Originally Posted by
trackypup
You absolutely DO NOT need a permanent resident card to cross a land border by car. We have an employee who refused to get their card and flys out of Bellingham all the time. Commercial Carrier is Boat, Plane, etc. Not a car. They might give you grief that you should have it, but it's not required. Couple of months ago I came into Vancouver on a cruise ship and didn't have mine, I had all my documentation that I was a landed immigrant and worried for weeks, they just waived me through.
Does it also help if I have a Nexus card, and what if used my Nexus card the next time I came through the airport customs. Or would I get in trouble using it after becoming a landed immigrant and not updating my status with Nexus? Just don't want to loose my PR status or my Nexus Card either.