At the interview, they told me that the NEXUS card is linked to the passport so when the passport expires, NEXUS is inactivated until you link it with the new passport.

If possible, I'd get the NEXUS card first then apply for a new passport after your trip and during a period that you won't use your NEXUS card too much.

Related question: I wonder if you link the NEXUS card to an enhanced driver's license then apply for a new passport, will you have continuous use of the NEXUS card. I don't know if you are able to remove the passport from the NEXUS/GOES application. I also don't know if a passport is required.

Americans can get a passport card. I wonder if you can get a passport card, link that to NEXUS, remove your passport, renew your passport so as to get uninterrupted NEXUS use?

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Now all they need is some enforcement. Last evening 5 minutes before NEXUS closing (and with a 60+ minute regular wait) there were 3 cars blocking the lane. When I started to go around them one of the drivers seemed to think I was trying to cut in and tried to cut me off.

Tried.

Had a similar road rage incident at Lacolle, QC. The other driver was so angry that "I cut in" to the NEXUS lane that he followed me down the lane honking and yelling. I'm guessing it didn't end well for him. I last saw him reversing out of the NEXUS lane with a CBSA agent as I drove away.

I renewed my passport last week and changed the information on the GOES website without difficulty. And just to try to be sure, I read everything I could find and nowhere did it say that the new document had to be seen at an office. Then I phoned the 800 number that I found somewhere on the GOES/Nexus site and the agent checked my file and said "you are good to go".

I just hope it all works out that way, but I remain a little concerned about many reported instances of different interpretation of the rules at different places.

Can you change your interview date post 30?
 

I know I need to schedule my interview in 30 days and the date can be in future.
Problem is I am not sure when I will be back at a border city.
Can I make an interview for when I think I will be there (in about 3 months) and then if it changes, change the interview.

It might be two but it also might be 4 months.

Anyone who knows or has done it, thanks.

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Just did my Nexus interview today at Lansdowne, took absolutely no time at all (I was even in 15 minutes early!). Both CBSA and CBP agents were quite friendly and helpful and filled me in on most of what I needed to know... the rest I already knew from here! LOL

All told, roughly 2 months from application to finalization.

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When I was doing my renewal, I asked the officer about updating passports, and mentioned that I had heard different things about online only being ok, or needing to come in. The officer told me that you can do it online, but is best to come to show it in person so they can take a copy. Living in the US midwest, I'm going to stand by my current practice of updating online as soon as I receive a new passport, and then the next time I travel to Canada, so am near an office, bring it in so they can take a copy.

Looks like even at a Nexus only bridge, one can still experience problems:
http://niagara-gazette.com/local/x56...Bridge-traffic

Hope that is not the case over Easter as we are planning to hit the Whirlpool Bridge that weekend coming back from US on Easter Sunday. I don't think Easter Sunday is traditionally a "big shopping day", but who knows these days?

Reviewing the travel safety and security forum today I noticed that Infants and Children under 14 can now apply for GE. Does anyone have knowledge about Infants with Nexus Cards using the GE kiosks? I would like to opportunity of unisng GE kiosks at YYC as the only functioning Nexus kiosk usually has a line up.

I will find out and report back the information I find to this thread. Among the topics of interest:
1) Are there any additional procedures (e.g similar to finger print scan) to get an Infant with Nexus Card onto the GE system?
2) Do infants/children have to submit finger prints
3) Does the GE kiosk recognise the infant status and skip the required fingerprint scan?
4) Do infants/children with Nexus or GE get front of the line privileges for seeing a CBP officer?

The news item lets us in on the future. As more and more people get NEXUS status, the NEXUS lanes are going to get busier. The Whirlpool Bridge could have a better approach and more inspection lanes for those peak periods. As for Easter Sunday, whatever delay there will be at the Whirlpool, it will be worse everywhere else. You should make sure the banked amount for the toll in your card is sufficient or you will be turned away (which seemed to be part of the problem in the news item). As a general piece of information, you can add to it using the NFC commission site under "NEXUS toll" if you know your account number (which is on the receipt that you are given when you add to your card). Or make sure to stop at the kiosk on the way in and put some money into the card.

Update: Not only did things go completely smoothly, I showed up a few hours early and asked if there was a chance of getting in since these were the only flight times I could get.

Never talked to CBP - I assume because I already have Global Entry. Chat with CBSA took about 20 minutes due to having to explain some unusual circumstances, but no problems at all.

Only docs required were passports and drivers license. No approval letter or birth certificate needed.

NEXUS GE Upgrade @ YYZ - Appointment required for fingerprinting?
 

I'm a current NEXUS member and would like to upgrade my NEXUS to GE privileges. My GOES account says that I need to make an appointment in order to get my fingerprints taken (they were not taken when I first enrolled in NEXUS a long time ago) but I seem to be unable to do this online.

Can I just walk in to the enrollment centre at YYZ and get my fingerprints taken, without an appointment (similar to a document update) or is an appointment actually required?

Any recent experiences would be greatly appreciated.

As GE is a US program, I would call a US based Nexus office as they would give you the best answer IMO. I have called the Whirlpool bridge office in the past and they were quick to answer any questions that I had. I would however think that this would be considered an update like a passport and you probably don't need an appoinment, but worth checking before making the trip.

When I called a Canadian Nexus office they were adament that I needed to bring in the passport. At YYZ, they updated in the Canadian system and then make a copy and provide it to the US and they update it separately in their system.