Yes, my understanding is that to use the Canadian Trusted Traveller lane you need to verify that you have GE, meaning the GE card.

Many people who have GE will not/cannot have a GE card. How are they processed?

It seems that if I want to use the Canadian side security express lane, it would be required to have the physical card. As for the USA pre clearance, it is not needed. So if someone doesn't have a card, they wouldn't be able to clear security faster (Which took about 30-40 good minutes to do so in regular lane yesterday)

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This issue is discussed in the Is a Global Entry card required??? thread.
TWA884
Travel Safety/Security co-moderator

The expedited security at pre clearance in Calgary is useless anyway, it doesn't give you any reduced security benefits. You still need to take off your shoes and stuff out of your bags. Unless your flying first thing in the morning, theres never even a queue in the regular line.

AFAIK, the only people who have GE that don't have a GE card now are those with NEXUS, FAST or SENTRI, all of which will get you through the Canadian NEXUS security lines.

Shoes off? At YYZ, while you have to take electronics out, everything else stays in and shoes stay on. Sounds odd, given that CATSA is supposed to have uniform standards.

I cannot have a GE card, even though I am in the program, as they won't mail it to a foreign registered address.

Can you have them mail it to a US or Canadian address?

My NEXUS lane CATSA experience across several Canadian airports (but admittedly not Calgary) is uniformly shoes on, liquids in, and laptops out.

You would think the CATSA line-minders would know by now to explain to everyone that you need the GE card for screening but not to access the GE kiosks.

It sucks for the minority of GE members who aren't eligible for cards, but it's nice of CATSA to open the lines to at least some GE members (they'd certainly be within their rights to limit access to NEXUS members only and I'm appreciative they don't)

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Folks,

Who gets and does not get a Global Entry card is discussed in the "Is a Global Entry card required???" thread.

Please confine your comments in this thread to using your Global Entry card to access the CATSA Fast Lanes.

Future off-topic posts will be deleted without further notice.

Thank you for understanding,

TWA884
Travel Safety/Security co-moderator

Nope you still need to keep your shoes on as well :(

Has anyone done this (used their GE card to access the CATSA Fast Lane for security) at YUL? I've read through this thread and it's mostly experiences at YVR/YYZ.

If you use Aéroport de Montréal's departure guide and indicate that you have a US passport and Global Entry card, it doesn't make any special note about security; whereas if you indicate you have a Nexus card instead, it mentions you can use the Nexus line at security (which I assume is the CATSA Fast Lane).

Anyone with personal experience?

Yes, the actual sign at the YUL fast lane says NEXUS or GE access only and they accepted my GE card no questions asked.

Good morning FT peeps.

Read multiple times of people getting an approval email almost immediately after the interview with the KTN number. Also read that the # gets stamped on the passport/or the officer hands you documentation post interview with the #(or maybe the old process?)
1. Which one is most accurate and recent? Since the official shipping time line is 4-6 weeks, can I use the GE line once approved without the actual card in hand(assuming the system links my KTN and my passport at approval)? OR do I need the actual physical card in hand(unlike TSA pre)?

2. How long does it take for you to get the card after the interview?

My current interview set during a return layover. And I have another trip planned exactly a month later, for/by which I would like to have my card in hand. An earlier interview would mean flying to ORD just for this.

TIA

Hi [MENTION=867829]krisk17[/MENTION]

I moved your message to a more relevant thread than where you originally posted it.

Please review the wiki and earlier messages; most of your questions are answered there.

I'll add that passports are no longer physically marked with any indication of GE membership; the passports and KTN numbers are linked.

The GE kiosks can be used as soon as you receive final approval. The card takes about a week to arrive afterward. If you have any pending reservations, you may want to add the KTN number to the PNR in order for you to receive the PreCheck designation on your boarding passes.

TWA884
Travel Safety/Security co-moderator