Originally Posted by rehoult (Post 18698433)

Call to check, but I believe the current policy is that expired cards are still valid if a renewal is in progress. I know that's what they told me.

Originally Posted by jmbjmbjmb (Post 18698225)

Appointments at Lansdowne are available starting early/mid-july, but considering that it's more than 3 hours away from my house by car versus a mere 30 minutes for Champlain I think I'll stick with my August 7 interview even tough it's another 2 months away.

Originally Posted by uxb (Post 18697698)

Going into Canada on expired docs is, generally, not a big deal. It becomes a big deal when you try to go into the US. Once, I crossed the border w/ a re-issued NEXUS card. No one said anything at Ste. Cath, but I was apparently entering on an inactive NEXUS card. On my return to NY, I was immediately directed to the penalty box. I was ordered by CBP to step out of the car and hand the car keys to the border dragon. Another officer escorted me inside, as two more officers came to search my vehicle w/ K9s. The process of changing a card from inactive to active status took a mere couple of keystrokes; however, I was treated like a criminal throughout the entire process.

Originally Posted by bostonoski (Post 18700490)

Interesting. (And not fun! So much for being a "trusted traveller", eh?!) A Canadian friend very recently went to NY state for a couple of hours and discovered after the roundtrip that his passport was expired. No one had said anything going into the U.S. or coming back into Canada. (Is this normal, or unusual?!)

Originally Posted by TimMinYYZ (Post 18700245)

It does sound like different people are getting different answers, but when I renewed mine at YYZ a few weeks ago, the US officer took my old card back and told me that I could not use NEXUS until I received my new card in the mail (which was less than two weeks later).

So my advice is not to take the chance.

Originally Posted by bostonoski (Post 18700478)

That's odd! I just booked a couple of days before my post and I could have had any weekday from June 5th through the end of the month with only about two dates greyed-out (I didn't look further into July). Maybe they released a load of approvals all at once and I was one of the first to book? (Doubtful but I guess possible!)

Originally Posted by uxb (Post 18701022)

It would appear so. These are the same border crossings that let you import untold amounts of alcohol from duty free. I get Labatt for $0,45/can (at Champlain. $0,80 at Queenston), which is just incredible.

Originally Posted by jmbjmbjmb (Post 18703039)

I wonder why they don't do interviews on fridays at Champlain? I think it would ease up the congestion a little bit considering that apart from NEXUS they seem to process a lot of FAST/EXPRES applications there too.

Originally Posted by bostonoski (Post 18705355)

Appear normal or unusual?? Still not sure there but having seen a subsequent post on expired passports are ok for cross-border ID I think you mean normal. :)

Originally Posted by The Lev (Post 18680485)

So I'm off to Fort Erie in two weeks to get it done there.

Originally Posted by bostonoski (Post 18705355)

Ok and just to make this all weirder still... there is a list of Nexus offices I looked at recently (did not save the link) and most had hours Mon-Thurs only, INCLUDING the one I booked for an interview, but it let me book a Friday! (I'll certainly post back if I get there and find that was an online error on their part! I am admittedly apprehensive about it...)

Originally Posted by TimMinYYZ (Post 18700245)

It does sound like different people are getting different answers, but when I renewed mine at YYZ a few weeks ago, the US officer took my old card back and told me that I could not use NEXUS until I received my new card in the mail (which was less than two weeks later).

So my advice is not to take the chance.

Originally Posted by fly-yul (Post 18721235)

Not using NEXUS while waiting for a your new card post-interview, is different then using an expired card while having a pending renewal application.

Can anyone confirm that expired cards with pending renewals are ok to use?