Hello friends! Jim here from Spanish and Go, and today I'm
going to go through the Global Entry interview
process and I'm going to tell you why you should and how you
can too. Let’s go! So if you travel internationally
the main reason why you're going to want to get global entry is
to skip lines. Basically, you get to go
straight to a kiosk where you put your passport in,
they scan your fingerprints, answer a few questions,
and you're good to go. But there's a few other
reasons too. With Global Entry you're automatically approved
for TSA PreCheck, so even if you're traveling domestically
you get to skip lines. That means you don't have
to take off your shoes you don't have to take out your laptop.
You get through security a lot faster. This will also
give you more time to enjoy the lounges in the airport
and you'll probably be less likely to miss flight
because you're going to get through security
that much faster. So, I've been conditionally
approved for Global Entry for a while now, but I waited to get
my interview because I never know where I'm going to be in
six months, and unfortunately from my home state,
the interview process takes a long time to set up.
You can go online and find when your nearest appointment
is available. In my case that was in Minneapolis,
and they didn't have an open appointment for at least
six months. And I wasn't willing to wait that long.
I don't even know where I'm going to be in six months.
So, I checked Puerto Rico and it turns out here they have
so many openings that I was able to schedule the appointment
actually yesterday in the afternoon. So it wasn't even
24 hours before my appointment I was able to find an open slot.
And they had a lot more available today too.
So, Puerto Rico is a great shortcut to getting your
interview done quickly. Good day. I have an interview
at 11:45. Excuse me? It’s for Global Entry.
Okay, thanks.
I just got done with my Global Entry interview and it
was really easy. It only took about 10 minutes and they really
only asked me two questions. They asked me what I do for
a living. They did confirm my address to where they could send
the card for Global Entry and one other thing from my past…
from my past always sounds kind of menacing doesn't it?
Just an occasion where I crossed the border a long time ago with
a friend and he had something he shouldn't have. I didn't know,
but they knew. They remembered. It's in the system from a long
time ago like 12 years ago. But, it was pretty easy.
And we did the whole interview in Spanish. So after the short
interview the officer ran through kind of a trial with me
of how I would go about adding my information into the machine
when I come in from another country.
When I come into the United States.
And basically they just took my fingerprints, took a picture,
and I was good to go. He didn't tell me at that moment
whether I was approved or not. He said I should know soon,
so I'll check my email.
Okay so I just got my email. It's been less than a half hour
after the interview. And looks like I was approved. Awesome!
That was super easy. I was a little nervous because he said…
he didn't say on the spot whether I was approved,
but it certainly seemed like we were good to go. He just
had to do some paperwork and I got the e-mail and good to go.
Approved for Global Entry for five years. So there you have it
the whole global entry process is pretty straightforward.
The interview is simple, and hopefully this video helped
you find a way you could do it a little quicker.
I'll leave some more information about the benefits
of Global Entry in the description to help you out.
And I think it's really going to help me out in the future.
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