Global entry with unenrolled child

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MPC is faster and easier than GE now. I just used it at Newark (no idea why PP had a problem), Philly and Dulles.

Do not attempt non-GE kid in Dublin. Man were they mean!

Yup- by far the meanest CBP officers I have ever dealt with were at the Dublin pre-clearance facility.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I went through GE with my 1yo not knowing minors needed it. We got a talking to by the agent and they threatened to revoke our statuses if we ever did it again but they did let us go through (thank god because the standard line was sooo long that day).

But, and I acknowledge this sounds awful — I’m pretty enough that I’ve noticed that I generally get my way even when against the rules…

Way to objectify yourself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I went through GE with my 1yo not knowing minors needed it. We got a talking to by the agent and they threatened to revoke our statuses if we ever did it again but they did let us go through (thank god because the standard line was sooo long that day).

But, and I acknowledge this sounds awful — I’m pretty enough that I’ve noticed that I generally get my way even when against the rules…

Way to objectify yourself.

Yeah, I am not pretty and I often get my way just by being a pleasant and persuasive person.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MPC is a joke. I arrived at Newark - where the app was telling me they used MPC - filled out the form, had my approval ticket, and when I got to passport control they said “no, we don’t do that” and had to go to the regular line anyway. Thankfully, we were the only flight hitting the line at that time, so we went right through. I had a connection, so I would have been really pissed if I had to wait on the really long line.

I arrived in Dulles last week and the app kept giving an error message that the forms couldn’t be submitted. I wouldn’t count on the app.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FYI - I read elsewhere that they will revoke your enrollment. Which is absolutely crazy since until an hour ago I didn’t even realize a small child needed it. I can’t wait for the interview.

“Have you ever been a member of a domestic terrorist organization?”

What do you mean “I read elsewhere that they will revoke your enrollment”?

NP. We were recently returning from our young DC's first international trip. DH and I have global entry, DC does not. DH's understanding was that we could all go in the global entry line- he was wrong, but it was an innocent mistake, and we got totally reamed by the officer when we approached the desk. Instead of just telling us to go in the other line, he threatened to revoke our enrollment. So yeah, don't do it, you never know if you'll get someone on a bad day/power trip.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:FYI - I read elsewhere that they will revoke your enrollment. Which is absolutely crazy since until an hour ago I didn’t even realize a small child needed it. I can’t wait for the interview.

“Have you ever been a member of a domestic terrorist organization?”

What do you mean “I read elsewhere that they will revoke your enrollment”?

NP. We were recently returning from our young DC's first international trip. DH and I have global entry, DC does not. DH's understanding was that we could all go in the global entry line- he was wrong, but it was an innocent mistake, and we got totally reamed by the officer when we approached the desk. Instead of just telling us to go in the other line, he threatened to revoke our enrollment. So yeah, don't do it, you never know if you'll get someone on a bad day/power trip.

Thanks, this is what I was afraid of. A little power and authority can go to the head.

We’ve signed up for GE and hope to have conditional approval before re-entry.

It’s so silly a properly documented small child traveling with properly documented parents who have GE can’t get their passport stamped at the desk. It’s not like they’re going to answer the entry questions any differently nor are they individually responsible for any large amounts of currency in their luggage, or whatever it is they actually care about at these check points.

Did you at least get to go to the front of the regular line!?

[Anonymous]

I would submit the application for them right now and pray they get conditional approval before we get back. It is possible - everyone in my family's conditional approvals came back faster than expected and once you have that you can get in line and do the interview upon arrival. Good luck!

[Anonymous]

Yes, submit your DC's application now. My kids were approved within days.

I just flew back from Europe to Dulles and I saw that they were doing "approval upon entry" even though it was 9 PM! The lines were insane because it was the day DC shut down for the tornado. After they processed those 2 people, they said they were not doing any more (but nobody else was in that the conditional entry line).

Good luck.

[Anonymous]

We were in this position last week at Dulles (both adults have ge). No, do not try with your minor children who do not have ge. No, you do not get to go to the front of the line even if you have one sleeping child and can’t get your stroller because the gate check sent it to baggage claim and one child who is having the most epic meltdown ever.

I must say, Europe is amazing with their separate family lines. Don’t understand why US isn’t on board with that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MPC is a joke. I arrived at Newark - where the app was telling me they used MPC - filled out the form, had my approval ticket, and when I got to passport control they said “no, we don’t do that” and had to go to the regular line anyway. Thankfully, we were the only flight hitting the line at that time, so we went right through. I had a connection, so I would have been really pissed if I had to wait on the really long line.

I had the same experience at Newark a week ago. But MPC has worked well for us at IAD and JFK.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MPC is a joke. I arrived at Newark - where the app was telling me they used MPC - filled out the form, had my approval ticket, and when I got to passport control they said “no, we don’t do that” and had to go to the regular line anyway. Thankfully, we were the only flight hitting the line at that time, so we went right through. I had a connection, so I would have been really pissed if I had to wait on the really long line.

I had the same experience at Newark a week ago. But MPC has worked well for us at IAD and JFK.

MPC works great at JFK. Was using for years prior to getting GE. Always breezed right through.

[Anonymous]

I want to apply for my elementary age kids. There is no way to add applications under my login. I apparently have to create a separate login for each of the kids. A 5-year-old does not have an email address! Have you figured out a way around?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I want to apply for my elementary age kids. There is no way to add applications under my login. I apparently have to create a separate login for each of the kids. A 5-year-old does not have an email address! Have you figured out a way around?

If you use Gmail, just use your current email address, but add a period somewhere in there. Like this:

[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

Gmail parses those all as the same email account. Any email sent to those will all go through to the same email account. But you can put those in to the CBP TTP site and it will see them as separate email addresses. You can use the same phone number across multiple accounts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I want to apply for my elementary age kids. There is no way to add applications under my login. I apparently have to create a separate login for each of the kids. A 5-year-old does not have an email address! Have you figured out a way around?

"Anyone with an existing Gmail address can use this technique. Say your email address is [e-mail] and your kids are Amy, Todd and Sara. You would use the following Gmail addresses when setting up their loyalty accounts:

[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

Whenever someone sends an email to any of the above addresses, it will appear in the [e-mail] inbox. This is awesome because you don't have to even bother setting up or registering any new email accounts. You're just sharing your inbox with your kids. This trick allows you a super easy way to get young ones signed up for loyalty programs with the added benefit of easy management on your part."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I want to apply for my elementary age kids. There is no way to add applications under my login. I apparently have to create a separate login for each of the kids. A 5-year-old does not have an email address! Have you figured out a way around?

"Anyone with an existing Gmail address can use this technique. Say your email address is [e-mail] and your kids are Amy, Todd and Sara. You would use the following Gmail addresses when setting up their loyalty accounts:

[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

Whenever someone sends an email to any of the above addresses, it will appear in the [e-mail] inbox. This is awesome because you don't have to even bother setting up or registering any new email accounts. You're just sharing your inbox with your kids. This trick allows you a super easy way to get young ones signed up for loyalty programs with the added benefit of easy management on your part."

Thank you to the last two posters. I had no idea!