Originally Posted by
cheltzel
I believe the GE card works in a similar manner. But I don't do any land border crossings. So hopefully someone with personal experience can jump in with a comment.
GE card works for entering the US but
not for entering Canada at land border crossings. (I learned this driving to Canada before I moved to Canada and got NEXUS.)
And GE still works to enter the US at land border crossings, despite signage never mentioning it. As a
WHTI-compliant document, it will work at crossings without Nexus/GE lanes (like ferry terminals) and may reduce how many questions the officer asks.
I actually don’t see GE cards on the list there; they list trusted traveller cards (NEXUS, SENTRI, FAST) but notably omit GE (though they don’t see GE
isn’t valid). And that page is a US CBP page; the Canadians differ in that regard. I never had trouble entering the US as a US citizen with a GE card. Technically you don’t need any ID at all as a US citizen once you reach the US border since US citizens have an absolute right to enter the US, but obviously I wouldn’t recommend that and that strategy only works in one direction!