Originally Posted by
kiwi38
Folks, thanks for keeping this thread updated! I was wondering if anyone could confirm a few things on the ABTC application interview step. I am a US citizen with an active Nexus membership. I have just received a conditional approval for the ABTC card. I read somewhere on CBP's site that I could just drop in to any Nexus enrollment center without an appointment to get it approved, but then I read in this thread that we do need to make an appointment, as CBSA seems to require it. When I went to the appointment scheduler online, it only listed the centers at the land border, which seems inconvenient as I live in NYC. There is a link to the CBSA interview scheduler, which results in an error message (error code 1202).
My questions are:
1) In my situation (US citizen with Nexus), ABTC approval still requires a two-step CBSA then CBP process?
2) Are the enrollment centers at the land border the only way to get the ABTC approved? Or can I attempt to do the two-step CBSA then CBP process to update documents at an airport location like YYZ or YVR without an appointment?
2) Does it make a difference (given I'm a US citizen) if I went to a center near the land border on the US side (there are many options) vs. the Canadian side (there are 2 options)?
Thanks in advance!
They seemed to have tweaked how appointments at Canadian airport work. I'm a US citizen with Nexus. When my APEC application was conditionally approved (which was instantaneous after I paid, BTW), I was able to schedule applications at Canadian airports on CBP TTP website, and after I scheduled one, the interview notice did mention the two-part interview process. I suspect it's the same language for any interview in the Nexus program, whether it's for Nexus itself, or APEC through Nexus.
Now if I try to reschedule the interview, I see what you saw, that appointments at Canadian airports will redirect you to a CSBA website which instantly gives you error code 1202.
Since I already have the interview scheduled at the Canadian airport, I'll stick to it (as it aligns with my travel schedule anyway). For you I guess you'll have to schedule one at the land border. I doubt it matters whether you pick the U. S. ones or the two Canadian ones, as long as you are able to schedule it on TTP.
And do NOT attempt to do a walk-in at JKF (Bowling Green doesn't allow walk-in at all). I tried it and the officer there allowed me to get in, but said they don't have access to the Nexus database and therefore are not able to complete the interview.