From: johnl@iecc.com   
      
   >>There are major advantages to a NEXUS card over a passport card (or   
   >>enhanced drivers license), though, so many of the folks who cross the   
   >>Canadian border often enough for it to matter will end up getting NEXUS   
   >>cards instead--assuming they can get approved for one.   
   >   
   >What's the issue in being approved for one?   
      
   You have to be interviewed by US and Canadian immigration officers,   
   who approve you if they agree you are a low-risk traveler.  In my   
   experience, that means you don't have a bad history and you have a   
   plausible reason for wanting the card.  I told them I had friends in   
   Toronto, and I drive up to YYZ to fly internationally.   
      
   See http://www.cbp.gov/travel/trusted-traveler-programs/nexus/nexus-eligibility   
      
   They'll revoke a NEXUS card if they think you're trying to sneak   
   through without properly declaring your stuff.  I gather this is a   
   chronic sore point in Point Roberts WA, where approximately everyone   
   has one.   
      
   Fun fact: NEXUS costs $50, while Global Entry, the program for US   
   airports, costs $100.  But if you have NEXUS, you can add on Global   
   Entry for free.   
      
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