Will NEXUS interviews still take place during the shutdown?
I've scheduled (some time ago) a trip to Niagara Falls the week after New Years, both as a vacation but also to have our NEXUS Interviews (for my family). Our interviews are a few days after New Years.
With the US Government Shutdown, will these be impacted (either by being cancelled, or by being delayed)? I've read that Department of Homeland Security is one of the affected agencies, but also that TSA and Customs & Border Patrol are still working as normal (see this article for example). I haven't found something more specific, and my emailed question to them was answered with a likely form letter that did not answer the question at all (and focused on a different element of my question, the family part).
Additionally complicating matters of course is that the NEXUS interview is with Canadian folks as well as US. Is it likely to matter if we have it in Niagara (where it's on the US side) as opposed to trying to schedule it in, say, Toronto (firmly in Canadian soil)?
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I've scheduled (some time ago) a trip to Niagara Falls the week after New Years, both as a vacation but also to have our NEXUS Interviews (for my family). Our interviews are a few days after New Years.
With the US Government Shutdown, will these be impacted (either by being cancelled, or by being delayed)? I've read that Department of Homeland Security is one of the affected agencies, but also that TSA and Customs & Border Patrol are still working as normal (see this article for example). I haven't found something more specific, and my emailed question to them was answered with a likely form letter that did not answer the question at all (and focused on a different element of my question, the family part).
Additionally complicating matters of course is that the NEXUS interview is with Canadian folks as well as US. Is it likely to matter if we have it in Niagara (where it's on the US side) as opposed to trying to schedule it in, say, Toronto (firmly in Canadian soil)?
usa canada event-based-effects nexus
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I've scheduled (some time ago) a trip to Niagara Falls the week after New Years, both as a vacation but also to have our NEXUS Interviews (for my family). Our interviews are a few days after New Years.
With the US Government Shutdown, will these be impacted (either by being cancelled, or by being delayed)? I've read that Department of Homeland Security is one of the affected agencies, but also that TSA and Customs & Border Patrol are still working as normal (see this article for example). I haven't found something more specific, and my emailed question to them was answered with a likely form letter that did not answer the question at all (and focused on a different element of my question, the family part).
Additionally complicating matters of course is that the NEXUS interview is with Canadian folks as well as US. Is it likely to matter if we have it in Niagara (where it's on the US side) as opposed to trying to schedule it in, say, Toronto (firmly in Canadian soil)?
usa canada event-based-effects nexus
edited 19 hours ago
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I've scheduled (some time ago) a trip to Niagara Falls the week after New Years, both as a vacation but also to have our NEXUS Interviews (for my family). Our interviews are a few days after New Years.
With the US Government Shutdown, will these be impacted (either by being cancelled, or by being delayed)? I've read that Department of Homeland Security is one of the affected agencies, but also that TSA and Customs & Border Patrol are still working as normal (see this article for example). I haven't found something more specific, and my emailed question to them was answered with a likely form letter that did not answer the question at all (and focused on a different element of my question, the family part).
Additionally complicating matters of course is that the NEXUS interview is with Canadian folks as well as US. Is it likely to matter if we have it in Niagara (where it's on the US side) as opposed to trying to schedule it in, say, Toronto (firmly in Canadian soil)?
usa canada event-based-effects nexus
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Cross your fingers and hope that the budget impasse is resolved before your interview. If so, then you should have your interviews as scheduled; interviews scheduled during the lapse are simply cancelled, and are not rescheduled automatically.
CBP is funded through the appropriations process, unlike CIS, for example, which is self-funded through fees. Despite how distressingly frequent appropriations lapses have become, there is still uncertainty in a shutdown because different offices and employees may be designated as essential, and different programs may have been funded through separate vehicles. Living in the Washington area, I have many friends who are federal employees, and more than a few have been told to check the website on a daily basis to see whether they should sign in or not.
Unfortunately, this means that your best for accurate information about the interview will be to contact the interview center. In theory, because NEXUS is a cooperative program with Canadian officials, DHS officials might prioritize it over, say, GLobal Entry (which closed at least one office during the last shutdown), but that is just a hope. There were anecdotal reports of NEXUS interview cancellations posted to FlyerTalk last January.
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Okay, thanks - hopefully they'll reopen by the time I'm there, otherwise we'll just have to have another vacation in Canada I guess... :)
– Joe
yesterday
@Joe I do hope for the best that someone with more or more reliable information will post something more informative than "hope for the best" :-).
– choster
yesterday
This answer is kind of confusing. Your first paragraph appears to say definitively (though without supporting evidence) that interviews will not be held during the shutdown, and the remaining paragraphs read more like "nobody knows". The links in the last paragraph don't tell us with certainty whether interviews will be held during the current shutdown or not.
– Nate Eldredge
yesterday
@NateEldredge The only answer that it is possible to give at this time is "call your interview center."
