Archived: The NEXUS Information Thread
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Oct 1, 17, 10:29 am
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Oct 1, 17, 1:51 pm
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This may be very old news but I haven't been on in a while. I renewed my Nexus for the first time in April. It was complete BS, waste of my time and travel to the center, quite inconvenient and the "interview" was superficial. Since I have never ever had any issues I didn't think I should have to go at all given reports of mail renewals by others.
The one question that surprised me was when they just asked spontaneously if I'd ever been to Cuba. I asked "why" and was told that it would prohibit my participation in NEXUS. Seemed preposterous to me, especially since we had just normalized relations with them.
The only reason I could figure for them asking is that I'm also Canadian and therefore could have traveled there for years.
Don't think I'll go right now, though!
Just looking at the past coupla messages. Our neighbors forgot to update their new PP information and were hauled off and lashed by CBP for having forgotten to do so... one would THINK that having your PP in renewal would be a reasonable excuse but it may all depend on what the agent had for lunch (in my experience).
The one question that surprised me was when they just asked spontaneously if I'd ever been to Cuba. I asked "why" and was told that it would prohibit my participation in NEXUS. Seemed preposterous to me, especially since we had just normalized relations with them.
The only reason I could figure for them asking is that I'm also Canadian and therefore could have traveled there for years.
Don't think I'll go right now, though!
Just looking at the past coupla messages. Our neighbors forgot to update their new PP information and were hauled off and lashed by CBP for having forgotten to do so... one would THINK that having your PP in renewal would be a reasonable excuse but it may all depend on what the agent had for lunch (in my experience).
Oct 1, 17, 6:06 pm
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Moderator's Note
Folks,
The Trusted Travelers forum is an informational forum.
Members come here to share and search for practical information about applying for and using the various Trusted Travelers programs with minimum hassle and maximum benefits.
This is not the place to opine, comment or argue about the renewal process, how travel to cuba affects NEXUS eligibility, the conduct of CBP or CBSA officers, etc.
Please free to share your experiences, however, if you wish the debate, opine, comment or remark about any aspect of these programs, you are welcome to do so in the Checkpoints and Borders Policy Debate forum.
Thank you for understanding,
TWA884
Co-moderator, Travel Safety/Security
The Trusted Travelers forum is an informational forum.
Members come here to share and search for practical information about applying for and using the various Trusted Travelers programs with minimum hassle and maximum benefits.
This is not the place to opine, comment or argue about the renewal process, how travel to cuba affects NEXUS eligibility, the conduct of CBP or CBSA officers, etc.
Please free to share your experiences, however, if you wish the debate, opine, comment or remark about any aspect of these programs, you are welcome to do so in the Checkpoints and Borders Policy Debate forum.
Thank you for understanding,
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Oct 1, 17, 8:57 pm
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Originally Posted by surreycrv
Yet just about all you posted is simply not true. It has been shown, repeatedly to not be true. NEXUS is a 2 country program. GOES is a 1 country portal that does not always.transmit its information to the other country. All it takes is 1 time for my statement to be true, and as there are actual documented cases where your commentary are proved incorrect, then your blanket statement is factually wrong.
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Oct 4, 17, 12:12 pm
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I have an upcoming flight from Montreal to Chicago Ohare. I was under the impression that there was a dedicated NEXUS lane through security and that I would not have to take my belt and shoes off.
But this wiki suggests that, for transborder security, this is only the case in Toronto.
https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/NEXUS
Specifically, here is what it says: Express security clearance, similar to TSA Precheck, is available for US-bound flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) Terminal 1. This is a pilot program that may be expanded to other airports in the future if successful.
Is the Wiki correct? If so, it would explain why I had to remove my belt and shoes the last time I did this. I was told that the NEXUS lane was closed. Perhaps it is closed for much longer than I had assumed!
But this wiki suggests that, for transborder security, this is only the case in Toronto.
https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/NEXUS
Specifically, here is what it says: Express security clearance, similar to TSA Precheck, is available for US-bound flights from Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) Terminal 1. This is a pilot program that may be expanded to other airports in the future if successful.
