TSA PreCheck After a Global Entry Denial or Revocation

Global Entry includes TSA PreCheck, so a Global Entry decision often raises a second question at the airport: can you still use the faster security lane? The short answer is that PreCheck through Global Entry ends with a revocation, and that TSA PreCheck is a separate TSA program you can apply for on its own. TSA decides those applications under its own published criteria, and nobody can promise you’ll be approved.

If Global Entry is revoked, is TSA PreCheck still valid?

Not the PreCheck you had through Global Entry. GAO notes that revoked travelers lose TSA PreCheck obtained through a CBP program (GAO-24-106314, footnote 30). Your Global Entry membership number (the PASSID) also works as your Known Traveler Number, so once the membership is revoked, it stops producing the PreCheck indicator on your boarding pass.

A revocation also ends the other things tied to the membership: Global Entry processing on arrival at participating airports, the SENTRI and NEXUS benefits the regulation extends to Global Entry members (8 CFR 235.12(a)), and partner-country programs linked to your membership.

If a new application was denied, there was no PreCheck through it to lose. The kit doesn’t cover how a renewal denial affects a membership that hasn’t reached its end date; check your Dashboard on the Trusted Traveler Programs website, or ask TTP Support at help.cbp.gov.

Can you get TSA PreCheck after a Global Entry denial?

You can apply. TSA PreCheck is TSA’s program, with its own application, its own enrollment providers and its own criteria. TSA says it costs $85 or less for five years, depending on the enrollment provider; you start online and then enroll in person with fingerprints and a photo. TSA’s FAQ says it’s open to U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals and lawful permanent residents.

TSA’s published list of disqualifying offenses and other factors doesn’t name a Global Entry denial or revocation. But TSA doesn’t say how it treats one either, so approval is possible, not assured. Be wary of anyone who tells you otherwise.

TSA’s own criteria

TSA publishes three lists and a set of other factors:

Part A: permanent disqualifying felonies.
Part B: interim disqualifying felonies. They disqualify within 7 years of the conviction, plea or finding, or within 5 years of release from incarceration.
Part C: wants, warrants or indictments.
Other factors: TSA may also rely on other government databases and information, and on transportation-security violations. It may find an applicant ineligible for extensive convictions, a serious crime not listed in Parts A or B, more than 365 consecutive days’ imprisonment, or certain court or government determinations.

These criteria are different from CBP’s. CBP’s Global Entry rule covers any arrest and any customs, immigration or agriculture violation, in any country (8 CFR 235.12(b)(2)). TSA’s lists are built around felonies, open cases and the other factors above. That’s why an event that ended a Global Entry membership may or may not matter for PreCheck.

Before you pay for a PreCheck application

If the event behind your Global Entry decision isn’t on TSA’s lists (an old misdemeanor or a customs penalty, say), read TSA’s full list before paying for an application. The price depends on the enrollment provider, so check it first.

If TSA finds you preliminarily ineligible, GAO reports that TSA’s letters give 60 days to request a correction of record. The same court dispositions you gather for a Global Entry reconsideration request are the documents that show how a case ended.

If the Global Entry decision rests on something still open, such as a pending charge, an outstanding warrant or an investigation, Part C and the other factors may apply to PreCheck too. Ask a lawyer first whether applying for anything is wise while the matter is open.

Plan the PreCheck step with the rest

The kit’s Part 6 covers traveling while you wait, and its planner puts TSA’s Part B time rule next to your FOIA, court and filing dates, with your provider’s PreCheck price as your own estimate.

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PreCheck, Global Entry and Mobile Passport Control compared

Option	Cost	What you get
Global Entry	$120 for 5 years	Expedited arrival processing, with TSA PreCheck included
TSA PreCheck alone	$85 or less for 5 years (TSA)	Expedited security screening at U.S. airports only; the price depends on the enrollment provider
Mobile Passport Control	Free	Faster customs processing through the app at participating ports; not a trusted traveler program

TSA uses unpredictable security measures, so no traveler is guaranteed expedited screening, with PreCheck or without it.

Mobile Passport Control, for the arrival side

PreCheck only changes airport security. For customs on arrival, CBP’s Mobile Passport Control app is free and needs no enrollment application, background check or fingerprints. It’s open to U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, Canadian B1/B2 visitors and returning Visa Waiver Program travelers with an approved ESTA, and CBP describes it as an alternative if you don’t qualify for a trusted traveler program. You still see a CBP officer, and PreCheck isn’t included. CBP lists 63 MPC sites, including 37 U.S. international airports.

Where PreCheck fits in your plan

A PreCheck application runs separately from anything you send CBP, so it can go ahead while you pin down the reason for your Global Entry decision and gather records. In the kit’s worked example C, Priya, who was denied with “Other”, files a DHS TRIP inquiry and a FOIA request, prepares her reconsideration request, and applies for TSA PreCheck separately in the meantime. That example is fictional.

If you later reapply for Global Entry, answer every question fully and consistently with anything you sent CBP. For the reconsideration route itself, see how to request Global Entry reconsideration; for what the letter means, see what your letter means.

Travel while you work on the request

The kit keeps both tracks in one plan: the records and reconsideration request for CBP, and the travel options that don’t depend on CBP’s answer.

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