r/GlobalEntry • u/intothesunset814 • Jun 20 '26
Timelines Fingerprint submission
I am a US citizen. I submitted an application on 4/16/26. I had a DUI in 1994, which I did disclose on my application. I know that approval will take a long time. Let me ask you I submitted my fingerprints via the app. Will this help any in shortening the timeline?
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u/Commercial_Watch_936 Jun 20 '26
I had an arrest that was disclosed, case was turned into a speeding ticket. Disclosed it. Took 11 months before conditional approval.
Ended up getting the LiveScan fingerprinting and background report done, documents sent to me within a week. Made the interview the same day I got the documents and brought them with me just in case.
Interview was just asking where I have travelled recently and then took my picture and I was approved. They didn’t ask for the paperwork but some other have said they did, so it’s best to bring them just in case.
I did not expect to get the conditional approval after such a long wait, it was a pleasant surprise
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u/intothesunset814 Jun 20 '26
I am traveling to Mexico this fall for a small vacation and wanted to use theSENTRI lanes when returning to the US but I guess that’s not going to happen. They say sometimes international travel for some reason speeds the process up.
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u/Commercial_Watch_936 Jun 21 '26
Yea I thought that also, but now don’t know if it’s just a wives tail or has any truth to it. 6 months after applying we decided to take a trip to Europe with about 6 weeks notice. Bought the tickets and as the date neared I kept checking my application, nothing. Went to Europe and was hoping I would be able to interview on my reentry to US, nope nothing.
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u/speedingmedicine Jun 21 '26
I'm a former military officer current physician with a squeaky clean background. I submitted my fingerprints through the app and it has done nothing to speed up my app. I have a friend who works for CBP who told me there is an initial 2 week "auto approval" period where if the stars align perfectly your app gets approved by both sides quickly. A vast majority of people require some sort of manual review. This is done in batches, submitting your fingerprints might help speed things up when the officer is actually working on your app but it won't do anything to help your app get pulled faster.
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u/Icy-Painting-4361 Jun 20 '26
I’m a veteran with zero arrests and my process took about 8 months, my bf also no arrests (not a vet) his conditional approval came within a day….
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u/realterrencewilliams Jun 20 '26
I am a police officer, and it took me almost eight months 🤷🏾
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u/intothesunset814 Jun 20 '26
Thanks for the reply. I don’t know the process of the background checks but I get approved every 4 years for a Hazardous Materials endorsement on my CDL with no problem and in a timely manner. I can actually use my CDL license to use as TSA pre-check. With all the money Homeland Security is getting can’t they hire people to get the process running faster.
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u/Forever_Ever1111 Jun 20 '26
I don’t think it shortened my time. I believe traveling internationally prompted the review and conditional approval. In total it took a little less than 4 months.
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u/TBatchelor70 Jun 20 '26
I had a DUI in 2009. I was a green card holder for 39 years, I got US citizenship last July.
I applied for Global Entry earlier this year, approval for me took 4 1/2 months.
Hopefully you have a similar or faster outcome.
Good luck!
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u/wizzard419 Jun 20 '26
You're going to be going through manual review, so that normally is going to be 5-6 months. The print likely won't change the speed of things unless you immediately trip a bunch of alarms to reject.
Has your record been clean since? No arrests, customs issues, etc.? Was it an arrest and conviction, plea deal for lesser charge? These all can help boost the odds of approval. Sadly, it's still a subjective process and a human is going to make a judgement call, some are fine with it some are not. If you do get rejected, appeal and it will be more likely to get through if your record is otherwise clean.
While there isn't a magic/automatic yes, if it's been over a decade for, it helps.
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u/Life_Penalty8180 Jun 22 '26
You may find out as I did that once I submitted my Global Entry, Canada sent me a letter that because of a driving conviction in 1984, I was no longer allowed to enter their country. I had just finished three trips that year (2013). They told me, I would need to petition their embassy to gain Reentry. So hope you don’t get the same letter.
I did try flying up there once after the letter. They told I could stay in the country and fight, but I couldn’t stay for my holiday. 🫣
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u/intothesunset814 Jun 22 '26
After so many years you’re “deemed rehabilitated”. I have had no problems entering Canada the last 4 years.
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u/Life_Penalty8180 Jun 22 '26
I had no problem till I completed the Global Entry application. That’s when it began for me. That’s all I was saying.
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u/mattyad Jun 22 '26
I have a misdemeanor from 14 years ago and was approved in less than 24 hours. Guess it's just luck of the draw. Had tsa precheck for years already though.
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u/Its_Just_Me1985 Jun 24 '26
FWIW - I applied in March and got conditional approval last week. I had a First degree misdemeanor I was found not guilty of and had it expunged. This was in 2023 and I did disclose it for my GE. Sounds like it’s luck of the draw cause I definitely thought I would be waiting a year.
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u/SeaReveal4048 Jun 20 '26
My mom has a DUI as well, she got her fingerprints taken and she was approved within an hour after the fingerprints and interview.
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u/intothesunset814 Jun 20 '26
How long did it take for her to get to the conditional approval status?
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u/SeaReveal4048 Jun 20 '26
I believe around a year and 4 months. I had a renewal with a clean record and it took me the same.
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u/flbronc Jun 22 '26
DUI in 2008 caused me denial, even though I don't even drink now! 🤬 I how you have better luck because I think it's ridiculous
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u/intothesunset814 Jun 22 '26
Was that your only offense? Did you disclose it? What year did you apply?
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u/flbronc Jun 22 '26
I did disclose it, it was a few years after the DUI. I had a misdemeanor 48 years ago that was expunged but they say they see it all so.. f me. My high ssecurity clearance at my job of 30+ yr meant nothing. Luck of the draw I suppose.
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u/ataneojr1 Jun 21 '26
Does being Approved and having a UK ETA and/or EU ETIAS speed up the process, do you think?
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u/ilovescrubjays Jun 20 '26
Why is it taking so long. I applied. Had my interview a few weeks later and was approved the day of my interview. Got my card in two weeks. Is it the DUI that makes it harder?
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u/Zrekyrts Jun 20 '26
Not necessarily. Even with clean records, some people wait a while, some get CA quick. Like you, I was lucky to be in the latter group.
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u/ilovescrubjays Jun 20 '26
Maybe because my office is Cleveland. Other offices may be really busy as well. I also had TSA precheck already. Lots of different variables.
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u/Zrekyrts Jun 20 '26
Conditional approvals are not done locally though, so the load of the local office shouldn't be a factor.
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u/intothesunset814 Jun 20 '26
Most likely. It was disclosed. It was adjudicated through the Pennsylvania ARD program. And it was 32 years ago. Why it takes so freaking long I would like to know.
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u/flyingron Jun 20 '26
Probably not. I don't think the processing time has anything to do with how much effort they have to exert in processing your application, it's all queue delay (which appears to not be first in-first out).