Hi. Sorry that I somehow missed this earlier! Anyway, the Cuba trip was a legit person-to-person trip. Somewhere in a box around the house - I couldn't find it in time - is the paperwork from the Treasury Dept. showing that I was allowed to go there. Even though I couldn't find it, I'd be genuinely shocked if the TSA didn't have a record of me on the direct flights between Miami and Havana.

One other thing I forgot to add: My brother did have a run-in with the FBI years ago. No jail time, although he was under house arrest for awhile. I'm wondering if that somehow factored into the equation. I doubt it - no one asked about him - but who knows. I remember some guy being blindsided when agents mentioned that his wife, unbeknown to him, had once been involved in an immigrant smuggling operation!

Nexus Renwal in US Funds?
 

Hi all,

My Nexus (GE) expires in the spring and I've already been getting notices by CBP (email) about renewing it.

So I went online today, updated document, and went to renew and when it comes to the payment page, it's in US funds?? Should be CDN no?

There is a non-refundable processing fee of $50 in Canadian or U.S. funds.

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

IIRC, when you apply or renew online through GOES, it is a US government system and you must pay in US funds. When you apply by mail-in application, you can use either currency. I'm not sure if you can renew through a mail-in application. I recently renewed online and despite having to pay in US$, it was worth it just to know application was received and processed before my card expired.

You can. Specifying either new application or renewal is the first question on the paper form.

With US $50 now being worth CDN $67, I'm tempted to renew on paper and save myself $17.

We are in the same boat - hubbie is Canadian born with US citizenship. We travel with both of his Canadian and US passports. Thinking of applying for NEXUS.

When you applied for NEXUS did you do it on the Canadian website or the US GOES website?

At the interview do they ask where your primary residence is? in Canada or US?

When I applied for NEXUS about 3 years ago, there was a USD and CAD payment option on your CC. I chose USD since back then, it was about $49.50 USD = $50 CAD. Annoying how they took it out. It could save a stack of change!

We used the US GOES website.

One provides documentation for primary residence, in our case the US.

There is no Canadian website to apply at. The only website is GOES, which is a US government site. You can apply on paper which is processed in Canada.

Does anyone know if the enrollment center at YVR is pre or post-security and also if you have an appointment late in the day, can you show up earlier with no problem, providing they have room to squeeze you in?

Yes, pre-security, of course.

Some have had success with that, some have not. Good luck.

Hey, for other people applying as a family, I'm assuming what I'll need to do is login and schedule an interview for each of the three of us on the same day in successive slots?

And people in Vancouver: Is there any difference between the urban enrolment centre and the one out at YVR? Like is there a reason I should go to one or the other, or just whatever fits in my schedule?

I just got conditionally approved and booked for my family. I did have to go in and book them all as close as I could on the same day, but I did call them after I made my first booking (phone numbers are listed in the confirmation when you make your booking - in case of issues). He said to book them all on the same day as close as I could, in Calais Maine they book two slots for every half hour so I could book all four within the hour. He did say that they would probably have me in and out with a half hour or so for all four. As long as there were no issues.

You need to make an appointment for each and every one of your family member.

1611 Main Street is open Monday to Friday: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. I was interviewed at this location on a weekend; special slots.

YVR is open seven days a week: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Select your location by:

1. Availability; website and yours
2. Proximity to you

My partner just renewed her passport, however used a different Passport Canada office and as such the issuing authority is different than on her previous passport. Normally this wouldn't be an issue, but when I updated her information on the GOES website the only fields that were editable were the passport number and dates. So her information is now technically inaccurate in the GOES system.

Is this something that will require a trip to our local enrolment centre?