Do travellers keep GE slip?
May 2, 2017, 3:30 pm
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Do travellers keep GE slip?
I used GE for the first time a few days ago at T7 JFK... best £/$100 I've spent all year.
Quick question - the customs officer took my Global Entry receipt as I was leaving the baggage area.... was I meant to hand this in, or keep it?
If it was meant to be handed in, what proof do I have that I entered the country, and my leaving date, if I am ever stopped by immigration officials, as I am a UK citizen?
Quick question - the customs officer took my Global Entry receipt as I was leaving the baggage area.... was I meant to hand this in, or keep it?
If it was meant to be handed in, what proof do I have that I entered the country, and my leaving date, if I am ever stopped by immigration officials, as I am a UK citizen?
May 2, 2017, 3:31 pm
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He should take the receipt with your pic on, not the other one that is for you. I always throw the one without the photo away.
May 2, 2017, 3:40 pm
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May 2, 2017, 4:32 pm
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May 2, 2017, 4:56 pm
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I always get 2, one with photo, one as a receipt, I have a British passport, this has been discussed before on other threads, but I am not sure if there was a conclusion as to the reason.
May 2, 2017, 8:31 pm
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Thats odd I got two slips on my British Passport but have never got two on my Canadian passport. Are you on some kind of visa? Or just using B status?
May 2, 2017, 9:15 pm
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Foreigners get a second slip from the GE machines. I would think of it as the equivalent of an officer stamping your passport. It's not very prudent to throw the slip out while you're in the country, especially if you're on an ESTA.
May 2, 2017, 9:22 pm
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May 3, 2017, 4:26 pm
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For all official purposes, I have always been asked for a copy of my I-94; never once has a GE receipt been asked for.
May 3, 2017, 8:32 pm
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Good point, but really I don't think it should matter, because what really matters is your I-94 record which can be retrieved from the online I-94 website. That carries the real status of your entry/stay. The receipt from the GE machines is essentially that, a receipt. How many receipts is one going to hold on to, in lieu of passport stamps (in my case, the number would upwards of 50!!)?
For all official purposes, I have always been asked for a copy of my I-94; never once has a GE receipt been asked for.
For all official purposes, I have always been asked for a copy of my I-94; never once has a GE receipt been asked for.
In addition to that, I try to keep a record of my travels, and I have a box at home where I keep 100+ slips from various trips to the US, Hong Kong, Macao, etc.
May 4, 2017, 5:40 am
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Most non-US citizens using GE do indeed get a second slip from the GE machines. Not all non-US citizens do. I was shown a process map of sort about this a while back and it was implied at the time that some GE users who weren't US citizens weren't going to be given two slips (at least not always). I'll try to find out what the factors are for when non-US-citizen users of GE get only one slip. Some don't get a second and it's not all due to accident.
May 4, 2017, 8:10 am
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It has happened to me sometimes too. Wait for second receipt and it never appears so I just don't bother as long as the primary one is out. But I have no idea why you didn't get it, but you are not alone !