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
Sep 22, 2018, 4:38 pm
#1606
Join Date: May 2018
Posts: 7
New data point..
Applied for my newborn son on August 7th in the morning and was conditionally approved today on September 21st. 33 business days if you exclude any holidays. I guess 32 if you count labor day.
Originally got an interview on October 25th, but I refreshed for a few minutes and snagged one on Monday the 24th (3 days from now)!
Applied for my newborn son on August 7th in the morning and was conditionally approved today on September 21st. 33 business days if you exclude any holidays. I guess 32 if you count labor day.
Originally got an interview on October 25th, but I refreshed for a few minutes and snagged one on Monday the 24th (3 days from now)!
Sep 27, 2018, 3:25 am
#1607
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: USA
Posts: 237
My card was charged on 6th September by NEXUS/CANPAS/FAST/CDRP-O but the charge came to 45.78 USD, I had completed the paper application.
Looks like they charged me 60 CAD for the application when looking at the exchange fees for Visa on the day it posted:
Is it normal for the charge to be 60 CAD or is this a mistake, if so how do I get this fixed? I don't want to charge back as this is a government agency.
Looks like they charged me 60 CAD for the application when looking at the exchange fees for Visa on the day it posted:
Currencies fluctuate every day. The rate shown applies to transactions processed by Visa Europe on 09 September 2018 with a currency conversion fee of 0.00%
60.00 Canadian Dollar = 45.78 United States Dollar
60.00 Canadian Dollar = 45.78 United States Dollar
Sep 28, 2018, 2:14 am
#1608
Join Date: Jun 2014
Programs: EY
Posts: 852
My card was charged on 6th September by NEXUS/CANPAS/FAST/CDRP-O but the charge came to 45.78 USD, I had completed the paper application.
Looks like they charged me 60 CAD for the application when looking at the exchange fees for Visa on the day it posted:
Is it normal for the charge to be 60 CAD or is this a mistake, if so how do I get this fixed? I don't want to charge back as this is a government agency.
Looks like they charged me 60 CAD for the application when looking at the exchange fees for Visa on the day it posted:
Is it normal for the charge to be 60 CAD or is this a mistake, if so how do I get this fixed? I don't want to charge back as this is a government agency.
Sep 28, 2018, 2:20 am
#1609
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: USA
Posts: 237
I have no idea why they charged you 60 cad instead of 50, but they really should charge 10 extra for a paper application. I don't know why they even still allow paper applications at all. That being said, I'd say just leave the charges as is. Ten bucks written off is nothing compared to the time and effort needed to reverse it one way or another, which could potentially cause your entire application to be canceled.
Sep 28, 2018, 8:24 am
#1610
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: SFO
Programs: COdbaUA Platinum 2MM
Posts: 5,532
You shall find out paper application usually takes longer than online application from application to conditional approval.
Sep 28, 2018, 1:21 pm
#1611
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: USA
Posts: 237
You still need to establish online accounts anyway to be notified when your applications are conditionally approved as well as scheduling interviews.
You shall find out paper application usually takes longer than online application from application to conditional approval.
You shall find out paper application usually takes longer than online application from application to conditional approval.
Sep 28, 2018, 1:26 pm
#1612
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: SFO
Programs: COdbaUA Platinum 2MM
Posts: 5,532
Sep 29, 2018, 5:52 am
#1613
Join Date: May 2018
Posts: 7
39 business days (and counting).
Sep 30, 2018, 6:46 am
#1614
Join Date: Sep 2018
Posts: 2
Applied for myself, my wife, and my 5 y/o son online on July 4th.
Myself: conditionally approved 10/12 (71 business days)
Wife: conditionally approved 10/12 (71 business days)
Son: conditionally approved 10/9 (68 business days)
Myself: conditionally approved 10/12 (71 business days)
Wife: conditionally approved 10/12 (71 business days)
Son: conditionally approved 10/9 (68 business days)
Last edited by Cousinmike; Oct 24, 2018 at 10:46 pm
Oct 4, 2018, 6:54 pm
#1616
Join Date: Jun 2014
Programs: EY
Posts: 852
Friend applied on July 7, approved October 4. 89 days. It would be important to note that this was a reapplication after a previous denial. She initially applied in July 2017, but was denied almost immediately and received a denial letter from CBSA within a week, and from CBP within a month. She had a Canadian customs violation in June 2012, where she failed to declare an item which CBSA deemed to be of relatively high value. In the reapplication, she noted the denial and the reason, and stated her remorse on not declaring. CBSA's guidelines for NEXUS state that Customs Act violations bar a person from NEXUS for six years. Apparently a CBP violation sticks on your record forever, as many of you know. The new approval did not mention the previous denial, perhaps it will come up at the interview though.