TWA884

Did you ask about it?

Here is a report of an Enrollment on Arrival experience at JKF T8 on July 22 or 23 from the Global Entry Enrollment on Arrival thread:And a couple from December 2021:

Captain Schmidt

I did and was simply told that it wasn't available on that day. Unfortunately I couldn't play the "retired Navy" card and there was no suggestion from CBP of going to T4, however next time I know to push politely.....

ABZSimy

Does anyone have any recent experience of changing immigration status and updating their TTP/Global Entry details? When I was approved last year, I was a temporary L visa holder at the time. I recently got a green card. Unsure as to whether I need to make an appointment at an enrollment center, or whether walk-ins are accepted for change of status. I don't have any international trips planned at the moment and would prefer to do this locally, rather than waiting for another EoA opportunity.

Incidentally, about a week before my green card was approved, I had an issue at the GE kiosk at Houston Hobby. It would not process me, stating something along the lines of my last entry being too recent. I thought this was odd, as my last entry was in December. I went forward beyond the kiosks and was processed by a CBP officer the old fashioned way without issue. He didn't say what the issue was.

TWA884

You do not need to make an appointment to go to a Global Entry Enrollment Center to change your visa status. As a matter of fact, you can't even make an appointment for that purpose.

There is helpful information on this and similar processes in the following thread:

TWA884

Well, there is "captain" in your username, so one never knows.

Here is a more recent report:

SB15

My experience with this as a first time applicant with a UK passport:

• Application to the Border Force: 30 May 2022
• Received code from Border Force: 30 May 2022 (later the same night)
• Applied for GE: 31 May 2022
• Booked trip to the US landing in JFK on 23 July 2022
• Received conditional approval: 21 July 2022

Landed to a nightmare immigration scenario at JFK T7 on 23 July around 7:10 p.m. as planned, with queues going up both sides of the terminal. When I finally made it to my interview one hour later, the CBP officer said I would have to wait until they cleared the room and then approach a CBP officer again. I waited close to another hour and then went up to a CBP officer who agreed to process my interview. She didn't ask any questions. Just took my fingerprints and photo and said I should hear back the next day.
Received notice of enrollment the next day as promised but in the evening at 7:40 p.m.

Good luck, all.

icebird

Another data point - ultra quick!

GE / UK Citizen / First Time Application

UK Border Force Access Code - 15 Aug (got the code 5 hours after submission )

Submitted to DHS - 16 Aug

Conditional Approval - 18 Aug

2 days

My next US-bound flights booked in November.

mzb00

Exact same dates for me, with a 2 day turn around for the GE application conditional approval. I have no US flights booked, if it makes a difference.

Ned1968

Interviews on arrival at JFK T7 were available yesterday (19 August 2022)

Arrived on BA113 around 7pm. Immigration hall was busy - both US and non US passport lines

I was renewing GE (UK passport). Asked at the passport booth about interview on arrival for GE renewal and was told to wait "by the flag" past passport control (by passport booth 17/18). A CBP officer walked by a minute later and asked if anyone was waiting for an interview. Two other people were already waiting there. Took about 20 mins for the first one to be taken away for an interview (which took 10 mins). After waiting maybe 30 mins I got my interview. Very quick. New photo and fingerprints. 24 hours later no sign of the status being changed yet

My wife (travelling with me, US passport) also had an interview to get GE for the first time. Also took about 5 mins (we were interviewed together back to back). Her status is still pending 24 hours later

Unlike previous attempts they did not say the queues had to be cleared and the hall empty before they would release staff to do the interview. Whole things took around 40 mins - finished before the bags arrived from the flight

Yanshuf

So, our plan to go through Enrollment on Arrival at DFW went thoroughly pear shaped as the flight landed more than 2 hours late after 7pm.

Now, will have to see if JFK will accept a random walk in next Saturday. Does anybody know that it's terminal 7 at JFK where we have to go? Luckily, we are scheduled to leave from that terminal on a BA flight.

nologic

BOS has a bullpen adjacent to the beginning of the line of manned immigration kiosks. There us sort if a first come, first served honor system. The hall was empty when we arrived, around 6:30pm on a Thurs. we were third in line, after a single and a couple.

The officer designated for the interviews waited until our flight was fully processed before turning to the bullpen.

he process tge applicants. When it came to our second person, the computer froze and after 19-15 mins of retrying, he sent us to another guy who didn’t have computer issues.

The whole thing probably took 45 minutes or so… Our first person took 15 minutes and maybe five minutes each for the kids plus a 15 minute delay for computer problems…

Iamnotlost

Did my interview at JFK T7 on 29th Aug. Waltzed up to regular desk (no queue which was a first for me) and told the officer I wanted to do Interview on Arrival. He did the normal admission process for arriving with and ESTA – fingerprints etc. Was directed to wait on a couple of chairs behind the desks. One other person waiting. Once everyone from the flight had gone through (hall empty) we were both called back.

Another photograph, more fingerprinting and a few questions; showed my UK driving licence. My fingerprints are always an issue because they are very faint. After a few tries he said he would send them through and I would get an email.

Two days later the email had not arrived and I was coming back home. I decided to go to the Global Entry office in T4 at JFK and ask why I had heard nothing. Luckily, the officer guarding the door took pity on me and went to find someone to help. I ended up having a lengthy session of photographing and more fingerprinting with a very kind and patient officer. I felt very lucky that they were so nice to me as I was feeling pretty anxious about it all by then – especially when he said he would send the fingerprints through (that was becoming a slightly ominous phrase in my head). That must have showed because then he told me he had approved me.

The email notifying me of my change in status came through about 6 hours later.

Get to try it out next week.

benjc24

So, did Enrolment on Arrival at LAX on the 25th August. If you're arriving at Tom Bradley, you would clear the normal immigration queue first. This took about two hours (a good reminder about why I paid the $100 for GE), before searching for my suitcase in the baggage reclaim area for another half hour.

The EoA desks are on the left-hand side as you exit the baggage reclaim hall. I waited about half an hour for my interview. The CBP Officer took my photograph and fingerprints, and the interview was mainly just confirming the information on the original application was correct and he asked a couple of questions about my work. I think he was a little puzzled about why I wanted GE since I'd only been to the US once before, but I emphasised this was in anticipation of me travelling more in the next few years (including a TP run for my BA Gold). Was told I'd hear back the outcome in a day or two.

28th Aug - Status change email and application approved. I used TSA PreCheck on my return flight to the UK from SEA on the 30th August.
Tip (Make sure you include your middle name in your API data, that made the difference as to whether PreCheck appeared on my boarding pass)

Newly Wed

UK access code application made at 19.09 on 4 September.
Access code issued 23.10 the same day.
GE renewal application made around 23.30 on 4 September.
Status change to conditional approval at 07.40 on 6 September.

Hoping to do Interview on Arrival at JFK T7 next month. 19.15 arrival. What are the chance of the interview booth being manned at that time?

XFL_RGA

Thanks for the info for EOA at LAX TBIT

Timeline for new UK application:
17th Aug — UK border force submission
18th Aug — UK border force access code received
19th Aug — GE form submitted via TTP
07th Sept — Received conditional approval

Just in time as flying to LA on Friday