As CKDGM mentioned, you only need your NEXUS card. My Global Entry and NEXUS cards look identical. Since my NEXUS card expires later than my GE card, I just cut up my GE card to avoid confusion.

Thanks. I go through there at 04:45 and I'm just focused on making it to Timmies without bloodshed.

That actually bugs me a bit. They are different programs with different qualification criteria. You'd think they could be bothered to use different designs, rather than just replace the heading at the top of the card. I understand SENTRI and FAST cards look the same also.

Given the amount of overlap in functionality, I think it makes more sense for the cards to be the same design. In situations where it makes a difference (such as land entry into Canada), the officer can look more closely; when it doesn't (such as land entry into the US) they don't have to keep track of four different card designs.

It is easier for me; keep only one card and forget the other.

Can we actually start this :D ?

Oh yeah, I tried to figure out what the heck happened to my face on the GE card. Now I know, hand movement by the agent when he held up the camera to take my picture...:eek:

Almost turned away from GE for not having ID card
 

Odd experience at YYZ yesterday afternoon with GE:

Connecting from ICN back to the US via YYZ yesterday and jumped into the GE lane for preclearance. Once I was at the head of the line for security, agent asked to see my GE ID card. I told him I wasn't carrying it (never have in 3 years) and was never instructed to do so. He claimed he had no way of verifying that I actually was GE and said that he is allowed to remove me from the GE lane since I wasn't carrying my GE ID to be scanned by him. I again mentioned that I had never been asked to prove my membership and that my "claim" of having GE would be tested once the kiosk scanned my passport, where my membership is encoded. He finally deferred and let me go, but not without reminding me to carry my GE ID in the future.

Now, this is the first time I've used GE with Canada/US preclearance, so is it possible I was mistaken and expecting the same processing experience I've had in the US? I have never been asked to prove my membership or display an ID for scanning before. Just wondering if I was mistaken or if this was an agent with misinformation. :confused:

It was not a mistake. You are required to show your GE/NEXUS card in order to use GE/NEXUS security line (similar to TSA Pre Check line in the U.S.)

Many people do not get issued GE cards though.

That is a Canadian requirement, not U.S. One FTer reported success by showing Global Entry sticker in his/her passport. GE card is now automatically issued for free.

Not at all similar: precheck is through having a signed precheck barcode on your BP (which also results in precheck being printed on the BP), no special ID required. (You CAN use a GE/Nexus card if you have one, but I don't have one and still get precheck through GE membership. A GE/Nexus card won't get you into precheck if it's not printed/encoded on your BP.)

GE card is only issued if you have the right citizenship / LPR status. Not all GE members can get a card. And GE members can no longer get the sticker.

I was asked for my card in Miami at the cruise port. They were not going to let me use the GE if I did not have the card. I had just finished my first renewal and received my card. I had my first GE interview I never received a card so if I had not just renewed it I would not have a card. I had just finished my first renewal and received my card. I had my first GE interview I never received a card so if I had not just renewed it I would not have had a card

GE card question
 

Is a new GE card automatically sent when renewal approved? Renewal was granted without an interview.