NEXUS border pass

[Edison_Chen]

Originally Posted by rizo

I went last week for my interview at YVR and it was a breeze. The card should arrive within 3-4 weeks.

The only bad part was parking was $9 for the 30 mins I was there.

I paid around $14.xx for about 1 hour .......... airport parking (sigh)...

[wingies]

cehck out the tax on the parking rate, 33%

[W2K]

Originally Posted by rizo

I went last week for my interview at YVR and it was a breeze. The card should arrive within 3-4 weeks.

The only bad part was parking was $9 for the 30 mins I was there.

Card arrived in 1 week for me. I took my interview @ Blaine though.

[NLY]

Originally Posted by Edison_Chen

I paid around $14.xx for about 1 hour .......... airport parking (sigh)...

It's crazy how much they charge but I was just relieved to finish the whole process.

Originally Posted by W2K

Card arrived in 1 week for me. I took my interview @ Blaine though.

Lucky. The agent said minimum of 3-4 weeks due to the huge volume of nexus enrolments.

On a side note, I asked the agent when would be the best time to "renew" the nexus pass and he said at the very earliest, 5 months prior to expiration. Any earlier and they will not approve the renewal.

[tiger_handheld]

Originally Posted by k00laid

Ok just came back from my nexus meeting. US customs was awesome, really nice. CBSA was a FUCKING pain in the ass, super power tripping. I dont even know if it was cuz she was a woman, asian too (honestly in my experiences i find women agents gotta powertrip more to show that they can do the job just as well or something).

First off, she gave me mega shit because I didnt have my citizenship card but I had my birth cert. I brought her my 1) Canadian Passport 2) BC DL 3) HK Passport 4) HK ID 5) Care Card 6) Birth Cert

ALL of my ids have the same name on them, such as written on my passport is "John Smith", my ICBC BC DL is written as "Smith, James John. My care card is "John James Smith" and my HK passport and ID card and Birth cert is "John James Smith".

Because my BC DL is written as "Smith, James John" and my passport is "John Smith" and my Hk ids and birth cert is "John James Smith" she said that it was not valid and I need to bring my Canadian citizen card.

She said that "how do I know these are the same people?" How do I know youre not frauding the system?" "How can you be a trusted traveller with all these different names? None of these names are consistent, they could all be different people"

I said "Well these are all government issued documents. So how am I suppose to know they are not sufficient when they are the ones who issued them to me? How would I have gotten my passport where it says "John Smith on it if they didnt verify if thats what it says on canadian citizenship first?"

She said "How the hell am I suppose to know? I dont work for them, this isnt a passport office. Come back when you change all your documents to be consistent with your REAL name.

I said but I have my birth cert and thats what it says on it "John" is my first name and "James" is my middle and "Smith" is my last.

She said "I dont care what it says on there. I need to verify with your Canadian citizenship card since you were not born here, the citizenship card is the first thing the Canadian government gives you, so its the first thing we will look at before anything else."

Im like wtf, so now I have a month to change my canadian government documents so they all match up or something. What a fucking bitch

KEY NOTES ON WHAT YOU NEED TO BRING
1) CANADIAN PASSPORT
2) ANY OTHER COUNTRY PASSPORT THAT YOU MAY BE HOLDING
3) BC DRIVER LICENSE
4) BIRTH CERTIFICATE
5) CANADIAN CITIZENSHIP CARD
6) ANY OTHER COUNTRY ID YOU MAY BE HOLDING
7) CARE CARD
8) MARRIAGE LICENSE (IF APPLICABLE)

Hopefully this helps so noone else has to go back again.

interview on monday. a little nervous after reading this =\

[dyan]

Just did my application... put it off for quite a bit. How do you know when you have an interview? Do you have to keep checking the site or will there be an email?

[XplicitLuder]

email

[k00laid]

just to give you guys an update

I went back with my citizenship card, and they took a photocopy and that was it! Didnt need to change all my documents. They said it should be ok and I got an email later saying I was approved and to wait for my card!

I seriously dunno why the cbsa was being such a pain in my ass for?

