Is Global Entry worthwhile?
Nov 17, 2019, 9:08 pm
#3481
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Nov 19, 2019, 2:13 pm
#3482
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Nov 20, 2019, 3:25 am
#3483
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Nov 20, 2019, 1:49 pm
#3484
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Yay! Just got my Global Entry card. Thanks Chase IHG card!
Now...I wish I had Nexus - then I could easily drive across the border to Canada. Last time I was stuck in line for an hour or something like that, maybe worse. Maybe someday I will pony up the $50 and time to do that. Don't go often enough to Canada to do that yet. At least I can get back in the USA fast - though last time there was no line.
Actually...I had the precursor to GE in the late 1990s.....forget the name of that program.
Now...I wish I had Nexus - then I could easily drive across the border to Canada. Last time I was stuck in line for an hour or something like that, maybe worse. Maybe someday I will pony up the $50 and time to do that. Don't go often enough to Canada to do that yet. At least I can get back in the USA fast - though last time there was no line.
Actually...I had the precursor to GE in the late 1990s.....forget the name of that program.
Nov 20, 2019, 2:31 pm
#3486
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Primarily because it's more hassle to get NEXUS. You have to do an interview at a joint NEXUS/GE enrollment center, which are along the US-Canada border (e.g., Seattle, Toronto).
Dec 4, 2022, 2:06 pm
#3487
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How long did it take for your application to be processed? The TTP website is saying 12-14 months!?!?? Did it really take that long?
Dec 5, 2022, 7:03 pm
#3488
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Aug 20, 2023, 4:40 pm
#3489
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A recent traveler arriving at LIS claims on a FB post that there was sign leading folks to a special line at EU passport control saying "GLOBAL ENTRY."
Of course no photos and nothing to back up the claims but a declaration that GE is now ready for use at the EU border, at least in LIS.
I know this can't be true but just asking folks on here - could he be right, am I the one going crazy? Or was he just mistaken, and if so, how could he have seen a GE sign in Lisbon?
Of course no photos and nothing to back up the claims but a declaration that GE is now ready for use at the EU border, at least in LIS.
I know this can't be true but just asking folks on here - could he be right, am I the one going crazy? Or was he just mistaken, and if so, how could he have seen a GE sign in Lisbon?
Aug 20, 2023, 7:38 pm
#3490
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There were (are?) some benefits that other countries extended to Global Entry program members. For instance, before SmartGate in Australia was available to all US passport holders with an ETA, you had to have GE. I've not been to New Zealand, but I read they were letting US passport holders with GE use a special lane at AKL.
Aug 20, 2023, 10:24 pm
#3491
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There were (are?) some benefits that other countries extended to Global Entry program members. For instance, before SmartGate in Australia was available to all US passport holders with an ETA, you had to have GE. I've not been to New Zealand, but I read they were letting US passport holders with GE use a special lane at AKL.