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 29, 2017, 6:34 pm
#1351
Join Date: May 2017
Programs: Alaska Airline
Posts: 2
Approved
Family of 4 applied
Applied(initial): March 20, 2017
Conditional Approval: One of the child approved 5/6/17 Everyone else is pending
Interview: TBD
Approved: TBD
Card arrived: TBD
I am really hoping the process is faster than this... Both of us are foreign born later became Americans, and kids are born in US. The one has been approved for interview is an infant child with no history of foreign travelling other than drive across Canadian border.
Applied(initial): March 20, 2017
Conditional Approval: One of the child approved 5/6/17 Everyone else is pending
Interview: TBD
Approved: TBD
Card arrived: TBD
I am really hoping the process is faster than this... Both of us are foreign born later became Americans, and kids are born in US. The one has been approved for interview is an infant child with no history of foreign travelling other than drive across Canadian border.
Applied(initial): March 20, 2017
Conditional Approval: One of the child approved 5/6/17, Everyone else approved 6/28/17
Interview: 7/5/17
Approved: TBD
Card arrived: TBD
Hopefully the interview process goes smoother than the waiting long days. 3 month seems very long wait for just conditional approval.
Jul 3, 2017, 3:53 am
#1352
Join Date: Jul 2017
Posts: 1
My processing time wasn't so bad, all in all. I have no criminal record, have had no entry denials and have a consistent history of multiple US crossings per year for a variety of reasons. I have visited mainland China, Cuba, Mexico and Jamaica in the past 5 years and hold an multiple entry visa for China.
Applied(initial): 5/5/2017
Conditional Approval: 7/2/2017
Initial Interview: 7/21/2017 (Pearson)
Rescheduled Interview: 7/16/2017 (Fort Erie)
Approved: 7/16/2017 (5 mins after interview)
Card arrived: TBD
Applied(initial): 5/5/2017
Conditional Approval: 7/2/2017
Initial Interview: 7/21/2017 (Pearson)
Rescheduled Interview: 7/16/2017 (Fort Erie)
Approved: 7/16/2017 (5 mins after interview)
Card arrived: TBD
Last edited by Madmanguruman; Jul 17, 2017 at 8:34 am Reason: updated interview
Jul 4, 2017, 11:20 am
#1353
Moderator: Travel Safety/Security, Travel Tools, California, Los Angeles; FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: LAX
Programs: oneword Emerald
Posts: 20,599
Another data point from The NEXUS Information Thread:
My experience ...
Applied: 3-May
Estimated processing time back then: 51 days (71 days today 4-Jul)
Conditional approval email: 1-Jul @ 11:15 am (Canada Day)
Actual processing time: 42 days
Interview scheduled: 3-Jul @ 8:30 am (someone must have cancelled due to Canada Day long weekend)
Center: Buffalo - Fort Erie
<snip>
Received "Approved" email @ 9:20 am same day. Now waiting for cards to arrive
Applied: 3-May
Estimated processing time back then: 51 days (71 days today 4-Jul)
Conditional approval email: 1-Jul @ 11:15 am (Canada Day)
Actual processing time: 42 days
Interview scheduled: 3-Jul @ 8:30 am (someone must have cancelled due to Canada Day long weekend)
Center: Buffalo - Fort Erie
<snip>
Received "Approved" email @ 9:20 am same day. Now waiting for cards to arrive
Jul 4, 2017, 3:18 pm
#1354
Join Date: May 2017
Posts: 25
So finally convinced my wife to give the enrollment center a call, since it has been 5 days since her interview, and she was still only showing conditionally approved. They ended up calling GOES themselves and called her back saying that she got missed on some list and it would be fixed today. About 10 minutes after that, her account changed to show she was approved. So her timeline is as below.
Applied: April 15, 2017
Conditional Approval: June 19, 2017
Interview: June 29, 2017
Approved: July 4, 2017
Card arrived:
Applied: April 15, 2017
Conditional Approval: June 19, 2017
Interview: June 29, 2017
Approved: July 4, 2017
Card arrived:
Jul 6, 2017, 11:52 pm
#1355
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 4
Wow, I can't believe how fast everyone else seems to be.
We applied with a paper application, mailed in late Feb sometime, our credit card charge was posted on April 18 2017. Have heard nothing since....just crickets....
