Good to know, I recall reading that somewhere so I booked the first open one in Vancouver even though I'm pretty sure I won't be in Vancouver during that time.

nexus
 

i applied for my sons nexus card on October 5, 2013 and he was just conditionally approved today Sept 2, 2013 the email said the earliest appt was dec 31,2013 so what i did was i selected a different location to be interviewed and it allowed to be reselect my desired location ( the one that said Dec 31, 2013) It then allowed me to select Sept 4, 2013 @ 12:45 P.M. His appointment is now set for Sept 4 @ 12:45 P.M. :)

Got a Nov.12 at YYZ, but will keep looking for an earlier date.

Quick question - when I go for the interview, is there anything else I need to do to be enrolled into GE as well? Or is everything automatic now and once I get the nexus card, can just use either depending on preference?

Your GE is a benefit from NEXUS and they will handle that for you at the interview. It's "automatic" for all practical purposes, but it involves taking your fingerprints as well as your "eyeprints" and if it was NEXUS only, you would not need fingerprints taken.

Just got my approval email today, a full 3 days after my approval posted to GOES.

The last I looked at Niagara/Ft. Erie, they were booking for the beginning of October. Once they open up the slots, you should only have to wait about 5-6 weeks.

The iris scan is only a requirement to use NEXUS kiosks in Canadian airports. Global Entry machines use your fingerprints.

Yes, trmbn65, I know. I was informing Globex why they were not seeing any appointments. My point was to just grab any appointment anywhere and then use Reschedule Appointment to fine-tune the actual appointment date and location because you cannot just sit around waiting for the block to open. There is no information on the site to tell you when the next block will be released. (The wait time is not an issue and it varies. Ft Erie may be 5-6 weeks but YYZ is much farther off, when the block finally opens.) What is important is that you have to get an appointment booked or the conditional approval will expire. Once you have an appointment booked, you can push it off or relocate it or move it closer in location or time, but you have to get it booked.

Regarding the iris scan, yes I also know that. Globex was asking if GE was "automatic" when you get your NEXUS and I was splitting hairs. NEXUS on its own doesn't collect fingerprints. As you say, NEXUS air crossings use iris scans. Therefore NEXUS does not "automatically" give you GE but since they just go ahead and do the fingerprints at the same interview, practically speaking, you're doing a "combined NEXUS/GE intake appointment" not a "NEXUS intake appointment and getting automatic GE".

Greatly appreciate all the help :)

On another note, the response times for a phone inquiry is excellent. I tried 2 Nexus/GE centers for a question. Got voicemail at both and left my phone number. Both called back within 2 hours.

nexus interview
 

my interview was set for Feb of 2014 , it took 3 weeks from the day i filed to get an approval from nexus. i called nexus to get an earlier interview and they said to keep checking online for cancellations. i was amazed to get an interview for this saturday. i was approved this past Tuesday (Sept 3) and i found an interview for this Saturday (Sept 7) wow that was fast. just be patient and keep pressing "refresh" till you get an earlier interview date :)

Mine still says Manage Interview. My interview was on Tuesday :(

Hello!
New to this site - stumbled across it while looking for info re: Nexus applications. Thanks for the great/helpful info! Just a quick question - we applied online on August 13 (myself, husband, and 3 young children). Had been told that the wait time for processing was 4-6 weeks. I have been checking our GOES accounts daily hoping to see an update (trip to Miami at the end of October), but nothing yet. I had to phone the processing place in Montreal this afternoon with a quick question, and he told me the wait time is now 3 months, and that it has been that way since June of last year due to high volume. Has that been a common experience? We live in Nova Scotia, if that helps. Just trying to determine what the chances are that we will have the cards before our trip (last week of October). Thanks in advance for your thoughts!

IMHO, no chance. Wait times vary but 2-3 months seems the norm PLUS you then have to do your interview which again can be 3 months out.

Thanks! From what I've been reading it seems YHZ is a faster interview turnaround time, but that may not be at all times.