I'm up for renewal of my Nexus card. I'm no longer live in a state near the Canada border, so Nexus is not going to give me the same benefit as I originally intended to get out of it. In the TTP website, it gives option to renew as GE or Nexus as shown below.


https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...ff8001c612.png


Based on what I've read in this thread, there's a good chance that I can get renewed without an interview, but I'm hoping to avoid a scenario where I will be stuck having to drive to another state to do an interview.

Should I still renew as Nexus or switch to Global Entry? Is there any downsides to switching with GE, like does the Nexus card become deactivated immediately until GE is approved?

Yes, please refer to the following thread:

The NEXUS card will be deactivated when the new Global Entry card is activated, after final approval for Global Entry. It will remain valid until then.

Second Nexus Renewal (first time was renewed no interview)

Applied for renewal: 5/9/2022
Conditional Approval: 5/10/2022
Approved (no interview required): 11/30/2022:

based on the posts, they might have just said .... it and decided to just approve a bunch of folks to clear the backlog.

Second NEXUS renewal:

Applied: 4/9/2022
Approved: 11/30/2022

I was fully expecting to get an interview requirement as I added some pretty “sketchy” (from a US foreign policy perspective) countries to my travel history in this most recent application, but was fully approved without. Never went to conditional approval status at all.

First NEXUS renewal for expiration at end of 2021.

Applied for renewal: Early 2021
Conditionally approved: 7/20/2021
Approved: 11/20/2022

My new expiration date is 5 years since the original expiration date, no extra year, so 2021 to 2026.

Correct, she's had Conditional Approval for a while. Just could never get a date for an interview at a time where we could take time off.

I mentioned in another thread that I know someone who just hit conditionally approved after 18 months of waiting, so those notices on the ttp website aren't lying when they say it can take that long

Many data points on FT backing this as well.

A number of applications appeared to have fell into a black hole and got processed after 6 months while others during same timeframe got processed in days.

Re; Nexus Renewal and Processing Timelines
 

So, adding my experience to the collective board...

NEXUS Card Expiring: June 2023
Applied for Renewal: July 2022
EDIT: Approved (no interview): Dec 26 2022
"Activate Membership Card" appeared: Jan 5 2023
Card Arrived: TBD

As of Dec 2022 (~6 months after renewal submitted), still stuck in "Pending Review" - I recently misplaced my NEXUS card during travel and can't seem to replace it while it's pending renewal. Hope the approval comes through soon.

Good news at last
 

Been monitoring this thread since I submitted my renewal on May 3rd 2022 (1 day after I became eligible). Like many others, my application has been pending review since then but today it went to APPROVED!!! :)
Like others, the letter has the address of the original office I interviewed at (YYZ)
Below are some speculations/personal observations:
1. I think the renewals are processed faster and faster
2. While I am not one of the lucky ones that got approved, several factors that MAY have contributed to a longer review period/process:

1. I am a Canadian citizen living and working in the US (not LPR)
2. Not born in US or Canada
3. More or less extensive travel history in the past 5 years in South America, Europe, Asia (12+ countries) including maybe(?) sensitive countries ie China
4. Moved around quite a lot since I was in college and moved again for my first job
5. Started a new job right after college

Unfortunatly I'll be on a rather long trip away from home so I won't be able to know exactly when my card arrives.

Apologies if this was posted earlier, but I went back to early Nov and didn't see it.

Ottawa reopens 2 NEXUS offices in effort to address application backlog

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/nexus-offices-reopening-applications-two-step-process-interviews-1.6675078

I notice also that the Alexandria Bay southbound Nexus lane was open earlier in the day, I don't recall seeing that before (though I don't check regularly).

[and further, my renewal application is now marked as Approved. I applied in Apr or May I think (not at E-364 but maybe E-300) and expiry is in early 2028.]

Finally got an update today with a status change. May 5, 2022 I submitted my renewal (2nd renewal since becoming a member). It was sitting in US review not moving since then but today I finally got approved.

How do you know it was sitting in 'US review' and not Canadian review?

I called CBSA and there was a very helpful agent who looked into why I was sitting in pending review for a long time and it’s what he saw on his end.