Mar 6, 2017, 1:27 pm
Last edit by: seawolf
CBSA published NEXUS processing times to get to conditional approval can be found here. The most recently published processing time is below, along with a short history of recent official published times. A longer history of published wait times is here, via the Internet Archive Wayback machine. Please post your personal experiences below in the thread. All posts are appreciated. Thank you/Merci!
5 business days as of 2020-04-29
30 business days as of 2020-02-17
39 business days as of 2019-10-07
40 business days as of 2019-08-28
25 business days as of 2019-04-11
5 business days as of 2020-04-29
30 business days as of 2020-02-17
39 business days as of 2019-10-07
40 business days as of 2019-08-28
25 business days as of 2019-04-11
NEXUS First Time Applications Information and Processing Timelines
Jul 30, 2016, 11:48 am
#766
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: TYO
Programs: Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 1,744
Did you receive an email or an actual letter? Seems like we applied on the exact same date. Nothing for me yet ;(
Jul 30, 2016, 1:03 pm
#767
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 132
I received an email, subject "PROD-GOES - Account Status Change", alerting me to login to my GOES account. Mind you, I was logging into my GOES account daily anyway just in case I missed or never got an email. But, as with my Global Entry's conditional approval notification, I did receive an email to check my GOES account. The conditional-approval "letter" appeared in my message inbox of the GOES account, and the status of my application was changed from "pending review" along with a button to select for scheduling an appointment.
Jul 30, 2016, 1:14 pm
#768
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: TYO
Programs: Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 1,744
I received an email, subject "PROD-GOES - Account Status Change", alerting me to login to my GOES account. Mind you, I was logging into my GOES account daily anyway just in case I missed or never got an email. But, as with my Global Entry's conditional approval notification, I did receive an email to check my GOES account. The conditional-approval "letter" appeared in my message inbox of the GOES account, and the status of my application was changed from "pending review" along with a button to select for scheduling an appointment.
Jul 30, 2016, 1:36 pm
#769
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Austin, Texas
Programs: Airline nobody. Sad!
Posts: 26,062
As far as "close", I live in Austin TX so that isn't happening, lol. But on a plus note, I was pleasantly surprised to find quite a few available appointment slots (including locations that perform iris scans) anywhere from the next couple of days to a month out. I've been looking forward to another Canadian vacation to get a respite from the TX heat, so I easily booked something in the next few weeks.
AUS-YVR was cheap recently but has gone up. I think the cheapest Canadian destination I saw from AUS in a recent search was YUL.
Jul 30, 2016, 4:27 pm
#770
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: TYO
Programs: Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 1,744
Just booked my appointment. Closest center for me is SEA but they don't have appointments until 2017, meanwhile both centers in YVR are wide open as early as this week. Booked for August 30th as it worked best for my travel schedule. 
Jul 30, 2016, 4:46 pm
#771
Original Member
Join Date: May 1998
Location: NYC
Programs: AA 2MM, Bonvoy LTT, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 14,636
Jul 31, 2016, 1:47 am
#773
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Pacific Wonderland
Programs: ʙᴏɴᴠo̱ʏ Au, IHG Au, HH Dia, Nexus, Pilot FlyingJ Preferred
Posts: 5,336
Did you by chance notice availability for Blaine? With Seattle that full, thinking about flying into BLI and driving up to Blaine or Vancouver when my approval letter comes. Glad to see some movement at last on applications.
Jul 31, 2016, 2:08 am
#774
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: TYO
Programs: Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 1,744
Blaine also seemed to be widely available.
Jul 31, 2016, 12:38 pm
#776
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Austin, Texas
Programs: Airline nobody. Sad!
Posts: 26,062
They really are working weekends. Received my conditional approval today, letter dated 7/31!
