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canyonwalkerTwoe weeks ago Hawk and I applied to renew our Global Entry credentials. They expire in December and January. The government quickly approved us conditionally— meaning our credentials were provisionally extended for several more months. We'd need to complete interviews to renew fully for another 5 year term. That sounds like a sensible process, right? The problem was interviews are almost completely unavailable for the next 12 months.
"I'll check back periodically," I promised myself. I know that often the way government schedules work is that appointments are made available in small blocks on some regular schedule, like once a week or once a month. I checked two weeks ago Monday... nothing. I checked last week Monday, too; also nothing. I checked on a few other days of the week, as well, since Monday is not always the key.
I checked again today... I hit pay-dirt! I found about two dozen virtual appointments open Tue-Wed-Thu this week. (And nothing for the rest of the year. They might only load appointments a week at a time.) I booked one for myself tomorrow midafternoon and called Hawk at work to let her know. Now she's got one for Wednesday after work.
I'm glad we'll get these taken care of early and via Zoom rather than having to keep checking back for in-person appointments all over the country, or worrying about what the lines might be like for doing "Enrollment on Arrival" the first time we return from a foreign trip. We don't even have a foreign trip planned at the moment. It's nice to clear this bureaucratic hurdle separately from all the other complexity of traveling overseas.
"I'll check back periodically," I promised myself. I know that often the way government schedules work is that appointments are made available in small blocks on some regular schedule, like once a week or once a month. I checked two weeks ago Monday... nothing. I checked last week Monday, too; also nothing. I checked on a few other days of the week, as well, since Monday is not always the key.
I checked again today... I hit pay-dirt! I found about two dozen virtual appointments open Tue-Wed-Thu this week. (And nothing for the rest of the year. They might only load appointments a week at a time.) I booked one for myself tomorrow midafternoon and called Hawk at work to let her know. Now she's got one for Wednesday after work.
I'm glad we'll get these taken care of early and via Zoom rather than having to keep checking back for in-person appointments all over the country, or worrying about what the lines might be like for doing "Enrollment on Arrival" the first time we return from a foreign trip. We don't even have a foreign trip planned at the moment. It's nice to clear this bureaucratic hurdle separately from all the other complexity of traveling overseas.
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Date: 2022-10-31 11:13 pm (UTC)\o/