YYZ Transborder NEXUS
 

Is there only the one YYZ transborder NEXUS machine? In the last 3 weeks the only one that I could see (coming through the domestic --> transborder transfer) was "out of service".

There can't be just one there, right?

How often is that one down? It has been down 3 of the last 6 times that I have gone through there, is that normal, or am I just supremely unlucky?

There are 4 in the main US customs area at YYZ, all right in the middle of the two sides of customs desks. Not all 4 are always working, but everytime I've been through, at least one has been. But I'm always originating at YYZ, so not sure if connections go through a different area.

Thanks for the heads up. I wasn't thinking! I did get lucky though, someone cancelled a YYZ appointment this Friday and I took it. I have been waiting for that all week! So I only had to reschedule once anyway. It sure beats driving down to Fort Erie.

Ft. Erie (Canada) is easier to go to than Niagara (US). In terms of distance, it's really not a big deal. You feel like you're driving any further to get to Ft. Erie vs Niagara.

But if you have your interview at YYZ for June 26, why not keep it? The interview is in the airport. As long as you're not trying to come downtown you'll be OK.

Indeed - except for the free parking at Fort Erie. ;)
The interview should be a breeze.

Anyone else noticing a sharp increases of Nexus users being 'Randomly' directed to secondary? It happened to me two weeks ago on my jaunt through YYZ->US T1 and then happened to the nexus user right infront of me in line as we're handing our immigration cards over this week... Previous to that I've been a two year user and never seen this happen.

I thought that the machine itself was built with a 2% secondary referral rate in it, but my card looked just like any other card when I was picked.. Shouldn't the fact that the machine didn't randomly pick me preclude the guard from randomly picking me?

My place to stay is downtown, so the trip just wasn't going to work out.

It was either going to be rental/gas (and drive time!) to Ft. Erie or cab to downtown. My flight lands at 8, and my interview is at 9, so it's pretty tight given my experience with Air Canada PHL>YYZ flights and customs at Pearson but I hope they will take pity on me if I am late.

The Custom Declaration card going into the USA lists only the following
Fruits, Food, Meats, nothing about nuts, dairy products. But since food is food then one must mark yes to anything edible regardless of what it is. It is strange that there is a listing for food and then under that meats, are not meats food? So why there a distinction made between the two items? What I find interesting is that if you come into the USA by car, you do not fill out a card and are seldom asked about what food you may be bringing in. The only time one would say what food items they may have with them when they are driving is if the Inspector asks, "do you have anything to declare?"

No.

Lower risk than international flights from outside North America.

I'm by no means a statistician, but your sample size of 2, presumably within minutes (or seconds) of each other based on your description, is a pretty biased one. Sounds like you need to do a lot more research to support your hypothesis.

Do you have specific knowledge of each machine being built to give a 2% secondary referral rate? For the record, I've heard 3%, but have no reason to believe this is or isn't true. Perhaps whatever rate is real is by the traveler, not the machine? Even if it is true and 2% per machine, perhaps you were the 100th person to use the machine that day and the person before was the 99th, and you were the first two to be randomly sent to secondary. That situation very well might not be true...but it is possible.

On the other hand, if you've gone for 2 years without a secondary, maybe it was just your turn to be randomly sent in. Perhaps the person before you was the same situation?

I think you get my point....

Honestly, RTFM before you go on to spout statistics to me after you preface your repsonse with something about NOT being a statistician.

It's just an obversation. Yeesh, chill pill plz.

ok so get myself and partner iris scanned then go to the counter for the kid's, just wondering here… for the sake of saving time instead of re-joining the uh crew line (if there is a line-up) wouldn't one just wait at the crew line instead and get processed by the CBP?

is coming back into Canada the same? get iris scanned and then present the child's Nexus to the CBSA at the crew line?

thanks again for the clarification. ^

Certain products from Canada are also not permitted and I was subjected to questioning about "food" several times at the preclearance at YYZ, so there's no distinction with driving on that basis. The real difference is that at the land border you are not answering questions on a card and the interviewer chooses what to ask. The usual questions at the land border NEXUS lane entering the US begin with "what is the purpose of your visit" and based on the response, they enquire further about what you are bringing. They inspect your record on the system as well and then make a decision. In any case the agent may receive a random notice to send the current subject for secondary inspection.

Leaving Terminal 3 for U.S, there are nexus machine in terminal 3 correct^.



Thank You.

IIRC you clear customs in T1 then take a shuttle to T3. There's no customs/Nexus in T3.