Applying for a NEXUS card

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bjl85

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Hi, has anyone signed up for NEXUS?

I'd like to make my travel to the US easier, but I'm a little paranoid about the interview and finger printing because of this hobby. I have 0 plans to partake in the US, but, I'm just paranoid.

Can anyone with NEXUS share their experience in regards to how this hobby has or has not affected them?

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As long as you don't have a criminal record anywhere or plan on engaging in criminal activities you should be fine. I know a guy from Manitoba that got a DUI in Alberta 30 years ago. The charges never made it to the RCMP or back to Manitoba so his record always came back clean on a search. Applied for his NEXUS card and got quite the surprise. Banned!
 
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my application has been 'pending review' since August...

(no DUI/record of any kind/type)
 
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rlock

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bjl85 said:
Hi, has anyone signed up for NEXUS?

I'd like to make my travel to the US easier, but I'm a little paranoid about the interview and finger printing because of this hobby. I have 0 plans to partake in the US, but, I'm just paranoid.

Can anyone with NEXUS share their experience in regards to how this hobby has or has not affected them?

Thanks
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Honestly, it depends how often you go there. Unless you're a frequent business traveller to there (or a trucker - they have their own version), there's no way it's worth the intrusiveness.

An ordinary passport solves all the same issues, except the lineup at the border.
 
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rlock said:
Honestly, it depends how often you go there. Unless you're a frequent business traveller to there (or a trucker - they have their own version), there's no way it's worth the intrusiveness.

An ordinary passport solves all the same issues, except the lineup at the border.
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On one hand there is the intrusiveness into your record and the cost of the Nexus card and I don't know what that cost is. On the other hand there is that special lane that you drive by all the poor slobs sitting in waiting for their turn at a border crossing. There is also quickly getting through the border and down to Bellingham Costco for the trunk and tank full of gas and back on your way home before the other poor slobs make it across the border. That sounds pretty good to me but I don't have a Nexus card for my own reasons.

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I renewed mine on line last year then they forgot to set up the interview until I called. Set up and the interview and it took @ 5 mins near Main and Terminal.
 
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masterblaster

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rlock said:
Honestly, it depends how often you go there. Unless you're a frequent business traveller to there (or a trucker - they have their own version), there's no way it's worth the intrusiveness.

An ordinary passport solves all the same issues, except the lineup at the border.
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What intrusiveness? They know everything about you anyway.
 
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I've had one for years. I rarely travel by vehicle across the border but it really speeds up the time through airport security and they turn down the sensitivity on the scanner so I rarely get secondary screening. There was a delay in getting the interview only because of the backlog.

I don't think the government knows everything about you but Google and Facebook sure do.
 
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OneLuckyGuy said:
I've had one for years. I rarely travel by vehicle across the border but it really speeds up the time through airport security and they turn down the sensitivity on the scanner so I rarely get secondary screening. There was a delay in getting the interview only because of the backlog.

I don't think the government knows everything about you but Google and Facebook sure do.
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You think the government doesn’t have access to google and Facebook on your behalf? Such naivety Lol
 
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masterblaster

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I have one, expired last year and didn’t renew it. Don’t go to the US much as I used to. It wasn’t that expensive maybe 80 bucks and was good for just about six years. Worth every penny when crossing at the Peace Arch when you get breeze by all the pilgrims lined up for a couple hours in the non nexus lane. Was convenient at the airport also.
 
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DoveMenSoap

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If they wanna find out... they'll find out. Giving your body to NEXUS won't add any more interesting detail to what they already have/will have.

The interview for me was literally 3 min and 1 min instructions on activation of the card... (which I didn't do on first use like a retard and the border agent was like I should keep you at the border while all your buddies go through)
 
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poorboyv6

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Time is money for me. Having a Nexus is worth every penny. You only have to see the line for other people vs. the Nexus line in the summer to see that is the case.

I remember waiting in line for 15 minutes years ago when the dollar was good, and the line for the other people trying to get back into Canada at Pacific Crossing stretched as far as the eye could see.
 
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rlock said:
Honestly, it depends how often you go there. Unless you're a frequent business traveller to there (or a trucker - they have their own version), there's no way it's worth the intrusiveness.

An ordinary passport solves all the same issues, except the lineup at the border.
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Wrongo on two counts:

1) even at 1-2 trips per year in a slow travel year I have saved hours while those poor muggles idle their cars or wait in long security lines at the airport. Great payback for a 1/2 investment hour every five years. Well worth the truthful disclosure.

2) as a Nexus holder, you are classified as a Trusted Traveller. You are not just another schmuck showing up at the border with just a regular passport. The scrutiny is far less. My buddy and I arrived at YVR about 80 mins before a simple domestic flight. I waltzed through security in 3 mins and he stagnated in the mega-security zig-zag of doom and ended up missing his flight even when he informed the nearest security agent that his flight was leaving soon. That seriously sucks! Going into the USA, a non-nexus holder is considered a far higher risk and subject to more invasive security screening. One of my co-workers got the random drug grilling and dreaded cavity search. Ya, that’s worth a Nexus, unless you like cavity searches (when you don’t get to pick the searcher)!
 
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Nexus works for me down at the San Diego Mexico border entrance. Or to be exact the San Ysidro border entrance. You can even tell both sides you went to the Red Light District. Really, I have never had a moral shakedown either way saying that.

That would not pass up North, I still to this day don't get the double standard.
 
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Online application very easy to do. Takes months for them to set up an interview date with you. I got mine easily and rarely travel to US. Just make sure to save all the dates, employment histories you put in. I've read that some people fail at the interview if you answer wrongly compared to what you inputted, even if it's a memory lapse.
 
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