I have been told to use my NEXUS card.

The US CBP people in the NEXUS interview specifically told her she was under no obligation to obtain a US passport. So go figure!
Mr Flyquiet was also born in the USA and his (Cdn) passport is full of B1 stamps! I tell him, "you must be the only natural born citizen with leave to enter for six months" and he says "shuuuuush!!!" because he doesn't want a US passport.

At least they are by default valid for 10 years and you can add pages to them. They are also cheaper than the 5 year Canadian ones using the 5 year historical USDCAD rate.

Canadian passports are now valid for 10 years and are e-passports. Renewed mine in January and won't have to worry about it till 2024.

Unless you run out of pages because you no longer have the ability to opt for 48-page passports ;)

It wouldn't surprise me if many frequent travellers opt for the 5-year passport instead of the 10-year version.

I guess for many business travellers a 5 years passport with 36 pages is a disadvantage. They will probably run out of pages at the begining of the fourth year.

Luckily I have US and CAD passports which help me alot in completing the five years cycle for each passport.

Office closed for interview?
 

I have a friend flying into YUL this morning and we decided to schedule her Nexus interview at the same time. I called the office to verify something for her only to hear a message that the office is closed today for renovations. I called CBP here and they confirmed the office is closed today and she'll have to call tomorrow to reschedule. Hopefully they'll be able to accommodate her while she's still in town!
Talk about blunders...

I understand that commercial goods are not allowed through Nexus lanes, how about commercially registered vehicles? We have a SUV that is registered to our business. As long as there's no commercial goods in the vehicle, I assume we should be ok.

Correct - passport cards are only for land travel, and as far as I can figure, useless for those who have Nexus as a Nexus card is valid on its own for the land border. And for those in states/provinces that offer it, you're probably better off with an enhanced DL than a passport card which also allows travel between the US/Canada by land.

Back in the pre-Nexus days and when I was younger, despite being a dual US-Canada citizen, I did enter the US a couple of times on my Canadian passport (I may have had a CANPass at the time - can't remember). I actually never had a problem entering on it, however, I had a couple of visits after that where I got a few questions relating to those entries, though apparently it wasn't a big deal as after answering the questions, I was let through not a problem. And then approved for Nexus whenever that became available.\

Yes, there is barcode information on it but believe there is different info. Not sure if this is still the case, as I stopped trying ages ago, but the several occasions when I tried to have a check in kiosk read my Nexus card to use as ID instead of a passport failed.

I saw a NY State electrician's vehicle enter the US on the Whirlpool Bridge in front of me a couple of weeks ago. He was not referred to secondary. I can't see where in the regulations it suggests the vehicles registration is relevant; in a sense you are borrowing it from your business not unlike borrowing a friends car or a rental car, both of which are fine.

To be sure you can always call the CBP at one of the bridges to request clarification. Anecdotal experience is always problematic because who knows why what that electrician was doing - maybe he was over on official business of some sort on the Canadian side.

So a quick update on my situation.

About 10 days to get Conditional Approval for a replacement card. Nothing available for interviews in the near future...but I'll be in Detroit tomorrow so I may stop in and see if they can do a walk in. Absurd that you have to go through the whole process for a lost card.

Actually it makes a little more sense for a lost card than a renewal, as they may want to satisfy themselves that it is a lost card and not a "lost card".

What's the value of a 'lost card' to an unauthorized user, though?

- At air crossing you need fingerprints or irises to make it work.

- At ground crossings they can just deactivate it, so when you wave it at the reader it won't work.

I suppose the PassID might have some value with TSA Pre✓ but that could be deactivated.

You make valid points, but I use mine as ID to board flights that are not going through borders. If one resembled the photo enough, they might be concerned that could work for Bad People to get onto domestic flights without their own ID. All the officer does is check the hologram and photo and name, no eye/finger check. They might be concerned that Bad People would try to reverse engineer or hack the card itself. The card is the ultimate Trusted Traveller ID, and I'm not surprised they would want to account for the cards they have issued.

NEXUS Renewal
 

I'm coming up for renewal on my Nexus card this year so I thought I'd try to document the process for those interested. Hopefully I'll remember to come back at each stage to update things. FYI, I am a Canadian citizen so all comments are from that perspective.

April 22 - Received email notifying me that my Nexus membership will be expiring soon and I should renew it via GOES.

April 23 - Submitted renewal application via GOES website late in the evening.

April 24 - Checked GOES website. Renewal status shown as "Pending Review"

May 5 - Checked GOES website. Renewal status still shown as "Pending Review"