Obviously we should have used the online method but thought we should save a few bucks.
We applied with a paper application, mailed in late Feb sometime, our credit card charge was posted on April 18 2017. Have heard nothing since....just crickets....
Obviously we should have used the online method but thought we should save a few bucks.
Jul 7, 2017, 7:28 am
#1356
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 33
Wow, I can't believe how fast everyone else seems to be.
We applied with a paper application, mailed in late Feb sometime, our credit card charge was posted on April 18 2017. Have heard nothing since....just crickets....
Obviously we should have used the online method but thought we should save a few bucks.
We applied with a paper application, mailed in late Feb sometime, our credit card charge was posted on April 18 2017. Have heard nothing since....just crickets....
Obviously we should have used the online method but thought we should save a few bucks.
(each person will have own PASSID and will need own GOES account)
Jul 7, 2017, 8:12 am
#1357
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: SFO
Programs: COdbaUA Platinum 2MM
Posts: 5,532
Wow, I can't believe how fast everyone else seems to be.
We applied with a paper application, mailed in late Feb sometime, our credit card charge was posted on April 18 2017. Have heard nothing since....just crickets....
Obviously we should have used the online method but thought we should save a few bucks.
We applied with a paper application, mailed in late Feb sometime, our credit card charge was posted on April 18 2017. Have heard nothing since....just crickets....
Obviously we should have used the online method but thought we should save a few bucks.
Jul 10, 2017, 10:11 am
#1358
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 4
I called them this morning, and .....I think they must troll FT, because he said my application status just changed so I was able to create an account and schedule an interview. Still waiting for the letter mind you...
So 92 Business days since I sent in my application until I called in to confirm I was tentatively accepted. 92 Business days., My partner is still waiting for his, it is still under review on the US side. We both mailed in at the same time.
If he gets his status changed soon, I would say that the whole process will have taken 5 months.
So 92 Business days since I sent in my application until I called in to confirm I was tentatively accepted. 92 Business days., My partner is still waiting for his, it is still under review on the US side. We both mailed in at the same time.
If he gets his status changed soon, I would say that the whole process will have taken 5 months.
Jul 10, 2017, 10:26 am
#1359
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: SFO
Programs: COdbaUA Platinum 2MM
Posts: 5,532
I called them this morning, and .....I think they must troll FT, because he said my application status just changed so I was able to create an account and schedule an interview. Still waiting for the letter mind you...
So 92 Business days since I sent in my application until I called in to confirm I was tentatively accepted. 92 Business days., My partner is still waiting for his, it is still under review on the US side. We both mailed in at the same time.
If he gets his status changed soon, I would say that the whole process will have taken 5 months.
So 92 Business days since I sent in my application until I called in to confirm I was tentatively accepted. 92 Business days., My partner is still waiting for his, it is still under review on the US side. We both mailed in at the same time.
If he gets his status changed soon, I would say that the whole process will have taken 5 months.
Jul 10, 2017, 10:33 am
#1360
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 4
My partner checked his status, and was told he received Canadian clearance May 1, so there must be some kind of backlog stateside. His is still under US review.
Jul 10, 2017, 11:39 am
#1361
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: SFO
Programs: COdbaUA Platinum 2MM
Posts: 5,532
Since your interview will be much later than expected. You might consider scheduling an appointment a day after your birthday if your birthday is close enough to make it worthwhile. Then you get 5 years and 364 days until your renewal.
Jul 10, 2017, 1:31 pm
#1363
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: SFO
Programs: COdbaUA Platinum 2MM
Posts: 5,532
Mail in Canadian 50, online US$50. Difference is in exchange rate. Currently 1 Canadian dollar is worth US$.78. Canadian 50 is equivalent to US$39, you save US$11 by paper application.
Jul 10, 2017, 1:38 pm
#1364
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: YYZ, MNL, WAW
Programs: Marriott Titanium, Lifetime Plat, (now an AC nobody)
Posts: 1,978
I do find it funny though the hurdles some folks will jump over to save a few bucks.
Jul 10, 2017, 1:42 pm
#1365
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: SFO
Programs: COdbaUA Platinum 2MM
Posts: 5,532
$11 goes towards a great $317 mileage run to China, http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showt...ferrerid=22732.