I was referring to the non-GE kiosks that CBP is rolling out for pre-processing non-GE travelers before they see an agent. Question was how these will expedite clearance when agents already take only 15-30 seconds for passengers with no issues.

This is a GE discussion, so maybe start a new thread for a different system?

If that happens in the future, you can use the crew lane if it is nearby, or otherwise jump to the front of the nearest primary queue - GE provides you with head of line privileges in the event of a kiosk failure. If jumping to the head of a primary queue, it may help to hold up the back of your passport with your GE sticker, or hold up your GE card so that the officer knows that you have GE.

Hello, just wanted to share a Global Entry report. I applied last year (Boston) took a few months, but got it. This time I wanted to get my 18 year son into the program. He had just received his passport in the mail. We applied online--(Big mistake--paid by e-check which adds 5 days) in early August. In about 10 days on 8/18 he was conditionally approved, 5 days after the e-check went through. I listed his employment as Student.

He has not ever moved so perhaps that made things easier. Perhaps the fact that dad is already approved made it go easy.

Anyway, as it turns out he was flying today with a 2 hour layover in IAH. I could see that IAH (the one INSIDER Terminal E) has tons of availability but they won't book less than 24 hours in advance.

I told him just to find the IAH office INSIDE the Terminal E sterile area. (It is near Ruby's Diner which is near the security checkpoint.) After a little confusion,
he didn't use the term walk-in and they slightly scolded him for not having an appnt, but they took him and now is (will soon be) officially approved. Total time 3 weeks max.

FYI, there will be GE interviews at the Pittsburgh airport during Nov. 4-6 this year: http://www.pitairport.com/PIT_Will_B...w_Nov_4-6_2013

I arrived at IAD off LH 418 yesterday during what I hear is the busiest time at IAD. MCT from my flight to another international flight is set at close to 2 hours. Every one in F had GE so the LH rep walked us to the kiosks. Followed the instructions as usual, got my slip and walked past the mile long line of people trying to get to customs. Walked right through, made my way through the crowd in the arrivals area, to the main terminal and went through precheck lane and arrived at the gate for an earlier flight. Time to get from plane to gate of next flight under 30 min. 10 min of the 30 min was waiting for the moving lounge to fill up.

According to coments from other people this saved at least an hour or more. Not to mention by same day change to earlier flight due to the quick process saved me another 5 hour layover.

We really should have the moderators remove the question mark from the thread title.

Here's a tip. I was conditionally approved and looked at appointments for the interview. At DFW it was out until the middle of October. Last Friday evening I checked and there were openings on Monday. So I was able to get in early. Houston and some of the smaller airports tend to have decent availability.

Check on Friday evenings, as I hear that's when they release appointments that have had to cancel.

Canceled appointments are released immediately on GOES.

It was quick for us. We just got our passports. Applied for GE on Friday, conditional approval on sat, appointment made for 2 months out. checked on Monday for earlier appointment and got one the next day. Both of us had approval by tuesday afternoon. Cards were received saturday. Total time, 8 days.

Does anyone know if a GE only office can fix passport information on a Nexus account? My Nexus card has my full, legal name, but my passport info in GOES has my last name in the middle name field (FN, LN, LN).

applied for GE friday (8/30), conditionally approved the following labor day sunday (9/1) - shocked it got done in 48 hours in the middle of the holiday weekend.

my issue now is that the office in BOS doesn't have interviews available until mid-january. i guess i'll try to follow the lead of others and keep checking for cancellations.

Or get the interview in the at a connection in DFW or some other trip.

YES, GE is worth it
 

I arrived around 1 pm today (9/8/13) at JFK T8 (AA). I got through the GE terminal step in about 2 minutes and headed with my GE slip to customs (I had only carry-on).
I've arrived on AA64 (zrh-jfk) often, and generally this is the only flight that has arrived at 1 pm--today it must have been on the tail end of other flights; the customs line(s) were huge* (and would have gotten larger once 64's luggage reached the carousels).
I walked right up to the first customs agent I saw (by-passing the lines) and was out within a few seconds.^ [It looked like there was a special lane (for use by GEer's:)--which I took--but it was not marked in any special way, except for the words EXIT.]
*even before GE, the lines at JFK for customs (out of nearly 50 arrivals) have never had more than 5 people...either customs is understaffed or this was a fluke occurrence.
PS: Could I have used the crew lane instead?

So I'm considering enrolling in either GE or NEXUS.

It looks like NEXUS is a little cheaper, although I don't travel to Canada often at all, so I don't really need it. I might travel to Canada more if I had NEXUS, as there are some places in Canada I'd like to visit. I don't have anything that would disqualify me for entry into Canada. Plus, having NEXUS does double as GE for US immigration purposes.

On the other hand, although the initial fee is a little more expensive for GE, I can probably schedule the interview with much greater ease since I live about 25 minutes from DEN. To go NEXUS, I'd have to plan a trip specifically into Canada for the interview.

So to sum it up, GE is a little more expensive but certainly more convenient. NEXUS offers more travel options, but is a bit of a pain in that it would require more of a dedicated trip just for the interview.

My next international flight isn't until January, so time isn't a huge issue yet. Are there any compelling reasons I haven't considered to choose one option over the other?