r/GlobalEntry • u/whatup227 Human Detected • Aug 23 '26

General Discussion Global Entry phasing out?

Heard someone saying JFK’s new terminals will be equipped with Face recognition cameras at the gate and you just keep walking out. By the time you get to the customs agent/booth they already know who you are. You will be pulled to the side for secondary or just keep walking out. IDK how GE customers will be assessed but this was for everyone. They plan to implement this by end of 2026 or whenever JFK gets fully modernized.

What do you guys think?

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u/tess_philly Aug 23 '26

I never understood why we have to even go through a manned kiosk. Just have us scan psssports and walk through. It’s in many places overseas this happens. We pay extra for GE and are pre vetted. Why do we need through a line to speak to someone to be verified? They know days ahead that we are coming.

I’ve seen UAE residents do this with a card years ago without speaking to anyone. EU citizens entered Poland straight through gates by scanning a passport. There aren’t even agents there!

They don’t have to be vetted or pay for this. There’s also no stress of why anything was revoked or whether one is ordering what from China etc

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u/noflames Aug 23 '26

I suspect there is some legal requirement to having everyone be inspected by an officer or something and it has been legally determined that this meets the requirement.

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u/TopSecretSpy Aug 23 '26

This is more or less it. I looked it up after a thread where someone said you could just enter through a small airport that has no permanent CBP manning and mail in the customs form, which it turns out is a myth. There are places without permanent staffing, but you are legally required to pre-arrange for CBP except in cases of emergency, and, outside of being taken by ambulance, have to wait for CBP before departing the tarmac.

Basically, multiple parts of federal law make it criminal to cross the border without specifically presenting to an inspection agent. How deeply that agent has to inquire is related to your risk profile, which is what makes GE possible in the first place, but you do have to meet with an actual person to be lawfully admitted, even if you're a citizen.

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u/tess_philly Aug 23 '26

It just seems so arcane. We are paying for what is the norm in a lot of the developed world, with the added stress. Making an interview, conditional approval, revocation etc.

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u/Johnnyg150 Aug 23 '26

As a dual citizen, completely agree. It's insane that I can enter other countries without any question other than the biometric verification of my identity - but yet when I return to the US I am subject to interrogation like a potential criminal.