Been in this situation.. Flew to my in-laws and they're so paranoid about someone breaking into their house, so they took our passports (and apparently NEXUS cards) and hid them in a food box in the cupboard. Before leaving, I grabbed our passports not realizing our NEXUS cards were in there as well. Didn't find out until we were at the airport already. Was a tough call, but the rules are the rules, so I did not use NEXUS on that trip.

As stated above me, there is nothing stopping you from using the kiosk, and there's a high chance you'll make it through without needing your card. If you get selected for a secondary though, you're going to wish you hadn't used it.

In YYZ I think (IIRC) you have to exit landside then go back in through the main entrance to CBP pre-clearance unless this has recently changed. Not a huge deal really for the time savings but might be a bit messed up with the luggage situation now if you're checking any bags. It may not be possible to use the kiosks in that case. Hopefully someone else has done this recently and can comment in a more informed way.

I cannot speak to YUL I have not transited there before.

Interesting, we would be checking luggage, so that could pose a problem.

My 2c: My advice, do not lose your card abroad. Always have it with you. I keep mine with my credit card. I show it as ID when I am asked for photo ID instead of DL that shows my address, or health card etc. That way I always know I have it.
It is such a tiny thing to carry. Same with the passport. I can't really "get" why people look for loopholes not to have them. I understand it ex post facto, "my passport was stolen, my NEXUS card was stolen, what do I do now?" but it's the hypothetical ones, "what if at some future point I don't bring it?" Just bring it. It is a privilege, not a right.

Also, in Canada, although you don't have to show the card to the NEXUS machine, it is readable in lieu of passport in the GE machine in TB US immigration, and you need to flash it to use the NEXUS line for the baggage scanner.

I think logically, everyone on the form has to be in the same queue and the rules are clear that non-NEXUS members cannot use the NEXUS lane.

When travelling with my non-NEXUS spouse, I make him fill in his own customs form and I leave him to fend with the queue. His choice, his problem.

Carecard doesn't even have a photo...
I have 2 (real, legal, and legitimate) ID documents that are plastic cards that don't have my address that are not my NEXUS card (though I need these ones in order to enter certain nations.)
In fact, my DL doesn't have a photo...

At YYZ, if you are flying AC (which would be in Terminal 1), follow signs for F Gates Connections. It will take you landside but then to a special US connections entrance. They will check your boarding pass to get into the area. Then you must check-in on a kiosk to confirm information about checked bags, however you need not collect them. There are a series of monitors that your name will appear on and you must wait for it to say proceed to US customs. You will then exit into the US customs connection area where there are GE and NEXUS kiosks you can use. You will then briefly speak to a US CBP officer and they will likely ask about checked bags and you may have to confirm a photo of the bag on a screen. After which you can proceed through security. Not sure about the process at Terminal 3.

At YUL, you follow the signs for US connections (which is quite a bit of a walk from the domestic gates). You will then go through security and then you are in the same US customs hall as everyone else which has GE and NEXUS kiosks. Luggage goes all the way through and same as YYZ, you will briefly speak to an officer and may need to confirm your luggage on a screen.

On the return to Canada about the declaration card - I'm not sure. In theory you should be able to use one card but nothing wrong about filling out separate ones.

This is a weird problem

My wife and my 6-month old son interviewed on March 1 (11am wife, 6:30pm son, but they were both seen at 11am by Canadian & US officers)

Same day or next day, wife's GOES shows approved, my son's did not (no approval message in his GOES account)
I thought it could be a fluke and didn't bother following up

Today, 3/14, my wife received the NEXUS card in mail, my son did not
I just called YYZ and left a message regarding this

I'm afraid my son (being an infant) got missed in the system, due to his "interview" got merged with my wife? It seems like the system thinks he missed the interview

Anything else I can do to update the status?
I'll be in YYZ early April again with whole family, we can visit NEXUS office then if necessary <-- this "missing approval" means I can't use NEXUS lane for the family now @@ boo

I've read this forum a LOT and I've seen this come up multiple times (three people go for the interview but only two get the approval).

If I'm not mistaken, a call to the NEXUS office and they should be able to check. They likely forgot to click something at the end of the interview. A little tip.. Rather than leaving a message, just hang up and phone back in a few minutes. I got their voicemail, and hung up. A few minutes later I decided I'd call back and leave a message and someone picked up :P

Also, for what it's worth.. When I went for my interview, I gave them my US passport (the only one I had at the time). I used NEXUS for over a year before I went in to add in my newly gotten Canadian passport, and they were shocked that I didn't have ANY passport information in the system. They seem pretty sloppy at completing applications/interviews correctly.

Funny enough
I just checked GOES today (3/15), 1 day after I left a voicemail (3/14), and the baby got the approval notification!!!!!!!

Guess someone does listen to the voicemail message and approved it?
I did leave my interview date, application ID #, name and etc in the voicemail ... so probably helped (nobody called me to notify though)

EDIT: 7:23pm received call from NEXUS YYZ office notifying me that my baby has been approved :)

Good to know!

Glad everything worked out for you :)

Who is in "Exempted Group" of Perm Residents?
 

On the Nexus website, it talks about eligibility requirements. Who exactly are these "certain permanent residents"? I assume they are referring to PR's holding a passport from a certain list of countries? If so, what countries qualify for the 3 year residency exemption?

Quote from NEXUS website:

In addition, certain permanent residents are also exempted from the three-year residency requirement. However, permanent residents who do not fall within an exempted group are reminded that the three-year residency requirement still applies

Can somebody please explain.

I'm going to assume you are referring to two Nexus members in the same household, is that correct? If so, my wife and I have always used a single customs card to enter Canada since we have both had Nexus, but I think you can do it on individual forms, too. I think I asked in the office if this was ok once. Either way, have never had the clerk collecting the cards have a problem with us using the one declaration card and two Nexus receipts. The only downside, I think, to doing this, is that you have to be cleared out of customs together - so if one of you gets a code to be sent to secondary, you'd both have to go.

Entering the US we use GE now, but before the time we had access, we actually would fill out separate cards. That is because going into the US, you have to have the same family (last) name to use the same card (IIRC), and since she didn't change her name, ours are different.

If you are talking about a non-nexus and nexus members, I agree with the flyquiet response. I don't think I've ever seen it specifically addressed anywhere, but given the strict rule about not being able to mix Nexus and non-Nexus folks, I would not do anything that could be interpreted as even being close to the appearance of this. Not worth it. I stood in the pre-clearance line enough with my wife (though not married at the time) before she got it - She knew she was going to have to get it with our travel patterns.

3 Year Residency Exemption
 

Neither. I'm simply talking about a NEW application for a Nexus card by a Permanent Resident. i.e. Not a US or Canadian citizen.

Ammendment to the Three-Year Residency Requirement

http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/prog/nexu...-avis-eng.html

Which PR's qualify for the 3 year exemption?

YVR Guy, emcampbe was replying to Reid, not your post.

Yes, we both have Nexus. Thanks for your help.