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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!

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Old Jul 4, 2022 | 1:42 pm
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Originally Posted by sinseattle
Have an option to schedule remote interviews but no dates available.
I'm open to flying to wherever I can get 3 interviews scheduled the same day. We'll make it our summer break trip. Wanted to go to Champlain, NY but 3 openings on one day are not available. any tips?
Assuming you're in Seattle from your username, Blaine is completely open in December 2022 and is only closed on Christmas Day:

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Old Jul 5, 2022 | 1:38 pm
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Little update :)

We applied for our baby 14 months and 2 days ago now. Last time I called 877-227-5511 almost 2 months ago the agent wouldn't help, said keep waiting. Today I tried again. Greeting still says 12 to 14 months for Nexus. I got a very nice agent who opened our account. He said they are processing in the 10-12 month range and since we've been over 14 months, he would escalate our application. He sent me a confirmation email that stated "Current wait time for resolution is 3-6 weeks." So may still have some waiting time for that conditional approval, but hopefully soon. Anyone still waiting over 14 months, highly recommend calling the number. Wait time was around 45 min, but they answered after 35 min.
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Old Jul 6, 2022 | 12:06 am
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Thanks zmb,
I scheduled mid December for all 3 of us when December opened up for Blaine, WA. I have since been able to grab 3 appointments (on 3 different days, but that's okay) within the next 9 days. 7/6, 7/12 and 7/14. MUCH better than going to Warroad, MN for a 7/25 appointment for all of us
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Old Jul 6, 2022 | 1:47 pm
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Originally Posted by evanderm
Had my interview today. Got a phone call while I was driving from Toronto to Detroit saying I could come in at any time and didn't have to wait for my specific appointment time.

There were no CBSA officers working in the Enrolment Centre today because of the Canada Day holiday.

My TTP dashboard now reflects that I'm a Canadian citizen, but my Netherlands passport is still listed as the document proving citizenship and allowing entry to the US. Hopefully this updates or I'll have to do a walk-in in Niagara.

Fingers crossed the card comes soon, and shows my citizenship as Canadian.
Does TTP reflect you are fully approved?
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Old Jul 7, 2022 | 11:32 am
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Tons of appointments available at Blaine now for July and August
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Old Jul 11, 2022 | 10:16 am
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Originally Posted by seawolf
Does TTP reflect you are fully approved?
Yes, it does.

When I look at membership information I get this (I've represented the flag symbol that shows up on the portal with an asterisk * ):

Your Citizenship* CANADA

Your CitizenshipNETHERLANDS

You've entered 1 document proving you're a citizen of NETHERLANDS


Passport(NETHERLANDS)

[redacted]

You've entered 1 document proving you may enter the United States.


Passport(NETHERLANDS)
[redacted]

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Old Jul 12, 2022 | 6:57 am
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My partner applied last week and received full approval today, no interview needed. He is a US PR, not Canadian citizen. Had Global Entry previously.
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Old Jul 12, 2022 | 12:03 pm
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Got lucky and found a cancelled appointment for July 21 at DTW.
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Old Jul 13, 2022 | 1:26 am
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Originally Posted by rossteixeira
My partner applied last week and received full approval today, no interview needed. He is a US PR, not Canadian citizen. Had Global Entry previously.
Are you sure it's not a conditional approval? In brown, fill approval is green. If so, that's a first, as they've always wanted an initial in person interview before final approval.
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Old Jul 13, 2022 | 5:41 am
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Originally Posted by xobile
Are you sure it's not a conditional approval? In brown, fill approval is green. If so, that's a first, as they've always wanted an initial in person interview before final approval.
Its full approval, I was shocked! The catch: his residence and employment info was unchanged from his GE app a few years prior.

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Old Jul 13, 2022 | 6:12 pm
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My (Canadian PR with Australian citizenship) complete processing timeline was:

Application submitted 3 May 2022
Conditional approval 10 June 2022
Interview 29 June 2022
Approval notified 30 June 2022
Card received 13 July 2022

So just on 10 weeks from start to finish.
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Old Jul 14, 2022 | 5:30 am
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Originally Posted by rossteixeira
Its full approval, I was shocked! The catch: his residence and employment info was unchanged from his GE app a few years prior.
Interesting, maybe they are now treating GE to Nexus as renewals, which may or may not need an interview. Perhaps in an attempt to cut down on the backlog, as they already have a photo and fingerprints on file. I think this is the first DP like this.
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Old Jul 14, 2022 | 10:57 am
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Just got my card in the mail. Here's the full timeline for me:
Existing Global Entry member and Canadian PR (Netherlands Citizenship) at time of application - Became Canadian Citizen before approval.

Applied - August 27, 2021
Conditional Approval - June 24, 2022
Interview + Approval - July 1, 2022
Card Received (in Toronto, ON, Canada) - July 14, 2022

So whereas Chalkie's approval was just on 10 weeks, mine took over 10 months - haha.
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Old Jul 14, 2022 | 11:51 am
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Update:
Applied for family of 3 : 5/13/2022 (GE members, First time Nexus)
Conditional Approval : 6/27/2022
Interviews(Blaine, WA): 7/6, 7/8, 7/8 (Spent hours refreshing and grabbing earlier appointments. changed them about 10 times for each of us ultimately bringing us all from December to 7/6(wife), 7/8(daughter) and 7/12(myself). I went with my wife on 7/6 and asked if they could take me in as a walk-in. they refused. Went again on 7/8 with my daughter and asked again to take me as walk-in, they did and I was done the same day.
Portal status changed to Approved right after the interviews for all of us.
Current status: Waiting for the cards.

Have a trip to Canada on the 22nd. Any chance we'll all get our cards by the 21st?
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Old Jul 14, 2022 | 2:57 pm
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Have a trip to Canada on the 22nd. Any chance we'll all get our cards by the 21st?
My letter with the card had a return address in Washington DC on the envelope, but I seem to recall reading somewhere that the cards are printed in VA?? So I suppose it depends on how fast USPS will get mail to you. In my interview, everyone was being told the cards would be delivered in 1-2 weeks (there were US residents and Canadian residents ahead of me). Me getting the card today falls just within that 2 week period which also happened to include a federal holiday.

So... if your last interviews were Jul 8 the 2 week period would take you to July 22. Fingers crossed - oh... and don't forget to activate the cards if you do get them before you leave. My spouse had a trip to secondary because that was forgotten before the first trip across the land border - didn't have any issues flying.
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