I'll try to run through the more notable interview center times in the rest of this post. Note I won't be keeping this post current, so consider this a snapshot overview as of 7/31. Of note, Mondays seem to be quite popular everywhere:
Seattle is full until January 2017
Sweetgrass, MT is full for August, not available until September 6
Derby Line, VT not available until mid-November
Detroit not available until next week
Halifax not available until mid-September
YUL not until mid-August
YOW not until beginning of September
YYZ is available for a few times this week, but sparsely after that
All others not mentioned specifically are relatively widely available for August and onward. Some (e.g. Sault Ste. Marie) are practically wide open.
I'll try to run through the more notable interview center times in the rest of this post. Note I won't be keeping this post current, so consider this a snapshot overview as of 7/31. Of note, Mondays seem to be quite popular everywhere:
Seattle is full until January 2017
Sweetgrass, MT is full for August, not available until September 6
Derby Line, VT not available until mid-November
Detroit not available until next week
Halifax not available until mid-September
YUL not until mid-August
YOW not until beginning of September
YYZ is available for a few times this week, but sparsely after that
All others not mentioned specifically are relatively widely available for August and onward. Some (e.g. Sault Ste. Marie) are practically wide open.
Last edited by TheBOSman; Jul 31, 2016 at 12:51 pm
Jul 31, 2016, 5:08 pm
#777
Original Member
Join Date: May 1998
Location: NYC
Programs: AA 2MM, Bonvoy LTT, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 14,636
They really are working weekends. Received my conditional approval today, letter dated 7/31!
I'll try to run through the more notable interview center times in the rest of this post. Note I won't be keeping this post current, so consider this a snapshot overview as of 7/31. Of note, Mondays seem to be quite popular everywhere:
Seattle is full until January 2017
Sweetgrass, MT is full for August, not available until September 6
Derby Line, VT not available until mid-November
Detroit not available until next week
Halifax not available until mid-September
YUL not until mid-August
YOW not until beginning of September
YYZ is available for a few times this week, but sparsely after that
All others not mentioned specifically are relatively widely available for August and onward. Some (e.g. Sault Ste. Marie) are practically wide open.
I'll try to run through the more notable interview center times in the rest of this post. Note I won't be keeping this post current, so consider this a snapshot overview as of 7/31. Of note, Mondays seem to be quite popular everywhere:
Seattle is full until January 2017
Sweetgrass, MT is full for August, not available until September 6
Derby Line, VT not available until mid-November
Detroit not available until next week
Halifax not available until mid-September
YUL not until mid-August
YOW not until beginning of September
YYZ is available for a few times this week, but sparsely after that
All others not mentioned specifically are relatively widely available for August and onward. Some (e.g. Sault Ste. Marie) are practically wide open.
Thanks.
Jul 31, 2016, 5:15 pm
#778
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Austin, Texas
Programs: Airline nobody. Sad!
Posts: 26,062
Jul 31, 2016, 6:22 pm
#779
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: IAH
Posts: 25
Do Canadian permanent residents with NEXUS from Visa waiver countries (ie UK, France, Japan etc) have to still go through the I94 visa waiver, ETSA and all that?
My mother is a Netherlands national permanent resident of Canada living 5 minutes from downtown Detroit. She goes through a sometimes hours long BS at border just to pick me up at DTW when I visit and then months later has to make a special stop to give back I94. She basically avoids the US because of this, which is annoying for me and her grand kids as we now live there. Was wondering if NEXUS program would help with this?
My mother is a Netherlands national permanent resident of Canada living 5 minutes from downtown Detroit. She goes through a sometimes hours long BS at border just to pick me up at DTW when I visit and then months later has to make a special stop to give back I94. She basically avoids the US because of this, which is annoying for me and her grand kids as we now live there. Was wondering if NEXUS program would help with this?
Jul 31, 2016, 8:11 pm
#780
Original Member
Join Date: May 1998
Location: NYC
Programs: AA 2MM, Bonvoy LTT, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 14,636
Thanks. My spouse/kids applied May 25. Hoping YUL or Champlain have something before September....that's assuming they get their conditional approval in the next two weeks.