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dakaix Jan 15, 2019 3:33 pm

Can confirm that Enrollment on Arrival is available at ORD, apparently it reopened on Sunday.

jwsteiner Jan 17, 2019 10:20 am

I just spoke to a gentleman at the LAX Global Entry EC and he told me that they are not processing Enrollment on Arrival at LAX during the shutdown.

levilevi Jan 17, 2019 11:53 am

Got an email out of the blue touting enrollment on arrival addressed to my son (have conditional approval, pending an interview we cant schedule, so maybe they sent out to all conditional approvals?) yesterday listing all the locations for EOA and how to do it (approach CBP officer, etc etc)... said nothing about the shutdown... but, as per my experience at BWI last week and some other reports, seems EOA not really available now.

alexj7 Jan 17, 2019 5:12 pm


Originally Posted by levilevi (Post 30667014)
Got an email out of the blue touting enrollment on arrival addressed to my son (have conditional approval, pending an interview we cant schedule, so maybe they sent out to all conditional approvals?) yesterday listing all the locations for EOA and how to do it (approach CBP officer, etc etc)... said nothing about the shutdown... but, as per my experience at BWI last week and some other reports, seems EOA not really available now.

They send this out every two weeks to me. My stupidity to put off the interview and now I am paying for it with multiple upcoming international flights. Hoping to do the arrival interview at EWR next week, but not looking good.

Of course, none of this would've happened if I had gotten an email warning about upcoming expiration!

1KChinito Jan 17, 2019 8:15 pm


Originally Posted by alexj7 (Post 30668364)
They send this out every two weeks to me. My stupidity to put off the interview and now I am paying for it with multiple upcoming international flights. Hoping to do the arrival interview at EWR next week, but not looking good.

Of course, none of this would've happened if I had gotten an email warning about upcoming expiration!

Since you applied for your renewal before expiration date, you have up to six months from expiration date to complete the process.

Next time mark your calendar to renew at T-364.

navarre007 Jan 22, 2019 5:36 am

Data point, entered ATL on January 21st. GE Enrollment on Arrival was available.

alexj7 Jan 22, 2019 7:47 pm

Confirmed not available to do arrival interview at EWR. Cost me nearly an hour. I have another trip back into JFK in a couple weeks, will try there next.

84fiero Feb 21, 2019 10:20 am


Originally Posted by dakaix (Post 30658959)
Can confirm that Enrollment on Arrival is available at ORD, apparently it reopened on Sunday.

I see on the CBP page that at ORD, booth 58 is the place to go. I hate to ask a dumb question, but is there any signage or a marked lane for getting to that booth? Or did you have to ask someone to let you proceed to that specific booth for Interview on Arrival, while you were in the regular queue? I'm pretty familiar with T5 arrivals but in the past wasn't specifically looking for Interview on Arrival when passing through.

GUWonder Feb 21, 2019 2:06 pm


Originally Posted by 84fiero (Post 30805714)
I see on the CBP page that at ORD, booth 58 is the place to go. I hate to ask a dumb question, but is there any signage or a marked lane for getting to that booth? Or did you have to ask someone to let you proceed to that specific booth for Interview on Arrival, while you were in the regular queue? I'm pretty familiar with T5 arrivals but in the past wasn't specifically looking for Interview on Arrival when passing through.

The booths are numbered and some are labeled at times, and 58 sounds like the lane that is for or very close to the lane most commonly used for MPC. For MPC there is a pass line in the middle between the lanes for say visa holders and the lanes for APC users, although more times than not most of the booths aren’t open. I would go into the MPC line and then cut over to 58 (if it’s open) or tell the contractors while standing waiting to be directed to a particular booth.

FWIW, MPC receipts can be processed at ORD T5 even by non-MPC-designated booths. They will then hand you a MPC rectangular card to show at the customs exit — and those cards can be a minor issue — when they want receipts to exit the baggage area and customs.

In your kind of situation, I would set myself up for MPC use on the 55-58 booth area and then ask to do enrollment on arrival and see what they suggest. Note that the published hours for enrollment on arrival at ORD haven’t been all that great and that even MPC booth is often not staffed — but MPC still works even at times when enrollment on arrival didn’t.



xhemp Feb 22, 2019 4:52 am

Greetings!

Does anyone know anything about Enrolment on Arrival at BWI? I will be flying from LHR there in 2 weeks and just wanted to know if there's a specific booth(s) or procedure I need to follow to get this one.

Thanks!

breiec Feb 26, 2019 2:53 pm

Just got conditional approval today after a long wait. I am currently in Sweden and will be returning through ORD on Friday at 6:10 PM. Will I be able to do the Enrollment on Arrival even though I land at 6:10 PM? Looking at the open on arrival locations site it appears that ORD has the following hours.

8:15 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday - Friday
Enrollment on Arrival available at Booth 58 if returning from foreign.

Seems strange to me as I would think that most Foreign arrivals would be coming in later in the day and the hours seem a little weird.

Thanks for any incite or previous experience that anyone else can provide!

TWA884 Feb 28, 2019 2:34 pm

From the Global Entry - processing timelines of initial applications thread:


Originally Posted by elc2414 (Post 30832789)
Did Enrollment on Entry today at LAX. Process was quick and easy. My wife and I were the only two people in the dedicated Enrollment on Entry line. Took about 10 minutes to process both of us.

Pleasant surprise was that the CBP officer said that since both our birthdays had just passed, we have right at 6 years before expiration instead of 5.


UKtravelbear Feb 28, 2019 3:16 pm


Originally Posted by xhemp (Post 30808804)
Greetings!

Does anyone know anything about Enrolment on Arrival at BWI? I will be flying from LHR there in 2 weeks and just wanted to know if there's a specific booth(s) or procedure I need to follow to get this one.

Thanks!

check the BWI page on the EOA page on the CBP website for info on location and hours.

xhemp Feb 28, 2019 3:37 pm


Originally Posted by UKtravelbear (Post 30832996)
check the BWI page on the EOA page on the CBP website for info on location and hours.

​​​​​​Thanks but that's the first thing I've done. I was looking for more information like if there's a specific booth or room or if I should just go in and tell the CBP officer I want to go for EoA and he will redirect me accordingly.

TWA884 Mar 2, 2019 9:08 am

From the Global Entry - processing timelines of initial applications thread:


Originally Posted by breiec (Post 30837348)
Was able to do global entry interview on arivval at ORD even though I arrived around 6 on a Friday. Hours on site say say something like 8:30 - 3:30.



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