Hi,

I can confirm on (a). Just go to any GE office, without appointment, and they will update the database and give you a new sticker.

Cheers,

GenevaFlyer

New GE member
 

After waiting in the ridiculously long lines on my numerous trips into LAX (from Beijing) the last few years, I finally applied. I just got the approval notification last night. I'm really excited to try it out next week. This will probably be the best $100 I have ever spent.

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You are absolutely correct, now.. welcome to FlyerTalk.

Not any more, not for LPRs:
(It was news to me that my passport could be used instead of my green card. I was told otherwise in 2009, and used my green card.)

Nonetheless, a visit to the CBP GE office is necessary once you lose your LPR card and have a U.S. passport.

I had to pay $100 for 5 years for GE. Do LPR's (per post #1419 above), get to skip the lines also? [While non GE US citizens have to queue.]

If you have a Green Card you can apply for it and you are a regular GE member with all rights. Also Green Card holders already can go in the same line as US citizenship holders.

Curious as to how long it took for approval from the time you submitted the application.

How does it work for us NEXUS/GE joint members? I was originally NEXUS and then was offered free GE membership. Do I have to fly up to an enrollment centre at a Canadian airport to get my new passport details entered into the CBSA system as well? Or can GOES do it automatically?

I believe that they clear you into GOES quickly, but you still have to do the "interview" and get your sticker like everyone else. When you took them up on the offer about Global Entry membership, the emails should have told you what you needed to do.

As somebody posted, there is an excellent thread explaining Nexus - Global Entry in the Aeroplan forum: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/air-c...on-thread.html

It varies greatly, but if you read through the thread you'll find times from under 2 weeks to over 8 weeks before approval is granted (which is to say when you get to schedule an interview, at which final approval is granted and you are entered into the system). There does not seem to be much of a pattern to it, at least based on the information in posts here (e.g., lots of int'l travel, not much int'l travel; travel to certain countries; living in different places; federal gov't security clearances, etc.)

I had my Global Entry appointment a couple of days ago in SEA. The appointment did not last long. I was asked a couple of question regarding the purpose of my past trips. The officer also walked me through the rules for food/exceptions/etc. I am looking forward to skipping the line on my next trip...

Given that you are SEA based, you would have been better off going for NEXUS. Extra benefits and a lower cost.

I just went through this. You don't need to fly up to a NEXUS enrollment centre

1) You can simply self-update GOES online with your new passport number.

2) If your passport is less than a day old (as mine was, I got it at the L.A. Passport Office directly), GOES won't let you self-update till the day after. You can either wait or go into your local GE office, where they can update you right away in about 5 minutes. This is the option I took, as I was by LAX anyway.

3) If you are close to a NEXUS office, you can go there. Of course, NEXUS offices are apparently now GE offices too, so it doesn't make a huge difference.

You don't do an interview with GE if you have interviewed with NEXUS. You walk in at any time the GE office is open and have them put the sticker in, scan the passport and show you the machine. No questions. Sometimes, they might ask to see your NEXUS/SENTRI card if you haven't brought the confirmation email. That may have changed now, since all NEXUS holders are automatically getting GE now.

Thank you very much for the information! I appreciate it.

LPRs can apply for GE. I am an LPR and have GE.

It varies by airport. For a time ORD was putting LPRs in with the non-U.S. citizens. I nearly missed my connection, and immediately applied for GE as a result. When I visited the GE office in ORD to get my CBP sticker, I complained to the CBP officer (who spoke English with a thick Spanish accent) about why ORD was doing that. He said that ORD gets lots of flights from Canada, and Canadian LPRs (like me) are a major problem for immigration.

Shortly after I sent a complaint to Nappy, ORD changed back to allowing LPRs in the citizen line (I don't expect there was a causal relationship). By which time I had GE.