At YVR they do. If you're heading to the GE kiosk you don't even interact with the blue form checker.

Nexus Priority at Secondary Customs Inspection
 

Not sure where to post this... feel free to move

Have used about the Nexus priority pre-flight lines... but I recently was routed to arrivals secondary customs inspection at YYZ and there is a Nexus priority line for secondary customs inspection too! Woop, woop.

Kind of along the same lines, but I was crossing into the US a while back and was just waiting there. A single lane was open, and quite a few cars in the queue. The car in front of me had two kids, who exited the car and were playing in grass infront of the customs building. Didn't take long (probably less than a minute) for an agent to come out shouting to stay in the cars. He took the opportunity to go up and down all the cars in the queue with what I'm assuming was a drug sniffing dog. Funny thing was, the dog took a real interest in someone's car a few back from me.

I think what someone else said makes some sense though about a possible kidnapping. I wonder if they have an amber alert near a border crossing the border agents keep an eye out for these things.

Someone many pages back mentioned that if the volume is low the booth for the truck inspection is also used for NEXUS. I agree that some sign would be nice. At least we know for next time :)

No, Woop Woop is a legendary Australian town - somewhere beyond the Black Stump. I don't think Nexus will work there.

That's great! So is it just a priority line for Nexus cardholders where you have to show your Nexus machine receipt and declaration card?

No. it is past the pre-clearance officer (who generally takes your card). He refers you to secondary screening - there they have set up a Nexus priority secondary screening line. woop for up over (as opposed to down under)

Funny i posted quite a while back that my nexus officer told me that if you get pulled you get to go to the 'front of the line'. Yet no-one here had experienced that, in fact most said it was not true when i brought up the question.

Maybe it has always been the rule but was awkward to enforce as it would certainly upset the others in line?.......maybe this is a solution to the issue and will be rolled out everywhere?

COOL

You are talking about coming into Canada, right? I made a declaration (GE kiosk) when leaving YYZ to US in mid-August, and there was definitely no priority for Nexus/GE in secondary. In fact, my previous record wait time was 5 minutes (if that), but waited about 25.

Did GE thru YYZ just now.

No fatal X. Customs was dead.

As I whipped to
The exit officer another officer exiting a room said Hello, took my GE receipt and took me to secondary.

Gulp. WT??

Waiting room was semi full but he just walked me to a empty desk.

Asked for my nexus card. Asked where, why, when I'm back. Anything to declare. Where I live.

Did a 10 second examination of my carry on.

That was it.

Errrmmm CBP bored today?

As I exited CBP I saw a room full of officers bored talking afront of a bank of monitors. Lol

I was always taught by my mentors that the more you search the more you find. Doing your job is a great way to fight off the boredom of a slow day

Land Border Nexus Question
 

About to use my Nexus for the first time tomorrow crossing from USA to Canada. Not sure if I will use a crossing that has a dedicated lane or not, as I have many choices (Burlington VT twd Toronto...).

Vehicle question:
They asked in my interview if I wanted to register a vehicle, and I did not since I didn't have one (a friend was driving me). I still don't have my own vehicle, but am driving a family member's car.

I went in to register it via GOES and got this message when I clicked "add vehicle"...
"If the applicant plans to travel from Mexico to the U.S. in a vehicle, the vehicle must be registered in order to use the expedited lanes. If the vehicle is already actively registered, you should not register it again. If you choose to register a vehicle, the applicant must bring the vehicle to be inspected at the time of the interview. Only the enrollment centers at the Southern border perform vehicle inspections so the applicant will be limited to making an appointment at one of the Southern Border enrollment centers."

Seems not to do with me...?

Then it says I have to pay $42 extra to add the vehicle! No one in the interview said this. And I am pretty sure I can cross without registering it, but maybe not in a Nexus lane??

The literature has no details about this, so any comments are appreciated!

Secondary query:
I also have read all the literature and it seems if I have nothing to declare outside my personal exemption, I do not need to fill out any forms at all??

Thanks in advance to all the land crossers for info... :)

bostonoski,

I believe the vehicle registration is ONLY for travelling between Mexico and the United States. Not used for NEXUS at all.

Are you a US resident? Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the declaration card is only used for Canadian residents returning to Canada. In either case, you don't need to fill it out as you can declare verbally now.

Enjoy the use of your NEXUS card tomorrow! I got to use mine the first time a few weeks ago and it saved me a huge amount of time :)

I have used rental cars in NEXUS lanes (I rarely get my car from Saskatchewan to "civilized" Canada :) ). No problem.

THANKS GUYS!
That's what I thought maybe that pop-up message was for - the vehicle thing for Mexico... wonder why they asked me about adding a vehicle at my interview though.

Yup, US resident, so I think no card to fill. But sadly I think still only one bottle of wine can go with me (I have two for gifts...).

You called it! I checked on Wednesday and there were openings for Detroit on Saturday, so I am now the proud owner of GE authorization and soon-to-be owner of a NEXUS card :)

The interview was a bit different than I expected. I walked in and thought I was just checking in, then after a few questions realized it was the actual interview. The CBP woman was very friendly and the whole process was less than a half hour.

I had the same issue as Dawn Retel--since getting married I have changed my name on everything except my passport, and I applied for NEXUS using my married name. When I interviewed, I pointed out that my passport is in my maiden name and they said it was no problem, I can just update NEXUS whenever/if my passport is changed.

I applied only for NEXUS but when I got there, she said I might as well just go ahead and add GE. No fee, no additional form, just a few extra brochures plus the sticker. And with GE added, any updates (new passport and whatnot) can be done at the GE center at ORD instead of having to go to a NEXUS center.

I also thought I had read something about needing to enroll vehicles...I asked and that's no longer the case. As mentioned above, rental cars are fine.

Altogether, a very smooth process, under a month total. Oh, there's a fun little video that they have you watch when you enroll explaining how it works and regulations, and the video shows multiple times people getting oranges taken away. Such hatred of oranges, haha.