RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil and the United States have taken the first step towards Brazil’s involvement in the Global Entry Program for Low-risk Travelers run by the US Customs and Border Protection Agency, announced yesterday, November 25th, the ministries of Economy and Foreign Affairs and the Civil Cabinet.
The program aims to allow simplified and automated immigration for pre-approved citizens.
According to the ministries, the two governments signed a joint agreement containing the program’s general parameters and agreed to conduct a test for a small group of participants in the Senior Executives Forum (up to 20 people).
This experimental stage, which will soon begin, will allow the identification of technical and operational needs for the launching of a pilot stage and, subsequently, for the full and extended execution of the program.
Global Entry does not replace visa requirements but allows for speedy release in passport control upon arrival in the US. The interested parties can enter the US in selected airports free of bureaucracy by means of automated kiosks, without contact with an immigration agent, thus preventing the need to pass through a migration control lines.
According to the ministries, Brazil’s participation in the program is a long-standing demand of the Brazilian and US private sectors. The joint agreement was negotiated in 2019 and announced yesterday on the occasion of the 10th meeting of the Senior Executives Forum Brazil – United States, the CEO Forum in Washington, DC, as the first real step towards the implementation of the program.
According to the ministries, once fully executed, Global Entry will simplify the procedures in the US for Brazilians registered in this program. The measure is deemed significant for greater mobility in business travel.
Source: Agência Brasil