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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!

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

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Aug 18, 2017, 10:19 am

#1411

jwongq

Join Date: Aug 2017

Posts: 1

Hi all, I'm a long time lurker on this thread and first time posting. Thanks all for posting this very helpful information Here is my summary:

Renewal:
Applied(initial): 07/10/2017
Conditional Approval: 08/10/2017
Card Arrived: 08/17/2017

Mother in law:
Applied(initial): 07/10/2017
Conditional Approval: 08/08/2017
Initial Interview: 8/10/2017 YVR just one slot open from a cancellation
Approved: 8/11/2017
Card Arrived: pending

Aug 23, 2017, 3:07 am

#1412

Follow Your Bliss

Join Date: Jul 2017

Posts: 4

Quote:

Originally Posted by Follow Your Bliss

Is there anything I can do to expedite the processing of my NEXUS application? I mailed in a paper application in late March and still haven't heard anything. My credit card was charged on May 17th. I called to check on the status of my application and was told it had been approved on the Canadian side on May 24th and then forwarded to the US for review at that time. Is it normal for it to be taking so long to be reviewed by the US? I was given my membership number and created an account on GOES today but it doesn't show any applications in process. Will my application show up online at some point?

I can't believe how long this process is taking. They still haven't made a decision. I called a couple of days ago to check on my application and they said to give it another month.

Aug 23, 2017, 2:23 pm

#1413

Mercurial Moose

Join Date: May 2017

Posts: 25

So both of my parents got their conditional approval at the same time. They got their approval exactly 1 month after applying. They've got their interviews booked for in November, but are going to try and get sooner appointments

Applied(initial): 7/23/2017
Conditional Approval: 8/23/2017
Initial Interview:
Approved:

Aug 23, 2017, 10:10 pm

#1414

Myrtlebeach

Join Date: Jul 2017

Posts: 10

My son application:

Applied(initial): 6/06/2017
Conditional Approval: 7/19/2017
Initial Interview: 8/08/2017 Champlain, New York
Approved: 8/08/2017
Card Arrived: 8/16/2017

My wife application:

Applied(initial): 6/06/2017
Conditional Approval: 7/27/2017
Initial Interview: 8/08/2017 Champlain, New York
Approved: 8/08/2017
Card Arrived: 8/16/2017

My application:

Applied(initial): 6/06/2017
Conditional Approval:
Initial Interview:
Approved:
Card Arrived:

I'm still waiting I don't know what's happen...

Aug 23, 2017, 10:22 pm

#1415

mh786

Join Date: Aug 2017

Programs: Altitude 75K, Aeroplan Diamond, Miles&More

Posts: 1

My application

Applied: February 21, 2017 (Paper)
Credit Card Charged: March 25, 2017
Conditional Approval: July 02, 2017
Interview: August 08, 2017 - Calgary
Approved: August 08, 2017
Card arrived: August 22, 2017

KCKC likes this.

Aug 24, 2017, 3:34 pm

#1416

GadgetKen

Join Date: Aug 2005

Location: BDL

Programs: AA, DL, HA, WN, UA, B6, KX, Amtrak, HHonors Silver, SPG

Posts: 132

Applied online for NEXUS on June 15th.
Conditional approval on July 13th.
Interview Montreal-Trudeau airport: August 16th (approved)
Received card in mail and activated: August 24th

Have business trip to Toronto in early October so this should prove helpful.

Aug 26, 2017, 8:23 pm

#1417

flyquiet

Join Date: Aug 2012

Programs: AC E35K, NEXUS

Posts: 4,368

Just updated wiki with Mr. FQ's application, 16 business days, three calendar weeks.
Submitted 24 July, Cond. App. 14 Aug, Interview 26 Aug., PASSID number on GOES same day.

Last edited by flyquiet; Aug 28, 2017 at 8:11 pm Reason: did the math.

Aug 27, 2017, 6:43 pm

#1418

petah

Join Date: Mar 2016

Posts: 80

Applied(initial): 6/23/2017
Conditional Approval: 8/2/2017
Initial Interview (approved): 8/27/2017

waiting for my card now.

Aug 28, 2017, 7:59 pm

#1419

nrgiii

Join Date: Aug 2006

Location: PDX

Programs: AS, DL, UA, AC, Nexus, TSA Pre

Posts: 364

Nexus conditional approval time down to 38 days

My step-daughter's application:

Initial Application: 7/21
Conditional Approval: 8/28

Aug 30, 2017, 11:38 am

#1420

HereAndThereSC

Join Date: Jul 2007

Location: Homebase: CAE - Formerly, YUL

Programs: US CP, UA, HH Gold, Marriott Plat, DL, AA, CO, ++

Posts: 2,187

Quote:

Originally Posted by petah

Applied(initial): 6/23/2017
Conditional Approval: 8/2/2017
Initial Interview (approved): 8/27/2017

waiting for my card now.

Be patient. I'm at 20 days since approval (post interview) and no sign of the card yet.

HTSC

Sep 2, 2017, 10:53 am

#1421

Myrtlebeach

Join Date: Jul 2017

Posts: 10

My application:

Applied(initial): 6/06/2017
Conditional Approval:
Initial Interview:
Approved:
Card Arrived:

Nothing again... I'm still waiting... My son and my wife received the cards 3 weeks ago...

Sep 2, 2017, 11:15 am

#1422

Pseudo Nim

Join Date: Jan 2006

Location: In the air

Programs: Occasional RTW club

Posts: 6,924

Took me a couple of months to get to conditional approval (got the letter). Did the interview right away with Canada and USA at YUL (conveniently a slot was available). It's been almost 2 months and no card yet, though, despite both agents saying I should receive it "soon". Did I get denied and nobody told me or something? No status change on GOES.