I was a first time applicant and below is the timeline.
Application Submitted: August 8, 2015
Conditional Approval: September 17, 2015
Interview : September 19, 2015
Location : Toronto, Pearson Airport
Received Card: September 29, 2015
When I initially booked my interview the first available date was in mid November. I then logged onto the system a few hours later and got the appointment two days later. I think you should logon and see if you can get a earlier date as people do cancel! However I would advise not to change that often as you have to give a reason for rescheduling.
The interview went well both Canadian and American Officers were friendly and were asking me about the latest smartphones after I told them I was in the IT field. The finger prints were fine however I had to do the iris scan twice, the agents told me that the scanner is not that great and most of the time they can't get a good image. However I my case they were able to obtain clear scans.
Last edited by zsrh2002; Sep 29, 2015 at 1:10 pm
Reason: added infromation