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
Aug 4, 2016, 12:37 pm
#828
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: SFO
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Aug 4, 2016, 1:58 pm
#830
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: IAH
Posts: 91
Gotcha. I'm in no hurry. My travel season is over for this summer. Maybe a trip to see the parents at Thanksgiving. I recently spent 90 minutes heading southbound (northbound crossing took 45 seconds) through the Pembina/Emerson land crossing wishing I had a Nexus card. Then I reached the booths and there were no Nexus lanes so it wouldn't have mattered.
Aug 4, 2016, 3:59 pm
#831
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: SFO
Programs: COdbaUA Platinum 2MM
Posts: 5,532
Gotcha. I'm in no hurry. My travel season is over for this summer. Maybe a trip to see the parents at Thanksgiving. I recently spent 90 minutes heading southbound (northbound crossing took 45 seconds) through the Pembina/Emerson land crossing wishing I had a Nexus card. Then I reached the booths and there were no Nexus lanes so it wouldn't have mattered.
Aug 4, 2016, 4:02 pm
#832
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Austin, Texas
Programs: Airline nobody. Sad!
Posts: 26,062
The NEXUS lane(s) at Blaine operate 7AM-midnight AFAIK, but the crossing is open 24 hours. The following is about a 24 hour opening of NEXUS at the Peace Bridge between NY and Ontario near Buffalo, NY.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilt...ario-1.2713090
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilt...ario-1.2713090
Aug 4, 2016, 8:14 pm
#834
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 3
Is half a loaf better than none?
My wife and I had been waiting since mid-May on our NEXUS applications. I got my approval yesterday, but my wife is still waiting for approval. It's possible that hers may be delayed longer than mine because she was born in Canada but is now a US citizen. I managed to get an appointment next Monday at Trudeau (there was just one), delaying my trip back to the US a day to get it. Hopefully my wife will get approved and an appointment slot will open before she heads home in a couple of weeks.
Aug 4, 2016, 9:47 pm
#835
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: SFO
Programs: COdbaUA Platinum 2MM
Posts: 5,532
My wife and I had been waiting since mid-May on our NEXUS applications. I got my approval yesterday, but my wife is still waiting for approval. It's possible that hers may be delayed longer than mine because she was born in Canada but is now a US citizen. I managed to get an appointment next Monday at Trudeau (there was just one), delaying my trip back to the US a day to get it. Hopefully my wife will get approved and an appointment slot will open before she heads home in a couple of weeks.
Aug 5, 2016, 11:32 am
#836
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 3
Thanks! We just received her conditional approval (almost two days to the minute after receiving mine). Now to figure out when she can get an interview.
Aug 5, 2016, 12:34 pm
#837
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: SFO
Programs: COdbaUA Platinum 2MM
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According to recent reports, YVR and 1611 Main Street location were wide open as well as Blaine, WA. Let us know what you find.
Aug 5, 2016, 11:29 pm
#838
Original Member
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Good thing I had outlook.com forward the conditional approval message as SMS to my mobile. I wouldn't have otherwise checked as conditional approval email was sent shortly after midnight ET.
Applied MAY 25 at 11:59 AM ET as existing GE members. Received approval email AUG 6 at 12:09AM ET. Took 73 days.
At least YUL looks fairly open 3 weeks from now. Was able to snag three consecutive slots for spouse and kids.
Looks like they are processing these applications in a first come first serve basis as the conditional approvals were sent in the same order we applied in. Applicants being GE members and kids being elementary school age made no difference.
Applied MAY 25 at 11:59 AM ET as existing GE members. Received approval email AUG 6 at 12:09AM ET. Took 73 days.
At least YUL looks fairly open 3 weeks from now. Was able to snag three consecutive slots for spouse and kids.
Looks like they are processing these applications in a first come first serve basis as the conditional approvals were sent in the same order we applied in. Applicants being GE members and kids being elementary school age made no difference.
Aug 8, 2016, 7:35 am
#840
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: West
Posts: 3,357