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09-14-2014, 04:30 PM
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Sorry if this has been asked before, but can anyone confirm what happens at YVR if you use NEXUS after arriving from USA/overseas with purchases over your exemption limit? Assuming you've answered truthfully, do the NEXUS kiosks always require you to pay taxes? Personally I have not yet used my NEXUS at YVR, instead I still use the regular lanes (automated passport kiosk) because even though I declare all purchases, I've never had to pay anything.
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09-14-2014, 09:39 PM
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#602 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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No they don't. Flew in from SF last month. Did the NEXUS thing, and basically walked out no questions asked.
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09-15-2014, 06:58 AM
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Is renewing NEXUS the same procedure as applying? I'm just thinking in advance because my NEXUS expires next year in October.
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09-15-2014, 09:36 AM
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Originally Posted by EndLeSS8  Is renewing NEXUS the same procedure as applying? I'm just thinking in advance because my NEXUS expires next year in October. | From my experience, it is more or less the same procedure. Much easier if nothing has changed (i.e. address etc.) and no requirement for references. Mind you, I renewed two or three years ago, so if anything has changed since, someone please correct me.
Overall, the entire procedure was painless. I booked a same-week appointment at their Downtown location. The interview was your usual questions. I think I was in and out within 15 minutes from start to finish and I paid for 1 hour of parking too! I need to renew my NEXUS and passport soon as well.
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09-15-2014, 06:52 PM
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you guys use the iris scan at yvr? i've given up on it. eyes too small lol
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09-15-2014, 07:02 PM
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The ones at YVR have been very frustrating as of late. A lot of people are having troubles with it.
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09-16-2014, 06:31 AM
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#607 | | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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Originally Posted by Gh0stRider you guys use the iris scan at yvr? i've given up on it. eyes too small lol | Yes. I had the worst time registering my irises at my application, though when I came back to YVR, I pried my eyes open and it worked without a hitch. Conversely, my fiancee who had little issue registering couldn't get it to work. Assuming you're adjusting the reader appropriately so that your eyes are level with the reader, I guess the machines are too finicky.
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09-16-2014, 06:42 AM
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#608 | | Rs has made me the woman i am today!
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When I did the iris scan during the Nexus interview, it took several tries. Seemed to be a problem with the machines as there was a backlog of people waiting to do the scan.
However, I haven't had any issues with doing the scan when coming back into Canada at YVR.
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09-16-2014, 07:17 AM
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Originally Posted by IMASA When I did the iris scan during the Nexus interview, it took several tries. Seemed to be a problem with the machines as there was a backlog of people waiting to do the scan.
However, I haven't had any issues with doing the scan when coming back into Canada at YVR. | when i went to get my iris scan done, i wore contact lense, and the CBSA officer that was doing it said dont put your lense back in until the computer fully got everything. But yea, the machines did take forever. My dad got his done at airport and theirs was pretty quick
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09-16-2014, 10:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Eff-1 Sorry if this has been asked before, but can anyone confirm what happens at YVR if you use NEXUS after arriving from USA/overseas with purchases over your exemption limit? Assuming you've answered truthfully, do the NEXUS kiosks always require you to pay taxes? Personally I have not yet used my NEXUS at YVR, instead I still use the regular lanes (automated passport kiosk) because even though I declare all purchases, I've never had to pay anything. | i wonder if it would be the same as using the regular automated kiosks? when doing so if you go over your limit it prints a slip and directs you to see an officer. then its up to the officers discretion, in my case they just let me go tax free.
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09-16-2014, 11:13 AM
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i wish they would just use the fingerprint scanner like the US.
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09-16-2014, 11:18 AM
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Originally Posted by EndLeSS8 Is renewing NEXUS the same procedure as applying? I'm just thinking in advance because my NEXUS expires next year in October. | Quote:
Originally Posted by bcrdukes From my experience, it is more or less the same procedure. Much easier if nothing has changed (i.e. address etc.) and no requirement for references. Mind you, I renewed two or three years ago, so if anything has changed since, someone please correct me.
Overall, the entire procedure was painless. I booked a same-week appointment at their Downtown location. The interview was your usual questions. I think I was in and out within 15 minutes from start to finish and I paid for 1 hour of parking too! I need to renew my NEXUS and passport soon as well. | I just renewed a few months ago. Completed all the info on the GOES website and waited, a few weeks later I was approved. Didn't have to go for an interview at all.
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09-16-2014, 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Speed2K I just renewed a few months ago. Completed all the info on the GOES website and waited, a few weeks later I was approved. Didn't have to go for an interview at all. | Did any of your vital info (address, work, passport number if you used it as your primary id) change? I recall reading a few pages back that your case basically happens only if there are no changes to the account on GOES.
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09-16-2014, 01:41 PM
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I think Speed2K is correct! I had heard this through a third-party but was unable to confirm.
I need to look into this as my passport is due for renewal next year.
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09-16-2014, 04:22 PM
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Originally Posted by skholla i wonder if it would be the same as using the regular automated kiosks? when doing so if you go over your limit it prints a slip and directs you to see an officer. then its up to the officers discretion, in my case they just let me go tax free. | yes that's exactly how the auto kiosks work. but good point, i'm not sure if it's the kiosk who decides if you need to pay, or the officer makes the final call. you're probably right, it's the officer. In that case, NEXUS kiosks shouldn't be any different. I just wasn't sure because with NEXUS all the rules are enforced strictly.
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09-16-2014, 05:01 PM
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#616 | | Even when im right, revscene.net is still right!
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Originally Posted by m3thods Did any of your vital info (address, work, passport number if you used it as your primary id) change? I recall reading a few pages back that your case basically happens only if there are no changes to the account on GOES. | The only thing that I changed was my passport number!
I know someone that changed jobs and she has to go for an interview.
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09-16-2014, 06:46 PM
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Remember to book your renewal around 6 months before it expires
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09-17-2014, 03:42 PM
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just finished my interview at the Main St location, literally took under 5mins from the time i went in to the time i went out
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09-17-2014, 05:09 PM
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#619 | | Diagonally parked in a parallel universe
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It's not really an "interview"... more so just to see if you are a "real" person and get your picture and fingerprints. By the time you are conditionally approved they already know everything about you. My "interview" was full of smiles and laughs and a couple jokingly curveball questions. When my wife and kid went for their "interviews" the officers were cracking jokes with one another and spent more time playing with my kid than asking questions... On the other hand I know someone who had their application declined and was asked to re-submit due to having incorrect dates for employment. Your application is golden when you get conditionally approved, the only was to fail the "interview" is if you are a total idiot or degenerate that shows up and says they are going to break all of the rules.
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09-18-2014, 04:42 AM
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Just updated all my info at YVR, including new company name, new home address and new passport number! No appointment and the guy in the front took care of it in less then 5 minutes !
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09-18-2014, 08:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Speed2K The only thing that I changed was my passport number!
I know someone that changed jobs and she has to go for an interview. | Interesting. I would've thought that a new passport number would mean renewal "interview". Good to know!
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09-18-2014, 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Speed2K The only thing that I changed was my passport number!
I know someone that changed jobs and she has to go for an interview. | Your friend should've gone in person to update her job information prior to Nexus renewal.
Any sort of info change (employment, address, etc) should be updated with them ASAP.
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09-24-2014, 02:11 PM
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#623 | | I am Hook'd on RS
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just got my card in 5 business days
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09-24-2014, 06:16 PM
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wait so if you get new employment do you have to update that? confused
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09-24-2014, 06:28 PM
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Originally Posted by !Nhan wait so if you get new employment do you have to update that? confused | Yes
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