Global Entry vs. Mobile Passport App vs. APC
Jun 22, 2016, 11:20 am
#46
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Can non-family members traveling with you be added? It appears so, since the app allows you to populate last names.
In our case, family of four with GE but bringing one of my kids' friends who does NOT have GE. So hoping to use Mobile Passport for the 5 of us at JFK so we don't have to separate into different lines, etc.
Jamie
EDIT - initial reports suggest the app can only work for a family of four, not larger. However, the current version of the app allows you to add other passports. Will this work for a group of 5 (see above) or should I just have family friend set up on his own phone?
In our case, family of four with GE but bringing one of my kids' friends who does NOT have GE. So hoping to use Mobile Passport for the 5 of us at JFK so we don't have to separate into different lines, etc.
Jamie
EDIT - initial reports suggest the app can only work for a family of four, not larger. However, the current version of the app allows you to add other passports. Will this work for a group of 5 (see above) or should I just have family friend set up on his own phone?
Last edited by jamienbaker; Jun 22, 2016 at 11:37 am
Jun 22, 2016, 12:11 pm
#47
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You can do what we did when we landed before our daughter had GE.
Did Mobile Passport for daughter only, GE for me+wife. Made the mobile line a bit shorter. Exiting customs, GE and Mobile Passport can use the same expedited line
Did Mobile Passport for daughter only, GE for me+wife. Made the mobile line a bit shorter. Exiting customs, GE and Mobile Passport can use the same expedited line
Jun 22, 2016, 12:25 pm
#48
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We will assume that your daughter was old enough to go through the line by herself, not a small child.
Jun 22, 2016, 12:28 pm
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Jun 22, 2016, 12:32 pm
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If your daughter has to go through a line separate from the GE line you and your wife went through, I'm thinking she wasn't one day old. In some airports, the MPA queue can be quite far from the GE queue. I wouldn't expect that most parents would send a small child through a separate line by herself.
Jun 23, 2016, 8:07 am
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If your daughter has to go through a line separate from the GE line you and your wife went through, I'm thinking she wasn't one day old. In some airports, the MPA queue can be quite far from the GE queue. I wouldn't expect that most parents would send a small child through a separate line by herself.
Jun 30, 2016, 11:56 am
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Jun 30, 2016, 1:33 pm
#54
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The article today's WSJ is misleading. Although it's not free, GE is far superior to the App, and worth every penny.
1. TSAPre
2. accepted at more airports
3. special access line to exit customs (not immigration -- use kiosk)
1. TSAPre
2. accepted at more airports
3. special access line to exit customs (not immigration -- use kiosk)
Last edited by dtsm; Jun 30, 2016 at 1:41 pm
Jul 3, 2016, 2:49 pm
#56
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When you approach the APC kiosks, just walk past them to the person standing there and they will send you into the MPC lane. Last time I came through, it was on the far right and took me less than 5 to clear.
Jul 3, 2016, 11:44 pm
#58
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I would imagine that you would have a choice. (I assume that) Nothing is being transmitted to CBP until your receipt is scanned at immigration, so you could go to the GE line if it's shorter and just let your mobile receipt expire (which it does after 4 hours).
OR if it is transmitted when you enter it, I would assume that they could just see that you were admitted back into the US by one channel or the other, so it wouldn't matter either way and you could just let your receipt expire.
OR if it is transmitted when you enter it, I would assume that they could just see that you were admitted back into the US by one channel or the other, so it wouldn't matter either way and you could just let your receipt expire.
Jul 4, 2016, 11:46 am
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4. Access to SENTRI and NEXUS using your Global Entry card when coming back into the United States.