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Old Sep 30, 2017 | 11:59 am
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Originally Posted by celticmyst08
Applied: 9/16/17
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Scheduled interview for 10/1/17 in Blaine, WA. No Seatac availability until mid November, and no Boeing Field openings until February 2018. If you're in Seattle the Blaine location is really a great option; it's only 1.5-2 hrs away and it's open on weekends.
If you do new searches diligently while your desired offices are open, you are very likely to find something suitable for you and save yourself a few hours of driving.
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Old Oct 2, 2017 | 12:17 am
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How bad is the processing time in Chicago ORD?
We applied on 9/12 and still gotten no conditional approval Same for my 5 year-old.

Is Chicago back logged heavily?
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Old Oct 2, 2017 | 4:57 am
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Originally Posted by sevimli
How bad is the processing time in Chicago ORD?
We applied on 9/12 and still gotten no conditional approval Same for my 5 year-old.

Is Chicago back logged heavily?
Thanks!
Once approved, you will be able to search and find out. But even if ORD is booked up several months out, you will easily get an earlier date by repeatedly searching the ORD availability calendar.

You may want to visit the thread on availability

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trust...ilability.html
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Old Oct 2, 2017 | 8:02 pm
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Originally Posted by Green2Greener
Finally got my conditional approval today. I had applied on July 11th, so took a full 2 months... I also emailed CBP twice, last time was last week, not sure if that eventually helped or not.

Now need to figure out where I can get in for an interview quickly as Cleveland, which is where I am has the first available dates in Dec!!
Did my interview this morning and got approval email within 15 minutes. All together took almost 3 months.
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Old Oct 3, 2017 | 11:52 am
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Originally Posted by Green2Greener
Did my interview this morning and got approval email within 15 minutes. All together took almost 3 months.
Congrats!

I am trying to figure out my membership number/passid. I cannot even check my status now.

Is Cleveland busy as well like Chicago???
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Old Oct 4, 2017 | 11:20 am
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Originally Posted by sevimli
Congrats!

I am trying to figure out my membership number/passid. I cannot even check my status now.

Is Cleveland busy as well like Chicago???
Possibly a stupid question ...

Are you using the new website?

https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trus...-1-2017-a.html
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Old Oct 4, 2017 | 12:32 pm
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Old Oct 5, 2017 | 8:27 am
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Old Oct 10, 2017 | 10:48 pm
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Hi I am looking at applying for Global Entry this week, If I apply for global entry how long would It be before I get a interview and after that how long does it take to get the card ? I am in Phoenix, AZ.
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Old Oct 10, 2017 | 11:28 pm
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Originally Posted by comptr
Hi I am looking at applying for Global Entry this week, If I apply for global entry how long would It be before I get a interview and after that how long does it take to get the card ? I am in Phoenix, AZ.
You should able to get a conditional approval depending on your background check within 3 weeks, mostly 2.

For the interview availability, you should check open slots through: https://ttp.cbp.dhs.gov/schedulerui/...ov%2F&service=
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Old Oct 11, 2017 | 12:07 am
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Originally Posted by sevimli
You should able to get a conditional approval depending on your background check within 3 weeks, mostly 2.

For the interview availability, you should check open slots through: https://ttp.cbp.dhs.gov/schedulerui/...ov%2F&service=
ahh ok thanks, so once i apply then i need to wait for the conditional approval then go for a interview right ?
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Old Oct 11, 2017 | 2:00 am
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Originally Posted by comptr
Hi I am looking at applying for Global Entry this week, If I apply for global entry how long would It be before I get a interview and after that how long does it take to get the card ? I am in Phoenix, AZ.
Both myself and my wife applied for GE on 9/25/17. We're both UK citizens and got Conditional Approval yesterday (10/10/17) just over two weeks. We're travelling through Arizona in November so were looking for Interviews in either Phoenix or Tucson. Phoenix had limited availability but Tucson had wide open availability 5 weeks out. If you don't mind driving a bit further, don't forget the Center in Nogales; they appear to have 3 interviews per time slot (81 per day).
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Old Oct 11, 2017 | 9:58 am
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Old Oct 11, 2017 | 5:29 pm
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With the GOES/TTP website delay, I learned of my conditional approval 5 days after applying.

CBP gave me verbal approval at the end of the 5-10 minute interview and I got the email a few minutes later.

US citizen without any recent travel to eyebrow-raising countries.
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Old Oct 15, 2017 | 12:30 pm
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Originally Posted by celticmyst08
Applied: 9/16/17
Conditional Approval: 9/29/17

Scheduled interview for 10/1/17 in Blaine, WA. No Seatac availability until mid November, and no Boeing Field openings until February 2018. If you're in Seattle the Blaine location is really a great option; it's only 1.5-2 hrs away and it's open on weekends.
Update: Interviewed with no problems and received the approval emails while walking out of the building.

Originally Posted by 1KChinito
If you do new searches diligently while your desired offices are open, you are very likely to find something suitable for you and save yourself a few hours of driving.
The problem is getting to one of the Seattle locations on a weekday, even if I could find an opening. Neither my spouse nor I could get time off work to do this, so the Blaine location worked out better for us all around.
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