CBP Creates Website Page for the Global Entry Program

The Department of Homeland Security's Customs & Border Protection Agency (CBP) created a page on its website devoted to information on the international trusted traveler Global Entry program, which includes an online application link, eligibility and fee information, an information guide, a fact sheet and FAQs.

The Global Entry program is a new pilot program managed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, which allows pre-approved, low-risk travelers expedited clearance upon arrival into the United States. U.S. citizens and U.S. Lawful Permanent Residents aged 14-years and older may apply to this program. Participants will enter the United States utilizing automated self-service kiosks. To report their arrival, participants will use their machine-readable U.S. passport or permanent residency card, submit their fingerprints for biometric verification, and make a CBP declaration at the kiosk’s touch-screen. Upon successful completion of the Global Entry process at the kiosk, the traveler will be issued a transaction receipt and directed to baggage claim and the exit, unless chosen for a selective or random secondary referral.

Global Entry participants are exempt from routine CBP questioning however, on a random basis or if selected by CBP officers, they may be subject to additional screening at any time in the Customs process. Beginning June 10, 2008, Global Entry will be available to approved members at Terminal 4 - John F. Kennedy International Airport, Washington-Dulles International Airport, and George Bush Intercontinental Airport. Prior to approval, applicants must be interviewed for eligibility at one of the enrollment centers that CBP has established at these airports.