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Keyser Dec 26, 2017 1:10 am


Originally Posted by anirudh666 (Post 29215264)


Was it equally smooth for someone whose Indian passport was issued outside of India, with their US address?

no clue....everyone i know in delhi who have applied for global entry reside in delhi....

anirudh666 Dec 26, 2017 2:11 am


Originally Posted by ferric (Post 29213335)
Has anyone done this in Delhi? My PSK appointment is tomorrow morning just wondering how the PCC verification works?

Is your passport issued in India, or outside? Just curious. It might be smoother if it’s issued in India

ferric Dec 26, 2017 2:45 am

Delhi
 

Originally Posted by Keyser (Post 29213372)
my experience in delhi is detailed earlier in this thread....there are many others i know who went through the process after me & it was pretty smooth....

thanks Keyser, I went a few pages back but missed page 1 ;-)

my experience in delhi at the RPO was much smoother than yours, 9am appointment counter A/B/C and out by 10am.

My passport was issued in New York so I took my aadhar card for verification and that worked.

The PCC is another story, I went to my local police station and they sent me to the sub divisional station where I went to some room marked special branch or something. They told me to wait 3 days and come back with as many docs as I have Voter ID, PAN card, Aadhar card and Utility bill. I’ll update this when I hear back.

heres keysers experience from earlier: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/show...1&postcount=21

ferric Dec 26, 2017 2:46 am


Originally Posted by anirudh666 (Post 29215396)


Is your passport issued in India, or outside? Just curious. It might be smoother if it’s issued in India

outside India but as long as you have aadhar you’re golden

anirudh666 Dec 26, 2017 3:13 am


Originally Posted by ferric (Post 29215447)

outside India but as long as you have aadhar you’re golden

Bangalore police were insisting that Aadhar should be issued at least 1 year ago, so it wasn’t so golden for me. I was thinking of filing a grievance with Bangalore police for being so clueless, but I’m holding off till they finish their part of the background check.

ferric Dec 26, 2017 3:22 am


Originally Posted by anirudh666 (Post 29215496)

Bangalore police were insisting that Aadhar should be issued at least 1 year ago, so it wasn’t so golden for me. I was thinking of filing a grievance with Bangalore police for being so clueless, but I’m holding off till they finish their part of the background check.

gotcha mine was issued over a year ago

anirudh666 Dec 27, 2017 12:13 am


Originally Posted by ferric (Post 29215511)


gotcha mine was issued over a year ago

Mine was issued in 2014, but I did a name change this year, and the date of issue on Aadhar card always changes based on when you downloaded it. It felt like the police were making up rules as they went along.
I did end up filing a grievance with the passport office about how clueless the police were about GEP verification. I requested them to advise Bangalore police properly on GEP verification.

ferric Dec 28, 2017 4:13 am

Just a quick update, looks like I’m screwed because Delhi Police apparently needs 3 business days to have the forms delivered by postal mail before they can initiate verification and I’m leaving at 7a on the morning of the 4th business day. They were extremely rude and unhelpful but that’s to be expected

leaving this is here in case anyone else needs to plan travel from Delhi

anirudh666 Dec 28, 2017 5:13 am


Originally Posted by ferric (Post 29222207)
Just a quick update, looks like I’m screwed because Delhi Police apparently needs 3 business days to have the forms delivered by postal mail before they can initiate verification and I’m leaving at 7a on the morning of the 4th business day. They were extremely rude and unhelpful but that’s to be expected

leaving this is here in case anyone else needs to plan travel from Delhi

I didn’t follow. What forms are you referring to? And who needs to receive those forms?

Acid Dec 28, 2017 5:15 am


Originally Posted by ferric (Post 29222207)
Just a quick update, looks like I’m screwed because Delhi Police apparently needs 3 business days to have the forms delivered by postal mail before they can initiate verification and I’m leaving at 7a on the morning of the 4th business day. They were extremely rude and unhelpful but that’s to be expected

leaving this is here in case anyone else needs to plan travel from Delhi

My experience was the opposite. I had gone to my local police station before PSK appointment and they asked me to come back right after I'm done with PSK with the file number. They can download the forms using the file number. They came home within an hour per my request and completed the paperwork, The checks were exhaustive - they did call one of the references I had mentioned on form and took copies of a lot of documents. His rationale was to make the file so strong that CID does not send it back to him for more info. He then scanned and completed the paperwork and asked me to go to CID office in town(Mumbai) to get PCC right away. While they don't know what GEP is, they were super supportive and friendly. The forms were filled by him in Marathi

anirudh666 Dec 29, 2017 8:35 pm


Originally Posted by xobile (Post 29208273)
Are you based in the USA, such as on a work visa? That's different as you have a local address. I wonder if non US residents will be, in any way, to get a card, even if it's just for those who can provide a US mailing address. I've written to cbp in this regard, I'll probably get a cookie cutter response but hope to get it on their radar that the card has its uses - - you can use the global entry / nexus vehicle lanes while entering Canada, and entering the trusted traveler security lanes at Canadian airports requires one of a few types of cards, such as nexus or global entry. Hope everyone else sends similar messages so they get the idea that sending the card to non US residents would be beneficial.

Global Entry card can be used as a valid ID for domestic flights within US, in case you don’t have your passport or US driver license with you.

https://www.tsa.gov/sites/default/fi..._factsheet.pdf

airplane7 Dec 31, 2017 8:01 am

My applications status changed back to the old one today. Not sure what's going on here...

"GEP Verification Process has been initiated on your application. Once inputs from all the concerned Government Authorities are received, the Report will be shared with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). No queries would be entertained in relation to your GEP application status at the Passport Offices and PSP Call Centre. You may contact CBP for further updates on the processing of your GEP application."

Keyser Dec 31, 2017 9:27 am


Originally Posted by airplane7 (Post 29233114)
My applications status changed back to the old one today. Not sure what's going on here...

"GEP Verification Process has been initiated on your application. Once inputs from all the concerned Government Authorities are received, the Report will be shared with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). No queries would be entertained in relation to your GEP application status at the Passport Offices and PSP Call Centre. You may contact CBP for further updates on the processing of your GEP application."

same here....its like the left hand doesn't know what the right is doing....

airplane7 Dec 31, 2017 9:45 am


Originally Posted by Keyser (Post 29233332)
same here....its like the left hand doesn't know what the right is doing....

Typical of our systems. It sucks. My fiance got her GE and Nexus yesterday, it was such a smooth process for a Canadian.

sumanlogs Jan 2, 2018 12:42 pm

Even my status also changed back like this. Do any of you know why this happens?
- Does this mean that my documents were insufficient for CID and other governmental agencies to complete my verification and they have returned it back to PSK?

Do we have anybody in this group, whose status did change like this and still got it approved, later?


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