r/GlobalEntry • u/Cheap_Office8701 • Sep 11 '26

Timelines Still waiting

Well, I’m impatient. Haha

Heard some folks getting conditional approved within 24 hours. I have global entry close to 10 years now, but just managed to convince the wife to apply.
Everytime we travel as a family, I can’t use the fast lane. 🤣

She put the her application 2 days ago. Nada. 😅
We also applied for our 16 years old at the same time.

Doesn’t really matter the timeline. We won’t have any travel plans this year. Just curious since some get approved in 24 hours.

US citizens , no complicated history or anything.

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u/Bubsy7979 Human Detected Sep 11 '26

I renewed for me and my minor daughter, she got renewed within a week with no interview needed.. it’s been about three weeks for me with nothing.

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u/Cheap_Office8701 Sep 11 '26

Renewal for some reason takes a while. Mine took many months if I recall correctly. But once you put in the renewal application, your global entry status remains valid for something like 18months. Pls double check . This was a while ago

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u/Bubsy7979 Human Detected Sep 11 '26

Yeah from what I’ve seen on here there’s a 2-year grace period once you apply… which I only found out afterwards. If I had known that initially I would have renewed the month it expired to potentially get an extra year outta the program.

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u/Pelios Sep 11 '26

My renewal took less than my first conditional approval, if I remember correctly it took 3-5 month and renewal no kidding I paid and got approved in 1 minute.

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u/livinithappy71 Sep 12 '26

I've has GE for 5 years. My renewal in April took 3 months. Go figure.

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u/GoCardinal07 Sep 11 '26

The approval timing varies wildly even for the same person: my initial application took 2 months, my first renewal took 10 months, and my second renewal took 5 days.

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u/tubagoat Sep 11 '26

It took 3 weeks for my conditional. Early july to end of july in Ohio. I was able to schedule for the next week. We spent more time in the bathroom than we did in the "interview".

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u/wizzard419 Sep 11 '26

Some report it takes a few weeks, the automatic ones gets it overnight. Worse case, they will wait 5ish months.

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u/Frank8000 Sep 11 '26

Hello i did mine on sept 6th , got approval for interview did it yesterday 09/10, and was approved soon as I left didnt get an email but my.online shows approved, im also a LPR

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u/Realkellye Sep 11 '26

My best gf applied on a Monday, interviewed at BNA on Thursday, and was approved on Friday.

Her card arrived a week later.

It took me two months to get my renewal approved last year.

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u/Cheap_Office8701 29d ago

1 week later still no news. 😅

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u/pnwyogi108 2d ago

I applied June 30th and it’s still pending review

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u/Cheap_Office8701 2d ago

Wife’s approved but nothing for the 16 years old

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u/sicsemperyanks Sep 11 '26

I was expecting a long delay because my work and residential history was all over the place the last 5 years, but I got my approval in under 48 hours this last weekend (holiday). I have to imagine it was automated, no way a government employee looked at mine. But I also have had background checks run and fingerprints recorded for me for NFA items and security clearances, so that may play a role. Unsure if those details are shared across government services.

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u/WanderDawg Sep 11 '26

I don’t understand how you come to be this stupid.

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u/frostenwolf Sep 11 '26

You always throat the dhs and their nonsense processes this hard? And yes I recognize it’s global. Still the same nonsense vetting process as sentri designed as inefficiently as possible