Nexus Card Question

[jamesofthegreatwhitenorth]

Does it (nexus) help you get through the crap with "Joe the Border Guard"? I just had a real bad time in May 09 in Port Huron with them due to a young offender (Y.O.) record for some theft and mischief (no drugs, not ever) I admitted to in 1993 when I lived in Niagara Falls ON, and now they need to see what the offences are from the Govt Agency(s). Funny thing is I have been in and out of the states like 8 times since then. They kept me there for 2 hrs and ran my name, prints and photo through NCIS and CPIC and found nothing (just like I told them), and then the old good cop bad cop on me for a while to try to make me say something else which there is nothing else and told me they want to see the paperwork and sent me back to Canada. I think I might have ranted about this before, but upon trying to find my Y.O. record from 18 yrs ago, I found out it doesn’t exist anymore. I called up nexus they said they could help me and told me what CBP was really looking for is drug offense convictions, either Y.O. or adult and I don’t have any. So much for honesty being the best policy with CBP, because my mouth got me banned until I can prove my Y.O.

[Steven]

A NEXUS card is merely a replacement for a passport for crossing between the US and Canada. It confers no other benefits at all, e.g. in relation to visas, background checks or anything else.