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[tijuanahopeful]

I received an email this morning that my GOES status had changed.  Their website was having problems, but when I finally got into it and logged in, it told me that I was conditionally approved.  My interview and vehicle inspection is on July 1 at 9:30.  This was the only appointment that was offered to me, and also on their calendar, and I'm not going to be picky.

 

Hopefully, all will go well.

[telomere]

Alright! excellent! remember to tell us how it went after u .. get it!

[tijuanahopeful]

Will do!

[kristashawn]

Congrats!

[Zoe J.]

It's a life changer, for sure! Congrats and yes...take any appt. they give you and get it done. A smart thing to do before actually moving.

[tijuanahopeful]

I changed the appointment to June 25 at 9:00.  I won't change it again, unless I'm scheduled to work at a convention.

[Keyno]

.....and they will be probably be late in calling you, maybe an hour with no apologies and interviewed with no privacy.  Anyway, have fun, 

[tijuanahopeful]

That's not a problem.  I plan to leave at 7:30, so I should be there early. I'm allowing for extra time in case I run into traffic, or have trouble finding it.  I'd rather get there early, and have to wait, than get there late.  I'll just take a book with me.

[tijuanahopeful]

I started a new thread about being denied, rather than use this one.

[tijuanahopeful]

Went to my appointment today. but went to the SY office, and got approved.  Now I have to wait in traffic to get my van inspected before 10 tonight at Otay. 

[Buen Amigo]

Well the hard part is over.  welcome to the club....lol

[tijuanahopeful]

And two hours at Otay waiting to get my van inspected. If had kept my apt at the Otay office, I would have been denied again.  I went to the small SY office at the border, much better. 

[Rubiobello]

Congrats

[tijuanahopeful]

Thanks!

[Miggiesmallz- TEXMEX]

Were you still getting sent to secondary or was that way in the past?

[tijuanahopeful]

I got sent to secondary for three months, and if I hadn't filed a TRIP Report to TSA about it, I'd still be getting sent there.  The whole problem is my income, and when I first applied, the very "young" officer (probably 40 years younger than me) apparently made the decision on his own that I was a smuggling risk, which is why I was going to secondary. I also posted the fact that I wasn't getting sent anymore in the thread that I started entitled, "Secondary."  If I go anymore, it'll just be random.

 

At the SY Sentri office, there are only 3-4 officers doing interviews, a receptionist at an outside check in window, and two people that process renewals and payments.  It's a much more relaxed atmosphere, no supervisors, and the officers joke around with each other. This officer was able to take his time interviewing me, and I explained to him about my part-time jobs being seasonal, and that it starts getting busy again in May, plus the fact that it's impossible to get full time work.  My income is below the poverty level, and my monthly expenses were more than my monthly income, so the first officer didn't bother to ask any more questions.

 

So now, I'll have to figure out how to get to the Sentri lane.