Rare

Wow, this is crazy! I just looked up how long it took our initial applications back in 2012. From application to conditional approval was 19 days, with our interview and final approval 9 days later! And the renewals were almost as quick--first renewal 34 days from application to full approval, second renewal 47 days from application to full approval. What's happening now is insane. How did this happen? Did they completely suspend processing applications for over a year?!

Xyzzy

First time application for both of us. We both have GE and applied for NEXUS at about the same time. I was preliminarily approved for NEXUS fairly fast but could not get a convenient appointment. At least I nw have one at YYZ in May.

nomadic.relief

To reply to my own unanswered question earlier - replacement card (lost/stolen) took about 2 weeks from request to my mailbox in Canada.

kalpol

Does anyone know what to do if your employer is not contactable by phone? My current employer is a large US multinational and they will only provide a letter or fax number confirming employment and no phone number.

xobile

just put their main number or headquarters number. It’s not like they are going to call it, with is why I find the phone number part a bit too far of a request

Xyzzy

There have been a number of questions / comments in this forum over a long period concerning whether one is required to declare all citizenships when applying for NEXUS. At my CBSA interview one of the first questions I was asked was whether I had any additional citizenships that I had not already declared in my application. During the interview I asked specifically whether such declaration of all citizenships on the application was required because nowhere that I've ever seen was this question asked. I never quite got an answer to that (and the CBSA agent said he'd never actually seen the application), but obviously if they ask one is expected to answer truthfully. And, if you are asked and you do have additional citizenships I'd guess that you had better have the relevant documents (likely a passport) because they're going to want to capture that infrmation.

seawolf

However one can be a citizen but not a passport....

lensovet

I hate it when I wake up in the morning and discover that i've turned into a travel document 😛

Xyzzy

Indeed -- but if you have one you should probably bring it.

Under thse circumstances, discovering that there are extra pages might come as an extreme disappointment.

Nazdoom

To the Canadian PRs out there:

Does the application require information about your PR card? Or merely you declare your PR status and they verify on their end?

My friend is a new PR but hasn't received his actual PR card due to delays, but otherwise satisfies the lawful 3 years resident in Canada due to prior student visa status and should be eligible for Nexus. Wondering if he can apply for Nexus now without yet having the actual PR card but indeed having PR status (to get on top of the current delays) rather than waiting for IRCC to finally print and send the actual PR card. Thanks!

phltraveler

Joking about phrasing aside, this is definitely possible. I was born in the US to US citizen parents (birth certificate first, passport later) and applied for GE in 2013. When I upgraded to NEXUS in 2016, I still only had those.

Technically I was always Canadian (first generation born outside Canada are Canadian Citizens), but without a citizenship certificate that didn't play into either of those. When I got my Citizenship certificate in late August 2017, I stopped by the NEXUS enrollment center in YYZ to add my citizenship certificate (but I didn't yet have a passport). I told them this and my intent to get one, they told me that's fine, just visit again and both the CBP and CBSA officers would be happy to add the passport onto my profiles (NEXUS and GE backends are separate so each side had to do it, at least at that time - passport updates (not new nationalities/passports) may now flow normally through TTP site...) and I did that in October 2017 when I had my brand new Canadian passport in hand.

I'm presently waiting for jus sanguinis citizenship from Italy, and I plan to enquire what they consider proof of citizenship when the NY Italian consulate finishes processing my application (accepted as complete, but not "recognized" yet)... when the consulate sends the email that I'm recognized and to wait several months for the paperwork to be processed by the local comune in Italy before applying for a passport, I'll tell CBP via the TTP site and ask how I handle the updates.

birdy24

It's not possible because the Nexus application requires the PR card number and the Date of expiry of the card. So there's no way you can get that information before having the card in hand. Unfortunately he's gotta wait until the card arrives.

r0m8470

The Mrs just submitted for renewal for her Nexus membership (will expire this coming Nov). Sounds like the wait right now is quite long - but I noted this on the FAQ on GOES/TTP website:

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You become eligible to renew your membership 1 year prior to program expiration. If you submit a renewal application before your membership expires, you will be able to continue to use benefits after your membership expiration date. Follow these steps to renew your Trusted Traveler membership:
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1, So as long as there is a submitted application, there is no issue to keep using Global Entry lane during re-entry to the US, and no issue to use Nexus lane when driving into Canada? And assuming the wait time for application is 2 years (corner case), for that 2 years, no issue to keep using Nexus or GE lane?
2. Can one apply for GE when Nexus renewal application is pending?
3. Once Nexus expire (even though there is a pending application), the TTP number will still yield TSAPreCheck benefit, or not?
4. Is there an Interview On Arrival option for Nexus, or I guess that's Global Entry only?

Thk you.

TWA884

1. As long as the renewal application was submitted before the original expiration date, you will continue receive all the trusted travelers' benefits for up to five years pending the final approval of the renewal application.
2. You cannot apply for Global Entry while you have a pending NEXUS renewal application; you will need to cancel the NEXUS renewal application before applying for GE, however, then you will not continue to receive the trusted travelers' benefits pending the approval of the GE application. You can apply for GE once your NEXUS renewal has been approved, but the NEXUS membership will be cancelled once the GE application is approved. There is absolutely no benefit for replacing NEXUS with GE other than avoiding the (possible) need for and enrollment interview in Canada (some renewal applications are approved without an interview).
3. As I wrote in #1, as long as you have applied for renewal before the original expiration date, you will continue to receive ALL the trusted travelers pending the final approval of the renewal application, that includes TSA PreCheck,
4. NEXUS interviews now consist of two parts, an interview at a Canadian enrollment center and an interview on arrival with a US CBP officer at a Canadian pre-clearance facility upon departure on a flight to the US. Please refer to the following thread: All NEXUS Enrollment Centers Have Reopened [two separate interviews are required].

emcampbe

For 4, the two-step process is only for interviews at Canadian enrollment centers. The ones on the US side of the land borders still have the officers from both sides where you just do one appointment with both officers.