I have and its not that simple, at least not anymore. You have to fill out the app online, takes X number of days to approve then you have to set a date for the interview within 30 days or do it over. I looked at locations in washington, most had a 2 month plus wait time and none where I live even thou we have an international airport. Its also worth noting that having a global entry card is just for customs not TSA, you have too apply for TSA precheck. Thou if you have a known flyer number I have heard you can get auto selected for it most of the time automaticly, im guess thats was what you did. Having it also makes it easier to get approved for TSA precheck. But there are even fewer locations for precheck so I have not done that either. And even then I know you cant skip the lines in atlanta becuase i was next to a guy who had global entry and i assume precheck and was pissed he was waiting in the same line as me.
Maybe I got special treatment in getting it, I have over 1,500,000 lifetime miles on UAL and that gets both me and my wife lifetime UAL and Star Alliance status and it does automatically get me TSA Pre check in. But I am not talking about check in. I am talking about Global re-entry. And yes, you are correct, you send in your firm, they check you, then you make the appointment and get interviewed and the stamp is put in your Passport. It is not a next day thing and, like renewing a passport, does take some time. At the office that I went to at EWR, which is a very busy international airport as well as being Zuniteds NYC hub airport there were only two agents working but there were no other people waiting to be interviewed either. However it still took about an hour and a half to get the stamp.
I did look at that, however experience with Customs in Belgium tells me that it never goes to plan, you won't know exactly what day it gets there could be 2 days, could be 2+ weeks. If I had a spare $4000 I would keep a second camera in europe but at this point I need $6500 just for a scanner and well you can see all the film im shooting. I can only ration my hotdogs down so much each day
Really this post was about getting my film there spending the least amount of money. Little risk with xrays but all in all seemed the best way, i might ship it back if i have drama getting there. I spent a lot of time looking at other options, hoped the info might save someone some time in the future.
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