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Old Mar 6, 2017, 1:27 pm
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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 Aug 28, 2024 | 2:45 am
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Data Point for my mother's NEXUS application. US Citizen, minimal travels.

Applied: March 21, 2023
Conditionally approved: May 2, 2024
Interview: August 23, 2024 (Blaine, WA was booked out months ahead)
Card received: September 3, 2024
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Old Sep 3, 2024 | 8:52 am
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The wait for me begins. Applied Aug 31, 2024 as a GE holder.
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Old Sep 3, 2024 | 10:03 am
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Originally Posted by devinthreethousand
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Applied September 2023
Still pending conditional approval 🙃
Received conditional approval on September 1st - FINALLY (just shy of a 12 month wait).
[Edit] Interview scheduled next week in Sault Ste Marie, MI

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Old Sep 19, 2024 | 9:45 pm
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Originally Posted by Troopers
The wait for me begins. Applied Aug 31, 2024 as a GE holder.
Rec'd conditional approval today. Time to find an interview slot.

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Old Sep 23, 2024 | 1:53 pm
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Originally Posted by Troopers
Rec'd conditional approval today. Time to find an interview slot.
My daughter was conditionally approved today as a GE holder. About 3 wks wait.
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Old Sep 24, 2024 | 11:38 am
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Originally Posted by tobiashenry
Applied today 26 August 2024
Let's see how long it will take!

Canadian PR - holding British passport and HK passport
I have friends that applied and got approved within a week! I guess it's based on nationality, and also I have been some red flag countires like Russia, Israel... before the war?
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Old Sep 25, 2024 | 1:27 am
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applied: September 5th 2024
conditionally approved: September 23rd 2024

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Old Sep 25, 2024 | 8:44 am
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Originally Posted by Lynn23
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applied: September 5th 2024
conditionally approved: September 23rd 2024
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Old Oct 23, 2024 | 2:16 pm
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Helped a friend do her initial NEXUS application - here are the timelines...

Applied : August 25, 2024
Conditonal Approval: September 13, 2024
Interview: October 18, 2024
Full Approval: October 19, 2024

Used the notifications from the Niagara Bot to reschedule her initial interview from late November to a next day opening in Niagara office.
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Old Dec 2, 2024 | 6:51 pm
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My daughter and her spouse both applied for NEXUS on 9/29. My daughter is a US citizen only who previously had Global Entry and was just a few days post her first expiration of that at time of application. Her husband is a dual US Canadian citizen and this was his first application for any TTP. Given that his family currently reside in Canada they travel up there by car every so often and my daughter felt that NEXUS would serve them better at this point than Global Entry.

11/28 On Thanksgiving, spouse receives notification that he is conditionally approved with in person interview obviously required given this is his first time participating in NEXUS (or any TTP for that matter). The land border they use most often next has interviews available in February so he books a slot for a day that they think they'll be traveling cross border.

12/2 Today my daughter also receives notification of conditional approval with interview required but she has an option to do the interview remotely. However, there is not a single slot available as far out as the calendar goes so she just booked an in person interview for the same day and time as her husband given that she'll likely be there with him anyway.

Does anyone know if remote interview appointments ever open in case my daughter does not end up traveling on that day? How obsessed do you need to be about checking for one? Forgive me if this has been asked before.
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Old Dec 2, 2024 | 7:44 pm
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Originally Posted by friedablass
Does anyone know if remote interview appointments ever open in case my daughter does not end up traveling on that day? How obsessed do you need to be about checking for one? Forgive me if this has been asked before.
Currently, there are no remote interviews for NEXUS applicants. Please refer to the following thread:As far as scheduling NEXUS enrollment interviews, there is useful information in the following threads:
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Old Jan 6, 2025 | 5:04 pm
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Many thanks to whomever (sorry, can't remember to give proper credit) that mentioned appointments are often released on first Monday morning of the month. I was able to schedule all my kids today! It's almost half a year in the future, but we won't be traveling until the summer at the earliest anyway.

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Old Jan 10, 2025 | 6:30 pm
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Has anyone received their card after Canada Post resumed?

Conditional approval in Jun 2024.
Full approval received on Nov 11, 2024 (just before strike started) and waiting for the card.
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Old Jan 12, 2025 | 8:55 am
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Originally Posted by CS300
Has anyone received their card after Canada Post resumed?

Conditional approval in Jun 2024.
Full approval received on Nov 11, 2024 (just before strike started) and waiting for the card.
That is very close to my spouse's timeline and they are still waiting for their card as well.
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Old Jan 13, 2025 | 8:45 am
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Canadian Citizen from birth.
First-time Nexus application submitted online 18-Nov-2024.
Conditional approval received today 13-Jan-2025.
Waiting on spouse's application now before co-scheduling interviews.
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