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
Feb 14, 2024 | 7:15 am
#2491
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: SFO
Programs: COdbaUA Platinum 2MM
Posts: 5,602
Credit card issuer reimburses every four years, not five. Anyone, not just credit card holder, can use that credit card to apply for Global Entry, NEXUS or TSA PreCheck. Credit card holder will be reimbursed.
Feb 14, 2024 | 8:31 am
#2492
Moderator: Travel Safety/Security, Travel Tools, California, Los Angeles; FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: LAX
Programs: oneword Emerald
Posts: 24,796
Not all credit card issuers reimburse the Trusted Traveler application fee every four years. Among my cards, Chase MileagPlus Explorer gives statement credit for the Global Entry / TSA PreCheck application fee every four years, but Barclays Aviator Silver only every five years.
Feb 14, 2024 | 9:14 am
#2493
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: SFO
Programs: COdbaUA Platinum 2MM
Posts: 5,602
Not all credit card issuers reimburse the Trusted Traveler application fee every four years. Among my cards, Chase MileagPlus Explorer gives statement credit for the Global Entry / TSA PreCheck application fee every four years, but Barclays Aviator Silver only every five years.
Feb 19, 2024 | 8:19 pm
#2494
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: SFO
Programs: AC SE, AA EXP MM, BA Silver, UA Gold MM, Hyatt Glob, Marriott Titanium, HH Dia, IHG Plat
Posts: 4,967
US citizen in the USA:
Applied January 2023
Conditional approval January 2024
Planning to interview (both) in June 2024 at YVR. Note: virtually no Canadian interview slots until June, as of late February 2024
Applied January 2023
Conditional approval January 2024
Planning to interview (both) in June 2024 at YVR. Note: virtually no Canadian interview slots until June, as of late February 2024
Mar 10, 2024 | 6:22 am
#2501
Join Date: Oct 2022
Location: Ottawa, Canada + Edinburgh, Scotland
Programs: AC Super Elite 100k, Star Alliance Gold
Posts: 1,324
Does anyone know whether there's a window within which you have to attend your interview after conditional approval? I'd like to apply for my wife and kids, but given processing times there is a chance we will be overseas for 6 to 8 months after likely conditional approval. Would it be fine to be approved in, say, November, then not attend the interview until the following July? Or is there a deadline of 90 days after conditional approval or something like that?
Mar 10, 2024 | 8:57 am
#2502
Moderator: Travel Safety/Security, Travel Tools, California, Los Angeles; FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: LAX
Programs: oneword Emerald
Posts: 24,796
CBSA News Release
After being conditionally approved for NEXUS, applicants have up to five years to complete both the U.S. and Canadian interviews.
NEXUS and FAST-North must complete the enrollment within 5 years of receiving conditional approval.
Mar 19, 2024 | 4:12 pm
#2503
Join Date: May 2023
Location: YVR
Posts: 36
Now waiting for the cards to arrive.