CANADA BORDER SERVICES AGENCY 

December 11, 2009 

FAST membership card - Implementation Deadline 

The following message was received from the CBSA. 

Effective January 5, 2010, members of the FAST program will no longer be permitted to use their old FAST membership cards in any commercial lane to enter Canada or the United States. Members will be required to use only their new FAST membership cards. 

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection have been issuing new FAST membership cards for current FAST members since March 16, 2009. The new FAST cards have enhanced security features that allow Canadian citizens to comply with the necessary document requirements under the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative. All FAST members are required to activate their new cards within 30 days of receiving them and to destroy their old cards, as they will no longer be valid. 

Members who have not received their new cards must contact an enrollment centre to either pick up their new card, or apply to have a new card issued at http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/prog/fast-expres/notice04-eng.html.