Be sure to update your NEXUS info: travel expert
Posted February 15, 2012 7:00 am.
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VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – While travellers have been using their NEXUS cards at YVR for months, some people are still having issues getting across the line.
“It’s because they forgot to update their information,” says Claire Newell with Jubilee Travel . “If you get a new passport, drivers licence or credit card, you have to update any of that information on your NEXUS card or you will be stopped and potentially, your NEXUS could be taken away — forever.”
She’s been using the express customs service at YVR for awhile.
“During holidays when airports are busiest, that’s when I notice [the difference] the most. I nick into a faster area where I walk up, hand my family NEXUS cards to the border agent, and do my eye scan,” she explains.
She tells us she also gets to go through a faster line-up with her carry-on goods. “Most often, people who have NEXUS cards travel a lot — they have their shoes off, coats off, money is out of their pocket and their heading through, it’s very quick.”
Starting today, more airports will allow you to use your card for faster service at the airport when flying to the US. NEXUS cards can now be used in designated security lines for pre-board screening at Canada’s eight largest airports.
NEXUS is a binational Canada-United States program for pre-approved, low-risk travellers entering Canada and the United States at designated air, land and marine ports of entry.
To apply for the $50 dollar NEXUS card, visit nexus.gc.ca.
