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
Jun 17, 2017, 10:39 pm
#1336
Join Date: May 2017
Posts: 25
Got my conditional approval today. Surprised me since it's Saturday. So I ended up coming in under the 51 day average wait showing when I applied. Unfortunately, here in Calgary, the wait for an interview is 3 months. First available was September 12, which is 2 days after we come back from the trip I was hoping to be able to use it on. Could go to Edmonton in late August, but it would be doubtful that the card would show up in time. If I really really really wanted to get it done, I could take a day off work and go to the Sweet Grass border crossing this upcoming week, but I don't exactly want to make that journey just for this, so I guess it'll be September.
My application
Applied: April 9 2017
Conditional Approval: June 17 2017
Interview (scheduled): September 13 2017
Approved:
Card arrived:
My application
Applied: April 9 2017
Conditional Approval: June 17 2017
Interview (scheduled): September 13 2017
Approved:
Card arrived:
Jun 18, 2017, 9:01 am
#1337
Join Date: Nov 2009
Programs: DL PM 1MM
Posts: 3,441
Got my conditional approval today. Surprised me since it's Saturday. So I ended up coming in under the 51 day average wait showing when I applied. Unfortunately, here in Calgary, the wait for an interview is 3 months. First available was September 12, which is 2 days after we come back from the trip I was hoping to be able to use it on. Could go to Edmonton in late August, but it would be doubtful that the card would show up in time. If I really really really wanted to get it done, I could take a day off work and go to the Sweet Grass border crossing this upcoming week, but I don't exactly want to make that journey just for this, so I guess it'll be September.
Jun 19, 2017, 2:10 pm
#1340
Join Date: Apr 2017
Posts: 6
Finally....
My application
Applied: Feb 28 2017
Conditional Approval: 6/16/17
Interview: 6/17/17
Approved: 6/17/17
Card arrived:
Husband and 13 yr old son applied: March 5 2017
Conditional Approval: 4/19
Interview: 6/17/17
Approved: 6/17/17
Card arrived:
My application
Applied: Feb 28 2017
Conditional Approval: 6/16/17
Interview: 6/17/17
Approved: 6/17/17
Card arrived:
Husband and 13 yr old son applied: March 5 2017
Conditional Approval: 4/19
Interview: 6/17/17
Approved: 6/17/17
Card arrived:
Jun 20, 2017, 2:44 pm
#1342
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Home
Posts: 469
My application
Applied: March 03 2017
Conditional Approval: 6/16/17
Interview: 6/18/17
Approved: 6/18/17
Card arrived: waiting...
I live in Seattle and first available spot for interview in Seattle city location was on 10/19.
Checked Blaine location (border crossing) and there was one available for next day at 8am so drove 90 miles on a sunday morning to get this out of the way.
Applied: March 03 2017
Conditional Approval: 6/16/17
Interview: 6/18/17
Approved: 6/18/17
Card arrived: waiting...
I live in Seattle and first available spot for interview in Seattle city location was on 10/19.
Checked Blaine location (border crossing) and there was one available for next day at 8am so drove 90 miles on a sunday morning to get this out of the way.
Jun 20, 2017, 4:44 pm
#1344
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: YUL
Posts: 1,001
My husband applied Feb 23, had an interview May 16th. Never received the letter than confirms his admission or his card. He finally emailed them yesterday (after some wifely nagging) and he received the letter within an hour. So we imagine his card will come pretty fast.
I applied Feb 23rd, got conditional approval June 8th, Interview June 13th got my card June 19th.
It is like there was some weird black hole in February.
Jun 21, 2017, 10:37 am
#1345
Join Date: May 2017
Posts: 25
So my wife got her approval a couple days ago, but didn't notice until now. Initial interview date was for September 20th, but checking literally minutes later, one opened up for next week.
Applied: April 15, 2017
Conditional Approval: June 19, 2017
Interview: June 29, 2017
Approved:
Card arrived:
Applied: April 15, 2017
Conditional Approval: June 19, 2017
Interview: June 29, 2017
Approved:
Card arrived:
Jun 26, 2017, 9:26 pm
#1346
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Buffalo, NY
Posts: 66
My 1 year old son was finally approved. There were interview openings even tomorrow, but since they require that both parents be there, we couldn't find a time we could both make it until next week. I believe they will approve if only one parent is there as long as the other parent signs a letter, but we didn't want to risk wasting any more time.
Applied: April 23, 2017
Conditional Approval: June 26, 2017
Interview: July 6, 2017
Approved: July 6, 2017
Card Arrived: July 13, 2017
His status changed to Approved within minutes of leaving the interview.
Applied: April 23, 2017
Conditional Approval: June 26, 2017
Interview: July 6, 2017
Approved: July 6, 2017
Card Arrived: July 13, 2017
His status changed to Approved within minutes of leaving the interview.
Last edited by PLin; Jul 13, 2017 at 8:27 pm
Jun 28, 2017, 6:37 pm
#1347
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: San Antonio
Programs: DL DM, Former AA EXP now AY Plat, AC 75K, NW Plat, Former CO Gold, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 27,045
Applied - March 2nd
Conditional Approval - June 26th
Interview - July 25th, 1600 at YYZ T1.
Already had GE with 2 years left.
Conditional Approval - June 26th
Interview - July 25th, 1600 at YYZ T1.
Already had GE with 2 years left.
Jun 29, 2017, 2:14 pm
#1348
Join Date: May 2017
Posts: 25
How long does it normally take for a GOES account to update with the full approval? Mine updated about 30 minutes after I was there for the interview, but my wife's has been a couple of hours and it's still showing that she has an interview scheduled. Was mine uncommonly fast?
Jun 29, 2017, 3:36 pm
#1349
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: LAS/GRU/DUB
Programs: Amex, JPMR, Nexus
Posts: 365
How long does it normally take for a GOES account to update with the full approval? Mine updated about 30 minutes after I was there for the interview, but my wife's has been a couple of hours and it's still showing that she has an interview scheduled. Was mine uncommonly fast?