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Jan 26, 2011 | 3:59 am

#1471

FlyMeToTheLooneyBin

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Quote:

Originally Posted by bseller

Your experience is 100% diametrically opposed to mine, as I have NEVER been asked to show anything. Not my PP, not my sticker, only the receipt.
And I'm "guessing" that I may pass thru ORD customs a couple more times a year than some others!!

Dave

Quote:

Originally Posted by xyzzy

Same f

r me.

+1. I don't think they even look at the receipt.

Jan 26, 2011 | 4:17 am

#1472

nrr

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Quote:

Originally Posted by FlyMeToTheLooneyBin

+1. I don't think they even look at the receipt.

A few times the agent (on exiting CBP area), looked for a "code" number on my receipt and compared it with the number he had on his desk.

Jan 26, 2011 | 4:20 am

#1473

GoingAway

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Quote:

Originally Posted by nrr

A few times the agent (on exiting CBP area), looked for a "code" number on my receipt and compared it with the number he had on his desk.

That's their random check - if you match, you would have been sent to secondary.

Jan 26, 2011 | 5:26 am

#1474

popeyethesailerman

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Quote:

Originally Posted by xyzzy

Same f

r me.

same for me at ATL

Jan 26, 2011 | 8:14 am

#1475

BogeyMan

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Quote:

Originally Posted by FlyMeToTheLooneyBin

+1. I don't think they even look at the receipt.

My last two trips through DFW they checked the receipt to the pp.

Jan 26, 2011 | 9:40 am

#1476

Global_Hi_Flyer

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Quote:

Originally Posted by BogeyMan

My last two trips through DFW they checked the receipt to the pp.

Likewise

Jan 26, 2011 | 4:15 pm

#1477

N1120A

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Quote:

Originally Posted by nrr

In all of my trips using GE, no CBP agent has looked for my sticker. But even if YOU update your new pp info on the GE website, the "system" may still require a CBP agent to verify that it was entered correctly.

According to GOES and the GE enrollment agent who put my same-day passport into the system, that isn't true.

Quote:

Originally Posted by C. Howitt Fealz

I was asked to show my sticker twice at ORD while giving them the receipt.

Really? Why? I get checking the passport, but why the sticker?

Jan 26, 2011 | 7:51 pm

#1478

mre5765

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Quote:

Originally Posted by N1120A

According to GOES and the GE enrollment agent who put my same-day passport into the system, that isn't true.

The CBP is not a model of consistency.

Jan 27, 2011 | 12:21 am

#1479

N1120A

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Quote:

Originally Posted by mre5765

The CBP is not a model of consistency.

A NEXUS agent I talked to on the phone thought the passport had to be presented at an Enrollment Centre, but then wavered when I mentioned GE. I called GOES to confirm, and they said the "system" is designed to be self-updated by the member. The GE guy confirmed it. The reasons I had to go in were because I needed the sticker and because I wanted it in the system the same day the passport was issued.

Jan 27, 2011 | 4:28 am

#1480

greg99

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Just went through SFO with a brand new passport that I had self-updated on GOES a few days before, and had not been able to get the sticker before departure. No issues whatsoever.

Saved me a ridiculous amount of time again, having just arrived behind 3-4 transpac arrivals.

Greg

Jan 27, 2011 | 1:55 pm

#1481

PSU Mudder

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Data point: Just got my conditional approval 7 days after applying.

Jan 27, 2011 | 3:28 pm

#1482

TrinaLC

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Just had my interview and final approval today. Looking forward to using it!

Now if only they would let us use this for an accelerated security line for boarding!

Jan 27, 2011 | 3:35 pm

#1483

Captain Schmidt

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Would love to be able to register. I use IRIS going in and out of the UK and when I lived in Hong Kong, I was able to us the automated entry channels there. However ...... as a US resident that is not either a citizen or a green-card holder, Global Entry isn't open to me. There has been some talk of opening eligibility up further but I'd have to assume that with the current level of paranoia in the US, that ain't likely to happen any time soon.

Jan 27, 2011 | 3:35 pm

#1484

Palal

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OP check out this thread

Jan 27, 2011 | 4:12 pm

#1485

LouiseMc

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Global Entry

I have had a Nexus card for years. Last week I received a postcard notifying me I was eligible for the Global Entry program. Went to the website indicated, signed up and received e-mail confirmation membership immediately. Can't wait to use it.