Originally Posted by
asya999
Let me illustrate: I have GE, I had it within 10 days of applying. Mr. 999 applied to Nexus. It's taken him months to try to schedule the interview. First he couldn't get an appointment at the times he was already scheduled to go to Canada. Then he couldn't get a reasonably priced flight at the time an appointment was available.
At this point, I'm encouraging him to book a cheap trip to SEA to interview there but they are only open M-F and he can't take off from work. YVR is open on weekends but the fares there have gone insane.
So, five months after being conditionally approved he's still scheduling and re-scheduling his interview, all to save $50 vs just applying for Global Entry (or to save $100 if he was going to get both eventually).
Interestingly, several people have noted here that GE has taken longer to clear than NEXUS. Also, why is he only looking at one enrollment center? Is he in an isolated location? Further, SEA and YVR are only about 3 hours apart. Why not fly to SEA and drive to YVR? Or, if he travels to Toronto, why not fly into BUF (where the fare might well be cheaper) and interview in Ft. Erie, which almost always has better availability than YYZ, on the way to Toronto?