This is at the gate where they scan your BP before you walk down the jetway. It's mearly for ID and not to "cross" the border.

I went to yyz to try to get in for an interview. I couldn't believe it. They had openings, but don't take walkups. If people cancel, why not fill it? The guy at the counter said try another station as they all take walk ins, but not yyz.

This really sucks when you try to get up for a weekend to get this taken care of. It looks like I'll have to take a day or 2 off and head up somewhere else during the week to get it done. yyz seems to be one of the few easily accessible offices open on weekends :(

I went through the baggage area. I think that was unnecessary, as it seemed I saw signs for "Parking" "Baggage" and "US Connections" when I was already landside. But I was afraid the latter would still take me to a place for picking up my checked bags and standing with no Nexus machine.

In fact when I got to US departures (which is a long way through the domestic-arrivals baggage area, upstairs, and down the hall) there was either no one or only a couple of people in line for an agent. Who knows how many were at the connections station (probably also none, but I like to think this was a double bonus). I still used the Nexus machine because I've only done it once (entering Canada from UK) and want to make sure I've mastered it for when I'm in a hurry. In the end no one spoke to me at all. I have no problem talking to them but it saves time.

Thanks again for the confirmation.

=aw

Wouldn't you know it. I got my NEXUS card last month, and I haven't travelled out of the country since then!

...and now it looks like I'll be emigrating to the UK. I was a little unclear on if there is a residency requirement to have a NEXUS card.

If I am no longer a Canadian resident, can I still have my NEXUS card for travelling back to Canada to visit?

Thanks,
Greg

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Not clear. I read below that you need to live in either the US or Canada. Give them a call and ask.

http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/prog/nexu...admis-eng.html

"You may qualify to participate in NEXUS if you are a citizen or permanent resident of Canada or the U.S. and have lived in Canada and/or the U.S. continuously for the last three years"

Agents are taught that they need proof of citizenship. Proof of citizenship in the new era of border security generally = passport. 999/1000 pax will have a passport because they needed it to enter the US to begin with.

They're never taught that as a Canadian, there's NO WAY a Canadian official can refuse you admittance into your own country.
So that's where the conflict comes from.

All of that goes against what the Canadian at the NEXUS meeting will tell a Canadian; you MUST have a passport to enter your own country. Right :rolleyes:.

Interesting scenario, I applied well over a year ago for Nexus, got my paper, but never managed to get an opportunity to go in for my interview before my application expired. So well over a year after I got that letter, I applied again online, they took my money and said it was refused because I had an outstanding application still active. So I called them, to make an appointment and they said I couldn't, I'd have to apply again, my old application is too old, and I had to do it using the paper application, not online. Told me to make a note of the reason why I'm applying again on it. I'm wondering now am I going to get charged another $50 for the paper application?

Today I registered my daughters online (6 & 12) should be interesting to see how that process proceeds. One funny thing though, is it lists under employment status the option of child, and request the date at which your employment as a child started. Hoping that filling in this date since their birth will not make me come across as a smart aleck for lack of a better three letter term :D

changing addresses on GOES
 

I moved within the last couple of months from Illinois to New Jersey. I got a new license, and like a good citizen, updated my address on the GOES site (mainly did it there, because I haven't been to Canada since Jan, and they claimed on the GOES site that addresses needed to be updated by 2/29 as they were sending new cards, although, no new cards have been sent to me).

However, as I haven't been to Canada since this update, I have not been able to provide them with my new license for them to take a copy of, which I am under the impression I'm supposed to do under NEXUS rules.

I guess I want to know if I can still use the NEXUS lane until I can get to the office to make this update. ANd if so, Will I be "randomed" or sent to secondary if I do use the NEXUS machines. Is it required that they have the copy first, requiring me to go through the regular line until I do this? I really don't want to get in trouble, but still want to use the priviliges I should have. I'd appreciate any insight, particularly from anyone enrolled who has moved from state to state (or prov. to prov.) and has had experience with this.

When I renewed my drivers license my Nexus stopped working. Checked with my CBS office and they confirmed that I had to go over to the US Immigration office and show them my new docs. Apparently they get some kind of notification, even though the number has not changed and need to scan or enter something from the new license anytime it changes.

Funny, as an original NEXUS member from the YVR trial, I have never had to update a thing due to my driver's license and I've never had my usage interrupted.

I haven't searched this thread as I'm running short on time now. I have my interview process at Fort Erie in a few hours and I'm reading through my acceptance letter getting my list of things to bring make sure I have it all. I notice a part about the Iris scan, two steps I can take

Does this mean if I go to Fort Erie, I'm still required to go to Pearson for the Iris scan? If so, is there any point in me going to Fort Erie if I still have to schedule an appointment at Pearson?

Thanks

(getting anyone on the phone at Nexus isn't easy or quick).


EDIT: Actually got a live person on the phone fast. Fort Erie is one of the few land border crossings with the Iris equipment. :)

Same here.

In addition, I cross at the Peace Arch border crossing about once a week and I am never stopped or asked any questions. It seems the people in the cars ahead of me in the NEXUS line are all asked some brief questions.

Does anyone actually proof-read these things?

Those are mutually exclusive. Well I suppose you could be a citizen of one and a landed immigrant of the other but most people are going to satisfy only one or the other.

And that's just gibberish.

That's what I actually want to ask about though. Is there any news of this requirement being relaxed? Anyone have any clue why this requirement would be there? Britain's IRIS program has no such restriction. I signed up for it when I first got here and am very sad I didn't sign up for NEXUS before leaving Canada.