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Anyone traveling regularly over our northern border by air, land or sea should apply for NEXUS, a program that gives members expedited crossing between the United States and Canada. The $50 membership lasts five years and has the same benefits as TSA PreCheck and Global Entry (even on the Canada side).

If you’re traveling in a group by car, everyone in your party has to have NEXUS to use the special lanes. In the airport, you can split up and head to the kiosk on your own. Another drawback is that getting membership requires an in-person interview “and most of the locations for these interviews are near U.S.-Canada border crossings,” says Sam Kemmis, a travel expert at NerdWallet. “So if you don’t live near or frequently travel through a northern border crossing, it’s probably not a good fit.”

Per the U.S. Customs and Border Protection website, once you’re approved for NEXUS, you can use their “dedicated processing lanes at designated northern border ports of entry, NEXUS kiosks when entering Canada by air and Global Entry kiosks when entering the United States via Canadian Preclearance airports.” It also works at marine reporting locations along the border, should you also enjoy traveling by boat.

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