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- Process explained here - http://www.cbp.gov/travel/trusted-tr...united-kingdom
- Home Office page - https://www.gov.uk/apply-faster-entry-usa
- Home Office Beta registration page for Global Entry - https://global-entry.beta.homeoffice...ister-to-apply.
Global Entry Procedures and Timelines of Applications and Renewals for UK Citizens
Aug 15, 13, 9:51 am
#211
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: The greatest wee nation on earth.
Programs: Iron Maiden FC, GE, Rapidly falling down the Tiers to oblivion.
Posts: 2,604
I am a Brit, do not live in the US, no green card etc, was AA plat for a couple of years, they gave me TSA-Pre (well before I got GE) - it just appeared in my AA profile one day and i selected the box to opt-in (it appeared right when they first did TSA-Pre, i just generally could not use it until international flights were allowed as typically i start in GCM, but definitely worked a year back or so after an overnight in MIA, as technically was flying a US only itinerary that day). Switched to BA number when flying this year, but recently did a segment (before i got GE) with my AA number. Even though i had dropped to AA Gold back in February or whenever it rolled, I still got TSA Pre that day, and it still shows in my profile that I am opted in. I had read that it was a system error more than anything!!
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Aug 15, 13, 12:40 pm
#212
Join Date: Aug 2008
Programs: AA EXP
Posts: 1,714
I am a Brit, do not live in the US, no green card etc, was AA plat for a couple of years, they gave me TSA-Pre (well before I got GE) - it just appeared in my AA profile one day and i selected the box to opt-in (it appeared right when they first did TSA-Pre, i just generally could not use it until international flights were allowed as typically i start in GCM, but definitely worked a year back or so after an overnight in MIA, as technically was flying a US only itinerary that day). Switched to BA number when flying this year, but recently did a segment (before i got GE) with my AA number. Even though i had dropped to AA Gold back in February or whenever it rolled, I still got TSA Pre that day, and it still shows in my profile that I am opted in. I had read that it was a system error more than anything!!
Aug 15, 13, 12:41 pm
#213
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: London, UK / (TLV), Israel
Programs: BA Gold (GGL/CCR), *A Gold - TAP, SkyTeam E+, IHG Diamond AMB, HH Diamond, Sixt PL, GE/TSA Pre
Posts: 1,663
Aug 16, 13, 5:55 am
#214
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Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: London and Zurich
Programs: AA, BA, Mucci: Sir Roger des Directions Routières, PCR
Posts: 13,609
Arriving from Windsor, I was once asked as part of the interrogation: 'Why you got a visa, you got a criminal record or sump'n?' As it happens, I've never used ESTA for US entry, just visas.
The Canadians were better: 'You Brits? Your cricket team sucks!' We didn't have the heart to tell him that there's no such thing as a British cricket team. @:-)
It's good of BA to supply codes, if only for golds. Having arrived on a number of airlines over the years, starting with TW, then BA, LH, VS, KL, NW, UA, CO, AC and perhaps others, Mr Panetta looks the way to go.
When I first saw that name upthread, I thought it was Leon - http://edition.cnn.com/2013/02/25/us...tta-fast-facts I was wrong.
Aug 16, 13, 6:06 am
#215
Senior Mod and Moderator: Aegean Miles&Bonus and British Airways
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Norwich, UK
Programs: A3*G, BA Gold, BD Gold (in memoriam), IHG Diamond Ambassador
Posts: 7,858
Looks like someone has time on their hands
Aug 16, 13, 6:48 am
#216
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold; LH Senator; HHGold; Starwood Platinum
Posts: 1,360
I think what happens is when they both go down, they put the barrier across while they are being reset. Sometimes overnight. But then they forget to remove it when they work again
Aug 16, 13, 7:22 am
#217
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Miami Beach FL, Philadelphia PA, and Oxfordshire UK
Programs: BA Gold, AA Executive Platinum, PriorityPass, Global Entry, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 724
... and it's a real person doing it because the return e-mails aren't even auto-generated - a bit of cut & paste, true, but still personalised in the sense that I asked for two codes and the second one had a manually added note that the additional code was for MrsNWIFlyer.
