Originally Posted by
marklyon
It appears that NEXUS costs $50 and has the same privileges as Global Entry for my main crossing (returning from India or China at EWR).
Is there any drawback to applying for NEXUS instead?
Technically, having Nexus does not give you GE privileges, but you can get approved for GE online almost instantly and for no charge if you have Nexus.
As for drawbacks - as other folks have mentioned, it requires you to do your interview at a much smaller list of locations (mostly Canadian airports and US/Canada border crossings).
Theoretically, Nexus might be harder to get as it requires the Canadians to clear you as well as the US, but I doubt that as a practical matter many folks are turned down by Canada while approved by the US.