[iamon]

Update:

Friend just scheduled for an interview but soonest interview was in May

[Ch28]

Originally Posted by iamon

Update:

Friend just scheduled for an interview but soonest interview was in May

Where is your friend having their interview?

I finally pulled the trigger and applied for one online.

[iamon]

Originally Posted by Ch28

Where is your friend having their interview?

I finally pulled the trigger and applied for one online.

The interview is at yvr as they r open on weekends. It seems that the soonest one is at Blaine for april 1st

[dyan]

How do you check for these interviews?

[wingies]

after you apply, you can check back on GOES website or email you.

[Kaolinite]

wew interview on the 26th..no idea what to expect haha

[racerman88]

Originally Posted by Kaolinite

wew interview on the 26th..no idea what to expect haha

Pretty straight forward. Why do you want Nexus?
B/c I go to buy gas all the time and to go down for shopping.
Be truthful and only answer the questions they ask. Don't give more answers than you need to.

[racerman88]

Originally Posted by Bigbaddie

How do you check for these interviews?

Just keep checking the site

[GLOW]

Originally Posted by racerman88

Pretty straight forward. Why do you want Nexus?
B/c I go to buy gas all the time and to go down for shopping.
Be truthful and only answer the questions they ask. Don't give more answers than you need to.

let him find out about the cavity search the day of
jk

[XplicitLuder]

this may be a silly question..but since my interview is in blaine (im assuming on the US side) do you guys think ill still need to line up and cross over or should i pull up in a parking lot on the BC side and just walk up to the border lol dont wanna get hassle for doing it wrong

[wingies]

havent been to blaine before for interview, but pretty sure you still have to cross over to the states to get it done

edit: http://getnexus.com/?page_id=15

doesnt look like an official CBSA site but the info and links are legit

[bcrdukes]

Originally Posted by XplicitLuder

this may be a silly question..but since my interview is in blaine (im assuming on the US side) do you guys think ill still need to line up and cross over or should i pull up in a parking lot on the BC side and just walk up to the border lol dont wanna get hassle for doing it wrong

You can park your car on the Canadian side, walk into the US side and proceed to US customs, tell them you're there for a NEXUS interview. They will clear you through the usual clearance process asking the typical questions, i.e. what are you doing here, how long will you be here, any goods, weapons/firearms to declare etc. Having said that, it's always better to be safe than sorry so I would personally suggest you drive across. (More on that shortly.)

Once clear, make your way to the NEXUS office. The officers there will tell you where to go. From that point, it's pretty smooth sailing. The NEXUS office is pretty quiet for the most part so you may or may not have to wait very long for the interview, hence my suggestion to arrive early. The interview process itself is pretty quick and easy anyway. So let's say your interview is scheduled for 2pm, you arrive at 1:15pm to be safe, if they aren't busy (and most likely they won't be) they will slip you in rather than have you waiting. After all, they don't want people in their face so they want you in and out as quick as possible. Not to mention, they would rather have candidates show up early than be late. Being late should be your biggest fear.

I did my renewal there once and also picked up a set of Travel Declaration Cards (TDC) on a seperate occassion. I was in and out in less than 15 minutes. Mind you, this was over 5 years ago.

[Edison_Chen]

We just received all our Nexus cards today. The interview was back on 29Nov, so about a week an half....

[XplicitLuder]

apparently nexus hours are being shortened?

[SoulCrusher]

^ lol. Where did you hear that? Source?
Nexus southbound at Huntington/Sumas is being reduced due to lack of usage. All other ports are unaffected. Provide us more detail.

[TypeRNammer]

Originally Posted by SoulCrusher

^ lol. Where did you hear that? Source?
Nexus southbound at Huntington/Sumas is being reduced due to lack of usage. All other ports are unaffected. Provide us more detail.

Yup only that crossing has the reduced hours.

The hours are 7am to 11am I think?

It made the newspaper for the last couple of days.

[bcrdukes]

It's not that big of a deal when because when the NEXUS lane is not in operation, it's pretty quiet at the normal lanes. You can use your Nexus pass there.