If you are one of the many Global Entry applicants delaying program enrollment because you can’t schedule an interview, listen up.
On the first Monday of each month, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Trusted Traveler Programs will release interview appointment slots for conditionally approved applicants to schedule at enrollment centers.
CBP will release appointments by 9 a.m. local time, accessible via applicants’ TTP dashboard.
“Given the unprecedented demand and continued interest in TTP, CBP is at an inflection point, where we must provide consistent, efficient, and accessible processing methods for applicants to select an appropriate enrollment option,” TTP director Michael Millich said in a statement. “This includes ensuring a coordinated release of interview appointments on a recurring basis.”
Mark your calendars for the next appointment release date on June 5.
Other enrollment tips
Enrollment on Arrival
Conditionally approved applicants can also complete the interview process when returning to the U.S. from abroad via CBP’s Enrollment on Arrival service.
Instead of scheduling and partaking in a formal interview at an enrollment center, you can finish the enrollment process at one of 65 airport locations as part of your trip home.
To complete this process, you’ll head to the customs line just as you would for the immigration process when returning to the U.S. after an international trip. From there, follow signs in the airport for the “Enrollment on Arrival” lanes. If you don’t see these signs, ask a CBP agent. An agent will complete your interview during your admissibility inspection.
Double-check that this service will be open during your arrival time, as EOA interviews are restricted to certain hours.
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Last-minute/day of appointments
If you cannot secure an interview slot during a Monday release, double-check on other mornings to see if there are last-minute openings due to day-of cancellations.
Appointment Scanner
If the traditional scheduling route does not get you the Global Entry interview appointment you need, consider trying an alternate service, such as Appointment Scanner.
For $29, users receive one month of appointment alerts (up to 25 per day) based on last-minute cancellations and newly released appointments at 20-plus enrollment centers.
Although it “can’t promise you’ll be able to schedule an interview,” it will refund any unsatisfied customers within 30 days.
Bottom line
This wave of appointments released on the first Monday of each month should help travelers who have already applied for Global Entry be able to use it sooner.
Even so, we expect these appointments to go as quickly as regular Global Entry appointments tend to go.
If you haven’t yet applied and plan on doing so, use a credit card that covers the $100 nonrefundable application fee for Global Entry. If you already have Global Entry, you can also use this credit to cover memberships for someone else.
As a reminder, CBP will release new appointments on the first Monday of each month, including June 5.
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