Adam, check to see if your credit card pays for it.
Whenever I renew, I get a notice a week later that they credited me the cost for GE.
The ones that pay do it for one person every five years.
Will do. Thanks.
Any recent updates on how long routine renewals are taking? And, whether they are requiring in person interviews for those these days? Just submitted my renewal application today. I wasn’t required to do an in person interview for my last renewal 5 years ago.
My experience from 2024 was renewal was within 1 day online. No interview required.
I’m guessing maybe having a Real ID helped?
Mine was a week, no interview needed. I didn’t even realize it was up until Precheck didn’t work on a domestic flight.
I don’t think Real ID made a difference.
My wife’s took a long time, so long wee forgot we had a renewal pending. I think renewals were much quicker in 2024. Good luck.
Thanks all!
For our last renewal, my wife got her’s in a day, but mine took about a month which seemed odd. She wasn’t born in the US, so if anything, I would have thought it would have been the other way around. Both without a new interview.
The website now seemed to be pushing people to consider only Pre-Check if they aren’t frequent international travelers. I thought they were originally encouraging as many people as possible to get GE. That allows a full background check and potentially uses less resources and speeds things up for everyone on re-entry.
Mine was 72 hours in March. No interview required.
And now the Global Entry card is accepted in lieu of a Real ID, so those of us who haven’t gotten one yet don’t have to carry a passport for domestic flights.
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Landed in Miami last week. It took about 10 seconds to get to the booth where the customs dude was waving us through.
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