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NEXUS with expired PR card

keesio

VIP Member
May 16, 2012
4,795
396
Toronto, Ontario
Category........
Visa Office......
CPP-O
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
09-01-2013
Doc's Request.
09-07-2013
AOR Received.
30-01-2013
File Transfer...
11-02-2013
Med's Done....
02-01-2013
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
12-07-2013
VISA ISSUED...
15-08-2013
LANDED..........
14-10-2013
Hello folks,
My wife is a December 2017 applicant. Her PR card expires in October 2018. We are hoping she will be a citizen by then and considering not bothering with a PR card renewal application.

The issue is if her Citizenship application takes long enough so that her PR card will expire before she gets a Canadian passport. She is a US citizen so technically she can fly to Canada on her US passport and then immigration can look her up in the system. So she may not need a valid PR card. But she is also a NEXUS member, which is great for bypassing the lines. I'm wondering if she can keep her NEXUS status with an expired PR card or if the kiosk will red flag her and force her to go to secondary every time. Just curious if anyone has any experience with this?

Thanks in advance
 

sansnom

Hero Member
Mar 10, 2017
216
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You'd better not try use NEXUS. By doing so, it will very-likely trigger a cancellation of her NEXUS card and a possible 7-year ban of NEXUS membership.
It's safer to use the staffed desk and they should redirect your/her to the secondary. At least in this way, she won't lose her NEXUS privilege.
 
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keesio

VIP Member
May 16, 2012
4,795
396
Toronto, Ontario
Category........
Visa Office......
CPP-O
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
09-01-2013
Doc's Request.
09-07-2013
AOR Received.
30-01-2013
File Transfer...
11-02-2013
Med's Done....
02-01-2013
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
12-07-2013
VISA ISSUED...
15-08-2013
LANDED..........
14-10-2013
You'd better not try use NEXUS. By doing so, it will very-likely trigger a cancellation of her NEXUS card and a possible 7-year ban of NEXUS membership.
It's safer to use the staffed desk and they should redirect your/her to the secondary. At least in this way, she won't lose her NEXUS privilege.
Thanks for the reply. Maybe it is best to renew the card before it expires to cover any potential gap
 

aaamr

Star Member
Oct 14, 2017
107
45
Thanks for the reply. Maybe it is best to renew the card before it expires to cover any potential gap
I would... the renewal is ~60 days or so... at least it was last August when I renewed. I submitted my citizenship app the month after.

I am also a Nexus holder and you don't want to risk using it with expired documents. Not worth getting kicked out of the program.

Good luck!

-A.
 
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