Mine took 4 weeks for the conditional. I applied first week of Jan. conditional approval early Feb and interview the following week. Total of 5 weeks. Got lucky on the interview slot, there looked like there must have been a family who rescheduled at the same time I went in to schedule.

Getting NEXUS for family members
Borrowed someone's python script and checking YYZ every 2 minutes
Got 2 spots tomorrow (actually many opened up yesterday and today, but gone within 5 minutes usually)

Does anyone know how long it takes after a violation occurring to find out what the consequences are? Meaning, if they didn't revoke my card while I was psychically at the border, am I good? Made the stupid decision of dropping my gf off to have her walk through at peace arch (we went to Vancouver for the day for her nexus interview..), and the CBP officer yelled at me and rolled his eyes, but didn't take my card away...

Will i be getting a letter in the mail or have a problem renewing in a few years?

oops...

That's pretty standard operating procedure for CBP officers :cool:

If he didn't take your card away, I wouldn't worry about it.

If she wasn't in the car with you... what was the issue exactly?

Carrying a non-NEXUS passenger in the NEXUS lane is prohibited, even if she gets out before you get to the inspection booth.

You're actually not even allowed to drop someone on one side of the bridge then meet them on the other side after you travel in the Nexus lane if they don't have Nexus, although I don't quite know how they'd figure that out and I'm not sure if that's what happened here. I can't figure out why this would be a problem but the rules are the rules . . .

Ferrying someone to dodge the regular lane and then picking them up on the other side was one of the first infractions they warned me about at my interview.

Don't forget that even if you do drop them off to take the NEXUS lane, if they have left any belongings in the car you are in violation there too.

The only logical reason I can think for not allowing this is the person walking across (the non-NEXUS member) would likely be carrying nothing on them, while the driver going through the NEXUS lane has everything, and therefore less likely to be questioned/searched.

It's a restriction I'm willing to live with.

Hey everyone! What does a Canadian get if they get into the Nexus program in terms of global entry. I read online they don't get into that program per-say, but receive benefits? What does that mean?

Full GE benefits, including TSA precheck, but no separate GE card

You get Nexus and Global Entry together.

You get a Nexus Card like this, which you can use at land borders and for entry into Canada at airports (via Iris scan) -

http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/travel-vo.../tdc-pvf_1.jpg

You won't get a Global Entry "card" but you will get Global Entry privileges (via fingerprints) for front-of-the-line entry into the USA at airports.

You also automatically get enrollment into TSA Pre✓ for airports and airlines that support it. You enter your Pass ID from your Nexus card into your flight record and you'll get Pre✓.

Thanks for the information

I'm interested to see your progress as I am also in Seattle. Submitted app 3/9/14 and paid the app fee. I wonder what the wait is for app approval and walk-in odds of getting an interview.

To be clear, "you'll get Pre✓" is a bit of an overstatement. Eligible to get it, yes. More likely to get it more often then, then say, FFers who don't have GE or the pay to play program, yes. But it is not guaranteed for anyone on every trip. And there is randomness built in. So just don't expect it every time.