These up-to-date facial kiosks eliminate paper receipts and leverage officers' mobile technology to provide an optimized, accelerated and increasingly contactless experience for members of Global Entry traveling internationally, while ensuring national security and facilitating legitimate trade and travel.

“ We are excited to implement less facial receipt kiosks at Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport ”, said Roberto Vaquero, director of the San Juan Field Operations Office. “ This innovative solution enhances our Global Entry program for both travelers and officers by reducing physical contact points, streamlining member processing, and providing security benefits ”.

No-receipt kiosks use facial comparison and mobile technology for officers that optimizes the traveler experience, by confirming the traveler's identity and making a decision on its admissibility without producing a receipt, allowing for increasingly contactless processing and a reduced environmental footprint through the removal of paper receipts.

Interested travelers submit their request through the website of Trusted Traveler Programs. The non-refundable application fee for a five-year Global Entry membership is $ 100 and applications must be submitted online.

Once the applicant successfully passes a background check, a CBP officer will conduct an interview with the applicant at one of the more than 100 Global Entry Registration Centers, including one at SJU.

At airports, members of the Global Entry program complete their entry into kiosks by presenting their machine-readable passport or permanent resident card., they put their fingerprints on the scanner for verification and complete a customs declaration.

Conditionally approved Global Entry applicants can complete their interviews upon arrival at an airport in the United States through the program Enrollment on Arrival ( EoA, ). EoA eliminates the need for a Global Entry applicant to schedule an interview at a enrollment center to complete the application process.

While Global Entry's goal is to speed up the traveler process, members can be selected for a more detailed examination upon entering the United States. Any violation of the terms and conditions of the program will result in an appropriate compliance action and may result in the revocation of the traveler's membership privileges.

Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport ( IATA: SJU, ICAO: TJSJ, FAA LID: SJU ) is a joint civil-military international airport located in Carolina, Puerto Rico, three miles ( 5 km ) southeast of San Juan.

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