CanadaDH

Canadian. Only about a half-dozen countries visited in the last 4 years, so also probably on the low end.

No, this was my third renewal. I've only ever had the original interview, and all of my renewals went like this. I'm very surprised they aren't at least asking me to come in for a more current photo. The new card arrived in the mail, about a week after the approval.

I have no idea what behaviour triggers a request for an interview or further investigation, but I'm happy I've not tripped it yet!

ramcm7

I suspect no-interview renewal is at least partially a function of which countries you visited rather than the number itself.

DualityOfNam

And increasingly due to the pandemic and shutdowns. Hard to conduct an interview for Nexus if enrollment centers are closed for over a year. Hoping I won't have to schlep to the border just for an interview.

CorSter

Wife did a name change on her Nexus account Wednesday Morning. Applied for renewal on Wednesday Afternoon. Approved this morning. Canadian citizen.

DualityOfNam

That's amazing, wow. A 36-hour turnaround. First renewal? Number of countries visited?

These are all encouraging data points.

CorSter

First renewal. Reported visiting three EU countries and probably a half dozen Caribbean islands.

DualityOfNam

That's cool. Thanks for the info. Mine is also first renewal and I have fewer countries than your wife does but at least one of them is of the questionable variety. Hopefully it's not an issue.

gallo1801

1st Renewal (Card expires early September 2021)
-Applied for renewal 7/21/21
-Conditionally Approved 7/30/21
-Interview Required, which I expected given my work/addr/travel history over the last 5 year haha (no zoom or in-person slots available) -15 countries visited; of those visited I think Israel, Brazil, Serbia, and Montenegro could be 'flagged'
-10 permanent addresses, 9 in US, 1 in Canada
-9 job plus 2 periods of unemployment

Seems like no one is able to schedule an interview right now. I'm curious to when they'll open them back up. I will do zoom if offered, but if not, hopefully Detroit will have slots, if not will hopefully schedule during a long weekend to Montreal at YUL. I hope that after my card's expiration date that my PreCheck benefit still works and that the Global Entry does too; not really planning much int'l travel because things are still so up in the air, but would be nice to go to Tulum or take a few transborder trips to Montreal over the next year.

bostontraveler

Those countries aren’t exactly high-risk but who knows what triggers the interview requirement.

gallo1801

Yeah, they're not high risk in my opinion, but who knows. Other countries were def not the trigger. Prob just the sheer number of jobs and places i've lived.

krazykanuck

Submitted my renewal on Jan. 25. Still waiting on conditional approval. I'm actually getting used to regular security again without precheck

eiloo

Was renewal before expiry?

Also, does anyone know how often DHS updates the website? Applied for renewal a year before expiry and three weeks later still under review.

No address changes, Caribbean countries and Canada visited.

krazykanuck

After expiry. I was living in NY at the time the former administration barred NY state residents from enrolling/renewing their TTP memberships which compounded my issues.

DualityOfNam

Interviews are a bit of hassle but nothing like waiting months or longer for conditional approval. I don't think your list of visited countries is the issue. It's likely the moving 10 times in 5 years and holding 9 different jobs that is the trigger. And how did you pull off a permanent address in Canada? Are you a dual citizen?

Still, if it took only 9 days for a profile like yours to get conditional approval, I'm quite optimistic now. I've had the same address and job for a very long time.

DualityOfNam

I suspect it's not wholesale website update but individual application updates, as the status changes. But it's a gobement site so anything is possible.