– choster
yesterday
1
So then, maybe you want to change the wording in the first paragraph? Because the unconditional "interviews scheduled during the lapse are simply cancelled" seems to exclude all possibility of them happening, which would make it pointless to call the center.
– Nate Eldredge
yesterday
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Cross your fingers and hope that the budget impasse is resolved before your interview. If so, then you should have your interviews as scheduled; interviews scheduled during the lapse are simply cancelled, and are not rescheduled automatically.
CBP is funded through the appropriations process, unlike CIS, for example, which is self-funded through fees. Despite how distressingly frequent appropriations lapses have become, there is still uncertainty in a shutdown because different offices and employees may be designated as essential, and different programs may have been funded through separate vehicles. Living in the Washington area, I have many friends who are federal employees, and more than a few have been told to check the website on a daily basis to see whether they should sign in or not.
Unfortunately, this means that your best for accurate information about the interview will be to contact the interview center. In theory, because NEXUS is a cooperative program with Canadian officials, DHS officials might prioritize it over, say, GLobal Entry (which closed at least one office during the last shutdown), but that is just a hope. There were anecdotal reports of NEXUS interview cancellations posted to FlyerTalk last January.
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Okay, thanks - hopefully they'll reopen by the time I'm there, otherwise we'll just have to have another vacation in Canada I guess... :)
– Joe
yesterday
@Joe I do hope for the best that someone with more or more reliable information will post something more informative than "hope for the best" :-).
– choster
yesterday
This answer is kind of confusing. Your first paragraph appears to say definitively (though without supporting evidence) that interviews will not be held during the shutdown, and the remaining paragraphs read more like "nobody knows". The links in the last paragraph don't tell us with certainty whether interviews will be held during the current shutdown or not.
– Nate Eldredge
yesterday
@NateEldredge The only answer that it is possible to give at this time is "call your interview center."
– choster
yesterday
1
So then, maybe you want to change the wording in the first paragraph? Because the unconditional "interviews scheduled during the lapse are simply cancelled" seems to exclude all possibility of them happening, which would make it pointless to call the center.
– Nate Eldredge
yesterday
add a comment |
Cross your fingers and hope that the budget impasse is resolved before your interview. If so, then you should have your interviews as scheduled; interviews scheduled during the lapse are simply cancelled, and are not rescheduled automatically.
CBP is funded through the appropriations process, unlike CIS, for example, which is self-funded through fees. Despite how distressingly frequent appropriations lapses have become, there is still uncertainty in a shutdown because different offices and employees may be designated as essential, and different programs may have been funded through separate vehicles. Living in the Washington area, I have many friends who are federal employees, and more than a few have been told to check the website on a daily basis to see whether they should sign in or not.
Unfortunately, this means that your best for accurate information about the interview will be to contact the interview center. In theory, because NEXUS is a cooperative program with Canadian officials, DHS officials might prioritize it over, say, GLobal Entry (which closed at least one office during the last shutdown), but that is just a hope. There were anecdotal reports of NEXUS interview cancellations posted to FlyerTalk last January.
answered yesterday
choster
32.8k492145
Okay, thanks - hopefully they'll reopen by the time I'm there, otherwise we'll just have to have another vacation in Canada I guess... :)
– Joe
yesterday
@Joe I do hope for the best that someone with more or more reliable information will post something more informative than "hope for the best" :-).
– choster
yesterday
This answer is kind of confusing. Your first paragraph appears to say definitively (though without supporting evidence) that interviews will not be held during the shutdown, and the remaining paragraphs read more like "nobody knows". The links in the last paragraph don't tell us with certainty whether interviews will be held during the current shutdown or not.
– Nate Eldredge
yesterday
@NateEldredge The only answer that it is possible to give at this time is "call your interview center."
– choster
yesterday
1
So then, maybe you want to change the wording in the first paragraph? Because the unconditional "interviews scheduled during the lapse are simply cancelled" seems to exclude all possibility of them happening, which would make it pointless to call the center.
– Nate Eldredge
yesterday
add a comment |
Cross your fingers and hope that the budget impasse is resolved before your interview. If so, then you should have your interviews as scheduled; interviews scheduled during the lapse are simply cancelled, and are not rescheduled automatically.
CBP is funded through the appropriations process, unlike CIS, for example, which is self-funded through fees. Despite how distressingly frequent appropriations lapses have become, there is still uncertainty in a shutdown because different offices and employees may be designated as essential, and different programs may have been funded through separate vehicles. Living in the Washington area, I have many friends who are federal employees, and more than a few have been told to check the website on a daily basis to see whether they should sign in or not.
