12/23, Saturday. Drove to Blaine's Trusted Traveler Enrollment Center for the
Nexus interview.
My Global Entry expired in 2021. Soon after, I applied for Nexus for half the fee ($50 instead of $100).
Only this March, I recieved a notice to arrange for an interview.
However, for Nexus, all the interview sites are at the US-Canada border.
For me, it's Blaine, but not really in Blain, which is reachable by bus.
This site is in a strip mall near Birch Bay next to I-5.
Thankfully, it's open on Saturdays, so I don't have to take a day off.
The interview calendar is quite full. I made this appointment in the summer.
I arrived ~20 minutes earlier, and reported to one of these 3 windows.
After handed over my confirmation letter, passport, driver's license, I waited for my name to be called in this lobby.
There's a display case with furs of pine marten, fox, beaver, weasel, and some small old aparatus.
I was called to talk to a US officer first.
He asked me some simple questions (name, address, phone#, reason for applying Nexus).
He took a photo of me.
Then I talked to a Canadian officer in the next window.
She asked me to read about 10 rules printed on the desk, and then pretty much repeated these rules.
Both only took a few minutes. Fairly easy.
I was told that a card will be mailed to me in 2-3 weeks.
12/23, Saturday. Drove to Blaine's Trusted Traveler Enrollment Center for the Nexus interview.
My Global Entry expired in 2021. Soon after, I applied for Nexus for half the fee ($50 instead of $100).
Only this March, I recieved a notice to arrange for an interview.
However, for Nexus, all the interview sites are at the US-Canada border.
For me, it's Blaine, but not really in Blain, which is reachable by bus.
This site is in a strip mall near Birch Bay next to I-5.
Thankfully, it's open on Saturdays, so I don't have to take a day off.
The interview calendar is quite full. I made this appointment in the summer.
I arrived ~20 minutes earlier, and reported to one of these 3 windows.
After handed over my confirmation letter, passport, driver's license, I waited for my name to be called in this lobby.
There's a display case with furs of pine marten, fox, beaver, weasel, and some small old aparatus.
I was called to talk to a US officer first.
He asked me some simple questions (name, address, phone#, reason for applying Nexus).
He took a photo of me.
Then I talked to a Canadian officer in the next window.
She asked me to read about 10 rules printed on the desk, and then pretty much repeated these rules.
Both only took a few minutes. Fairly easy.
I was told that a card will be mailed to me in 2-3 weeks.
