Global Entry/NEXUS interview process

They fingerprint you and say any travel plans and then that's it

I was recently out of the country and got conditionally approved finally while on my trip

When I was going through immigration the guy at the counter said "I see you've been conditionally approved for global entry. Want to do your interview now?"

I said yes, he said put your fingers there

And that was it

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Took about half an hour.

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What took so long?

I've done it myself, and my two kids. Once called back by the officer combined we may have hit 30 minutes across all three "interviews."

Complete waste of time for all involved. On renewal they have an interview stage in the process but it's never done and they just extend you another 5 years.

When my wife did hers, I dropped her off at arrivals at MSY, circled the thing about 3 times and she was done

Thanks for all the tips here so far...

We're trying to do a virtual one since the NEXUS locations are all scattered across the northern US, but can't seem to find the link to do that.

There's a way to do it at the Calgary airport but wondering if we'll have enough time before we get our bags and catch our shuttle to Banff.

Bring lube