The bill requires U.S. Customs and Border Protection to enable family members to apply for NEXUS together, allowing joint interviews and exempting children under 14 from interviews if linked to an eligible family member's application. Family members include parents, legal guardians, children, grandparents, grandchildren, and siblings living in one household. The NEXUS program facilitates alternative border inspections between the U.S. and Canada. If passed, the bill would streamline the NEXUS application process for families, potentially reducing administrative burdens and enabling more efficient travel between the U.S. and Canada.
This bill requires U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to link the applications of family members (parents, legal guardians, children, grandparents, grandchildren, and siblings residing within a single household) throughout the NEXUS application process (an expedited border inspections program between the United-States and Canada).
CBP must permit a family member to schedule NEXUS interviews for all linked family members and may provide linked family members the option to participate in joint interviews.
CBP may exempt from the interview process a child under 14 years of age who is linked to an eligible family member.