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 26, 2019, 9:01 am
#1711
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: SFO
Programs: COdbaUA Platinum 2MM
Posts: 5,532
Feb 26, 2019, 9:11 am
#1712
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: YYZ
Programs: Hilton Gold, Marriott Gold, Club Accor Silver, AC 75K
Posts: 264
Feb 26, 2019, 9:25 am
#1713
Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: YYZ
Programs: Hilton Gold, Marriott Gold, Club Accor Silver, AC 75K
Posts: 264
Feb 26, 2019, 10:19 am
#1714
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: SFO
Programs: COdbaUA Platinum 2MM
Posts: 5,532
Mar 1, 2019, 6:51 pm
#1715
Join Date: Mar 2019
Posts: 2
Wife was pre approved but I’m still waiting ?
Wife and I applied for Nexus membership on January 9. She got pre approved 2 weeks later. I called the 1-800 number on Feb 27 to check the status of my application, and the lady on the phone said the Canadian side cleared me on Feb 2 and now the US side was doing their checks. Question: before becoming a Canadian citizen , I applied for an US visa which was not granted .. will this affect my nexus application ?
Last edited by Christian Montoya; Mar 1, 2019 at 7:15 pm Reason: Spelling
Mar 2, 2019, 11:35 pm
#1716
Join Date: Apr 2016
Posts: 296
Mar 3, 2019, 8:07 am
#1717
Join Date: Mar 2019
Posts: 2
It was denied under section 221(g), which means I had missing documentation. This actually does not mean that my application was totally rejected, since I had the chance to provide the consulste with the missing documents before a final decision was taken taken. I didn’t have the time to come back with the missing documents within the 6 months period. It was 9 yers ago.
Mar 4, 2019, 10:08 am
#1718
Join Date: Mar 2019
Programs: Global entry
Posts: 1
Question
My fiance and I applied with 2 days off each other back in January. He had been approved for almost 3 weeks now and mine is still showing pending approval. We are going on our honeymoon in July which was the whole reason why we even did this. What would be taking mine so long to get approved and his to be approved right away.
Mar 4, 2019, 11:07 am
#1719
Moderator: Travel Safety/Security, Travel Tools, California, Los Angeles; FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: LAX
Programs: oneword Emerald
Posts: 20,602
There are many factors which can affect the time that it takes to receive conditional approval including, but not limited to, common vs. uncommon name, residence and employment history.
Mar 4, 2019, 12:32 pm
#1720
Join Date: Sep 2018
Posts: 2
Applied for my then 2 month old daughter on 12/14. Seems like it would be an easy approval, but application is still pending review. Myself and the rest of my family have all been conditionally approved since October and are just waiting for our daughter before scheduling interviews.
Update: Conditionally approved 3/5
Update: Conditionally approved 3/5
Last edited by Cousinmike; Mar 5, 2019 at 1:41 pm Reason: update
Mar 5, 2019, 3:45 pm
#1721
Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 12
Thanks for the tip!
I had one scheduled for Landsdowne today, but glad that I didn't go. Wasn't urgent for me and didn't make sense spending 7 hours and $60 on gas on a $50 nexus card.
Cancelled that one, kept refreshing and was able to snag one for Pearson for tomorrow.
I had one scheduled for Landsdowne today, but glad that I didn't go. Wasn't urgent for me and didn't make sense spending 7 hours and $60 on gas on a $50 nexus card.
Cancelled that one, kept refreshing and was able to snag one for Pearson for tomorrow.
Mar 11, 2019, 11:17 am
#1722
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 73
Applied 2/14 for newborn infant
Conditionally Approved 2/20
Interview Scheduled 2/21 for 3/10 (When I checked 2/20 there was next-day appt available at YYZ, but we wanted weekends)
Interview 3/10
Approved 3/10
Card Received 3/18
I think the fastest I could have gotten it in hand would be 3/5, if I had taken @deepax90's appointment on 2/22
So it's possible to go from application to NEXUS card in hand in 2.5 weeks if you are good with timing.
Conditionally Approved 2/20
Interview Scheduled 2/21 for 3/10 (When I checked 2/20 there was next-day appt available at YYZ, but we wanted weekends)
Interview 3/10
Approved 3/10
Card Received 3/18
I think the fastest I could have gotten it in hand would be 3/5, if I had taken @deepax90's appointment on 2/22
So it's possible to go from application to NEXUS card in hand in 2.5 weeks if you are good with timing.
Last edited by simchi; Mar 18, 2019 at 3:51 pm
Mar 11, 2019, 4:55 pm
#1723
Moderator: Travel Safety/Security, Travel Tools, California, Los Angeles; FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: LAX
Programs: oneword Emerald
Posts: 20,602
Moderator's Action
A recent question about the Toronto Pearson Enrollment Center was moved to the relevant thread:
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Mar 27, 2019, 8:42 pm
#1725
Join Date: Mar 2019
Posts: 26
I applied first week of Feb and haven't heard anything back yet. Indian citizen with Canadian PR and valid US B1/B2 visa. Been in Canada since 2013 but I did leave the country couple of times to go back home to India and also visited Hong Kong for a vacation and transferred in Qatar and UAE (in one of their FAQs they ask you to mention the country even if you didn't pass immigration and just transferred through it). They say it takes 3-5 months to process a Nexus application (maybe more now due to the backlog because of shutdown) but I hope I can get my conditional approval soon.