Editing Global Entry (section)

=== Renewing from H1B to LPR ===

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If you had an H1B when you originally applied, and are renewing as a green card holder, it's quite straightforward. If you had an H1B, then applied for renewal, then got a green card, you have to finish up with the Indian process. But that takes a long time. As of Jan 2025, the Global Entry officer told me that it would take 15 months longer. In practice, it's a lot easier to have it cancelled and reapply with your green card.

In my case, the application was stuck in Conditional Approval but my old status was extended for a really long time. Once I received my green card, I cancelled and restarted because every other time the immigration officers would remind me that I needed to add my green card in to my profile online. I did have it added, but something to do with the interaction of the renewal and the green card must have led to this particular system not being updated.

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