Renewal time again… seems like all Toronto area enrollment centers are fully booked?

“There is no time slot available. Please select another enrollment center.”

This includes YYZ, Whirlpool, Fort Erie.

Do I,
a. keep trying ad nauseum? (seems like only option at this pt.)
b. ???

don't wait. apply ASAP. scheduling the interview is currently unavailable within the GTA! Closest is Port Huron or something. ack.

This is the response i'm getting from GOES.

There is no time slot available. Please select another enrollment center.

I had that situation when I got my invitation to interview. I believe you have 30 days to book the interview so I decided to keep checking for a few days to see if there were cancellations etc. In my case I could have got a date in Ft. Erie but I wanted YYZ. I was just about to give in and book Ft. Erie (after about a week) but then a few cancellations popped up that I literally couldn't click on before they disappeared, and shortly after, it seemed that a block of interview times opened up. I speculate that they don't have a rolling calendar; they have a block of times and don't open up the next block until it occurs to them to do so.

do you think we could call the enrollment center at YYZ to encourage them?

UPDATE: called the phone number, recorded message.

Refreshed page just 15 mins ago, someone cancelled at YYZ!!! :) Score!

Who do you return the I94 of the GE kiosk too? I am canadian on H1b with NX/GE.

I had H1b for three consecutive years (separate visas, same employer). Nobody ever took them back. Canadian Imm said it wasn't his job to administer US immigration procedures. I ended up with three of them in my passport wallet. I am sure from US perspective this is not right, but what can you do? This was all pre-NEXUS for me, but just commenting that the systems don't always align with the stated rules and that predates NEXUS :-)

Your air carrier takes it on the flight back to Canada. When the gate agent does the passport verification, I give them my GE I94. I've never had an issue, they all seem to know exactly what it is. My Multiple Entry I94 that was given to me with my visa (I'm an L1A) stays in my passport because that's the one on my GOES record. And by handing my I94 to them, I seem to avoid the Gate Agent trying rip the one out of my passport (had a close call where an overzealous GA missed the 'Multiple Entry' stamp).

If you drive across the border with a GE I94 I don't know the process for that. There is a link on the CBP site (https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/det...l-have-my-i-94) that seems to indicate that you have to send your I94 back to them with proof you left the country. But, I'm assuming that if you flew to the US to get an GE I94, you would be flying back.

And now I'm afraid to let anyone touch my passport :p

US officer at YYZ Nexus office told my wife, a Canadian citizen on an H1B at the time, when she signed up for Nexus to pitch the GE I94s, but we actually kept them. She's a US permanent resident now...lawyer referenced the last obtained one in additional notes on her GC app in case they were "connected" to her last entry into the US before applying. Don't know if it mattered, though.

AFAIK, if your travel is to Canada (or Mexico, I think), the I-94s aren't supposed to be taken back. I vaguely remember something about as long as your trip is 30 days or less. So at least my impression was that for Canada, the I94s usually stay where they are. But if going internationally, then yes, the air carrier is supposed to pull it - usually it happens at check in desk, I think.

renewal update, plus nexus interview for baby
 

Hi, here's an update regarding Nexus renewal times. I applied to Renew my Nexus membership on Dec 31st, and received the approval notice today, Jan 17. No need to go in for an interview, they will mail the new card directly to me.
I also applied for my infant son on the same date, and received his conditional approval today as well. He needs to go in for an "interview", where I guess they will explain to me, as his legal guardian, how Nexus works for an infant. So I tried to book an "interview" time for him. We live in upstate New York. First available date at either Niagara Falls or Buffalo is in May! By contrast, there are slots available for tomorrow at Champlain, NY. I am seriously thinking of going to Champlain instead of the Buffalo area.

Why the massive disparity in interview availability? Sure I know many more people in the BUF-Toronto area want Nexus than in the Champlain region, but come on, they should reallocate staff accordingly to reduce the disparity somewhat.

Quick question - I travel on a 5 year E-1 (Treaty Investor) with a nice big actual visa.

They only do two year I-94's on this (by law), so I need to renew my I-94 at an airport at an upcoming entry.

(The visa is issued by State, not DHS, so I don't anticipate problems with a new I-94)

But for Nexus -- do I need to schedule an interview once I have a new I-94, or is this a simple visit and sign up to the queue for a paperwork update.

I presume the latter, but YMMV

I've come to find that having a NEXUS card is more of a hindrance/annoyance than anything else when crossing by bus... it's almost as if the guys working inside have never worked primary in their life. I usually end up answering a bunch of extra questions like:

1. Where's your passport?
2. Do you cross often?
3. Why do you have a NEXUS card?

It's borderline (no pun intended) absurd.

Whenever I renew my TN and I-94s, which I do at the Rainbow Bridge, I drive round to the Whirlpool Bridge before going home, and walk in. They update my GOES file on the spot and send me on my way.

No need for an interview has ever been mentioned by them.

1. It's at home. It's not required because I have a NEXUS card.
2. Often enough that NEXUS is worth it.
3. See above.
:p

That being said, I'm not sure I'd want to risk crossing without a passport. What happens if something happens, and you need to take a flight back? You're SOL if you only have NEXUS with you.

In these cases, I'd be tempted to hand over both, so that if they want the passport, they have it, and if they're willing to speed things along because you have NEXUS, they have that option too.

Wikivoyage page for NEXUS
 

I'm a long-time lurker (3 years!), but a first-time poster. I have been following this thread for awhile, and it seems that the same questions keep coming up time and time again. It doesn't help that there are over 5900 posts to search through, many of which are quite outdated.

With the recent relaunch of Wikivoyage, I thought it was time to write an article on the NEXUS program: https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/NEXUS

I have tried to focus on the application process, privileges, and responsibilities. I have avoided some areas of ambiguity (e.g. CBP passport stickers; declaring gum; travelling with children; using the crew lane) and tried to focus on the core parts of the program.

Some sections should be broken off into separate pages (TSA Precheck and Global Entry are two that come to mind), but I'll leave that to people who have more experience in those areas than I do. Please edit the article mercilessly and add any further detail that I have missed. Hopefully we can start referring people to this article.

And if anyone wants to document the specific NEXUS procedures for US entry at each Canadian airport, be my guest. :)

https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/NEXUS