I flew into YUL with a interview at YUL. The NEXUS interview office is less than 600 feet walking distance away from primary CBSA inspection. They could have radioed the NEXUS office (200 feet) if picking up a phone was too much of a hassle. :)

You're attempting to apply logic to what is often a seemingly illogical process :D.

Ha! That's why we want NEXUS, to skip the illogical parts :D

Thanks for the reassurance, all, especially [MENTION=742707]MDFFlyer[/MENTION] and [MENTION=243397]mnbp[/MENTION]. Guess I was overthinking it. If I can make an earlier schedule work I'll definitely give it a shot.

Also, since in rereading I see it wasn't addressed, the iris scan can be done at Ft. Erie. The Niagara Falls office lists "Iris photograph can be taken at the adjacent CBSA office in Canada."

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

I have a renewal question.. Was just filling out the renewal form for my wife, and when she applied initially (back in 2012), she had listed her currently employer (since 2008) as well as the job she had before that.

This information is still on the application, but because they only require the past 5 years, we should be safe to remove it, right?

Everything you said makes perfect sense. It didn't stop me from getting sent to secondary, despite having updated my I-20 in person, and the "nice" officer at secondary telling me that I was supposed to have given a printout of my I-94 with my I-20 to the Nexus office. I got out of that one with a warning, at least.

I thought the point of digitizing these was so that we wouldn't be relying on slips of paper. Why can't they look this up online?

Moot point, I guess. If they want them printed, you'll just have to print them. Probably another practice that varies based on the examining officer, the port of entry, the time of day and the phase of the moon, too. :rolleyes:

Well, you need the physical card to be able to use the Nexus lane, so no, because you will not have received it by Monday.

I read on another thread that you could since the passport would have that information.

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No. Nexus lanes at land crossings require Nexus cards (or GE cards for entering US from Canada).

https://www.cbp.gov/travel/trusted-t...ams/nexus/card

Without the Nexus card, you won't be able to use the Nexus lane at the border because you won't have anything to hold "in front of the card reader".

I won't be travelling with land. I'll be flying from YUL. Does that make a difference?

Yes. The super-short version:

Air, entering US at a Canadian preclearance airport: Global Entry kiosks will accept passport or NEXUS card as long as fingerprints are in the system.

Air, entering US an an airport other than Canadian preclearance locations: Global Entry kiosks require passport (not GE/NEXUS/SENTRI cards) and fingerprints in the system.

Air, entering Canada: NEXUS kiosks require NEXUS card and iris scans.

Land, entering US: NEXUS lanes require all passengers in car to have NEXUS/Global Entry/SENTRI cards.

Land, entering Canada: NEXUS lanes require all passengers in car to have NEXUS cards (GE/SENTRI do not work).

Short version is YUL-MLB does not require physical card in possession as passport will do for GE kiosks. Information in some of prior replies are inaccurate.

Montreal is a preclearance airport: https://www.cbp.gov/border-security/...s/preclearance. Since you will not have your new NEXUS card yet

• You will not be able to use NEXUS lane for security check
• You are able to use Global Entry kiosks

Once you physically receive your Nexus card, you have to activate it before it is valid. Trying to use it at GE machines before you activate it may cause trouble.

My father tried using his newly received but not yet activated (he didn't realize he had to activate) card at a land crossing into the US and was detained in secondary for 3-4 hours while they tried to determine if he had stolen the card and verified his identity. It wasn't pleasant.