Originally Posted by
Pharaoh
April 2011 data point: two of us applied over the weekend and were approved (to go to interview) on Thursday. 4 business days.
Thanks

I actually had my interview for NEXUS (aka cheaper Global Entry

) last Friday and was approved. The application review process took over a week for me but that's probably because my list of foreign countries visited in the last five years is quite long.
The interview process couldn't have been easier. A few minutes with US CBP and then a few more minutes with Canadian CSBA.
-RM