What NOT to say during border check

[Dashinka 25,850]

Just now, S2N said:

Unless it’s changed since when I did it (could have), there’s an in-person enrollment that they call an interview, but they don’t really ask any questions and they scan your passport, take your picture, and take your fingerprints. I was under the impression that was most people’s experience. Did they actually ask you guys questions?

Probably was our same experience, hard to remember that far back.  But I do recall it being mostly a biometrics appointment.  We headed to one of the land crossings with Canada which brings up another question, how does one apply for GE from outside the US?  Reading a bit on the program, it appears one can apply depending on the country and the agreements in place, but the final appointment (I will not call it an interview) will be either upon arrival or after entering the US.

 

Here is the relevant agreement with Japan.

 

https://www.cbp.gov/travel/trusted-traveler-programs/global-entry/international-arrangements/japan

[S2N 313]

2 minutes ago, Dashinka said:

Probably was our same experience, hard to remember that far back.  But I do recall it being mostly a biometrics appointment.  We headed to one of the land crossings with Canada which brings up another question, how does one apply for GE from outside the US?  Reading a bit on the program, it appears one can apply depending on the country and the agreements in place, but the final appointment (I will not call it an interview) will be either upon arrival or after entering the US.

 

Here is the relevant agreement with Japan.

 

https://www.cbp.gov/travel/trusted-traveler-programs/global-entry/international-arrangements/japan

You’d do enrollment on arrival in most cases. In OP’s wife’s case they’d most likely process her VWP admission, take her biometrics for GE, and send her on her merry way.