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Renewing your Global Entry? Here are some answers to your questions - The Inquirer
If you have a Global Entry membership, which allows you to bypass some of the airport lines, lucky you. But you might want to check your expiration date.
A majority of Global Entry members who joined the program in 2012 to 2014 are applying for renewal now, according to Pete Acosta, Trusted Traveler Programs director for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Factor in the coming summer travel season and this year’s partial government shutdown, and you have all the makings of a possible delay in your membership renewal.
Global Entry gives expedited customs clearance to preapproved, low-risk travelers arriving in the United States and grants them TSA PreCheck status. It can shave minutes, if not hours, from your transit times. Understandably, Global Entry is wildly popular. It has grown from fewer than 15,000 members in 2009 to more than 6 million in 2019, Acosta says.
If you have a Global Entry membership, which allows you to bypass some of the airport lines, lucky you. But you might want to check your expiration date.
A majority of Global Entry members who joined the program in 2012 to 2014 are applying for renewal now, according to Pete Acosta, Trusted Traveler Programs director for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Factor in the coming summer travel season and this year’s partial government shutdown, and you have all the makings of a possible delay in your membership renewal.
Global Entry gives expedited customs clearance to preapproved, low-risk travelers arriving in the United States and grants them TSA PreCheck status. It can shave minutes, if not hours, from your transit times. Understandably, Global Entry is wildly popular. It has grown from fewer than 15,000 members in 2009 to more than 6 million in 2019, Acosta says.