NEXUS Approval

Entry # 25

Drove to Port Huron for my interview yesterday. Again, the NEXUS Pass is part of a Trusted Traveller Program run jointly by the Canadian and US governments. I eventually found the NEXUS office located indiscreetly beneath the Blue Water Bridge. Literally! As you enter the front entrance there were written instructions posted to buzz and to state the time of my appointment. The steel doors then opened and I entered a long concrete hallway with cameras following me. I felt I was in a bomb shelter. There was an elevator door at the end of the hallway with instructions posted to go to the second floor. After signing in, I was asked for my passport, drivers license, birth certificate and visa. While one officer took my credentials and walked off two other officers began to give me detailed instructions on reporting protocol including the need to acquire an app for my I-phone and also where I will need to go afterwards for a retina scan. I found out that my NEXUS Pass will also serve as TSA pre-check and Global Entry at airports. After about forty-five minutes of instruction, I was finger printed and my picture was taken. I should have my card in a weeks time. Another check-off from my ‘Moose Be Done’ list.