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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


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Old Jan 12, 2023 | 6:48 pm
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Originally Posted by SweFlyer
Very surprised how quickly my application progressed and how quickly I was able to find a time slot for an interview.

Applied Jan 10 2023
Conditional Approval Jan 12 2023
Interview scheduled at the Champlain Enrollment Center Jan 13 2023
That must be a record! Congratulations..Amazing
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Old Jan 13, 2023 | 9:36 pm
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Originally Posted by SweFlyer
Very surprised how quickly my application progressed and how quickly I was able to find a time slot for an interview.

Applied Jan 10 2023
Conditional Approval Jan 12 2023
Interview scheduled at the Champlain Enrollment Center Jan 13 2023
Wow Congrats! Are you from US or Canada? I think for some reason Canadian got faster processing than US side. I called up the center and they said Canadian side conditionally approved my app, it's the US that holding app hostage lol
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Old Jan 14, 2023 | 3:18 pm
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Originally Posted by justflyme
Wow Congrats! Are you from US or Canada? I think for some reason Canadian got faster processing than US side. I called up the center and they said Canadian side conditionally approved my app, it's the US that holding app hostage lol
What number did you call? It has been 15 months for me and i think I need to start making some calls
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Old Jan 15, 2023 | 12:06 pm
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Originally Posted by justflyme
Wow Congrats! Are you from US or Canada? I think for some reason Canadian got faster processing than US side. I called up the center and they said Canadian side conditionally approved my app, it's the US that holding app hostage lol
I'm Canadian. Was surprised the background check was that fast given that I'm a dual citizen (Sweden and Canada). Canada probably has a very up to date file on me though since I became a Citizen at the end of last year.

Arrived an hour early at the Nexus enrollment center and was able to get my interview done right away so saved another hour right there hah!
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Old Feb 3, 2023 | 2:53 pm
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Hi everyone,

I benefited from this thread while waiting for my nexus application so thought I'd post my timeline now that I've been approved.

Applied: July 12, 2022
Conditionally approved: January 30, 2023
Interview: February 1, 2023
Approved: Approximately 90 minutes after the interview I received the notification that I was approved.

Other info: I live an hour from the Pembina border so was able to snag an appointment immediately after I was conditionally approved (could have gone on the 31st even but there was an appointment earlier in the day on the 1st). Travel wise (US trips aside) I'd only been to the UK during the period that the application/interview had asked about. I also worked for the Government of Canada as an intern 8/9 years ago so it's possible that some of my security clearances from back then helped speed things up a bit.

Now just have to wait for the card to arrive in the mail.
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Old Feb 6, 2023 | 3:02 pm
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Originally Posted by nexusvictim
What number did you call? It has been 15 months for me and i think I need to start making some calls
I called 1-800-842-7647
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Old Feb 16, 2023 | 9:04 am
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I called that number today (1-800-842-7647) and spoke with a gentleman, really friendly. My situation is this, I applied for my daughter in Aug 2021 (she was born in July 2021) and it is still Waiting For Conditional approval. This sucks for us, because my wife and other daughter (and me of course) all already have it. The guy confirmed my daughter's application is not 'lost somewhere' and that they are opening more centers and that for children it often takes longer to process. He said keep checking and was feeling optimistic it should happen sooner than later as he felt things were picking up in speed for processing the approx 300 000 applications...
we shall see!

anyways, it did feel good to speak to a human who saw her file and confirmed nothing was out of the ordinary
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Old Feb 20, 2023 | 10:38 pm
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Originally Posted by SweFlyer
Very surprised how quickly my application progressed and how quickly I was able to find a time slot for an interview.

Applied Jan 10 2023
Conditional Approval Jan 12 2023
Interview scheduled at the Champlain Enrollment Center Jan 13 2023
Same story.

Applied Feb 15 2023
Conditional Approval Feb 17 2023
Interview completed at the Champlain Enrolment Center Feb 21 2023. Approved 15 minutes later.


Canadian PR. Was in US for 7 years on nonimmigrant visas. Had an active GE membership.
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Old Feb 22, 2023 | 4:04 pm
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Applied Feb 21, 2023
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Old Feb 22, 2023 | 5:33 pm
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Applied Aug 3, 2022. Conditionally approved Feb 17, 2023. I wasn't able to find availability in my part of Canada but I was able to find a spot in Niagara Falls, NY in late March.
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Old Feb 24, 2023 | 10:40 am
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I called 1-800-842-7647 (Canada Border Services Agency) and asked for an application status update. They said no one is being approved in weeks and shockingly, Canada has no record of my Nexus application, both when looking up by PASSID number (I have one from a currently active GE membership expiring soon) or full name and birthday. They said to call CBP and have them check the application.
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Old Mar 1, 2023 | 12:47 pm
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Originally Posted by HofstraJet
My niece (June 29, 2021) and I (Oct. 10, 2021) applied as first time applicants with no response yet. Both US citizens with GE.
My niece just received approval. 611 days. 20 months. Hopefully I'm up in a few months.
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Old Mar 1, 2023 | 3:19 pm
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Originally Posted by HofstraJet
My niece just received approval. 611 days. 20 months. Hopefully I'm up in a few months.
Next step is finding an interview ... I'm hoping the Canadian interviews will be starting back up at some point relatively soon. But I'm nt holding my breath.
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Old Mar 2, 2023 | 9:35 am
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Next step is finding an interview ... I'm hoping the Canadian interviews will be starting back up at some point relatively soon. But I'm nt holding my breath.
Yeah, I found that out pretty quickly.
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Old Mar 2, 2023 | 10:57 am
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Originally Posted by HofstraJet
Yeah, I found that out pretty quickly.
My wife and I both applied around the same time. I was conditionally approved fairly fast. She's still waiting ~16 months later. I've not found an appointment that is in any way convenient so I figured I'd keep looking but waiting until she is conditionally approved at which point we'll go visit some friends in the UP and schedule ur interviews in Sault St. Marie.
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