Originally Posted by
FlyerGoldII
If I want to go on Caribbean cruise from FL, coming back, will I be able to (as a nexus cardholder) using the global entry machines? If so, machines located in most FL and CA ports, and also in Puerto Rico and US Virgin Islands? Do they require a global entry card (which Canadian nexus members do not get), or can one use the global entry machines that read fingerprints?
If I go on an Alaska cruise from Vancouver, coming back to Vancouver - are there nexus lanes?
The CBP officer went out of her way to tell me the GE would be useful for returning from, say, Europe via USA, so your cruise example would be a yes, if you had the fingerprints and enrolled in GE. I'm not sure where else the GE machines are located in, say, Florida, etc. You'd think they would have them for international arrivals.
Provided you had your GE fingerprints taken and enrolled in GE, you use the passport (or, apparently, the NEXUS card) to activate the GE machine and do the onscreen Q&A and fingerprints and it prints out your card/photo that you hand to the officer.