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Instructions For Those Who Have A NEXUS Card And Are Renouncing U.S. Citizenship

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Introduction and purpose

I continue to assist many people with the relinquishment and renunciation of their U.S. citizenship. Many of the people who I assist live in Canada and have NEXUS cards to facilitate their travel from Canada to the United States or from the United States to Canada. The NEXUS card, which is part of the U.S. “Global Entry” program, can be a real time saver. (Many Canadian credit cards actually offer as a benefit the reimbursement of NEXUS card fees.) That said, the NEXUS card will state your citizenship: whether Canadian, U.S. or both.

Here is a lengthy post that I wrote in 2018 about NEXUS and Global Entry.

Warning!! You are NOT permitted to attempt to enter the United States while falsely representing yourself to be a U.S. citizen. Therefore, I always warn people that the NEXUS card is NOT to be used after renunciation. (In some cases the NEXUS card is surrendered at the renunciation appointment.)

After renunciation it is important to get a new NEXUS card which reflects that you are ONLY a Canadian citizen. What follows is a description (written by somebody who recently renounced U.S. citizenship) of how she achieved this. Although procedures change, for the moment this is exactly how this individual obtained an new NEXUS card which reflects ONLY Canadian citizenship.

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Global Entry, NEXUS and the effect of renouncing US citizenship

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This is another post in what is becoming a series about “travel documents” for U.S. and Canadian citizens and permanent residents. To travel the world you need to be able to get easy access to and from different countries. “Travel documents” are required. Travel documents include (but are not limited to): passports, permanent resident cards, Global Entry cards and NEXUS cards. Different rules may apply in different contexts (are you traveling by air, land or sea)? My previous posts about “travel documents” have been:

Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada

Travel Documents: Canadian citizens need either a U.S. or Canadian passport to enter Canada by air (or by land)

Why would someone renounce their “permanent resident of Canada” status?

Law permanent residents of the United States AKA “Green Card” holders

What’s a #GreenCard anyway? It’s NOT what you don’t know. It’s what you know that isn’t true!

Although a “reentry permit” can provide evidence of intention to reside permanently in the USA, it does ask about tax returns!
This post focuses on the NEXUS program (in the context of the U.S “Global Entry Program”).

I encourage you to visit the U.S. Government “Global Entry” page. You will be amazed at how broad these programs actually are.
Introduction

A common question (I have been asked this many times) for Canadians renouncing U.S. citizenship:

How will my renunciation affect my NEXUS card?

I provided the following “Readers Digest” answer on Quora. But I thought I would provide a broader answer in this post.

Read John Richardson's answer to Can you still qualify for a Nexus card if you renounce your US citizenship after becoming a naturalized Canadian citizen? on Quora

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