AUSTRALIANS TO TRIAL ACCESS TO US GLOBAL ENTRY, PRECHECK PROGRAMS

A select group of 1,000 Australians will be able to trial the US Global Entry and TSA PreCheck programs beginning in 2025.

The criteria is:

• They must have travelled to the U.S. at least 5 times in the previous 12 months
• Australian citizens will be subject to a criminal history check from the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission

Applicants will be subject to a $100US application fee, as well as a fee to cover the cost of running the necessary background checks – how much this is has not yet been decided (and won’t apply for trial applicants).

The US Global Entry program is already open to multiple countries including UK, Germany and Singapore.