Is the Wiki correct? If so, it would explain why I had to remove my belt and shoes the last time I did this. I was told that the NEXUS lane was closed. Perhaps it is closed for much longer than I had assumed!
Oct 4, 17, 12:13 pm
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Originally Posted by kilarney
I have an upcoming flight from Montreal to Chicago Ohare. I was under the impression that there was a dedicated NEXUS lane through security and that I would not have to take my belt and shoes off.
But this wiki suggests that, for transborder security, this is only the case in Toronto.
https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/NEXUS
Is the Wiki correct? If so, it would explain why I had to remove my belt and shoes the last time I did this. I was told that the NEXUS lane was closed. Perhaps it is closed for much longer than I had assumed!
But this wiki suggests that, for transborder security, this is only the case in Toronto.
https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/NEXUS
Is the Wiki correct? If so, it would explain why I had to remove my belt and shoes the last time I did this. I was told that the NEXUS lane was closed. Perhaps it is closed for much longer than I had assumed!
Oct 4, 17, 12:24 pm
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Originally Posted by TheBOSman
I can't help you with YUL, but there is 100% a NEXUS members only security lane at YVR Transborder. So, the Wiki is not correct. There are numerous other errors in that Wiki as well.
It looks like I was just unlucky when it was closed a couple of weeks ago. It also looks like I should not rely on that Wiki.
Oct 4, 17, 2:00 pm
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There definitely is a NEXUS security lane at YUL where laptops come out but light jackets and shoes stay on. I usually go thru security weekdays between 9AM and 5PM. Never seen it closed. The link provided for https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/NEXUS doesn't even seem official at all. There is security line immediately to the right and parallel of the NEXUS lane which does require shoes to come off.
Oct 4, 17, 8:04 pm
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It does close around lunch time. You get pushed to the handicap lane and shoes come off.
Oct 5, 17, 10:19 am
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Kinda stupid question, but how do you go through Nexus lane on the land border if you are traveling with someone else?
Do you hold up all 4 Nexus cards at once, or do you just pass through each one in the air?
Do you hold up all 4 Nexus cards at once, or do you just pass through each one in the air?
Oct 5, 17, 10:49 am
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Originally Posted by IIIIIIIIIIllllllllll
Kinda stupid question, but how do you go through Nexus lane on the land border if you are traveling with someone else?
Do you hold up all 4 Nexus cards at once, or do you just pass through each one in the air?
Do you hold up all 4 Nexus cards at once, or do you just pass through each one in the air?
Oct 5, 17, 3:40 pm
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Originally Posted by seawolf
The link provided for https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/NEXUS doesn't even seem official at all.
http://www.catsa.gc.ca/trusted-travellers
The OP asked about YUL:
Montreal | Domestic and International | Line 1
Montreal | United States | Line 4
Oct 5, 17, 6:18 pm
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Originally Posted by seawolf
Refer to 2:30 mark in the video video on how to hold them in a fan pattern and in which orientation.
If I hold up the cards one at a time, all four are always detected.
Oct 6, 17, 8:28 pm
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Originally Posted by Kiraly
I find when I hold four cards in a fan pattern like shown, most of the time at least one of them isn't detected. I then hand all four cards to the agent, no problem.
If I hold up the cards one at a time, all four are always detected.
If I hold up the cards one at a time, all four are always detected.
Oct 16, 17, 6:01 am
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I lost my NEXUS card (even though I know for sure it is somewhere at my home). I ordered a replacement card first thing on Monday morning. I have a flight this coming Sunday. Is there any chance at all I will get my card prior to my flight? My guess is no, but I was hoping for a minor miracle.
The good news is that I received a notification of approval about 30 minutes after I requested the replacement card. But perhaps that is just a pro forma response for a replacement request.
Also, will I need a new iris scan for the replacement card and/or new fingerprinting?
The good news is that I received a notification of approval about 30 minutes after I requested the replacement card. But perhaps that is just a pro forma response for a replacement request.
Also, will I need a new iris scan for the replacement card and/or new fingerprinting?
Last edited by kilarney; Oct 16, 17 at 6:13 am
