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Thanks Snowy, Gozit and FL for your help... at this time I probably won't do it. The OH is Irish, so when traveling together we'd have to wait for him anyway. Will look into it if we decide to relocate to Canada. Cheers!

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You don't even need a passport for NEXUS. It's a separate thing. You can have one without a passport if you want. For international air travel though, you have to have a passport. When your passport expires, you just go to the GOES website and bang in the details of your new one.

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Totally doesn't matter. You could be applying for one to jimmy open your kitchen cabinets, it's completely academic. The US doesn't necessarily have a bearing on it, you can use NEXUS when you arrive by air into Canada from anywhere.

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Thanks Steve, that's very helpful. I have applied and it is pending review.

I now have another question. Someone else I know is thinking of applying. They are now a Canadian citizen. When they applied for PR several years ago they had a "No Live Trace" on their UK police certificate. The circumstances that led to this were explained in the PR application (summary conviction, early 1980s) and that was the end of the matter. No Canadian "Pardon" was ever needed.

How are these two security questions within the Nexus application to be answered? Do you answer straight Nos or do you answer Yes to either and then explain?

Have you ever been convicted of an offense in any country for which you have not received a pardon?

Have you ever been approved by Citizenship and Immigration Canada for rehabilitation because of past criminal activity?

Thank you!

S

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You must answer the truth. AFAIK the application for NEXUS and the PR application are not correlated.

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Of course.
But to which question(s) does one answer Yes to and then explain?

The answer to the first seems (to me) to be No but I am not clear on the answer to the second (either Yes or No).

I know (anecdotally) they will ask if there have ever been any arrests at the interview stage (to which the answer would clearly be Yes).

S

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I would say the answer to both questions would be NO.

Approved for rehabilitation IMHO is actually submitting an application for rehab as opposed to passage of time provisions. Passage of time are automatic and do not need to be applied for.

Pardons usually have to be applied for and good only for the country issuing it.
A Canadian pardon doesn't mean you would also be pardoned in the USA. Countries who have similar legislation do accept pardons from each other i.e. UK to Canada.

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Thank you FL. I was hoping you would answer and I could see your take on it. I think my thinking is the same as yours. As JG says, one has to tell the truth, which means answering a Q about having been arrested in an interview. There is no intent to deceive or to lie.

S

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Hey all, the last few responses brought to mind a somewhat related question of my own. I'm Canadian born and raised, but spent many years in the UK and only resumed residency in Canada last year. I'm planning to apply for NEXUS soon, as I go across the border into the US quite frequently and those queues are a PITA! My 5 year address & employment history will of course show that I lived in the UK for a long time. The background checks I'm sure must involve criminal record checks in both US and Canada, and obviously I'm not a criminal... well maybe not obviously, but I'm not :p. My UK employer had just completed a full background check on me (they had just implemented a policy for all new employees and made it retroactive to all existing too... I'd been working there for nearly 10 years and they finally got around to doing my background check about 2 months before I moved back to Canada :lol: So anyway, they let me take that DBS certificate with me in case a Canadian employer wanted evidence of no criminal record in the UK. I didn't bother with an ACRO Police Certificate since I am Canadian and wasn't going through any immigration process.

What I am wondering is if the NEXUS application process might request a UK Police Certificate? Has anyone that you are aware of been asked for this specifically in support of a NEXUS application (rather than just for PR or Visa applications)? I am wondering if I should get the ball rolling on an ACRO certificate just in case?

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I wasn't when I first got one and I'd only just met the then 3-year residency requirement which has since been abolished.

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Grrrr. Its been a month almost and no progress on application. Still "in review"

I will get my new Canadian passport next week though so thats a plus. Although they did hassle me for a bit for renewing prior to 1 year of expiry, the reason for me doing early renewal was "not a valid reason" but wanting the "new technology" in the ePassport, is. OK then.

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Eldest pup saved 2 hours coming back from the UK via
Calgary so he tells me due to him having it- sorry Gozit, not trying to rub salt..

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:sneaky::sneaky:

I think i'll survive. I'm probably jinxing myself by saying this but YYZ immigration lines when using the passport control machine then going to talk to customs usually isn't that big of a deal.

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had my NEXUS interview this morning. It was pretty straightforward. They asked the same questions that I had already answered on my application form. Took a lot of photos (well.. 3 or 4 ) and finger prints and said the card should be in the mail within 10 days, provided Canada Post doesn't go on strike. The worst part was that I had an appointment at 8.20 am and I had to leave my house at 5.45 am to get there on time..

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What was your timeline between applying in GOES and being eligible to schedule your interview?