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Traveling Divers Should Consider “Global Entry”

from the May, 2011 issue of Undercurrent  

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I have just returned from JFK, where I met with a TSA officer. I'm not in trouble, just approved for TSA's new "Global Entry" program. It's like a fast lane for immigration and customs. Instead of waiting in line, you swipe your passport at the Global Entry kiosk, fill out the customs declaration on its touch screen, put down a hand for scanning, and it spits out a card that sweeps you through immigration and customs. As the TSA officer told me, "You will never wait in line again." For me, that was the hook....