New to Nexus!
 

Hi there,

I'm a Canadian resident that holds dual US/Canadian citizenship. I'm basically looking to enter the US quickly as I travel to LA once a month, usually traveling around 8pm meaning I would arrive at Pearson Airport around 5pm when it is insanely busy.

I'm filling out the very long and confusing Nexus application and I had a few questions:

Citizenship:

Should I enter in both citizenships I currently hold? I would be using my US passport to enter from Canada and enter Canada on a Canadian passport when leaving the US.

Admissibility Documents


If I do need to enter both citizenships, will I need to add both passports in the Admissibility Documents?

On the final page of the application if gives me the following three options (red is Nexus).

Based on the applicant's age, citizenship or legal permanent resident status, below are the Trusted Traveler Programs for which the applicant may apply.

I would like to use this program to travel:

-Into the United States across the land border from Canada or Mexico (SENTRI: SENTRI enrollment centers)

-Into the United States using kiosks in the international airports (Global Entry; valid passport is required: Global Entry enrollment centers)

-Into Canada via land, air or sea (NEXUS; will require a visit to an enrollment center on the U.S./Canada land border or at a major airport in Canada: NEXUS enrollment centers)

Now, I'm confused as to why this does not say "Into the United States and Canada". Based on my information am I only admissible to one country using a Nexus card?

Thanks in advance!

Yes, you need to enter both.


In principle no, but they both make you admissible, so might as well.

Choose the latter, which is of course designed for expedited entry into the US and Canada, even though the wording here just says Canada. When you get approved, you will also be granted GE access.

You can choose both into Canada and into the US. That's what I did for my renewal, and pretty sure thats what my wife did when she applied. Still only charged the Nexus fee (since Nexus was selected).

Just a FYI...I spoke to the Nexus people today about the residency requirement and confirmed that if you lived in either the US or Canada for 3 yrs on any valid temporary visa status (not temporary visitor, but temporary resident, such as F, J or H visa in the US), you can apply for Nexus right away upon receiving permanent residency in the country where you lived.

Myself (US Citizen, Canadian Permanent Resident) and my son (Canada Citizen) applied together with the following details:

Applied: Aug 5
Conditional Approval: Aug 30
Initial Interview booking date: Nov 21
Rescheduled / Accepted: Oct 24
Card Received: _______

My son and I found it was tricky to get interviews together in Fort Erie. Lucked out on Oct 22 after we booked a flight for Nov 3. A few pieces that interest me, and hopefully somebody else out there:

• the system says that you can make changes up to 24 hours before your interview time; I didn't expect the system to completely lock you out with no ability to change at exactly 24 hours. Imagine a web system handling that seamlessly!
• we are booked for a flight nov 3 from YYZ-IAH, and with the 7-10 day wait for Nexus, there was a 75% chance of our cards arriving in time. Although you don't need your Nexus Card to go through the airport kiosk, you do need to receive your Nexus Card to activate your account.
• and the follow-up to that is that I checked our accounts when I got home for no apparent reason, and read our acceptance letter, and it stated that our Global Entry is now active. So it appears that even if our Nexus Cards don't arrive, we'll be able to use the Global Entry kiosk. Without the card, I assume that we CAN'T use the Nexus lane for the security lane, but at least that's one line down.
• oh, my son was lucky enough to get his finger prints for GE and eye scan for Nexus done at Fort Erie - apparently a few inches in height shorter and we wouldn't have been so lucky!!
  
• unfortunately I forgot to ask either customs agent if I had brought my son (6 years old) to my appointment, would they have taken care of him. Sorry I can't provide details on that for others in the future.

You are required to have the card with you when using the NEXUS kiosk. As you stated, the card is not necessary for using the GE kiosk. When you activate the card on GOES, you are only activating the card itself. Your TT membership is active as soon as the officer approves you.

Just curious if anyone knows if the following Nexus Enrollment Center does the Iris scan (as it's in the US):

Seattle UEC, Seattle WA
King County International Airport

Failing which, can Nexus be applied for without the Iris scan, then stop by a Canadian Nexus office (without appt) to add the Iris scan in the future? The scan is of secondary importance as the card is being used primarily for TT membership (precheck) and land crossings between WA/BC.

Yes, I didn't explain it well, I just wanted to state that you didn't require to scan your card at the kiosk. But, the officer told me that I would be unable to use the kiosk without activating the card in the system. At least I thought that was what he said.

TT = ?

TT = Trusted Traveler.

The NEXUS kiosk may require card activation before use. I am more familiar with the GE kiosk, which does not demand card activation.

Hi All,

OK - I have read heaps of pages on here but cannot find someone that mentioned my issue. Let's see if anyone can help.

OK - I have NEXUS and the message on GOES says I am able to use GE. I did have my fingerprints taken during my interview and I have had my iris scanned. I have used the NEXUS machines often.

Last week I was in YYC flying to LAX and decided to try the GE machine. It would not read my passport. The screen said 'touch here' if having trouble reading passport so I did and it asked me to type in my passport #. I did and the message that came up said that my passport # is not associated with GE. I have not changed my passport since receiving my NEXUS card.

Any tips? Insights?

I've been using mine for a couple of years now. At first it was questioned but since Global Entry started at major US gateway airports I've only run into a problem once...about two weeks ago boarding an AA flight at MIA to YYZ, but the agent checked with a supervisor and accepted it. (I do carry my passport but find it too bulk to keep out.)

Finally, e-passports on their way
 

I was tempted to start a new thread on the topic but figured it wasn't AC enough to satisfy the Mods, so will take it onto the NEXUS thread which covers off some of the same territory.

http://www.international.gc.ca/media...12/10/26a.aspx

I had always remarked how dull our passports looked compared to those of other countries that had artwork on the stamp pages (like the US and Australia) or a neat embossed gold fern (like NZ). So it will be interesting to leaf through this new gallery of Canadian icons.

Here are the pages.

http://www.ppt.gc.ca/eppt/photos.aspx?lang=eng

Just want to confirm
- PR 3 years is 3 years counting back from the application date?

- does it have to be "IN CANADA" for FULL 3 years (or 1095 days) like the "citizenship 3 year" requirement?

or one just have to RESIDE/LIVE in Canada for 3 years after landing date, ignoring the months traveling out of Canada?

I have not heard of this before, and I can't say for sure, but if I had to guess, I'd say there's a disconnect somewhere in the system - either the message is appearing in error, and you can't really use it (did you have all 10 fingerprints taken, or just 1 on each side), or something that needed to be done in the US customs backend computer wasn't completed properly. Even though it is seamless to us (or at least, is supposed to be), there is something that needs to be done on the computer by agents in the office to enable GE. I'm sure they automated that for the people eligible, but perhaps something erred when it tried it for your file. Could also be that the passport number they attached in the system is different than yours, etc.

I'd say you need to go into an office and talk to the US customs folks about it - or a GE office in the US. Whatever it is, they should be able to look into your file an correct it.

Of course, the other possibility is that the specific machine you used wasn't working, causing the error.