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
Nov 30, 2018, 3:27 pm
#1651
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FWIW, the posted official time on the website was 35 business days on 2018-09-06. Considering it has been over 50 business days since then...that probably isn't a good sign about processing times 
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Dec 3, 2018, 1:34 pm
#1652
Moderator: Travel Safety/Security, Travel Tools, California, Los Angeles; FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: LAX
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Moderator's Action
For indexing and future search purposes, a recent post discussing a NEXUS renewal timeline was moved to the Nexus Renewal Processing Time thread.
TWA884
Travel Safety/Security co-moderator
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Dec 4, 2018, 6:37 pm
#1653
Moderator: Travel Safety/Security, Travel Tools, California, Los Angeles; FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: LAX
Programs: oneword Emerald
Posts: 20,597
Moderator's Action
A recent question about using the NEXUS lanes immediately after approval and before receiving the card was moved to the following thread:
TWA884
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Dec 10, 2018, 8:43 pm
#1654
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: Canada
Posts: 37
Can someone please update the wiki?
39 business days as of 2018-11-30
I've been waiting for over 39 days... but then the USA side was probably shut down for a while due to American Thanksgiving in November. (Canadian Thanksgiving was Oct 08, this year.)
Hopefully I finally get my conditional approval very soon!!!
Dec 10, 2018, 11:07 pm
#1655
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Austin, Texas
Programs: Airline nobody. Sad!
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The info has been updated now on the CBSA site, but I can't update the wiki at the top of this thread because I don't have enough posts.
Can someone please update the wiki?
39 business days as of 2018-11-30
Can someone please update the wiki?
39 business days as of 2018-11-30
Dec 14, 2018, 10:26 pm
#1659
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: Canada
Posts: 37
Wow, what a large spread! I wonder why they have such a big difference in processing times.
I applied between these 2 dates and I'm still waiting... maybe it is because I have been to a bunch of countries and they have to verify all the info.
I applied between these 2 dates and I'm still waiting... maybe it is because I have been to a bunch of countries and they have to verify all the info.
Dec 21, 2018, 9:38 pm
#1660
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 17
Applied for my baby son on 10/24. Conditionally approved 12/10. Scheduled "interview" for my 3 month old for 12/24 at Fort Erie, ON since we are driving up from NY to Toronto for Christmas. Just got a call this evening from the Fort Erie office saying our appointment was cancelled due to the impending US government shutdown. 
Dec 22, 2018, 8:30 am
#1661
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: Canada
Posts: 37
It's a Christmas Miracle!!! 
Applied Oct 16, 2018
Conditional Approval, Dec 21, 2018
I am a Canadian in Canada.
Exactly 67 days.
It's 49 business days, calculated based on Canadian federal holidays. Slightly less for USA holidays because of American Thanksgiving.
Applied Oct 16, 2018
Conditional Approval, Dec 21, 2018
I am a Canadian in Canada.
Exactly 67 days.
It's 49 business days, calculated based on Canadian federal holidays. Slightly less for USA holidays because of American Thanksgiving.
Dec 24, 2018, 7:19 am
#1662
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: Canada
Posts: 37
Applied for my baby son on 10/24. Conditionally approved 12/10. Scheduled "interview" for my 3 month old for 12/24 at Fort Erie, ON since we are driving up from NY to Toronto for Christmas. Just got a call this evening from the Fort Erie office saying our appointment was cancelled due to the impending US government shutdown.
Same deal. No US officers present, so people have to re-schedule interviews.
Dec 25, 2018, 1:22 pm
#1663
Join Date: Jun 2014
Programs: EY
Posts: 852
Weird. Friend went to YYZ on Saturday and completed the interview. We even called ahead to ask, and they said only supervisors were affected by the shutdown, front line staff were working as normal.
Jan 3, 2019, 7:46 am
#1665
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: YYZ
Programs: AC*E 50K
Posts: 32
Applied 9/27 via TTP site. Still waiting for conditional approval after more than 90 calendar days.
This is a renewal for an expired card (I forgot to renew it on my birthday), not sure if that is treated the same as a new application.
Edit to add details: I'm a Canadian living in Canada. Previously held valid NEXUS card and Global Entry. All travel in the past two years has been to the US, plus one trip to Italy/UK.
This is a renewal for an expired card (I forgot to renew it on my birthday), not sure if that is treated the same as a new application.
Edit to add details: I'm a Canadian living in Canada. Previously held valid NEXUS card and Global Entry. All travel in the past two years has been to the US, plus one trip to Italy/UK.
Last edited by skemsley; Jan 3, 2019 at 11:54 am
