Your Nexus expiration date is based on your birthday. It does not matter when you renew, your Nexus membership will be valid for 5 years. If your birthday and current membership expires Oct 1, 2022, upon renewal your new expiry date will be Oct 1, 2027 (for the most part, unless you need an interview).

Just renew now, you won't get an extended validity period by waiting until closer to expiration date. Nexus validity dates are not like passport validity dates.

Not quite following. Whether you apply for a renewal 11 months or 1 day prior to expiration, you will get an identical new expiration date (current expiration + 5 years) when it is final approved. You only gain a year if you renew (aka new application) after expiration date (assumes processing is complete within a year but some >365 days datapoints being reported here).

The difference is if you renew prior to expiration, your NEXUS privileges remain active during the renewal process. If you "renew" after expiration, you have no NEXUS privileges while application is being processed. Effectively your max "savings" is $10 but you risk having no NEXUS privileges during the time it takes to process the new application which could be days or more than a year. So depending on your travel plans, that could effectively be no savings at all.

Data point - Canadian citizen, US LPR

For my first Nexus card, I did my interview at YYZ. Card expires birthday 2020
Applied for renewal a bit before birthday 2020 so that I could get the 2 year extension
May 16, 2021 - received the invited for interview letter addressed from "NTC-P TTV [newline] -- [newline] Sterling, VA 20164"
Aug 16, 2022 - went to Blaine for interview
Aug 29, 2022 - received Nexus card in the mail - addressed from "1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW 2.4D Suite 2.5A, DC 20229"

Oh and my renewal card expires in 2025, not 2027 ugh :td:

Really confused by these addresses LOL :confused: :D kinda thought the from address would be Blaine since i did my interview there

Thanks for the reminder. I just thought of that.

My first Nexus card was valid for 5 years, 11 months.

Since Nexus expires 5 years on one's birthday, I wonder if the renewal expires 5 years later or if it's up to 6 years since it seems to take about 12-13 months to renew. Example: Birthday is March 1. Nexus expires March 1, 2023 (but automatic extension pushes effective expiration to March 1, 2024 if a renewal is in progress). Apply for renewal now (September 1, 2022) and get approved September 1, 2023. New expiration would be March 1, 2029 (5 year plus time to next birthday)?

Another idea is if it is possible for US residents to pay CAD50? I thought that all credit cards are processed as Canadian but I found this to not be true, even if using a Canadian issued credit card.

The extension referenced in CBP and FT is to tie you over so you don’t lose TTP privileges while a renewal application is pending during the closure of enrollment centers during COVID and subsequent backlog. It does not extend expiration beyond the 5 additional years you paid for.

Initial expiration date is set for next birthday when final approve plus 5 years. Expiration date for renewals is current expiration plus 5 years whether you apply 364 days or 1 day prior to expiration (2028 in your example regardless of when it completes processing). You paid for 5 years you get 5 years. The 24 month grace is to tie you over while the renewal is being processed. It does not extend actual expiration date beyond what you paid.

CBP handles payments and is going to charge USD especially with a US card.

I don’t consider it true unless it appears on TTP page.

No. If your Nexus expires March 1, 2023, your next expiration will be March 1, 2028, even if you apply Feb 28, 2023 and it takes 2 years to approve your renewal application. Just renew now and save yourself the possibility of losing your Nexus privileges because you forgot to renew in time.

And no, it is USD50 for processing, whether you are Canadian using a Canadian credit card or an American using a Canadian credit card. USD50.

Good clarification. It seems that renewal is for 5 years, even if given an extension. That's bad because the new card will be received with only about 3-4 years left on the card since it will be received so late.

As far as US$50, it used to be CAD50 for some people. Now it says..
I believe this is not true for renewals because I purposely renewed by mail before, hoping to be charged CAD50 but they still billed my Canadian credit card US$50, which ended up costing me about US$53 due to foreign exchange fees.

Canada no longer processes applications by mail, so regardless the only option now is to apply through TTP and pay US$50

No, you do not lose any time on your card. They have extended it so that if you renew your Nexus before it expires, they keep your Nexus benefits active for up to 2 years while your renewal is processing. You must renew your Nexus before it expires for that "extension" to happen.

USD50 covers 5 years from the last expiration date of your card. You do not lose any period of validity. That is why you always renew Nexus when you are able to renew. Do not wait to renew Nexus. It makes no difference.

Yes, I figured it out that the renewed Nexus card is not good for 5 years from when they print the new card. The renewal is for 5 years from the expiration date. Therefore, if it takes a year to get the card, the new card will have roughly 4 years on it.

I just renewed it. I expect the new card in about 12-13 months. Hopefully, no interview as others have experienced. Post #1398 is from someone that an interview was required for renewal.

(2 years was lost with the closing of the border. So terrible. Glad it's open again.)

These data points are good. The quote below might have a typo unless that person got renewed really quickly. Do others get an email when there's progress in their renewal?

Not necessarily a typo.

There are data points pointing to >365 days for a renewal to be processed just as there are data points of renewals being processed within 2-3 days.

My renewal has been pending since 8/23/2021. Hopefully approval would come soon. Seems like there are many people waiting over an year for renewal. Thanks for all the DPs

Data point:
Expiry: July 2023
Applied for renewal: July 20, 2022
Approved: Sept 1, 2022 (43 days)
No interview required. This is a second renewal with no interview needed.
New expiry date on the system: July, 2028 (previous expiry date July 2023 + 5 years)
Address of enrollment center on approval letter is not the same enrollment center that was used for initial interview.

My crystal ball says your adjudication comes within 7 days :D