karenintx
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Global Entry Renewal
My Global Entry was due to expire in June 2022. Having read that the system has a backlog I decided to apply ASAP, which is one year from your
expiration date. I submitted my renewal application on June 14, 2021 @ 9:45 am. To my surprise this morning (6/16/21) in my email box was a
notification from CBP advising me..."We are pleased to advise you that your CBP/Global Entry membership has been approved. Your new expiration date
is June 2027."
YAHOO!!!!! No renewal interview needed. My original application was in June 2011 which required a face to face interview. For my first renewal I
started the process in December 2015 and was happily surprised that I was approved without a face to face interview. Now for my second renewal I was
approved within 36 hours of submitting my renewal application and again approved without a face to face interview. Life is GOOD!
Even if I had been required to have an interview I had already decided that I would use CBP's EoA program which is Enrollment on Arrival which
requires no appointment. Might be helpful to others that need a face to face interview.
https://www.cbp.gov/travel/trusted-traveler-programs/global-...
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JZ
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Great to hear.
Life is getting back to normal.
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karenintx
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Yes, it is! Interesting point, the hubby submitted his application mid-May...it is still pending approval. I think it's because he received two
speeding ticket within 14 months. He may get to use the EoA program...if his renewal app is approved.
I told him to slow down...
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BajaMama
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Nice! My SENTRI expired June 2021 so I applied for GE in June 2020. Approved, no interview required, had the card a week later.
My husband applied for renewal August 2020. Conditional approval February 2021, interview required. Interview early March, did not get approval
until after we called to remind them they "approved" him in the interview! Crazy. He now has approval and his card. Remember to activate your card
online.
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karenintx
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An other benefit for not having to do an interview...you get to keep your photo.
I look 11 years younger on my G/E card then in real life...sweet!!!
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Whale-ista
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Thanks for the Information re: Enrollment on Arrival. I've shared with others who are facing long waits.
\"Probably the airplanes will bring week-enders from Los Angeles before long, and the beautiful poor bedraggled old town will bloom with a
Floridian ugliness.\" (John Steinbeck, 1940, discussing the future of La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
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Ateo
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Hello All. My Sentri was set to expire in like 2019 so I started the process back then. Last summer (8/2020) I got the conditional approval.
At that time I tried to make an appointment and they gave me one, 14 months later - 10/2021.
I logged in today to see if I could get a quicker date after hearing from Nomads that the lines were not long anymore and it now says the first
available in Otay is 8/5/2022. What the hell is going on? Anyone? I'm gonna stick with my 10/2021 appointment but jeeezeeeee......
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nahhee
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Keep Trying to Make Appointment Multiple Times
I know that this is an old thread, but I discovered when I got a date far in the future for the interview at a particular site that the system is
dynamic - if you keep trying you stand a good chance of getting a slot somebody lost because they cancelled out, or some other thing happened. I kept
trying for several days, multiple times a day, with most appointments months down the road, until I managed to snag an appointment the same day when I
was checking in the morning, right after they opened up. Guess somebody called and cancelled that day. Also got an appointment for my wife a few
days later using the same technique. IOW, don't accept the booking until it suits you.
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JZ
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Quote: Originally posted by Ateo  | Hello All. My Sentri was set to expire in like 2019 so I started the process back then. Last summer (8/2020) I got the conditional approval.
At that time I tried to make an appointment and they gave me one, 14 months later - 10/2021.
I logged in today to see if I could get a quicker date after hearing from Nomads that the lines were not long anymore and it now says the first
available in Otay is 8/5/2022. What the hell is going on? Anyone? I'm gonna stick with my 10/2021 appointment but jeeezeeeee......
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You can schedule a Zoom session now for renewals.
Cancel you appt. And schedule the virtual session in the portal.
Also, to get faster in person you need to check availability frequently and catch a cancelation.
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BajaBlanca
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All great advice above!
Welcome Nahhee!
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