Re: [105attendees] Global Entry/NEXUS Travel Tips for Canada

[Ken Murchison <[e-mail]>]

On 7/15/19 8:59 PM, Jared Mauch wrote:
> 1) Bring along your Global Entry card.  It’s useful at the airport security line to get you TSA Pre type experience
> 2) Bring along your Nexus card.  If you enrolled at a non-airport, make an appointment to get your eye scan on file.  Just call them, they generally accept walk-up for this.  Also it gives you the TSA Pre type experience if you have this instead.
> 3) If you qualify for a Global Entry, consider NEXUS instead.  You must get your interview at the US/Canada border, but NEXUS is $50/5y vs $100/5y for GE.  You also get GE if you have NEXUS.

I don't believe that point 3) is entirely correct.  I live a little 
north of Buffalo, NY about 10mi from Niagara Falls and the Canadian 
border and have traveled more into Canada than to Ohio, so I have 
working experience.

Nexus gets you TSA pre-check and expedited crossing of the US/Canada 
border in both directions.

Global Entry gets you TSA pre-check and expedited entry into the US from 
anywhere, including Canada, but Global entry does NOT get you expedited 
entry into Canada.  And even if you have GE, you need to activate it for 
land entry online in order to use Nexus lanes when entering the US via 
automobile.

The bottom line is that if you live close to to the US/Canada border 
like I do, and also travel to Europe or beyond, you want both GE and Nexus.

Again, I may be wrong but this is what I have learned through my 
experiences.

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Ken Murchison
Cyrus Development Team
Fastmail US LLC