munchybunch

I feel got lucky personally also am not sure if it makes a difference that you asked for renewal prior to the expiry of the previous one? Was your travel history blank for other countries just out of curiosity

thanks

Oaxaca

It’s not a renewal if you apply after the previous one expires, it’s basically a new application (and you don’t benefit from the extension while your application is processed). I applied before the old one expired. My travel history was not blank, it had around 20 other countries in the last 5 years, apart from US/CA/MX.

munchybunch

Agree but if you look at the dp above you can see that even those who have renewed before expiry haven't had renewals that much quicker than those who are freshly applying.

Also if you apply after the previous one expires it still does say 'renew membership' which you click on still to continue and has all your previous info saved like employers home addresses etc so would hesitate to say it's a fresh application. Yes you do lose out on the benefit extension while processing agree.

Would say your wait was atypical but saw a family of US citizens where 2 got it within a week and the minors were waiting months so I think it's purely luck of the draw largely

c1223

New application.

Applied 28 Jan
Conditionally approved 19 Apr
Approved 25 Apr

Conveniently was flying into the US very shortly after my application was conditionally approved. The only issue I had was that I needed to send them a scan of my second British passport. I was given a local email address for the airport that I arrived at. 2 days later, application approved. The "interview" didn't really seem like an interview. Conducted at the same desks as normal passport checks. Come to think of it, he barely event asked me a single question except "do you have your driving licence" and some plesantries like "how was the flight".

TriTaxMan

I have received my GE conditional approval on 26th April 2022 after applying 31st December 2021.

I'm certain when my approval came through I had a notice on the GE website that I needed to schedule an interview by 25th May otherwise my application would be cancelled. However, now that warning doesn't seem to appear anywhere. All that is mentioned now is that I have to complete the Enrolment within 730 days and that if I use EoA I won't need to schedule an interview.

Is this a change, that you now no longer need to schedule an interview within 30 days? The reason I am asking is that I am scheduled to arrive in MIA on 25th May and given current reliability of some scheduled flights I am concerned that if I was delayed I would arrive in US on 26th May... to find my application cancelled.

Steve_ZA

The time to schedule an appointment has been extended to 2 years but you can book an in-person slot now and reschedule it for any time in that period.

If you are travelling to MIA with BA then you may not be able to EoA. BA uses concourse E which is very compact and I’ve not seen a line there for EoA. This is possible in concourse D which AA uses.

Percy Pig

Brand new application (never had GE before): 14 March
Conditional Approval: 9 May

I’m going to the US on… Thursday! How’s that for lucky timing.

Any comments or tips or advice for EOA at JFK T7 (arriving on BA). Is it all pretty straightforward? The GE website seems to suggest I need to go to “booth 1”

TWA884

Please refer to the following thread:

Percy Pig

thank you

S_W_S

Just to follow up on my post in the other thread, does anyone know how long it should take to receive approval?

On Saturday I was given the welcome to GE leaflet and one about Pre check, but so far my application is still showing conditional approval. They said it should be next day, but on Sunday AA were unable to print me a BP with Precheck, and on checking my account I saw I hadn't been approved yet.

carat22

I applied on the 2nd Feb and am still waiting for approval.
Similar to you from the sounds of it I have been back and forth several times to the US, from the UK during this time.
No welcome pack/ leaflet received

choosethedrew

Do you mind if I ask what passport you have? I applied before 14th March and have not received the approval yet so sweating a little (UK passport)

S_W_S

Do you mean conditional approval or full approval? I got the former in November 2020 and did my interview last Saturday on arrival at JFK.

Still no update today, I might give the JFK enrollment centre a call tomorrow.

Percy Pig

hi

uk passport as well.

TWA884

Please take a look at the following thread: