Are GE interviews conducted inside or outside security?
May 23, 2014, 7:42 am
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Are GE interviews conducted inside or outside security?
I have read through several threads here and have come up only with this answer to my question: At Boston Logan the Global Entry interview area is outside security.
It would be very useful to know this for all 35 interview locations, since if your interview is inside security, it must coincide with your travel, both date and time.
If it is outside security, and you are going to be in the area for several days, an interview seems much easier to schedule, even if it is quite a ways in the future.
Are people booking flights only after they have been granted an appointment?
Seems quite an expense, time and money.
It would be very useful to know this for all 35 interview locations, since if your interview is inside security, it must coincide with your travel, both date and time.
If it is outside security, and you are going to be in the area for several days, an interview seems much easier to schedule, even if it is quite a ways in the future.
Are people booking flights only after they have been granted an appointment?
Seems quite an expense, time and money.
May 23, 2014, 7:52 am
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Varies
Looking over the GE list, it appears that this varies. AT JFK it is "next to baggage claim" which is clearly inside security. But in Washington you can get your interview downtown, at the Ronald Reagan Federal Building. Any further data from FTers would be appreciated.
May 23, 2014, 7:56 am
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I'm not aware of a location that does NOT have an office outside security. Some locations are not even in airports (DC, NYC). It seems IAH is the only one with an office airside, but they also have a landside office.
http://usa.immigrationvisaforms.com/...view-locations
http://usa.immigrationvisaforms.com/...view-locations
May 23, 2014, 8:02 am
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Yes, I saw the same list, but in many cases it gives only the airport street address, with no indication whether it is inside or outside security. Good news if most are outside, however. But I wouldn't want to schedule an interview, only to find that the office was beyond security. With documentation for the interview, do you think TSA would let you through?
May 23, 2014, 8:08 am
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Every location has a phone number listed. Just call the one you expect to visit. I called the ORD location to find out where they were b/c I had never been there and they were very responsive.
May 24, 2014, 12:48 pm
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Most are landside.
May 26, 2014, 4:23 pm
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Looking over the GE list, it appears that this varies. AT JFK it is "next to baggage claim" which is clearly inside security. But in Washington you can get your interview downtown, at the Ronald Reagan Federal Building. Any further data from FTers would be appreciated.
Since most people applying for GE, are probably "local" area residents, it would be difficult for them to get to GE interview area if it was airside.
May 26, 2014, 4:35 pm
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At YVR it is outside security, across from the United Airlines check-in counters on the USA departures level -
http://www.yvr.ca/Libraries/PGT_docu...29_1.sflb.ashx
http://www.yvr.ca/Libraries/PGT_docu...29_1.sflb.ashx
May 27, 2014, 8:51 am
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At JFK T4 it is outside security. It is next to baggage reclaim area. (After you have reclaimed your luggage (from an intl, trip), you bring it to this area to route it to your final destination.)
Since most people applying for GE, are probably "local" area residents, it would be difficult for them to get to GE interview area if it was airside.
Since most people applying for GE, are probably "local" area residents, it would be difficult for them to get to GE interview area if it was airside.
May 27, 2014, 10:25 am
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John F. Kennedy International Airport
Terminal Four, Main Lobby next to baggage reclaim
Jamaica, NY 11430
when you search for locating GE at JFK.
PS: The "official" map for T4 level 1, shows it as re-check...but most other searches show it is "reclaim".
May 28, 2014, 7:38 am
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May 28, 2014, 8:04 am
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Atlanta enrollment centers
2 centers in Atlanta. One is in the international terminal on the first floor out of the secure area. The other center (Atlanta Port Office) is across I-75 (on the east side) from the international terminal.
May 28, 2014, 4:02 pm
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As I recall, the directions specifically said to look for that DO NOT ENTER sign when looking for the office. (the DO NOT ENTER refers to going upstream towards Immigration Control I believe.)