EWR?
 

Any recent EWR data points?

Answering my own question…. We arrived around noon today at EWR…relatively quiet immigration. When I inquired about EOA, we were told to go to a customs agent at the desk and he’d give us instructions on where to go for EOA… once at the desk he directed us over to Lane 31 where we walked over… no one in line… kids had their global entry in about 3 total minutes.

Went through today. Started at MPC line, got an error as I tried to submit but they took me at that counter anyway, processed me (via the new “simplified arrival” or whatever it’s called) before I even knew what was happening. Asked about EoA, was directed to walk to the end and turn left into a signed and fenced off waiting area with probably a couple dozen seats, with two people there ahead of me. A handful more came in by the time I was called up mere minutes later, at which point I was asked for my PASS ID and passport. The officer scanned the U.S. passport, ignoring the foreign one I presented alongside it, and the “interview” consisted of a single question I didn’t know the answer to (how I’d heard of the program - I’ve been aware of it for a long time). He seemed to not be very familiar with the details of the program, saying that it would be valid for exactly five years from today (rather than 5 years and the change until my next birthday), and not only was I not requested to provide any documentation of address at all, when I mentioned that my residence and employer had both changed, he said it doesn’t matter and I should just update those online later (which doesn’t seem to be possible). The longest part was the fingerprint capture, trying a few different positions and angles in an attempt to get a good read, and eventually he wrote my PASS ID on a piece of paper along with a whole bunch of others (I assume) and said I was good to go. Got the email 50 minutes later, but unfortunately an agent at the airline desk wasn’t able to get my PreCheck to activate for my onward connecting flight, even after adding the KTN and cancelling and redoing the checkin. Hopefully it’ll work on my return flight

I'm so confused by my arrival experience at JFK - was processed/fingerprinted/etc. as above by an agent who I think would literally die if she had to crack a smile. At the end, I expected to receive my number, but instead she said "Okay, I'm submitting your interview, you'll hear more later." No email ever came, and my status online still shows "conditionally approved." What just happened? Rejected for some interminable reason? Got lucky with an "SSSS" version of the process and extra steps are now needed?

You already have your number, it’s the PASS ID you see on the site and have had since you applied. If you’re still not approved, TWA884 linked to a relevant thread a few messages up.

At which terminal did you arrive? Did you have to go to a separate booth after immigration to conduct the EOA process?

Terminal 8. Yes, separate lane after immigration.

Bermuda
 

Has anyone completed EOA during customs pre-clearance in BDA recently?

hi folks, my family & I are conditionally approved for GE. We are not able to find any appointments but have international travel coming up. We're going to YVR and were hoping to complete the enrollment at YVR when we go through the USCBP. Our flight back to the US is at 3pm PST. The TTP website says the YVR EC is open between 4:30am to 8:30pm. I assume we would be able to go through this EC as we go through the US Immigration process at YVR on our way back to the US. FTR my wife & I are Indian passport holders (US PR Holders) and our baby is a US citizen. Could we complete the enrollment process on our way back given our different nationalities? Does anybody have an idea on how long the wait time is for the EA? We can get to the airport as early as possible to finish the EA process.

The EoA page does indeed list YVR as an EoA location (which is not quite the same as an EC, as far as I know) open during those hours. I don’t see any reason you wouldn’t be able to do it there, the EoA page doesn’t make any mention of nationality being something that makes a difference to the ability to EoA, and each one of you is going to be processed individually anyway. In terms of wait time I can’t say for sure as I’m not familiar with the location, but the process itself is a matter of a couple minutes. If it’s a busy time for the airport (perhaps look up the departure list and see how many US-bound flights there are around the same time) there may be a wait, but I’d guess you probably just want to get there before the bulk of the passengers on your flight and it’ll probably be fine.

Thank you. Will be traveling in september and will share with y'all once I come back from the trip.

Could this be done with a 90 minute layover?
 

May I ask how long this took? My son will be landing at 6:30 on a weeknight, but his connecting flight is at 8:00. Is it possible (if he lands on time) to the GE interview in this amount of time?
Thank you!

Is a 90 minute layover at MIA enough time to do Global Entry Enrollment on Arrival?
 

My son has a 90 minute layover starting at 6:30 p.m on a Wed. evening with a flight to LAX at 8:00 p.m. Assuming his flight lands on time, could this be enough time to try for the GEE interview, or should he just concentrate on getting through immigration/customs and making his next flight?

I haven’t traveled internationally in years, so can’t remember the sequence. Do you go through immigration and then pick up your bags to go through customs which then has to be dropped off for the next flight? At what step would the GEE interview take place?

Would Mobile Passport be a workable alternative?

Thank you!

It may depend on the airport, last week in BOS I started with MPC (which basically just meant going down that lane and skipping the line - when I got to the officer, he was completely disinterested in my MPC submission and just had me look at the camera; I suspect I was actually processed by the Simplified Arrival face recognition thing) and then proceeded to EoA, which took mere minutes, and then was out of there quickly enough that I still had to wait for my luggage to come out.

An hour and a half is certainly tight, especially with the unknown factor of the security line. I’d certainly be inclined to refrain from adding any additional friction, but if he is off the plane quickly, and sees that he both gets through immigration very quickly (e.g. with MPC), and then asks for direction to EoA and sees that there isn’t a significant wait there, the need to wait for the luggage may make it worth attempting, with the caveat that it’s important to be ready to abort and skip the EoA if there’s any wait of more than a couple minutes. Another factor is whether there are later flights from the connection point to the destination that he could be rebooked onto in the event of a misconnect.

And yes, the process is as follows:
1. Clear immigration, via GE, MPC, whatever
2. Proceed to baggage claim, wait for luggage
3. Clear customs (generally this means “just walk out”)
4. Recheck luggage (usually there’s a recheck desk/location near exit from customs, assuming it was tagged through to final destination when checked at the origin it’s just a question of placing the bags on the belt)
5. Proceed to applicable TSA checkpoint for onward flight, transferring between terminals if necessary etc.

Rereading Jedesco’s account, if he encounters the same situation, I would say it’s probably not a good idea to attempt if it’s not a situation where you’re waiting anyway. It may be possible, and if he’s highly able to assess the situation and sees that the enrollment center is on his way, he’s able to see that the line at the TSA checkpoint is short and he wouldn’t be waiting there, and he has a while before the onward flight (e.g. inbound flight arrived early, cleared customs quickly, gate is near the checkpoint, etc.), it may be worth a try, but that’s a lot of “if”s.

Thank you so much for your most helpful and comprehensive reply! I hope that his experience goes as smoothly as yours, but most likely he will just hope that Mobile Passport gets him through quickly enough on ira own not to miss his connecting flight. Unfortunately, this trip he had to check someaudio equipment in baggage so it may take him awhile to get through customs.
If his first flight is so late that he’s going to miss his connecting flight anyway, maybe he can give GE a try. It seems that in his recent domestic travels, his flight have either been delayed (last time LAX to JFK) 12 hours, or he is sitting in airport for 4-5 hours waiting for a connection.
He does have a GE entry appointment at SFO, but it isn’t until November.
Thanks, again!