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Related threads:
- 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.
UK Citizens Global Entry Applications and Renewals Procedures & Timelines
#482
#483
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I'm in the same situation but it was like thing prior to the shutdown - they just seem to have had a lot more applications and thus be taking longer to process. Hopefully the officials dealing with them are CBP staff that are thus unaffected!
#484
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Maybe they would slow down granting conditional approval because of other resource constraints, but it certainly hasn't lead to all being stuck in "pending review" limbo.
That said, I'm talking about US citizens applying, so take the above with that grain of salt.
#485
Join Date: Feb 2008
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Helpful, cheers. Guess it's just the Brit FT backlog
Ironically enough I'm now unlikely to be travelling to the US with anything like the same frequency of what I have been doing, so there's no real rush if I'm being honest.
Ironically enough I'm now unlikely to be travelling to the US with anything like the same frequency of what I have been doing, so there's no real rush if I'm being honest.
#486
Join Date: Aug 2011
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#487
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My application was pending review for roughly 3 weeks before I got a conditional approval, although this was before the shutdown.
#488
Join Date: Jul 2011
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Pending Review and a merely Gold Card holder
I've been pending review since 13 Sep - well before the shutdown. Not very impressed given the fee they charge, and, although I read that revenue earning functions are meant to be unaffected by the shutdown, I bet it won't help.
Noting another point above, I should say that BA was very happy to give me a promo code as a mere Gold Card holder - I'm nowhere near GGL, and never will be.
Noting another point above, I should say that BA was very happy to give me a promo code as a mere Gold Card holder - I'm nowhere near GGL, and never will be.
#489
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I've been pending review since 13 Sep - well before the shutdown. Not very impressed given the fee they charge, and, although I read that revenue earning functions are meant to be unaffected by the shutdown, I bet it won't help.
Noting another point above, I should say that BA was very happy to give me a promo code as a mere Gold Card holder - I'm nowhere near GGL, and never will be.
Noting another point above, I should say that BA was very happy to give me a promo code as a mere Gold Card holder - I'm nowhere near GGL, and never will be.
#490
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: North West, UK
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So I have read somewhere that they advise it could take between 4 and 6 weeks to process initial GOES applications. I submitted my app on Sun 8 Sep, so I could be waiting until Sun 20 Oct. I expect there's going to be a mass of applications from Brits about now, so likely to be the full 6 weeks I expect.
I also haven't seen any updates claiming they have been approved in the past week or so (since the shutdown). The last one I saw was ccarmock who submitted an app on 04 Sep and was approved late Sep.
Still hoping I can bag an interview slot when I am next over in the US mid Dec.
I also haven't seen any updates claiming they have been approved in the past week or so (since the shutdown). The last one I saw was ccarmock who submitted an app on 04 Sep and was approved late Sep.
Still hoping I can bag an interview slot when I am next over in the US mid Dec.
#491
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I'm not entirely sure that the hold-up is at the US end. In the thread referenced in post #1, US citizens still seem to move to conditional approval extremely quickly - just a day or two.
A super-efficient UK Government could never take longer to process applications it's effectively already approved through the police check than a US Government in furlough, could it?
A super-efficient UK Government could never take longer to process applications it's effectively already approved through the police check than a US Government in furlough, could it?
#492
Join Date: Mar 2008
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I would have thought that the US would prioritise applications from it's own citizens ahead of foreigners for a start, so we will be at the back of the queue to start with. From what I have heard the CBP case officers seem to do all the real checks, so I'd be surprised if the initial review is any more than a quick check to see whether the ACRO id is valid and is indeed reported as No Trace, which I would have thought would be available online. Perhaps I am being naive about how these cross border checks work however!
It may be someone has documented the checks the US are doing and I haven't seen it. But in my experience these types of things tend to spend 99% of their time in a queue and then a 5 min processing effort before moving on to the next step.
I think there's just a mass of applications, on the basis they have just flung open the doors to a number of countries they will have been deluged. I wonder whether we can infer anything from our Application Ids - mine is 3548452 and was submitted on Sun 08 Sep. I imagine they will be sequential. If someone else posts their Application Id and when they submitted theirs we might get some insight into how many are being submitted every day (not that's really going to help us get processed any quicker).
It may be someone has documented the checks the US are doing and I haven't seen it. But in my experience these types of things tend to spend 99% of their time in a queue and then a 5 min processing effort before moving on to the next step.
I think there's just a mass of applications, on the basis they have just flung open the doors to a number of countries they will have been deluged. I wonder whether we can infer anything from our Application Ids - mine is 3548452 and was submitted on Sun 08 Sep. I imagine they will be sequential. If someone else posts their Application Id and when they submitted theirs we might get some insight into how many are being submitted every day (not that's really going to help us get processed any quicker).
#493
Join Date: Feb 2004
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I've just rung BA Goldmembers. I'm a plain Gold, not a GGL. They have tightened it up.
No codes for Golds any more. Just GGL and Prems.
#494
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#495
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