in next 5 business days. Another thing to note that, the Global Entry is valid till your Visa is valid. For folks with i-140 approved and every year H1B petition to be approved, its a hassle to goto enrollment centers every year and get the status updated. You would not need any appointment for that, This is confirmed from the CBP officer herself when asked. If your H1b Visa is valid for 3 full years term , then you would not need to worry about getting updated every year, this is similar to applying for driving license in which ever state you live in USA.

I thought global entry cards are given only to citizens of USA. Did you receive your card yet?

The interviewer always talks about the card, but they don't know that only US citizens and LPR get the card.

Mexican nationals are also issued the Global Entry card.

From the US Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection website:

I have not yet received any card yet. From the website as quoted in above comment, it looks like card is provided for US Citizens, LPR and Mexican Nationals, But I have a similar card too from SENTRI program so basically GLOBAL entry card would be same with name change at top which says GLOBAL ENTRY and blah blah blah.
I honestly dont care about card, if I get it fine, if I dont still fine. Passport works at Global Entry Kiosk, that is what i am only concerned with.

So I got conditional approval a few weeks ago. I went for interview at Chicago downtown CBP office. After verifying my documents, the officer noticed that my current H1B visa expires on June 21. So he said he will approve my application once I email him my H1B extension I797 to him within 30 days. I received my I797 yesterday and emailed him the soft copy the same day. Today morning, I got a notification that my global entry application is approved. So, if you have a soon expiring H1B visa, you might be asked to show proof of I797 and eventually be approved.

Good luck everyone!

I got final approval. But I recently moved to a new address a week ago. There is an option to update the "Mailing Address" online itself. But the FAQ section of TTP CBP website says that you can walk in to any CBP location if there is a change in the "Residential/Permanent address". In my case, both the Mailing Address and Residential address is the same.

So, is it okay if I just update online or should I walk in to a CBP location as well?

Thanks.

You can walk in, that is not a problem. Appointment is not needed.

Looks like the Home Ministry in Delhi is finally clearing GEP applications. I just received conditional approval. Finance Ministry clearance had come some months ago, and the hold up was the Home Ministry. We should see everyone's applications beginning to move if they've started clearing files.

I'm planning to go to use "Enrolment on Arrival" when I next visit the US to get my final clearance. Has anyone on here used that procedure ? Any suggestions ?

so finally after 1 year & 2 days since my application, i got an email today that my application status has changed....logged on to see that i have been conditionally approved....luckily i am in nyc right now so i've scheduled an appointment at jfk for tomorrow....hopefully all will go well....

Same here after exactly 1 year I have also received the same mail to schedule an appointment. To recap, I am a B1 B2 India based traveller. I will need to schedule at the earliest now & go thru the process.


I guess either the Indian Govt relented or the US govt adopted a "have not heard anything adverse in 1 year automatic renewal".....

i'm tempted to say its the latter....:p

Hi All,
I am on L1A visa and yesterday 7/1 I got conditional approval.

Took about 9 months between applying at Indian Passport office and Conditional approval.

I agree. The status on Indian Passport Portal is still the same. Definitely something with CBP, where they decided to clear these.

had my interview today at jfk....it was scheduled for 4:30pm & i arrived 15 minutes earlier....there was a sign-in page at the door where i had to fill in my name & interview time....after that i took a seat in the waiting room....

around 4:50pm an officer called out my name & asked for my passport....she took the passport & told me to take a seat in the waiting room again....5 minutes later she called me again & took me over to her desk....

she asked me to verify my name & date of birth....then she took my picture & fingerprints....next she asked if i had ever been arrested or convicted in any criminal activity & whether i had ever applied for global entry before....lastly she asked me to verify my email & postal address....then she told me i was approved & handed me back my passport & a piece of paper with my trusted traveler number....the whole interview process took 2 minutes....i even got the approval email within an hour of leaving the enrollment center....

its unbelievable how the indian government managed to screw this up....it should never have taken a year to get conditional approval but i'm glad its done now....

Great news that approvals have started trickling in! I had a 2 hr wait at JFK for immigration this week and was so mad at Indian govt for delaying this. Anyone from Dec-Jan police verification got approvals yet?

I have got my conditional approoval today
 

I Have got my conditional approval today luckly i am flying back tomorrow and got my appointment at ewr for tomorrow evening will update after my interview done.. its took exactly a year to get this clear mean time my passport page finished and got new passport hope that will not make any issue..

I received conditional approval yesterday - Now have to find an appointment that's not 2-3 months in the future!

I submitted my global entry application, online, in July 2017. Did my passport verification and PCC in India in December 2017.

Approoved
 

Had an appointment at 6.15pm at ewr and I am out at 6.20pm with got instant email in my mail box of approoval... :) :) its so easy...

Is it just a number one gets issued or also a card to use at arrival?

To foreign citizen only no. Card is for us citizen only.

Actually, US citizens and lawful permanent residents, and Mexican citizens.

However, the GE kiosks do not accept or read the cards; everyone, including those who have been issued the cards, must scan their passports or, if applicable, Green Cards or visas.

Hii,
As indian passport holder with b1/b2 visa when i enter next time to usa i hv to scan my passport or my visa? Because that officer has told me some thing about visa but i didnt understand it...

Just got my conditional approval earlier this week as well. Had finished police verification in Sept 2017. Finally done after almost 10 months of waiting. I had a nightmarish 3 hour waiting in the middle of the night at JFK immigration literally the day before my conditional approval. Hopefully no more of that.

So I applied in Nov to the US, completed India steps in December 2017. From other's notes, I assume my clearance will come in the next couple of months.
I am on an F-1 Visa however - I was wondering if anyone else has got approval with an F-1 visa.

Applied in Jan 2018 - still waiting
 

I applied in Jan 2018 - gave interview at local PSK. Police verification got done within a week. Waiting ever since. No change in status. Wrote to CBP. Same reply as posted by others here - waiting for clearance from the Indian gov. In between, got my B1/B2 renewed and even visited US last month. I hope it gets done before my next visit due in Sep.

I applied in July 2017 and got it approved after 1 year and 2 days. It'll take some time.

there are a bunch of people here who applied in november or december & they recently got approval....i have no clue how the government is going about the approvals....

Our typical Indian government. Nothing is in order.

I think it tooks a year b4 because government has not setup the system now it must be set so within few weeks it will get clear.