Singapore Enrolment Center?!
 

Hi,

Has any Indian legal residents in Singapore completed enrolment for global entry from the USA Embassy in Singapore?

Cheers,
Prakash

You can enrol online from anywhere, the interview is only possible in the US, London or Doha.

also singapore....i know someone who scheduled his interview there for january next year....

Only Wednesdays in Q1/2019... it is not a regular affair.

Neither is London.

Got conditional approval today from US CBP. Timeline:

- Paid $100 fees in mid-August 2017
- Went to Passport Seva Kendra in mid-December 2017. Police paid a visit to my home within a week.
- Police verification complete by mid-Jan 2018.
- Conditionally approved Aug 2018.

Now I need to get a valid visa stamp first, before I can get full approval. Only then can I use TSA Pre-Check and Global Entry.

Got conditional approval today.
- PSK Interview: Dec 16, 2017
- Police Verification: Dec 18, 2017
- Conditional Approval: Aug 1, 2018

Quick question - Has anyone living in India got approval yet? or only those living outside currently?
My father wants to apply, but he lives in India - Just trying to figure out if its worth it or not ? He visits the US 2-3 times a year minimum if not more.

lots of indian residents (myself included) have gotten approval....the approvals started coming in about a month ago....

applied on Aug 10th 2017 and police verification done on Aug 12th. No change of status till...

Where can i check status???(PSK website standard message nothing other than that) ..My Police verification done in Jan 1 st week 2018..How do i foolow up to expedite the process...How did you know it was approved??

You'll get an email from CBP for conditional approval.

Thanks for the reply..Other than that can we expedite the petition..

unfortunately there is nothing one can do to expedite things....the indian government will take its own sweet time....

Successfully enrolled from Singapore today; except for a few hardware issues (which kind of reminded me of the AADHAAR enrolment process!), it was a very smooth and a cordial affair!

Took my scheduled appointment at Philly airport as I was flying into the US for a meeting. On landing at JFK airport they had a sign that all who were approved could without appointment before immigration have their fingerprinting & interview done. I branched off to the designated lane (A). Due to a heavy incoming rush they were very busy & advised me that the wait time would be in excess of an hour & to proceed with my scheduled interview the next day at PHL. I agreed & they most graciously walked me thru the diplomatic channel so I would not have to stand in line.

Went to PHL airport international arrivals for the interview at the scheduled time. Wait time 1 minute, interview fingerprinting & photographs about 5 mins & then showed me how to use the card & the do's & donts as well as if I forget the card or the passport changes etc. Thanked me & vice versa & was on my way. Within 30 mins received email with the Global entry number which is also a TSA pre number. The card will be delivered in 2 weeks to a US address only.

So this is how it works.

When booking your ticket & or checking in give your Global entry number to upload. This gives you TSA pre access & you will never be stripped searched or taken aside plus you get to use the faster lines. On arrival go to the Global entry kiosk. Scan your passport & follow instructions on screen. Get receipt & walk out. Apparently card not required. At land border to Mexico & Canada it is card swipe.

Next visit next month so will be able to use the kiosk for the first time & hopefully get my card. good to go!!!!

You will not get a card.... the KTN (aka PASSID) and your pasport is enough. Sadly having a GE PASSID doesn't spare you of the dreaded SSSS... so keep changing your underwear ;)

Hmm she specifically told me I get a card if I have a US address....well time will tell.

Yes the Dreaded SSSS, since I have stuck to one airline & am a Platinum them for years have not been felt up so had almost forgotten about wearing the Undies. Last time I got that SSSS was when I most definitely pissed the check in person off.

She's wrong. Only US citizens and Green Card holders and Mexican citizens get the GE card.

From the U.S. Customs and Border Protection website:

I got conditional approval this week.
- PSK interview: Jan 10, 2018
- Police Verification: Jan 12, 2018
- Conditional Approval: Aug 28, 2018

My wife just got conditional approval.
- PSK interview: December 27, 2017
- Police Verification: December 28, 2017
- Conditional Approval: August 31, 2018

My PSK interview was on Jan 18, 2018. No update yet.

If the Indian citizen is a US LPR with a US address, then they may get a GE card. There are Indian citizens who reside most of the year in India and are yet US LPRs with a US address.

That's because they are an LPR aka Green Card holder, who have long been able to get Global Entry regardless of any CBP agreement with their native country. Indian green card holders do not need to get a police verification done in India, they just go through the same process a US citizen would go through.

Whether a LPR should be living 'most' of their time outside the USA is another matter. For one, your primary residence for Global Entry, legal, and immigration purposes is more or less dependent on where you spend 183 days out of the year Two, not fulfilling your 183 day requirements over multiple years can be grounds for cancelation of the Green Card. And they keep exit / entry records now based on passenger manifests and land exits to Canada so you can't really fib on your dates of travel (ie dates outside the USA), like people may have been able to do in the past.

GEP conditional approval
 

Finally, after 1 year 1 month, my GEP application got conditionally approved yesterday. Luckily, I got an appointment for an interview at the airport today. I just used twitter for query and not sure if it helped me!

@CPVIndia [MENTION=88202]MEA[/MENTION]Query @rpohyderabad

Used these handle's

It's better if you provide your file#

which file no you mean???

Has anyone received a conditional approval recently? I raised a grievance through the Centralized Public Grievance Redress And Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) and got a response that the file is pending with the Ministry of Finance. No idea how to proceed as the Ministry of Finance is not listed on the CPGRAMS system.

I applied in December 2017 and finished police verification in January 2018.

I've been waiting since Dec 2017 as well. Finance minstry is broken down into revenue/economic affairs/expenditure/financial services. I'm not sure which one is so concerned about GEP. Maybe raise it with all one by one.
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I applied and did PSK stuff in early June when I was in India (BLR if that matters). Today, I got approval email.

Raised grievances with all the departments. Also filed an RTI with MEA. Hope I won't have my passport confiscated in pursuit of Global Entry. :)

I raised grievance with MEA and MinFIn. Interestingly the grievance raised with Finance Ministry was answered by MEA as follows

Information regarding status of verification carried out by Indian authorities and communicated to US CBP authorities will NOT be disclosed to the applicants or the general public as this information is being collected on behalf of the US Government, under a bilateral agreement. You may visit following link : https://portal2.passportindia.gov.in...e/gepOnlineApp

What an utter mess this continues to be. It should not take 12 months to unnecessarily process clearance through 13 different agencies for this US based program. We do police clearance for our passport application, and that takes only a day or so, so why does it take so long for this program that doesn't even effect India? There are people who have been born, received their Indian passport, applied for and been approved for USA immigrant visas , and moved to the US in the span of that 12 months. Utterly ridiculous that this takes so long for a program such as this.

It's been exactly a year since my application and police clearance. I was hoping for a Keyser-like anniversary surprise but alas.....

keep the faith....its just unfortunate how badly the indian government has messed this up....

Global entry on H1-B