That doesn't match what I and others have been told by CBP, which is that you can use GE immediately without waiting for the card. Please cite your source.

I wonder about this too recently, as my 2 NEXUS cards were lost by USA officers and I had to re-apply for lost card replacement ($25 USD x 2, ouch), and I'll be travelling via LAX in Jan 2015 and wanted to use G.E.

Just had the interview today @ YYZ, forgot to ask about needing NEXUS card for using G.E. I guess one could call and ask
but either way, I still needed to carry my NEXUS card for LAX-YYZ re-entry into Canada

This is only thing I could find online
On the Spot: After losing Global Entry cards, must they re-interview? - Los Angeles Times

and this (and comments) suggest GE card can be useful as Proof if the GE kiosks are down, so I suppose NEXUS card can do the same as Proof of NEXUS member
What does the Global Entry 'Card' do anyways? - UnRoadWarrior - UnRoadWarrior

I was referring specifically about Canadians using Global Entry, not Americans.

"Canadian NEXUS members have Global Entry benefits, but are not eligible to join."

That means that Canadians who access Global Entry do so through the NEXUS program. They aren't Global Entry members. Ergo, Global Entry for Canadians is a NEXUS benefit, and using it means Canadians must adhere to the NEXUS rules, of which having the NEXUS card in possession is one.

Perhaps CBP officers are saying something different on the ground than what is published, but then again, what else is new.

Question about the new NEXUS machines when entering Canada by air. When traveling with my wife and kids, the passport scanner at the regular line was so much faster than the old NEXUS machines because it allows multiple people living at the same address to check in all at the same time.

Do the new NEXUS machines work like that too? If not, I won't use them. Checking in four times at the NEXUS machine is dog slow comparing to scanning four passports all at once at the regular line.

I just copied this from my approval notification yesterday
so I'd say one can start using GE machines, just not NEXUS machines

I'm GE via NEXUS and I just start off with my passport with the GE machines. No card needed.

Nexus entering Canada by road - do they know the date/time of exit?
 

I'm fairly new to the Nexus program.

Entered Canada earlier today, by car, via Nexus-only lane. I had been away for just over 48 hours. I verbally declared I had just under $800 of goods purchased in the US (i.e. just under the personal allowance). Was immediately sent on my marry way... :)

The CBSA agent never asked how long I had been away. Do they normally ask? Or do they just know because the US CBP updates the date/time of entry into the US when Nexus is used on the way south?

Now that CBP and CSBA share entry / exit date, it is way possible CSBA already know when you left Canada (Nexus or not...)

Nexus Kiosks for sale - Bring your own
 

For those who may want to practice at home. Kiosks on Canada gov't auction
:)
https://www.gcsurplus.ca/mn-eng.cfm?...=&str=1&ltnf=1

Well, missing their hard drives, but still great momentos. Perhaps buy them to go "Office Space" on them? ;)

Interesting to see inside them...

I wonder if the opening bid is $150 for all six? Would be kind of cool to play around with one.

I just got my 10 year and was from Scarborough where last one was Gatineau. I went on the global entry website, updated the info other than the issuing office and thought nothing of it as that field was blank anyway. Used it last week had no issues at all.

Tried to search about this but couldn't find anything in the thread to date:

Has anyone had experience traveling with your pets as a Nexus member?

I've got a trip booked flying into the US from Toronto Pearson for the holidays and I'll be bringing my cat in-cabin.

I'm just really used to answering "No" to all the questions on the customs declaration screens on the GE machines at Pearson... It looks like this will be my first time answering yes to the "live animals" one if I understand it correctly.

(Actually, I never had to consider the wording of that too carefully before since I always entered pet-free with a Nexus card and it was clearly a "No." I can't recall off-hand if it's even worded in a way that would include pets?)

And as I understand it, declaring that shouldn't delay the entry via Nexus/GE but I'll still have to take my cat out of the kennel at the CATSA security?

Oddly enough, US Airways only wants me to show my cat's health certificate when I return to Canada after the return flight but not when I'm entering the US.

(Last I checked, we needed the certificate entering the US by car, though not all CBP officers were very strict about actually looking at it. Expected the first time bringing a pet by air would be more strict, not less.)

Anyway, if any other Canadians have any first-hand experience traveling with your dog or cat as a Nexus member (especially for flights from Pearson headed into the US and back), I'd love to hear about how much trouble or how smoothly it went for you in either direction. :)

I don't have any first hand experience with travelling with pets, however, I was cautious when doing "out of the ordinary" things while using NEXUS. By out of the ordinary, I mean anything other than just carrying clothes and crossing for pleasure.

I believe you should be okay, and even if the option is "carrying live animals" (like yourself I can't actually remember the wording), if you check yes, you'll simply get an X on your receipt and you can explain to them when you're exiting passport control. It will obviously be slower than travelling with no pets, but still be quicker than going through the regular lines.

This came through the email tubes this morning - some proposed changes and clarifications to the rules. It looks like the eligibility rules around criminal convictions is more explicit, among other things.

http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/agency-ag.../menu-eng.html