Immigration Forum / Canada / July 2007

What citizenship are you, and where do you live? In my experience and
knowledge, it is tougher to pass the US checks than the Canadian
checks, however someone in the US might tell me otherwise (that the
reality is passing the check in the country you are not a citizen and
do not live is more difficult... since you have to pass an Immigration
check).

Being "warned" may be constituted as "in violation of a customs law"
in the eyes of the Canadians, so you might be denied for that reason.
Was the warning written and documented? If not, i would apply and see
what happens. If you are denied, you will receive letters from both
agencies (the US agency denies you if Canada denies you, they will not
approve someone denied by Canada according to my sources). If you get
denied by both and you live in the US (US citizen), find out why
you're denied in Canada, reapply and reanswer the questions changing
your answer to what's appropriate on the denial and attach a separate
sheet to explain the circumstances.

I speak from experience on a denial, although I didn't apply for Nexus
(no reason to), I applied for a similar program (FAST for commercial
drivers), and was denied. They don't specify on the form the reason,
but I got an indication from the person I spoke to on the phone that I
was eligible to reapply (as in the denial was not absolute), and that
I needed to provide on a piece of paper the circumstances surrounding
why I changed my name after I naturalized in Canada (despite the fact
I declared it on the application and provided suitable proof to back
it up, including the very official certificate I received in Ontario
to entitle me to change all my documents). Declaring it and providing
a certificate wasn't enough, they want a reason... I was told to
include that when I reapply (which leads me to believe that's why I
was denied).

S.