Global Entry interview process

Suzanne,

This past July, I was told that the new schedule comes out at 2:00 on Wednesdays. We had our accounts opened at that time and were able to schedule our appointments the following week. Hope this works for you as well.

Joe

I went to your second link and was able to find St Louis way at the bottom. The cities do not seem to be in alphabetical order

There was one button that said something about the next appointment being 365 days away but then next to it was another button about getting faster service. I found it very confusing.

I did some searching and found this link. I do not know if it will be any help to you

https://www.ttptracker.com/locations/global-entry/st-louis-enrollment-center

Go with On Arrival. Like you, I could never get an appointment. On a trip back from Germany this spring there was no one in line ahead of me seeking an interview in Dallas. Done in 10 minutes.

The Springfield, Missouri airport sometimes has slots available. It may be worth the drive down I-44. A friend of mine Living in Arkansas just got an appointment in Springfield - much much quicker.

My husband is about to renew for the second time and thus has to have another interview. The only appt he could get was in Chicago, so he scheduled it as an overnight layover from another trip.

Anyone find it ironic that so much time and energy is spent tracking down these interview slots and driving to them, when going through the regular procedures in the airport may end up not so much different in terms of time in line?

Muriel, ha ha! I admit I'm guilty of it. But in my case, I was able to travel to the MN/Canada border for my interview, which I coincided with a trip to Grand Portage State Park, which sits right next to it. So win-win for me. 😊

I guess I got lucky. Just did my second renewal and this time an interview was not required. Yay!

"when going through the regular procedures in the airport may end up not so much different in terms of time in line?"

@Muriel, do you mean when you are re-entering the country and using GE or to get the interview the first time? I got it before they started with the Mobile Passport so I'm keeping it up. It has always been faster for me with a shorter line coming back in thru Immigration. I guess it depends on your entry airport. My usual airport is Seattle but last year routed thru Atlanta and it was so quick there I didn't realize I was done, hahaha!

I scheduled an appointment at LAX for months out. I looked every day for a cancellation and was able to get one for months earlier.

Thanks everyone. I appreciate the wide variety of suggestions.

I want to help all the people trying to get an interview in St Louis. I went over to the office and was able to speak to a very nice lady that explained how this office schedules appointments. We followed her instructions and it work perfectly and we were able to pick from 6 different days all with several appointment times. We had our interviews two day later. Here are the details. This office only post open appointment times on Wednesdays between 3pm and 6pm although they are sometime posted as early as 2:00pm. Once appointments are filled or it reaches 6pm, the calendar is closed until the next Wednesday. I checked at 2:30 and nothing was posted, and then check at 2:45 and the calendar button was active. Clicking on the button opened a calendar with appoints available over the next two weeks. I checked again at 5:45 and there were still some appointments available. When I checked at 6:05 the button was gone and no appointments could be made. My recommendation for everyone wanting an appointment is to start checking at 2:00 pm and check every 15 minutes but make sure you check before 6:00 pm because the system will shut off at 6:00pm.

How about the poor individuals who are still waiting month after month for tentative approval before they can even attempt to schedule an interview…………