Global Entry interview appointment

[Ilovesailaway]

My credit card covers the cost of Global Entry or TSA Precheck. I debated which to get and ended up applying for Global Entry because it includes TSA Precheck. Right now I don't often enter the US by flying but I figured hey why not get GE if it's free. I do fly often enough domestically the TSA Precheck will come in handy.

Well now my Global Entry has been conditionally approved and I need to schedule an interview to complete the process. When I look for an appointment their is nothing within hundreds of miles for several months. Anything within a 5 hour drive has no appointments at all.

Very frustrating. In hindsight I would have just gone the TSA Precheck route. TSA subs out a lot of that process and I would have had no problem getting that done locally. 

Anyone here have recent experience with going through the process of the Global Entry interview? Any advice? I have 700 days to get it done but as I said no appointments anywhere near me that whole 2 years according to the CBP website and scheduler link.

[mchell810]

Lots of good info on Global Entry appointments in the thread below (even though it's titled Pre-Check).

 

 

[CruiserBruce]

3 posts, each about 10 minutes apart? Interesting.

 

GE is worth every penny...travel a little or travel a lot.

[Ilovesailaway]

17 minutes ago, CruiserBruce said:

3 posts, each about 10 minutes apart? Interesting

If those were mine I apologize.... I was getting an error message when I tried to post. I'm only seeing one here now.

[Z'Loth]

Try this Twitter feed which monitors for open slots.

[Jojiboy]

My wife and I ran into the same situation, no appointments available near us. At the time we were living near San Francisco and it was July 2020. We also own a home near Tucson so I looked to see if there were any appointments available at TUS and there were. So we scheduled appointments for a time we would be in the Tucson area. The interview process is painless, we were asked a few questions and had fingerprints entered into their system, in and out in less than 15 minutes. Received the GE cards a week later.

 

If you have any trips planned in the near future maybe see if you can get an appointment near your destination.