A couple of people have privately asked me to post the link and the steps in the Global Entry application process. Here goes:

1. Go to the GOES website to register to become a GOES user. https://goes-app.cbp.dhs.gov/
You will receive a GOES User ID, which will be the first initial of your first name, 8 digits, and the first initial of your last name.

2. Once you have a User ID, you can sign into the application system in the "Existing GOES User" box at that same website.

3. Then you are given the option to "Enroll in a New Program" and follow the instructions. It is good to have already at hand your passport, birth certificate, employment info and home addresses for the last five years, as well as any reminders you might need of the countries you've visited in the last five years. Fortunately, when you get to the country question, the application provides a list of countries from which to choose.

4. You then review the whole application and submit it, after paying the fee as part of the online process.

Before going to the bother of doing the application, one should check the list of airports participating. The list is included in the link in my first email on this thread.

Whether it is worth the bother to go through this process even if one does not go through immigration more than a few times per year is each person's individual choice. It probably depends on how bad the back-ups can get at one's primary port(s) of entry. Considering how frustrating it can be to stand in a passport line for 30-45 minutes after a long international flight, being able to bypass the line, spend 5 minutes at the kiosk, and go on through to baggage claim could be, as the commercial says, priceless.

Yours in continued TT'ness. Fred