Airport Nexus Centers resume operations one by one.<\/p>\n
The Nexus program, which enables expedited border crossings between Canada and the United States, will fully resume next month.<\/p>\n
The Nexus Registration Center, which was closed due to the pandemic in March 2020, opened in the United States in April last year. But in Canada, the reopening has been delayed because of disagreements over the rights of U.S. border agents to own firearms and other legal protections.<\/p>\n
In January, the two countries agreed to a compromise on this issue at a summit, announcing that Canadian border agents would interview Nexus applicants separately from US agents at eight airports across the country. Prior to the pandemic, agents from both countries worked together.<\/p>\n
The Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) will open Nexus Registration Centers at Halifax and Winnipeg airports on the 27th. After that, six other airports will resume registration center operations sequentially. Finally, on the 24th of next month, Toronto and Ottawa airports will open registration centers.<\/p>\n
Federal Public Security Minister Marco Mendicino said the number of Nexus card applications in July last year rose 21 per cent in three months to nearly 342,000 but had only processed about 100,000 by the end of January.<\/p>\n
Nexus is a program suitable for those who frequently travel between Canada and the United States and can drastically reduce immigration screening time. You can register after interviewing at a center near the US-Canada border. The subscription fee is $50 for 5 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"