At ORD you must show it when you exit Customs Hall. Don't know what would happen if you didn't have it, as I have it. But they always ask to see it.

I am very sure it won't work. If you don't have a CDN or US passport, you have to get a visa, and GE is not set up to bypass that requirement.

Huh? Do you barge ahead of everyone in line?

My first Nexus experience
 

Last Thursday the 23rd of December, I used the Nexus facility at YYZ for my flight to Las Vegas. Everything worked perfectly, and I spent no more than 2-3 minutes for the entire process. This card is certainly worth the trouble and effort to obtain it. There was this huge line for U.S. pre-clearance, and there were only a handful of agents processing travellers. I probably would have been there almost an hour if I didn't have my Nexus card.

There were about four Nexus machines up and working, and no one was using them, so when I completed answering the questions on the touch screen and the iris scan, my receipt was issued and I proceeded to the CBP agent, who then lectured me like an errant school boy as I did not hand him the three documents as required. In my left hand I gave him the U.S. customs declaration card and my Nexus receipt, and in my right hand I had my boarding pass. He said I had to hand him all three cards at once. I replied this was my first time using Nexus, so I wasn't aware of all the procedures. He forgave me my terrible lapse of understanding and stamped my boarding pass that said "Toronto Pre-clearance Field Operation" with the word Nexus printed twice in the middle of this stamp." I guess this agent just liked to exercise his god-like powers. In any event as there was no secondary examination it was unbelievably quick, and since the security area was almost empty, I was in the MLL pouring myself a G&T no more than five minutes later.

I hope all my future Nexus experiences will by as quick as my first one (and I will remember to hand all three documents with my left hand to the CBP agent).

Hi, quick question: I'm moving to the US and now hold an H1B visa. Plan to go YYZ-LGA tomorrow. Do I need to notify NEXUS about this change? Or will they flag me? They don't open 'til 8AM and my flight leaves at 9:15 and with the mayhem in YYZ I don't know if I'll have time to go into NEXUS office before entering security, etc.
Thanks!
GT

:rolleyes: Ah, i forget to do that most of the time, and I've been using it every week for five or six years. His attitude is unnecessary. And annoying.

Yes, you need to notify them of your change in status in the USA!

Do not use NEXUS until you have updated your documents!!!

Yes, you absolutely need to notify them of the change. Any change to your status, or update to your docs requires this before you travel on it.

If this is your first time going in on the new status, I think you need to go through the regular line anyway to have your visa &/or passport stamped. It's possible I'm mistaken, but I'm pretty certain.

But then again, you'll likely need to go through the regular line anyway. Believe the nexus office is closed until wed. - Monday & Tuesday are the stat holidays for Xmas/boxing day. if you try to go in on Nexus and didn't tell them about the H1B yet, you'll likely get sent to secondary, where they very well could revoke your nexus. Not reporting something like that is taken very seriously.

I am very sure it WILL work. First, British passport holders don't need a visa to enter the US except under certain circumstances. Second, even people who need visas (like me, Indian passport holder and Nexus user) are set up to use Nexus and easily use it to enter both the US and Canada. On the US side the only requirement is that all documents, in particular the visa I-94 card, must be updated with Nexus.
Finally, I just got the message on GOES stating that I could use Global Entry. This despite the fact that I enter the US on a visa. Since GE now requires the same information as Nexus, it is not surprising that the two systems work the same way.

Absolutely. Don't make the mistake of using the Nexus line when you have any change in status or new document that has not yet been reported. If it is something innocuous like a new DL, they may let you off with a lecture (but are still likely to flag you since the old expiration date was probably in their system). For something like a new work permit or I-94 card, the consequences would be worse.

Does one need to apply a second time for GE?
 

There have been many posts about Global entry applying to Nexus members who are Canadian passport holders as well as U.S. and dual citizens. Some posters are of the view that if you have a Nexus card with a U.S. (and now Canadian) passport one is automatically enrolled in the GE programme. However when I logged in to my Nexus account it seems to be saying that I must apply yet again for GE. I am a dual citizen and carry both passports, so my question is if I fly out of the Island Airport (no pre-clearance) and land at Newark, can I use GE with my U.S. passport plus my nexus card without having to re-apply? By the way all my fingerprints and a photograph are on file.

I've never been asked for my boarding pass at YOW. However, the CBP agents there are fond of asking to see the Nexus card, at least 50% of the time. :rolleyes:

Yeah, I'm hoping so... flying between the US and Canada has been pretty problem free since the new electronic visa (The I-94 is only used for land crossings now - which is still horrible). I've been avoiding coming back from Europe via EWR because of horrible immigration lines but I'm setting my Canadian wife and kid up with a Nexus card so hopefully I don't become the weak link in the chain :-)

No one at CBP wanted to see my Nexus card or passport. The agent said he must have the boarding pass so he could place the official Nexus stamp on it. Without the stamp, he said, I could not board the plane (which I presume is true).

Nexus users in good standing may use Global Entry kiosks
 

This document makes it official. Also, no mention of any stickers, but presumably when you call to confirm your GE eligibility they will let you know about stickers or other required information.

http://www.ofr.gov/OFRUpload/OFRData/2010-32829_PI.pdf

Not so sure. First of all the Kiosk deals with the blue customs declaration form, not the I-94. The fact that Nexus has this in the system is interesting and something that I was unaware of, but based on the following, I am not sure GE is set up for this (yet). From the definitions of eligible travelers:

(i) U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, and U.S. lawful permanent
residents absent any of the disqualifying factors described in
paragraph (c)(2) of this section.
(ii) Certain nonimmigrant aliens from countries that have entered
into reciprocal arrangements with CBP concerning international trusted
traveler programs absent any of the disqualifying factors described in
paragraph (c)(2) of this section, and subject to the conditions set
forth in the particular arrangement. Individuals from a country that
has entered into such an arrangement with CBP may be eligible to apply
for participation in Global Entry only after announcement by CBP by
publication of a notice in the Federal Register. The notice will
include the country, the scope of eligibility of nonimmigrant aliens
from that country (whether citizens of the foreign country only or also
non-citizens) and other conditions that may apply based on the terms of
the arrangement. CBP may change or terminate these arrangements without
prior notice to the public, but will announce such actions as soon as
practicable by publication of a notice in the Federal Register.

It's the underlined bit that will help you. I haven't been able to find the FR notice for Canada to see if it includes "non-citizens." If it does, then congratulations. If not, I would call to find out before trying the kiosk...

I read the pdf and it seems that kids under 14 can't enrol in global entry. Anyway to skip the line with kids in NEXUS but under 14?