Nexus (border control procedure)

Nexus Alley at a border checkpoint

Nexus ID

Nexus is a Canadian - US border control procedure that makes it easier for verified and registered travelers from the two countries to cross the border.

Participants in the Nexus program are Canadian, US and Mexican nationals, as well as persons with permanent residence permits in the US or Canada who have already crossed borders using the normal procedure and have been checked by security authorities in both countries. An ID can be requested for this. When entering the USA or Canada, the Nexus ID replaces the passport. The ID can be read electronically .

Travelers in possession of a Nexus pass can go through accelerated security checks at certain airports and carry out personal checks at border control machines themselves, use separate lanes at border crossings with a car and register by phone when crossing the border by ship.

Border crossings with NEXUS functionality

• Alberta / Montana :
  • Coutts / Sweet Grass
• British Columbia / Washington :
  • Abbotsford- Huntingdon / Sumas
  • Boundary Bay / Point Roberts
  • Douglas / Peace Arch ( Surrey / Blaine )
  • Pacific Highway / Blaine
• Manitoba / North Dakota :
  • Emerson / Pembina
• New Brunswick / Maine :
  • St. Stephen / Calais
  • Woodstock / Houlton
• Ontario / Michigan / Minnesota / New York :
  • Ambassador Bridge ( Windsor, ON / Detroit )
  • Blue Water Bridge ( Sarnia, ON / Port Huron, MI )
  • Detroit-Windsor Tunnel ( Windsor, ON / Detroit )
  • Fort Frances, ON / International Falls, MN
  • Peace Bridge ( Fort Erie, ON / Buffalo )
  • Lewiston – Queenston Bridge
  • Rainbow Bridge ( Niagara Falls, ON / Niagara Falls, NY ) "Canada Bound Rainbow Bridge NEXUS Lane Closing January 23, 2011" ( Memento from August 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  • Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge ( Sault Ste. Marie, ON / Sault Ste. Marie, MI )
  • Thousand Islands Bridge (Hill Island, Ont / Wellesley Island NY)
  • Whirlpool Rapids Bridge ( Niagara Falls, ON / Niagara Falls, NY )
• Quebec / New York / Vermont :
  • Derby Line-Rock Island ( Vermont ) / Stanstead (Québec)
  • St. Armand-Philipsburg / Highgate Springs, VT
  • Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Quebec / Champlain, NY

See also

• Global Entry

Web links

Commons : NEXUS  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official Canadian website
• Official US website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ NEXUS Eligibility. In: cbp.gov. US Customs and Border Protection, accessed February 23, 2020 .