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 Travel & Outdoors | December 2006 
US-Canada Trusted Traveler Program Upgraded, Expanded
| | NEXUS members to have automatic air, marine and land border crossing privileges. |
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced this month that three NEXUS trusted traveler programs have been integrated into a single program. This integration means that there will be one application form and fee to participate in all modes of the NEXUS program - air, land and marine. In addition, NEXUS will provide processing locations at additional airports in Canada throughout 2007.
NEXUS is a joint program with the Canada Border Services Agency that allows pre-screened and approved travelers faster processing at designated highway lanes in high-volume border crossing locations, at a NEXUS kiosk at Vancouver International Airport, and at certain marine reporting locations in the Great Lakes and Seattle regions.
“This program is a true success story and demonstrates the strength of our relationship with Canada,” said CBP Commissioner W. Ralph Basham. “Since it’s inception in 2002, NEXUS has grown to over 110,000 members, a tribute to the benefits that this program offers. I appreciate that NEXUS improves security while encouraging and facilitating cross-border travel and commerce between our two countries.”
This expansion of the program means that there will be one application form and fee to participate in all modes of the Nexus program.
NEXUS membership also fulfills the travel document requirements of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, which will require a passport or other secure travel document by all U.S. and Canadian citizens seeking entry or re-entry into the U.S. by air beginning January 23, 2007. It is anticipated that NEXUS membership also will be acceptable when the requirement is extended to land and sea travel. For a list of frequently asked questions and information about other CBP trusted traveler programs, please visit Frequent Traveler Programs on cbp.gov.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of the nation’s borders at and between official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws. |
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