Originally Posted by
COSPILOT
I will be in the same boat next year. I have Nexus, as I used to work for a Canadian company, and while I don't mind renewing Nexus if it doesn't require a new interview, I would prefer to pay the $100 and just renew GE if renewing Nexus requires me to fly to a boarder location.
There's no specific set of circumstances that guarantees you won't need to be re-interviewed. A lot of people get renewals without an interview, but a lot of people in very similar circumstances don't.
If you don't need to use the NEXUS line entering Canada and don't travel to Seattle, a big city in Canada or anywhere along the border enough to slip the appointment in, just pay the extra $50 and get GE. The criteria from USCBP are identical--if you can get NEXUS you can get GE. (The converse isn't necessarily true--in theory, one could be denied NEXUS but approved for GE based on a non-criminal run-in with CBSA)