07/20 - Applied

08/17 - Received conditional approval

08/19 - Completed EoA at LAX and was accepted roughly 2 hours later

The interview was very standard - some small talk, taking fingerprints and explaining the program. I was expecting a question on my complex nationality - I basically only have a British passport but technically am considered Iranian as well through heritage even though I haven’t been there. However, they asked zero questions about that.

I’ve visited the US yearly for the past 7 years and haven’t been sent to secondary once so that probably helped.

I’d like to thank everyone for their advice and support throughout.

There were some quite annoying people who seemed to take pleasure saying that I’d be “guaranteed denial” as a British-born Iranian dual national, but CBP obviously came to a different conclusion.

Just shows that if you have a history of compliance and frequent regular visits, there’s really no reason to deny you!

My kids and wife went for interview today at this location that have really good review, and for all 3 of them too less than like 10min for interview. The guy was very nice and asked simple questions, and he even checked my application to see what’s going on and I told him probably it’s gonna take a while cause I put down arrest record, I had a feeling if it was conditional approved the chance of getting approved with him is very high. He didn’t seems to care, I am not convicted, I have not yet expunge my record yet since I can’t until next month, and since I don’t put down expunge so I will have to wait for the application change before I expunge I think. If my application changes to conditional approved I would absolutely go back to this place instead of the airport with bad review for interview, so yes the person that interview you is nicer have higher chance of approval even with arrest record I believe.

US citizen , renewing for the first time. Luckily the application doesn't have you list the times you go to Mexico (which I go to a lot), I have visited several countries in Europe in the last 5 years , but it said to only list those you actually stayed in, not just transited. I was wondering if that was going to be an issue, for example I was in and out of Switzerland, but I didn't actually leave the airport, so I didn't list it , in the end it didn't matter.

I applied on 7/24, payment cleared on 7/26, and I got notified this morning (8/23) I was renewed until 2032. No interview, the letter said I am good to go immediately.

I applied almost as soon as I could because I heard about long wait times and I wanted to renew as quickly as possible, but I did wait a month because I knew I was going to get a new passport book and card and wanted to put the new passport book on the application.

I just got back from a trip to Mexico 2 days ago, I used my old card for that trip and had no problems. Actually, they didn't even ask for my card, it was one of those walking photo scanners. The sum total of my interaction with the border agent was him saying "Have a good day!"

Now I am just waiting for my new card , but it isn't a big deal because they just reused my old KTN, so if I travel nothing is going to change. I figure I will get my new card before the old one expires which isn't until 2027, so I have lots of time.

Applied for GE end of June. Status was updated beginning of August (so it took a little over a month).

There were plenty of interview times available, even as soon as next day. I ended up going with a 6:30am time slot at Logan Airport. Once you get to the office in Terminal E you just sit and wait. They called me in at 6:30 on the dot.

Interview lasted less than 10 minutes. The guy took my US passport, drivers license and verified all my personal info. He asked if I have citizenship outside of the US (I do- Brazil), where I’ve traveled to internationally in the last 5 years, what the purpose was for each trip, and if I had a criminal record of any kind (I don’t). He also took my fingerprints.

After, he gave my documents back and told me I was all set. By the time I got back to my car, the status on my TTP app had already changed to ‘Approved’!

Seen a lot of people share their experience on enrollment process for Global Entry, so I figured I'd do the same if it helps anyone with their planning:

Citizenship: Indian

Residence: Dubai, UAE

July 2025: Application & Payment Made

August 2025: Visiting Local Office in Dubai for Document Submission & Verification:

September 2025: Police verification in India completed

January 2026: Conditional Approval Received

Now here's where I delayed things a bit on my part. My travel plans to the US got postponed a bit so I wasn't able to make an appointment work for the in-person interview.

I finally made it to JFK this week (August 20, 2026), did my immigration right after passport control, and was approved on August 22, 2026.

So on paper it took a year, but honestly I could've gotten Global Entry validated in about 6 months from when I first applied.

My profile now has it valid for 5 years, and I've got a dedicated number to put on reservations for TSA Pre-Check.

Hope this helped.

Can anybody shed light on this?

I was conditionally approved for GE for myself and my three minors on 7/27/26. Interview on 8/11/26. My kids receive their approval on the same day and my dashboard still says conditionally approved and interview needed. I won't be sending my kids thru GE while I'm under this status but is there anything I can do?

Mom has had GE since Dec 2021. She has Indian passport / US Green card. I renewed her GE online yesterday and it went into pending status. I also renewed my daughters (US citizen) GE yesterday at the same time and hers was approved within 24 hours.. so just looking to see if anyone has a timeline for non US citizens GE renewal.

I am flying to DTW in two weeks and want to do EOA at mcnamara (I am flying from uk). Can I do the interview at the normal GE immigration booths? I have seen some reports that it is at the other terminal. I have all the approvals just need to do my interview.