At YVR they told me that you can go standby for interviews. Just accept first available appointments and then go to the NEXUS office and wait as standby.

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My timeline:

Applied 9/20.
Conditional approval received 11/6 (<7 weeks).

No interview slots were available in the Seattle/Vancouver area until 2015, but I kept checking back until I found an opening in Seattle on November 21.

I'll need to visit a Canadian NEXUS site for the iris scan. Do I need to wait for the card to arrive before visiting one of them? Or can I go as soon as I've received the approval notice following the interview?

Applied Sept 13
Conditionally Approved Nov 8
Interviewed November 13th at the Whirlpool Bridge

Applied Oct 10th
Conditional Approval Nov 18th
Appointment Jan 26
Edmonton AB YEG

Calgary YYC was April 4

Applied Oct. 16 for myself (Canadian), wife (Canadian/American), and two sons (both Canadian/American)

Conditional Acceptance for my sons: Nov. 13
Conditional Acceptance for my wife: Nov. 17
Conditional Acceptance for myself: Nov. 18

Interview for all four scheduled at Blaine, WA: Feb. 13

My timeline
 

Applied: Oct 13

Conditional approval: Nov 18

First interview available was actually Nov 19 at the Port Huron MI crossing but couldn't make that one. They have many openings starting Dec 2nd.

A lot of appointments are going to start to clear up....

People book them months ago, holidays start to kick in so they cancel. Keep an eye on the openings!

Applied: Oct. 14
Conditional approval email arrived: Nov. 22

First interview availability:
Seattle: June 2
Blaine, WA: Feb. 17

Booked Feb. 17 at Blaine, but checked back a day later and Jan. 11 was available, so reskedded. Hoping to resked even further to mid-Dec.

Keep checking Sea, too. Around the holidays might see reskeds and slots open up.

And welcome to FT, Ras! :p

Got lucky
 

An opening for Dec. 15 in Seattle suddenly showed up and I jumped on it.

You just have to keep clicking that reschedule link and hope something has opened up.

Sounds like the general advice is to keep checking back, but I am worried that even if I cut my wait time in half it is still a long time.

I just got conditional approval. Today is December 4th and the next available date at Seattle Urban Enrollment Center is July 2nd????????? Are you kidding me????????

The shortest is at Blaine Enrollment Center and even that is 3/13.

I applied October 19 and was approved November 24th. My appointment is December 6 at Pearson Airport in Toronto. Had I driven a little further to Fort Erie, Ontario, or Buffalo, NY, I could have had the interview within a couple of days.

How quickly do you need it? Maybe it's time for a mileage run? ;)

Initial Application: Nov 24th

Conditional Approval: Dec 9th (15 days)

First availability in Detroit (closest to me) is currently Feb 9th.

For anyone interested, YYC Calgary now shows 2 locations for interviews with lots open from Jan 9/15 forward on the Calgary A location. Re-booked our YYG interview to there. Hope it will help some.