Sep 2, 2019, 6:56 pm
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Global Entry - US Citizens & LPRs First Time Applicants' Timelines & Information
Mar 15, 2019, 12:06 pm
#211
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: London
Programs: BAEC | qantas | IHG | Hilton Honors | Priority Pass | Nandos
Posts: 868
My application was made on 8 February and I'm travelling to JFK on 18 April, so I'm hoping to get conditional approval in time for approval on entry then. It's cutting it fine, but I wondered if the turnaround was getting faster - i.e. if any backlog was being cleared.
Because I love my spreadsheets, I've looked at the processing times that have been reported here since the start of February. Leaving aside the ones that took 2 weeks or less, the ones posted in early February were in the range of 77 to 90 days. The ones posted recently have been 70 to 77 days.
While making a huge disclaimer about this being based on a tiny sample of data, I'm personally encouraged. 18 April is 69 days after my application, which is still cutting it fine but, if there is a trend for approvals getting faster, then I could be in luck!
Keep posting application and approval dates!
Because I love my spreadsheets, I've looked at the processing times that have been reported here since the start of February. Leaving aside the ones that took 2 weeks or less, the ones posted in early February were in the range of 77 to 90 days. The ones posted recently have been 70 to 77 days.
While making a huge disclaimer about this being based on a tiny sample of data, I'm personally encouraged. 18 April is 69 days after my application, which is still cutting it fine but, if there is a trend for approvals getting faster, then I could be in luck!
Keep posting application and approval dates!
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Mar 16, 2019, 10:17 pm
#213
Join Date: Jul 2017
Posts: 7
Based on everyone else's apply and approval dates I could feel it getting closer, conditional approval for me today! Thank goodness logging into the website multiple times a day doesn't raise a red flag 
Total of 67 days, appointments are looking scarce around us though one airport had nothing for months, another had some this week and then nothing for two months.
Total of 67 days, appointments are looking scarce around us though one airport had nothing for months, another had some this week and then nothing for two months. For me they acted like it was still up in the air, didn't tell me anything other than no bringing anyone else through, declare everything, etc. My wife they showed the machine and how to use it. Definitely different levels of service based on the agent. I also heard them turn away two separate people who had applied but had waited over a year for the interview.
Mar 19, 2019, 1:25 pm
#219
Join Date: Feb 2019
Posts: 29
ive been waiting 2 months also. It seems there are 2 categories, some take less than a week and others (ours) are taking months. It’s all speculation at this point because the process is anything but transparent. According to the posts, they should be up to mid January so in a few weeks, we should be good hopefully.
Mar 19, 2019, 1:52 pm
#220
Join Date: Feb 2019
Posts: 14
ive been waiting 2 months also. It seems there are 2 categories, some take less than a week and others (ours) are taking months. It’s all speculation at this point because the process is anything but transparent. According to the posts, they should be up to mid January so in a few weeks, we should be good hopefully.
Mar 19, 2019, 2:38 pm
#223
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: London
Programs: BAEC | qantas | IHG | Hilton Honors | Priority Pass | Nandos
Posts: 868
ive been waiting 2 months also. It seems there are 2 categories, some take less than a week and others (ours) are taking months. It’s all speculation at this point because the process is anything but transparent. According to the posts, they should be up to mid January so in a few weeks, we should be good hopefully.
Mar 19, 2019, 8:22 pm
#224
Original Member
Join Date: May 1998
Posts: 1,934
As I posted upthread, I've noted application and conditional approval dates posted since the start of February across three threads here. Ignoring the sub 2 week turnarounds, 5 people have posted recently that they have received conditional approval having applied in January (latest 7th). The average wait for these was 69 days. It's a very small sample, but the average wait time does seem to be getting smaller (slowly!).
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Mar 19, 2019, 8:26 pm
#225
Join Date: Feb 2019
Posts: 29
not necessarily. My wife and I information was 98% the same (jobs were the only difference). mine was submitted 1/25, hers 2/04. She got approved 2/08, I’m still waiting. I’ve got no explanation for it.