Costs
Global Entry cost: $120, and what else you might pay
Set the number of adults and children and any card credit: the calculator gives five and ten years for the household.
Real cost over five and ten years
You pay over five years
$240
| Over ten years | $480 |
| Per year | $48 |
| Application fee × 2 | $240 |
| Renewal fee × 2 | $240 |
| 2 children under 18 | $0 |
Applicants under 18 pay no fee when a parent or guardian is a member or applies at the same time. Ten years = enrollment plus one renewal at year five; a card credit counts when its period has passed since the last one.
Global Entry costs $120 per adult for a five-year membership, paid to CBP on ttp.dhs.gov when you submit the application and not refunded if it is denied. The fee rose from $100 on October 1, 2024, under a rule published on April 2, 2024 that aligned Global Entry, NEXUS and SENTRI at the same amount. The same rule removed the fee for applicants under 18 when a parent or legal guardian is a member or applies at the same time, so a family of two adults and two children now pays $240 rather than four fees. Renewal costs the same $120 every five years. Two extras may appear later: $25 to replace a lost or damaged card, and $42 to register a car for the SENTRI lanes if you did not ask for it in the first application. Global Entry includes TSA PreCheck, so the fee also replaces a PreCheck membership. Many travel cards refund up to $120 once every four years.
Five years for the whole family
Family total, five years
$240
| Per year | $48 |
| Children | apply, no fee with a member parent |
Applicants under 18 pay no fee when a parent or guardian is a member or applies at the same time.
Fees and rules read on tsa.gov and cbp.gov by Radif Partners · Editorial policy · Method and sources
Every fee CBP can charge you
| Item | Fee | When |
|---|---|---|
| Application, adult | $120 | every five years |
| Application, under 18 | $0 | parent or guardian a member or applying |
| Application, under 18 without a member parent | $120 | parent consent needed |
| Renewal | $120 | from one year before expiry |
| Replacement card | $25 | old card deactivated |
| Vehicle for SENTRI lanes | $0 at application, $42 later | inspection at a SENTRI center |
Nothing else is charged by CBP: no interview fee, no card fee for a first card, no fee for Enrollment on Arrival or the remote renewal interview. All payments go through ttp.dhs.gov.
Ten years for a family
For one adult, ten years of Global Entry cost $240, against $138.50 for the cheapest ten years of PreCheck alone. For a household, children change the picture in Global Entry's favor: under 18 they pay nothing when a parent is a member or applies at the same time, so the family total is set by the number of adults alone.
Five years for the whole family
Family total, five years
$240
| Per year | $48 |
| Children | apply, no fee with a member parent |
Applicants under 18 pay no fee when a parent or guardian is a member or applies at the same time.
The comparison with PreCheck for children runs differently: PreCheck children need no membership at all when they fly with you, but from 13 they need the indicator on their boarding pass and must be on your reservation, and they get nothing at customs. Global Entry children have their own membership, PreCheck included, and can use it when traveling apart from you.
Card credits
Most premium travel cards and several airline and hotel cards refund the Global Entry fee: up to $120 once every four years is the usual form, charged to the card. A credit capped at $100 leaves $20 to pay. Some issuers give one credit per account, others one per cardholder, which can cover a second adult. The card credits page lists the published terms of five issuers.
Is the fee worth it?
Over five years, $120 is $24 a year. Against PreCheck alone, you pay $40.25 more at enrollment for the kiosks on every return from abroad. If you fly back into the United States once a year, that is under ten dollars per arrival; if a card refunds the fee, it is nothing. The case against it is not price but access: Global Entry needs a passport, a background check that can take months, and an interview. The PreCheck vs Global Entry page weighs both for your own trips.
What happened to fees paid before the change
CBP applied the new fee to applications received on or after October 1, 2024. An application paid before that date at $100 kept that price for its five-year term, and the renewal is charged at the current $120. Fees already paid for children before the minor exemption took effect were not refunded. CBP's fee page, read on October 26, 2026, shows the same $120 for Global Entry, NEXUS and SENTRI.
Paying through any site other than ttp.dhs.gov adds a markup for nothing: CBP's fee is the only one required.