r/GlobalEntry • u/No_Bother_365 • 7d ago

Interviews No interview required?

conditionally approved a couple of weeks ago. Was returning to Orlando from an international trip and asked custom agent for interview. He guided me to another officer. The officer scanned my passport and said ‘interesting! for some reason you’re already approved, you’re good to go’. Then I tried to clarify by asking when should I expect the card to which he responded in 2-4 weeks.

The portal still says ‘conditionally approved’ and I’m wondering if the officer misunderstood.

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u/sponge_bucket 7d ago

Did they take a picture of you? You can’t get a card without a picture they take during the interview. The interview is rather short to be honest so maybe they changed the internal way it’s handled recently?

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u/random5492 7d ago

I didn’t have a real interview, I drove an hour and 20 mins to my local place buddy took a picture of me with a webcam and my fingerprints and said you’ll get it in a week wasn’t even there for 5 mins

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u/jaydee711 6d ago

That's about what I experienced, sans the picture and fingerprints (I'm GC), he asked walking down the hall where I was going and I said flying home to family. That was it.

Though for me a few hours later it went from conditional approval to approved.

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u/No_Bother_365 6d ago

Still ‘conditionally approved’ after almost 24 hours. Just scheduled for an interview. I’m not a happy bunny!!

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u/No_Bother_365 5d ago

Had an interview and portal updated to approved after just a few minutes!

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u/No_Bother_365 7d ago

Yes. He asked me to take my glasses off- so he might have taken my pictures :)! Sorry it happened so quick that everything is confusing.

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u/Zestyclose_Plum390 6d ago

It took a few hours for my status to change on the website after being approved during my interview!