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How to Get the Earliest Global Entry Appointment

Right now 85 of the 130 permanent Global Entry centers we checked have an interview within 7 days (checked Nov 12 between 8:08 PM and 8:12 PM ET). If yours is not one of them, these are the ways people get an earlier date.

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Get a free email when your center has an earlier opening

We check every hour for 30 days and email you. Free, email only.

Want it faster? A $19 watch for 30 days. We check every 4 minutes instead of every hour, and text you too if you opt in. If we send no alert, the full price is refunded automatically. $29 covers one state, or up to 25 centers you pick, for 60 days.

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1. Watch for cancellations

Most earlier slots appear when someone cancels or reschedules. They show up at any hour and are often booked again within minutes, so checking a few times a day tends to miss them. Keep the appointment you have while you look; you can reschedule it in your Trusted Traveler Programs account when an earlier one opens.

2. Check centers near you, not only the closest

You can do the interview at any Global Entry enrollment center. Waits differ a lot between centers, sometimes between two in the same city. Each center page lists the nearest centers with openings, and the wait-times table sorts every center by days out.

3. Enrollment on Arrival

If you are conditionally approved and coming home from an international trip, you can finish the interview when you land at a participating airport, with no appointment. CBP lists the airports and rules on its Trusted Traveler Programs site.

4. Pop-up enrollment events

CBP runs temporary enrollment events, for example at airports, libraries and employers, that open their own interview slots for a few days. They appear on CBP's scheduler like a center and on our state pages as pop-up events. 14 events have an open slot in this check:

5. Let us do the checking

The free email alert above checks your center every hour for 30 days and emails you when an earlier slot opens. A $19 watch checks every 4 minutes for 30 days and emails you (and texts you, if you opt in); if we send no alert, it is refunded automatically. You book it yourself either way. If your center's next opening is within 2 weeks, book now instead.

Free alert: we check every hour and email you.

$19 watch: we check every 4 minutes, email or text, full refund if we send no alert.

Either way, you book it yourself on CBP's site.

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Centers with an interview in the next 7 days

From CBP's public scheduler, checked Nov 12 between 8:08 PM and 8:12 PM ET. Slots go quickly; recheck on CBP's site before you plan around one.

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

California

Colorado

Delaware

District of Columbia

Florida

Georgia

Guam

Hawaii

Idaho

  • Boise: tomorrow, Fri, Nov 13

Illinois

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nevada

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Pennsylvania

Puerto Rico

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

U.S. Virgin Islands

Vermont

Virginia

Washington