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NEXUS First Time Applications Information and Processing Timelines

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!

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


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NEXUS First Time Applications Information and Processing Timelines

Old Apr 18, 2017, 8:02 am
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Originally Posted by mnbp
You should follow up. Cards typically take 1-2 weeks for delivery - pretty quick.
+1

have you received an e-mail with approval after the interview?
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Old Apr 18, 2017, 8:53 am
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I have my kids scheduled for the interview Saturday. I may have to reschedule. I recall when booking the appointments there is a notice indicating a deadline to reschedule. Can someone who recently booked an interview let me know what it is? I have 24 hours in my head. Thanks
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Old Apr 18, 2017, 8:57 am
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Originally Posted by rankourabu
Does anyone know how long it takes past the intervew to get the physical card?

Its been 11 weeks!!!
Call them. Chances are they didn't hit send!
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Old Apr 19, 2017, 5:35 am
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Applied(initial): Jan 22, 2017
Conditional Approval: April 10, 2017
Interview: April 11, 2017 - Fort Erie.
Approved: April 11, 2017
Card arrived: April 18, 2017
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Old Apr 19, 2017, 12:09 pm
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This was a bit unexpected, but I got my conditional approval today. My application was completed sometime in mid-March, though I don't remember the exact date.

My next trip to Canada is in early May, so there are no appts. available then. After that it will be July, but I don't think they take appontments this far in advance.
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Old Apr 19, 2017, 5:57 pm
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Old Apr 20, 2017, 3:14 am
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Originally Posted by fgirard
I did my renewal application on 2/16.

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I'm at 40 days since application to switch to Nexus. Guessing I have another two more weeks to wait at their current rate.

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Old Apr 20, 2017, 6:40 am
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Originally Posted by flyerCO
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I'm at 40 days since application to switch to Nexus. Guessing I have another two more weeks to wait at their current rate.
Or longer.

Yesterday was 53 days for me.

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Old Apr 20, 2017, 7:04 am
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Originally Posted by emcampbe
Or longer.

Yesterday was 53 days for me.
57 days for me.
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Old Apr 20, 2017, 11:12 am
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So would the fact that I am an existing trusted traveler and have a current Global Entry membership explain why my processing time was so fast?

I'm not complaining just curious.
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Old Apr 20, 2017, 11:14 am
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Originally Posted by 18sas
So would the fact that I am an existing trusted traveler and have a current Global Entry membership explain why my processing time was so fast?

I'm not complaining just curious.
Nope. I was existing GE, still took 3 months for me to receive my approval to schedule an enrollment interview.
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Old Apr 21, 2017, 11:10 am
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Originally Posted by 18sas
So would the fact that I am an existing trusted traveler and have a current Global Entry membership explain why my processing time was so fast?

I'm not complaining just curious.
Would make sense, but no, definitely not. I'm at 55 days.

I am curious how the times vary - how some people who applies in early March, for example, are approved already, but for me, for example, who applied the first week of Feb, is still pending. For the record, I've had Nexus since it was a pilot program at YVR.
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Old Apr 21, 2017, 1:04 pm
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Originally Posted by emcampbe
Would make sense, but no, definitely not. I'm at 55 days.

I am curious how the times vary - how some people who applies in early March, for example, are approved already, but for me, for example, who applied the first week of Feb, is still pending. For the record, I've had Nexus since it was a pilot program at YVR.
I attribute the variation to the fact that two separate government's organizations are involved in offering this service. I can only imagine the handoff between US and Canada is probably a stack of paper....who knows what order might be maintained in that stack of paper...I assume each time that stack is passed between governments the order is essentially random, and definitely not first-in-first-out.
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Old Apr 29, 2017, 5:24 pm
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Originally Posted by karensmith
Update! Looks like they're doing the February 2nd's today.

Applied(initial): Feb 2, 2017
Conditional Approval: Mar 31, 2017
Interview: Not Scheduled Yet
Approved: N/A
Card arrived: N/A
Update:

Applied(initial): Feb 2, 2017
Conditional Approval: Mar 31, 2017
Interview: April 28, 2017 (at YYZ Terminal 1)
Approved: April 28, 2017
Card arrived: N/A

Now just waiting for my card, they told me 2 weeks. The interview itself wasn't much of an interview, it reminded me of renewing my passport. They only asked why I wanted it. Then I just stood at the counter, took photo, took iris scan, fingerprints. Gave me some paperwork to keep and that was it. Took less than 15 minutes.
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Old Apr 30, 2017, 7:45 pm
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Join Date: Mar 2017
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Applied(initial): Feb 6, 2017
Conditional Approval: April 27, 2017
Interview: April 30, 2017 - Fort Erie.
Approved: April 30, 2017
Card arrived: May 8,2017

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