NEXUS First Time Applications Information and Processing Timelines

Assuming you're in Seattle from your username, Blaine is completely open in December 2022 and is only closed on Christmas Day:

We applied for our baby 14 months and 2 days ago now. Last time I called 877-227-5511 almost 2 months ago the agent wouldn't help, said keep waiting. Today I tried again. Greeting still says 12 to 14 months for Nexus. I got a very nice agent who opened our account. He said they are processing in the 10-12 month range and since we've been over 14 months, he would escalate our application. He sent me a confirmation email that stated "Current wait time for resolution is 3-6 weeks." So may still have some waiting time for that conditional approval, but hopefully soon. Anyone still waiting over 14 months, highly recommend calling the number. Wait time was around 45 min, but they answered after 35 min.

Thanks zmb,
I scheduled mid December for all 3 of us when December opened up for Blaine, WA. I have since been able to grab 3 appointments (on 3 different days, but that's okay) within the next 9 days. 7/6, 7/12 and 7/14. MUCH better than going to Warroad, MN for a 7/25 appointment for all of us

Does TTP reflect you are fully approved?

Tons of appointments available at Blaine now for July and August

Yes, it does.

When I look at membership information I get this (I've represented the flag symbol that shows up on the portal with an asterisk * ):

Your Citizenship* CANADA

Your CitizenshipNETHERLANDS

You've entered 1 document proving you're a citizen of NETHERLANDS

Passport(NETHERLANDS)

[redacted]

You've entered 1 document proving you may enter the United States.

Passport(NETHERLANDS)
[redacted]

My partner applied last week and received full approval today, no interview needed. He is a US PR, not Canadian citizen. Had Global Entry previously.

Data Point
First time applicant with GE
Applied on May 20,2022
Conditional approval: July 12, 2022
Got lucky and found a cancelled appointment for July 21 at DTW.

Are you sure it's not a conditional approval? In brown, fill approval is green. If so, that's a first, as they've always wanted an initial in person interview before final approval.

It�s full approval, I was shocked! The catch: his residence and employment info was unchanged from his GE app a few years prior.

My (Canadian PR with Australian citizenship) complete processing timeline was:

Application submitted 3 May 2022
Conditional approval 10 June 2022
Interview 29 June 2022
Approval notified 30 June 2022
Card received 13 July 2022

So just on 10 weeks from start to finish.

Interesting, maybe they are now treating GE to Nexus as renewals, which may or may not need an interview. Perhaps in an attempt to cut down on the backlog, as they already have a photo and fingerprints on file. I think this is the first DP like this.
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Just got my card in the mail. Here's the full timeline for me:
Existing Global Entry member and Canadian PR (Netherlands Citizenship) at time of application - Became Canadian Citizen before approval.

Applied - August 27, 2021
Conditional Approval - June 24, 2022
Interview + Approval - July 1, 2022
Card Received (in Toronto, ON, Canada) - July 14, 2022

So whereas Chalkie's approval was just on 10 weeks, mine took over 10 months - haha.

Update:
Applied for family of 3 : 5/13/2022 (GE members, First time Nexus)
Conditional Approval : 6/27/2022
Interviews(Blaine, WA): 7/6, 7/8, 7/8 (Spent hours refreshing and grabbing earlier appointments. changed them about 10 times for each of us ultimately bringing us all from December to 7/6(wife), 7/8(daughter) and 7/12(myself). I went with my wife on 7/6 and asked if they could take me in as a walk-in. they refused. Went again on 7/8 with my daughter and asked again to take me as walk-in, they did and I was done the same day.
Portal status changed to Approved right after the interviews for all of us.
Current status: Waiting for the cards.

Have a trip to Canada on the 22nd. Any chance we'll all get our cards by the 21st?

My letter with the card had a return address in Washington DC on the envelope, but I seem to recall reading somewhere that the cards are printed in VA?? So I suppose it depends on how fast USPS will get mail to you. In my interview, everyone was being told the cards would be delivered in 1-2 weeks (there were US residents and Canadian residents ahead of me). Me getting the card today falls just within that 2 week period which also happened to include a federal holiday.

So... if your last interviews were Jul 8 the 2 week period would take you to July 22. Fingers crossed - oh... and don't forget to activate the cards if you do get them before you leave. My spouse had a trip to secondary because that was forgotten before the first trip across the land border - didn't have any issues flying.