3 month wait for interview at GOES LAX???
Apr 10, 2013 | 3:40 pm
#1
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: LAX
Programs: AA EXP 1MM, MUCCI, Proudly BA Blue
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3 month wait for interview at GOES LAX???
Just signed up my wife and daughter for global entry, and the earliest appointment I could get them for their interview is mid July! Have others had this problem? Does anyone have any experience picking up a cancelled appointment? Are we about to see long lines at the Kiosks???
Apr 10, 2013 | 3:45 pm
#2
Join Date: Dec 2011
Programs: UA 1P
Posts: 545
Just signed up my wife and daughter for global entry, and the earliest appointment I could get them for their interview is mid July! Have others had this problem? Does anyone have any experience picking up a cancelled appointment? Are we about to see long lines at the Kiosks???
Apr 10, 2013 | 4:18 pm
#3
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: LA
Programs: DL, AA
Posts: 227
See this thread
Global entry program-processing time?
The key is to schedule the appointment at the earliest date available, but keep checking back for cancellations. I was able to get a May 24th appt moved up to March 29th by just checking every few days.
Global entry program-processing time?
The key is to schedule the appointment at the earliest date available, but keep checking back for cancellations. I was able to get a May 24th appt moved up to March 29th by just checking every few days.
Apr 10, 2013 | 7:53 pm
#4
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: ORD, MKE
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Posts: 710
Try other airports
Have any trips planned? I was looking at a 3 month wait at ORD. However, several airports I was passing through had availability before then. Ended up interviewing at SJU a month and a half sooner. Just a thought.
Apr 10, 2013 | 8:22 pm
#5
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: DCA
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Posts: 50,253
Yes, very common. But, as others note, slots open all the time. You can also walk in space available. So, anytime you are flying to/from/through a GOES station, stop by and see if they'll take you.
Apr 13, 2013 | 1:11 am
#10
Join Date: May 2006
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Someone in my family just went through LAX. Conditional approved April 3, earliest July 4, a few minutes later April 8 popped up, snapped it, and got it done and approved. Report from April 8 LAX was that five stations were all in use (does that sound like 15 appointments an hour if full speed?) so I'm not sure about walk in.