Category Archives for Global Entry.
About a year after Global Entry, the US speedy immigration system, was launched a small number of non-US nationals were able to respond to invites from airlines to join. I duly did and undertook the interview in the US, after the UK Police did a background check. When I joined US Customs and Border Patrol used…
Global Entry – a real time saver at US Immigration – has been closed to applications from UK citizens for the past couple of years. In less than a month that changes and, after being checked by the UK Home Office, and paying a fee to them and the US Government, you can join the scheme. Subject to an interview in the US (or Qatar).
I arrived early yesterday evening from Madrid on Iberia to JFK’s Terminal 7. Zipping past the queue to go to the GE kiosks I thought it odd that I had not been asked about which flight I had landed on. Answering all the Customs questions with the usual ‘No’, I then got a message to…
American Airlines if offering free enrolment in Global Entry to its crews according to a press release it issued last week. “American is proud to be the first airline to offer Global Entry membership free of charge to all of our eligible pilots and flight attendants,” said Tim Campbell, American Airlines senior vice president of…
Pre-clearance of US Immigration and Customs in Ireland has long been one of my favourite travel experiences. I have done it at Shannon several times as part of the BA flight from London City, which stops off there to re-fuel. I wrote about this some months ago. You can read about this experience here. However,…
For those that asked for the full text of the email I received yesterday, allowing me to use TSAPre, here it is: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is partnering with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for the TSA Pre✓™ program. TSA Pre✓™ allows eligible passengers to qualify for expedited screening at participating U.S. airports…
The UK Border Agency has finally sounded the death knell for the IRIS immigration system. This has been long awaited if unwelcome. (London Heathrow airport loses service at Terminal 3 on 15 September 2013 and on 16 September at Terminal 5.) For those who don’t know about the scheme, it allowed pre-registered travellers to speed…
Background About 6 weeks ago, when reading the vFlyer board I chanced upon a post about a UK based member of United’s Mileage Plus scheme who had managed to obtain an enrolment code to Global Entry. UK Citizens, you understand, are not entitled to apply for Global Entry in the normal course of events. However, for some…
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