I did my renewal interview last friday in Fort Erie, Canada. I just handed them the appointment confirmation paper and it was sufficient. They did not even ask for the approval letter. Quite nice people there and my interview lasted 2 minutes and I am out. Change of status email hit my inbox while walking back to my car after finishing the interview.

Surprisingly the US CBP officer asked me if I am pleased with the services of Nexus and GE at airports in US and CAN!

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Slight clarification: NEXUS does not require passport from US and Canadian citizens. LPRs of either country are required to carry passports(unless also a citizen of the other.) The US further requires US LPRs to carry their green cards at entry (and indeed at all times.)

IME as a US LPR and NEXUS member, they don't usually ask for this documentation, but if they ask and you don't have it, expect to lose NEXUS privileges for life.

The way I understand it, if you have Nexus, you do not technically have GE membership. The way I've always seen it worded is that Nexus membership includes GE benefits. In that way, your first sentence isn't really correct, while your second one is.

For most, its probably a distinction without a difference. However, given it is mentioned specifically that way, it is actually a bit different. Also, unlike other TT programs whose citizen members can officially join GE as members, Canadian citizens can not actually join GE...just get the benefits of GE as Nexus members.

I can confirm the above. I am a US citizen that had Global Entry up until a few months ago. (My Global Entry was set to expire in January, 2019.) I applied for Nexus, was approved pretty quickly, and did not need to do an interview, per se. I went into the Nexus office at YUL and completed my retina scan, and subsequently was approved for Nexus. I then used my Nexus card to go through the Trusted Traveler / Global Entry lane at YUL and return to the United States.

The moment I have dreaded for the past few years has arrived and I have to bite the bullet and renew Nexus. Dreading because it used to be that some renewals required interview and some did not. It *appears* from some recent posts here but also from the new website that ALL renewals are now required to interview.

Is the above correct?

My issue, which figured in some discussions here a few years ago with several of us contributing yet no real resolution found: I now live overseas. I am still eligible as far as I have been able to determine, and I still have (and use) a U.S. address. However, I have no plans to travel to the U.S. or Canada in the near future. Therefore, what is the best course of action for renewal?

Should I not renew and try re-applying later when I know I can attend an interview? (least-favored option!)
or
Should I renew and book an appointment, even if I am fairly sure I can't attend, and keep moving it forward? And if I do this, how long can it be stretched out?
or
Should I renew online, buy as cheap a plane ticket as humanly possible, and fly back just for the renewal interview? (Bearing in mind I am currently unemployed and job-hunting so the occasional interview thrown in or new job with inflexible schedule could make this idea impossible anyway.)

I am very hopeful there are some Nexus renewal gurus out there reading this - any advice is welcome. Thanks folks.

[Edit to add: there is no way for me to travel before expiry, sadly, so I'll be experiencing the long lines of the non-TT passenger on my next trip, whenever that happens.]

Maybe I am missing something, but what is the point of having NEXUS if you have no plans of traveling to the United States or Canada?

I presume you mean no plans travelling between the two countries. If not travelling to USA or CAN, there is no point having GE/SENTRI/NEXUS.

If not travelling to CAN, the only advantage to NEXUS is the enrollment fee which is likely more than offset by having to go to the Canadian border to complete enrollment.

They were quite clear:

I suppose that "near future" is open to interpretation, but I am still wondering why renewing NEXUS is even worth it under this fact pattern.

This, honestly.

Judging by everything else you say, it's just not worth it. If you're not going to the USA or Canada, NEXUS is simply not worth anything. There are no benefits to NEXUS that do not involve USA or Canada travel. It definitely isn't worth booking a plane ticket just to go to the interview from another continent. Plus, waiting will give you five years of NEXUS from whatever future date you apply and are approved for it, instead of five years from now.

Oh. I didn't realize you were replying to bostonoski.

Just thought you were asking out of the blue what is the point of NEXUS if not traveling to US/CAN. :D

Shame on me for not using the quote feature. I can see why there was confusion.

Phew. Note to self: remember to be *crystal clear* in FT posts...

Thanks TheBOSman... probably the best course of action.

Clarification for the other replies: for me "near future" meant simply the next month or so. Not likely to enter the US until at least January or later. All of my family are in the US & Canada, so I make 1-2 trips per year. If I can get to an interview, for me the $50 is a worthwhile expense for 5 years of skipping the - often huge - lines at passport control when I go home/visit. I originally applied based on doing a lot of land crossings to Canada, but found the further benefits (ie GE) were well worth having. I may end up with the $100 GE though, if the logistics of reaching a Nexus office are too much.

(I'd like to ask if anyone knows if GE interviews only happen in the US, but I suspect mods might kick that to another forum thread...?!)

A very good reason: I hate the thought of entering the US from overseas and standing in a line of tired & jetlagged people for an hour or more if I don't have to. When I last entered the US in August the lines were so bad that even GE people had trouble getting out of the tunnel from the plane into the area where we could go through!

What is the general experience like when entering Canada at the airport with Nexus as a US citizen? After the kiosks do they officers as you the same questions as the normal lines?