Thanks for the info.

Another question for the group: Do you need the ORIGINAL pre-approval letter? The online copy I printed says you do but the appointment info sheet I printed after making my interview reservation say to bring a COPY of the letter.

I checked my mail today before leaving for my Monday interview but no letter yet. So I will not have the original.

(My daughter was formerly a FA for Mesaba Airlines).

Can someone please share their Nexus renewal interview experience after getting the conditional approval.

Do we need to get a new Iris scan or they can use the existing one? I am thinking of driving to Detroit Enrolment Centre but they don't do Iris scan there and i am not interested to cross the border and do the Iris scan at Windsor airport.

Thanks!

They never sent me a physical pre-approval letter, just the one I could see in GOES; I printed that out and brought it to my interview. I think the only physical mail to expect from the NEXUS program is the card.

I had my renewal interview at YYZ about 6 months ago. They did not need a new iris scan, but US CBP did update my fingerprints. YMMV.

I've used my Nexus for air travel a few times but have never had to declare anything at a land crossing. Next month I'll be picking up a new bicycle frame in the US and bringing it to Canada. I'll be driving down for just that reason so a quick turnaround in the US. Do I fill out a TDC for it beforehand or can I give a verbal at the booth? I'll be crossing in Sarnia.

http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/prog/nexus/land-terre-eng.html

I hold a Global Entry membership and given my enjoyment for occasional travel to Canada I applied for NEXUS. I received my conditional-approval and just had my interview in Vancouver. I was a little surprised when the agent told me that my Global Entry *card* would become INVALID and be replaced with my NEXUS card. The agent explained that the NEXUS card will have the same identification # (KTN), but while I was free to retain my Global Entry card, the Global Entry card itself would become invalidated. Does this mirror other's understanding here? On a tangential note, I had read that Australia has a trusted program with some form of reciprocal agreement with the US such that one could use their Global Entry entering there. If so, will my NEXUS card be accepted equally? Or, did I unwittingly lose some value of my original Global Entry status? And, yes, I did inquire this of the agent, but she was unsure as she did not know about the Australian program.

Global Entry benefits are included with your NEXUS membership.

I think it's because Nexus has GE included - it's a more "complete package" than GE, so the GE itself is replaced by Nexus. Same way you can't have two valid passports at the same time.

I have Nexus and used Australia smartgate program. Not sure if it has anything to do with Nexus/GE or if it just applies to citizens of particular countries that have a electronic smart passport.

I think the Australian Smartgate program has been extended to everyone 16 and older with US passports now.
https://help.cbp.gov/app/answers/det...-entry-members

It used to be linked to Global Entry, but now I think applies to anyone 16 and over with an ePassport.

If you are GE and applied/approved for NEXUS, you will get a new card. As KPOM mentioned, all US passports (along with a dozen other countries' passports) with the biometric chip can use Australia's SmartGate .

You don't need to be enrolled in any CBP Trusted Traveler program to use Australia's SmartGate.

On that note, New Zealand still has dedicated lanes for Global Entry members. I called them to inquire if they will accept someone with a Nexus card but they were unable to answer this. Anyone with first hand experience here?

You can use GE kiosks with a Nexus card.