r/GlobalEntry

Hi everyone,

I’m 21 from the UK heading to the US on an approved ESTA. I spent time in Afghanistan visiting family in 2025, and I'm assuming I'm almost guaranteed to be pulled into secondary inspection when I land?

Since this is my first time traveling solo, I just want to know what to expect from the process:

Is secondary screening practically guaranteed for travel to Afghanistan?

What are the main questions officers ask in the secondary waiting area?

Do they check phones? If they ask to look through my phone, what do they usually check?

I have paper copies of my return flight, hotel booking, and proof of my job and lease back in the UK. Any insight from people who’ve gone through secondary would be really helpful. Thanks!

I suppose it’s just me but I do find the process of using GE really difficult. Maybe I’m too old.

Anyway we are flying into Seattle from London, in the air now and i opened the GE app and apparently there is a new app? I did manage to download it and create a new profile and password etc.with limited WiFi on my Delta Flight and was looking at the entry process which I‘m not supposed to do until we get to the port of entry I believe. I did also see that they require photographs? Do i need to take them of myself and my wife when we get to the airport? They don’t save the ones we took a few months ago? Is there anything else I should know to do now or when we get to the airport?

thanks for whatever help you can give.

Hey there - I applied for GE a week ago. And so far no response. Which is fine I guess. In a few days I’ll fly out internationally and was wondering if having an upcoming international trip would make a difference or would help with the application process?
Thanks