Unfortunately, this means that your best for accurate information about the interview will be to contact the interview center. In theory, because NEXUS is a cooperative program with Canadian officials, DHS officials might prioritize it over, say, GLobal Entry (which closed at least one office during the last shutdown), but that is just a hope. There were anecdotal reports of NEXUS interview cancellations posted to FlyerTalk last January.
answered yesterday
choster
32.8k492145
Cross your fingers and hope that the budget impasse is resolved before your interview. If so, then you should have your interviews as scheduled; interviews scheduled during the lapse are simply cancelled, and are not rescheduled automatically.
CBP is funded through the appropriations process, unlike CIS, for example, which is self-funded through fees. Despite how distressingly frequent appropriations lapses have become, there is still uncertainty in a shutdown because different offices and employees may be designated as essential, and different programs may have been funded through separate vehicles. Living in the Washington area, I have many friends who are federal employees, and more than a few have been told to check the website on a daily basis to see whether they should sign in or not.
Unfortunately, this means that your best for accurate information about the interview will be to contact the interview center. In theory, because NEXUS is a cooperative program with Canadian officials, DHS officials might prioritize it over, say, GLobal Entry (which closed at least one office during the last shutdown), but that is just a hope. There were anecdotal reports of NEXUS interview cancellations posted to FlyerTalk last January.
answered yesterday
choster
32.8k492145
answered yesterday
choster
32.8k492145
answered yesterday
choster
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answered yesterday
choster
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Okay, thanks - hopefully they'll reopen by the time I'm there, otherwise we'll just have to have another vacation in Canada I guess... :)
– Joe
yesterday
@Joe I do hope for the best that someone with more or more reliable information will post something more informative than "hope for the best" :-).
– choster
yesterday
This answer is kind of confusing. Your first paragraph appears to say definitively (though without supporting evidence) that interviews will not be held during the shutdown, and the remaining paragraphs read more like "nobody knows". The links in the last paragraph don't tell us with certainty whether interviews will be held during the current shutdown or not.
– Nate Eldredge
yesterday
@NateEldredge The only answer that it is possible to give at this time is "call your interview center."
– choster
yesterday
1
So then, maybe you want to change the wording in the first paragraph? Because the unconditional "interviews scheduled during the lapse are simply cancelled" seems to exclude all possibility of them happening, which would make it pointless to call the center.
– Nate Eldredge
yesterday
add a comment |
Okay, thanks - hopefully they'll reopen by the time I'm there, otherwise we'll just have to have another vacation in Canada I guess... :)
– Joe
yesterday
@Joe I do hope for the best that someone with more or more reliable information will post something more informative than "hope for the best" :-).
– choster
yesterday
This answer is kind of confusing. Your first paragraph appears to say definitively (though without supporting evidence) that interviews will not be held during the shutdown, and the remaining paragraphs read more like "nobody knows". The links in the last paragraph don't tell us with certainty whether interviews will be held during the current shutdown or not.
– Nate Eldredge
yesterday
@NateEldredge The only answer that it is possible to give at this time is "call your interview center."
– choster
yesterday
1
So then, maybe you want to change the wording in the first paragraph? Because the unconditional "interviews scheduled during the lapse are simply cancelled" seems to exclude all possibility of them happening, which would make it pointless to call the center.
– Nate Eldredge
yesterday
Okay, thanks - hopefully they'll reopen by the time I'm there, otherwise we'll just have to have another vacation in Canada I guess... :)
– Joe
yesterday
Okay, thanks - hopefully they'll reopen by the time I'm there, otherwise we'll just have to have another vacation in Canada I guess... :)
– Joe
yesterday
@Joe I do hope for the best that someone with more or more reliable information will post something more informative than "hope for the best" :-).
– choster
yesterday
@Joe I do hope for the best that someone with more or more reliable information will post something more informative than "hope for the best" :-).
– choster
yesterday
This answer is kind of confusing. Your first paragraph appears to say definitively (though without supporting evidence) that interviews will not be held during the shutdown, and the remaining paragraphs read more like "nobody knows". The links in the last paragraph don't tell us with certainty whether interviews will be held during the current shutdown or not.
– Nate Eldredge
yesterday
This answer is kind of confusing. Your first paragraph appears to say definitively (though without supporting evidence) that interviews will not be held during the shutdown, and the remaining paragraphs read more like "nobody knows". The links in the last paragraph don't tell us with certainty whether interviews will be held during the current shutdown or not.
– Nate Eldredge
yesterday
@NateEldredge The only answer that it is possible to give at this time is "call your interview center."
– choster
yesterday
@NateEldredge The only answer that it is possible to give at this time is "call your interview center."
– choster
yesterday
1
1
So then, maybe you want to change the wording in the first paragraph? Because the unconditional "interviews scheduled during the lapse are simply cancelled" seems to exclude all possibility of them happening, which would make it pointless to call the center.
– Nate Eldredge
yesterday
So then, maybe you want to change the wording in the first paragraph? Because the unconditional "interviews scheduled during the lapse are simply cancelled" seems to exclude all possibility of them happening, which would make it pointless to call the center.
– Nate Eldredge
yesterday
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