Originally Posted by
wryondionto
Well this brings up the other issue. While I'm sure CBP and CBSA would never disclose such a thing, does anybody have their suspicions from personal experience that applying for NEXUS and getting denied would result in, or at least be grounds for a lifetime flag on the denied applicant's passport? Because I have a bad feeling if I apply and get denied, then I will never be able to cross the US or Canadian border again without getting sent to tertiary (if that's even a thing) and, at least with Canada (US Citizen), risk being denied entry.
I do understand that it's their right to deny me entry for any reason or no reason at all, but I'm not gonna spend who knows how much on a round-trip ticket to YYZ just to check out the CBSA facilities at Pearson. I'm gonna make sure I've got at least like a 99.5% chance of being admitted before I risk losing my money and spending the night in the Mississauga jail.
Is this a hypothetical, or do you have something in your past that you are genuinely worried about being of enough substance that border control would be keeping an eye on you?
I have the opposite suspicion, that CBP/CBSA wouldn't deny entry solely based on a rejected NEXUS/GE application. However, if there was something substantial that resulted in the trusted traveler denial, they most certainly could of course flag that person's passport record for additional inquiry when crossing borders.
If you really just have a few (or even a bunch) of
minor traffic violations on your record (not something like vehicular homocide or a long string of repeat DUIs), I would sincerely hope that CBP/CBSA have much bigger fish to fry. If it's significant enough of an offense, they certainly have other ways to find out and flag your passport without you having to apply for program.
From what I understand on the GE side at least, the application is more about the fact that you honestly and openly disclosed any minor infractions vs. the fact that you actually have them in your past.