Can I Get My NEXUS Card Back In Less Than Six Years?

If the Canada Border Services Agency ("CBSA") confiscates or cancels your NEXUS Card due to an enforcement action (e.g. the CBSA seizes goods because you failed to declare the goods or the value provided to the CBSA was incorrect), your NEXUS Card will be cancelled. The CBSA's normal administrative period for cancellation of a NEXUS Card for an infraction (the default position) is 6 years. Normally, you lose your trusted traveler status and must rebuild a relationship of trust with the CBSA. You cannot successfully reapply for a NEXUS Card for 6 years. Even then, the CBSA may reject your application to use an alternative method of presentation to the CBSA (NEXUS).

We have found the CBSA Recourse Directorate to be willing to reduce the period of the NEXUS Card cancellation to 12-18 months in certain circumstances. Recently, the CBSA Recourse Directorate has been more reasonable when considering NEXUS appeals. Based on our experience, the reduction in the period of