The fee to use for the Nexus trusted-traveller program will improve from $50 US to $120 US on Oct. 1 of this 12 months, the federal authorities introduced Tuesday.
The Canada Border Providers Company (CBSA) says the present $50 price was set 20 years in the past and not covers the price of this system.
“The brand new price would mirror extra precisely the price of administrating this system and the funding required for future program enhancements, together with expertise and infrastructure enhancements,” the company mentioned in a press launch.
The Nexus program, which eases the move of individuals throughout the Canada-U.S. border, absolutely reopened in Canada final 12 months following a year-long standoff between Ottawa and Washington over U.S. brokers’ proper to hold weapons on Canadian soil.
A compromise was reached that allowed Canadian border brokers to interview Nexus candidates individually from U.S. brokers at eight Canadian airports, fairly than collectively as they did earlier than the COVID-19 pandemic.
Since then, the CBSA says it has obtained over half one million purposes and famous that the price improve will assist the company sustain with that demand.
The CBSA mentioned it anticipates an increase in purposes forward of the Oct. 1 price improve and is encouraging candidates to guide an interview as quickly as attainable.
U.S. has been calling for a price improve
The present $50 Nexus price is considerably decrease than charges for 2 different pre-clearance traveller applications operated by U.S. Customs and Border Safety (CBP).
The U.S. signalled in 2020 that it might be making regulatory modifications to harmonize the appliance charges of all three applications.
The CBP echoed the CBSA’s feedback concerning the want for a Nexus price improve in its personal press launch on Tuesday.
“As these applications have matured and expanded, updating the price constructions is crucial to the continuation and administration of the applications,” the assertion mentioned.
