NEXUS (frequent traveller program)

NEXUS is a joint Canada-United States program designed to let pre-approved travellers cross between Canada and United States more quickly. Members of the program can avoid long waits at border entry points by using self-serve kiosks at airports, reserved lanes at land crossings, or by phoning border officials when entering by water. This program is operated by both the Canada Border Services Agency and the United States Customs and Border Protection. A NEXUS membership card is a valid document under the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative when used at a NEXUS kiosk.

Eligibility
Only citizens and permanent residents of either Canada or the United States are eligible for the NEXUS program. Applicants must have lived in one of these countries continuously for the last three years. Authorities will check applicants' documentation, run background checks, and take fingerprints, photographs and digital iris photographs. Applicants must also pay a fee, which is waived for applicants under 18 years of age. Applicants who pass these checks are issued a NEXUS card, which is valid for five years.

Conditions
While NEXUS card holders are screened more quickly, they are still subject to all the regular standard border checks and procedures. In addition, a vehicle can only use the NEXUS lane if everyone in the vehicle has a NEXUS card, including children. Likewise, NEXUS card holders declaring certain items must use the regular lane, and are prohibited from transporting certain items across the border.

Locations where NEXUS is available
Airports:


 * Vancouver International Airport
 * Calgary International Airport
 * Edmonton International Airport
 * Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport
 * Toronto Pearson International Airport
 * Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport
 * Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
 * Halifax Robert L. Stanfield International Airport

Land crossings:


 * Ontario/Michigan/New York:
 * Bluewater Bridge (Sarnia, ON/Port Huron, MI)
 * Ambassador Bridge (Windsor, ON/Detroit)
 * Detroit-Windsor Tunnel
 * Peace Bridge (Fort Erie, ON/Buffalo)
 * Rainbow Bridge (Niagara Falls, ON/Niagara Falls, NY)
 * Whirlpool Bridge (Niagara Falls, ON/Niagara Falls, NY)
 * Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge (Sault Ste. Marie, ON/Sault Ste. Marie, MI)
 * Quebec/New York/Vermont:
 * St. Bernard-de-Lacolle/Champlain, NY
 * St. Armand-Philipsburg/Highgate Springs, VT
 * British Columbia/Washington:
 * Douglas/Peace Arch (Surrey, BC/Blaine, WA)
 * Pacific Highway/Blaine, WA
 * Boundary Bay/Point Roberts, WA

Marine crossings: NEXUS members can report to approximately 450 sites