Looks like someone has time on their hands
Looks like someone has time on their hands
Aug 16, 13, 9:41 am
#218
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: London
Programs: AA EXP 2 MM
Posts: 2,823
I went past the barrier recently, and although the IRIS machine I used had a green light, the screen was not working, so I had to rely on the audio instructions to get my head in the right position!
Aug 16, 13, 1:15 pm
#219
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: London, UK
Programs: BA gold, *A gold, SPG silver, HHonors gold
Posts: 1,438
Well, I got my police certificate and paid my $100, so my application's in. Now to wait for news.
It was a bit confusing but it looks like "Police certificate number" is the 8-digit number beneath the hologram. If you try to enter the other number it tells you it has to be 8 digits.
It was a bit confusing but it looks like "Police certificate number" is the 8-digit number beneath the hologram. If you try to enter the other number it tells you it has to be 8 digits.
Aug 16, 13, 1:53 pm
#221
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Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Watchlisted by the prejudiced, en route to purgatory
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Connections is a big one for me, especially if you arrive into certain airports like MIA where certain flights are full of people that take > 5 mins per person to process. Not anyone's fault so no offence intended, but if I can avoid standing in a queue where it generally took < 2 mins to be processed after waiting a very long time for others to be processed at much slower speeds.... And esp with connections in the US onto AA - if you are in J/F, you miss your flight due to imm...and you need to get the next flight, good luck with all the upgraders filling the F/J cabins.
Paulwuk makes a good point re traveling with others. Would you leave them...? Otherwise manord, definitely get it. You will appreciate it when you are faced with a rammed immigration hall with no one at the GE machines.
And i do wonder just how many people will sign up. I bet some airports will have GE lines whereas some other never will (im betting MIA wont - prog has been open to Americans for a few years now and still no queues....very much a tourist airport that one...)
Paulwuk makes a good point re traveling with others. Would you leave them...? Otherwise manord, definitely get it. You will appreciate it when you are faced with a rammed immigration hall with no one at the GE machines.
And i do wonder just how many people will sign up. I bet some airports will have GE lines whereas some other never will (im betting MIA wont - prog has been open to Americans for a few years now and still no queues....very much a tourist airport that one...)
About CBP Preclearance, foreign airlines, airports and/or host government have to be willing to pay up for that in some great part. Recently the UAE tried to get it for AUH and Congress basically killed it off for all sorts of bad reasons IMO.
Aug 26, 13, 10:50 am
#222
Join Date: Jul 2010
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 201
For the benefit of any UK citizens (non US permanent residents) applying:
ACRO certificate application mailed: Friday 16th August
Application receipt acknowledged: Monday 19th August
Certificate received: Wednesday 21st August (I had chosen the priority option)
Global entry application submitted: Wednesday 21st August
Conditional approval received: Monday 26th August
I've just scheduled an interview for a couple of weeks's time, which is when I'm next in the US. Very happy with how smoothly and swiftly everything's gone so far.
ACRO certificate application mailed: Friday 16th August
Application receipt acknowledged: Monday 19th August
Certificate received: Wednesday 21st August (I had chosen the priority option)
Global entry application submitted: Wednesday 21st August
Conditional approval received: Monday 26th August
I've just scheduled an interview for a couple of weeks's time, which is when I'm next in the US. Very happy with how smoothly and swiftly everything's gone so far.
Aug 26, 13, 10:56 am
#223
Join Date: Jul 2010
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 201
Thanks so much to all who shared information about this. I sent off my police certificate application on Friday the 16th, had the certificate by the following Wednesday (I'd gone the priority route), did the Global Entry application that evening and have just got my conditional approval today. A 10 day turnaround for all that is pretty impresssive. And I've got my interview scheduled for a couple of weeks' time when I'm next in the US. Hopefully that will go as smoothly as the rest has.
Aug 26, 13, 11:07 am
#225
Ambassador, British Airways Executive Club; FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: TPA/ABZ
Programs: BA Lifetime Gold. GGL/CCR.
Posts: 12,156
Thanks so much to all who shared information about this. I sent off my police certificate application on Friday the 16th, had the certificate by the following Wednesday (I'd gone the priority route), did the Global Entry application that evening and have just got my conditional approval today. A 10 day turnaround for all that is pretty impresssive. And I've got my interview scheduled for a couple of weeks' time when I'm next in the US. Hopefully that will go as smoothly as the rest has.
