Is Global Entry worthwhile?
Mar 4, 2010, 12:27 am
#766
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Mar 4, 2010, 12:43 am
#768
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Mar 4, 2010, 3:21 am
#770
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Also, what happens when I'm traveling with family members who don't have GE? Usually we fill out a common customs form. What happens under GE? Do I not use GE, or can they skip with me to the front of the line?
Mar 4, 2010, 7:28 am
#771
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: AMS
Programs: A number, but no status no more
Posts: 3,049
Hi,
From the Global Entry Program Overview:
(bolding mine)
http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/tr...iscription.xml
As for having the sticker, you're most likely ok if all goes well ... but if you get the X, they may be looking for it.
Cheers,
GenevaFlyer
*Note: If enrolled parents are traveling with children under 14 and clearing as a family, they may not use the kiosk and must clear using the regular passport control process.
http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/tr...iscription.xml
As for having the sticker, you're most likely ok if all goes well ... but if you get the X, they may be looking for it.
Cheers,
GenevaFlyer
Mar 4, 2010, 8:53 am
#772
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: DFW
Posts: 81
Hi,
From the Global Entry Program Overview:
(bolding mine)
http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/tr...iscription.xml
As for having the sticker, you're most likely ok if all goes well ... but if you get the X, they may be looking for it.
Cheers,
GenevaFlyer
From the Global Entry Program Overview:
(bolding mine)
http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/tr...iscription.xml
As for having the sticker, you're most likely ok if all goes well ... but if you get the X, they may be looking for it.
Cheers,
GenevaFlyer
Mar 4, 2010, 10:19 am
#773
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FWIW, this is the email that I received both when I was conditionally approved, and again immediately after my interview in MCO...
Dear GOES User,
GOES ACCOUNT INFORMATION
User ID: xxxxxxxxxxxx
There has been a recent change to the status of your application.
Please login to your GOES account for more information.
This e-mail was sent from a notification-only address that cannot accept
incoming email. Please do not reply to this message.
Thank you,
Customs and Border Protection
Dear GOES User,
GOES ACCOUNT INFORMATION
User ID: xxxxxxxxxxxx
There has been a recent change to the status of your application.
Please login to your GOES account for more information.
This e-mail was sent from a notification-only address that cannot accept
incoming email. Please do not reply to this message.
Thank you,
Customs and Border Protection
Mar 4, 2010, 9:53 pm
#774
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FWIW, this is the email that I received both when I was conditionally approved, and again immediately after my interview in MCO...
Dear GOES User,
GOES ACCOUNT INFORMATION
User ID: xxxxxxxxxxxx
There has been a recent change to the status of your application.
Please login to your GOES account for more information.
This e-mail was sent from a notification-only address that cannot accept
incoming email. Please do not reply to this message.
Thank you,
Customs and Border Protection
Dear GOES User,
GOES ACCOUNT INFORMATION
User ID: xxxxxxxxxxxx
There has been a recent change to the status of your application.
Please login to your GOES account for more information.
This e-mail was sent from a notification-only address that cannot accept
incoming email. Please do not reply to this message.
Thank you,
Customs and Border Protection
Mar 5, 2010, 1:07 pm
#775
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: BUR/LAX
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Further to the "food declaration" discussion earlier, I received this info today in an email reply from CBP about earlier problems I had with the fingerprint scanner:
In addition, please note that the question on the declaration screen that deals with food has been recently amended. The question now asks:
“Do you have any fruits, vegetables, plants, insects, meats or products containing meat, dairy products, animals or animal/wildlife products, disease agents, cell cultures, snails, soil; or have you visited a farm/ranch/pasture outside the United States?”
This is a great improvement to the general questions that were asked before where you virtually had to declare anything that is edible.
In addition, please note that the question on the declaration screen that deals with food has been recently amended. The question now asks:
“Do you have any fruits, vegetables, plants, insects, meats or products containing meat, dairy products, animals or animal/wildlife products, disease agents, cell cultures, snails, soil; or have you visited a farm/ranch/pasture outside the United States?”
This is a great improvement to the general questions that were asked before where you virtually had to declare anything that is edible.
Mar 5, 2010, 1:14 pm
#776
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: MSP
Programs: Lapsed DL North PE, now nothing
Posts: 701
[QUOTE=wilp888;13518682]
“Do you have any fruits, vegetables, plants, insects, meats or products containing meat, dairy products, animals or animal/wildlife products, disease agents, cell cultures, snails, soil; or have you visited a farm/ranch/pasture outside the United States?”
QUOTE]
This is what I saw last Sunday at DTW. I don't like the "dairy products" as I think that's too general. A lot of food products contain a dairy ingredient. Cookies, breads, and of course, chocolates.
“Do you have any fruits, vegetables, plants, insects, meats or products containing meat, dairy products, animals or animal/wildlife products, disease agents, cell cultures, snails, soil; or have you visited a farm/ranch/pasture outside the United States?”
QUOTE]
This is what I saw last Sunday at DTW. I don't like the "dairy products" as I think that's too general. A lot of food products contain a dairy ingredient. Cookies, breads, and of course, chocolates.
Mar 5, 2010, 1:31 pm
#778
Join Date: May 2005
Programs: UA
Posts: 1,775
[QUOTE=lotalota;13518725]
I consider chocolate not a dairy product, it does contain dairy like lots of other products. If they question me I will cite Wikipedia 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dairy_product
“Do you have any fruits, vegetables, plants, insects, meats or products containing meat, dairy products, animals or animal/wildlife products, disease agents, cell cultures, snails, soil; or have you visited a farm/ranch/pasture outside the United States?”
QUOTE]
This is what I saw last Sunday at DTW. I don't like the "dairy products" as I think that's too general. A lot of food products contain a dairy ingredient. Cookies, breads, and of course, chocolates.
QUOTE]
This is what I saw last Sunday at DTW. I don't like the "dairy products" as I think that's too general. A lot of food products contain a dairy ingredient. Cookies, breads, and of course, chocolates.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dairy_product
Mar 5, 2010, 1:34 pm
#779
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: BUR/LAX
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Posts: 2,505
You should email your concerns to them. I find the people in charge of the GE program very responsive and they take the time to respond to individual emails and it's not a canned response.^