Mar 6, 2017, 1:27 pm
Last edit by: seawolf
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
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
NEXUS First Time Applications Information and Processing Timelines
Nov 13, 2023, 9:31 am
#2461
Join Date: May 2012
Posts: 75
Do you guys get some notification that you've been conditionally approved? Or do you have to log in to the TTP site every once in a while to review the application status?
It's been ~7 months or so for me since I applied for my baby. Still no update. Looks like we'll need to wait for another 2+ months or so.
It's been ~7 months or so for me since I applied for my baby. Still no update. Looks like we'll need to wait for another 2+ months or so.
Nov 13, 2023, 9:37 am
#2462
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: SW Michigan, ex SF Bay Area
Posts: 833
Unless it's changed from last year, the sender will be "[email protected]" and the subject will be "TTP Application Status Change".
Nov 14, 2023, 5:40 am
#2463
Join Date: Jun 2014
Programs: EY
Posts: 852
Normally you will get an email that there has been a status change. You have to log in to the TTP site to find out what it is.
Unless it's changed from last year, the sender will be "[email protected]" and the subject will be "TTP Application Status Change".
Unless it's changed from last year, the sender will be "[email protected]" and the subject will be "TTP Application Status Change".
Nov 14, 2023, 9:31 am
#2464
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: SW Michigan, ex SF Bay Area
Posts: 833
Dec 5, 2023, 12:56 pm
#2467
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: MSP
Posts: 185
Apply for Nexus AFTER getting TSA Precheck?
Hi all,
My mother (senior citizen) got TSA precheck a couple of years ago. Earlier this summer we were on a road trip to Toronto, Canada and the rest of us had Nexus, but she didn't, which got me thinking if it made sense for her to get Nexus as well? She'd get Global entry with Nexus (she travels internationally for vacation once every 2 years), so that might be a bonus.
Thoughts? Potential problems? She already has a KTN because of having TSA Precheck. Anyone with experience doing something similar, I'd appreciate it if you could share your experience. Things like if processing times would be shorter on the US side, easier/faster etc. She's a US citizen, btw, if that matters.
Thank you!
My mother (senior citizen) got TSA precheck a couple of years ago. Earlier this summer we were on a road trip to Toronto, Canada and the rest of us had Nexus, but she didn't, which got me thinking if it made sense for her to get Nexus as well? She'd get Global entry with Nexus (she travels internationally for vacation once every 2 years), so that might be a bonus.
Thoughts? Potential problems? She already has a KTN because of having TSA Precheck. Anyone with experience doing something similar, I'd appreciate it if you could share your experience. Things like if processing times would be shorter on the US side, easier/faster etc. She's a US citizen, btw, if that matters.
Thank you!
Dec 5, 2023, 2:47 pm
#2468
Join Date: Aug 2019
Location: SEA
Programs: DL Gold Medallion, Avis President's Club
Posts: 192
Thoughts? Potential problems? She already has a KTN because of having TSA Precheck. Anyone with experience doing something similar, I'd appreciate it if you could share your experience. Things like if processing times would be shorter on the US side, easier/faster etc. She's a US citizen, btw, if that matters.
The application never asks if you are or have been enrolled in another Trusted Traveler program and having a current membership doesn't appear to change the application process or timeline at all, besides maybe shortening the interview at the enrollment center.
Last edited by zmb; Dec 5, 2023 at 2:54 pm
Dec 7, 2023, 11:53 am
#2469
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: MSP
Posts: 185
NEXUS (along with Global Entry and SENTRI) are managed by US CBP and are completely separate from PreCheck, managed solely by the TSA. Each agency issues their own KTN numbers.
The application never asks if you are or have been enrolled in another Trusted Traveler program and having a current membership doesn't appear to change the application process or timeline at all, besides maybe shortening the interview at the enrollment center.
The application never asks if you are or have been enrolled in another Trusted Traveler program and having a current membership doesn't appear to change the application process or timeline at all, besides maybe shortening the interview at the enrollment center.
Will Nexus/CPB issuing a new TSA precheck KTN number mess up things? Like say she gets approved and shows up at the security line and two KTNs show up or none or some such problem? Would you steer away from Nexus to avoid such potential complications?
Thank you!
Dec 7, 2023, 12:55 pm
#2470
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: SW Michigan, ex SF Bay Area
Posts: 833
There is no way to "show up at the security line and two KTNs show up". You tell the airline the number to put in the known traveler field, usually when you book your ticket. As far as what happens at the security line, if your boarding pass has "TSA Precheck" on it, then you're eligible for the Precheck line. That's it.
Sign her up for NEXUS.
Dec 7, 2023, 1:11 pm
#2471
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: SEA/NYC/IAD
Programs: UA 1K, Marriott Titanium, Hyatt Explorist
Posts: 1,932
For anyone curious though, Global Entry and NEXUS (when added afterwards) use the same PASSID / KTN, or at least, I was not given a new number post-NEXUS approval.
Dec 7, 2023, 1:14 pm
#2472
Moderator: Travel Safety/Security, Travel Tools, California, Los Angeles; FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: LAX
Programs: oneword Emerald
Posts: 20,653
There is no way to "show up at the security line and two KTNs show up". You tell the airline the number to put in the known traveler field, usually when you book your ticket. As far as what happens at the security line, if your boarding pass has "TSA Precheck" on it, then you're eligible for the Precheck line. That's it.
Sign her up for NEXUS.
TWA884
Travel Safety/Security co-moderator
Dec 15, 2023, 3:33 pm
#2474
Join Date: Oct 2020
Posts: 11