Nexus card processing time.

[eblend]

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Drove to Sweetgrass today for my interview. There were a couple people who were there for walk-in interviews as well. Not sure if they will get seen before the office closes for the day.

Interview was like three minutes.

I am doing the same in September. Just curious of the process. Did you have to wait in the general queue with all the other cars to get to the interview, or is there a separate way to get to the parking lot for the interview?

[ExtraSlow]

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I am doing the same in September. Just curious of the process. Did you have to wait in the general queue with all the other cars to get to the interview, or is there a separate way to get to the parking lot for the interview?

Just to clarify, if you do not have other business on the USA side of the border, you DO NOT have to enter the USA. There is parking on the Canada side. The instructions are in your interview confirmation, but basically follow the red line here and park at the arrow, then you walk across a +15 bridge into the building. The signage is very good.



I went into the USA to pick up a package at the border storage place. There is also parking on the USA side.

[benyl]

Wife needs a renewal interview, so do both my kids. No interviews anywhere except Minnesota. Happy to go, but it's hard to get there. One is 2.5 hours from Winterpeg and the other is 4+ hours from Thunder Bay. Neither is very appealing.

Mine might expire before they get their new ones. lol

[eblend]

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Just to clarify, if you do not have other business on the USA side of the border, you DO NOT have to enter the USA. There is parking on the Canada side. The instructions are in your interview confirmation, but basically follow the red line here and park at the arrow, then you walk across a +15 bridge into the building. The signage is very good.



I went into the USA to pick up a package at the border storage place. There is also parking on the USA side.

Awesome, thanks for the info. I didn't get this in a confirmation email, or any email that i can remember. I will have to double check if I am still scheduled

[ExtraSlow]

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Awesome, thanks for the info. I didn't get this in a confirmation email, or any email that i can remember. I will have to double check if I am still scheduled

There's an interview confirmation page on the website when you login. Just take the turn into the town of Coutts, don't get into the line for the border.

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Google Streetview has a good image. This is the skybridge:


EDIT: If you are there near lunchtime, eat at the "Hills of home cafe" in Coutts. Sweet lady runs that place and the food is simple but well-made.

[eblend]

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There's an interview confirmation page on the website when you login. Just take the turn into the town of Coutts, don't get into the line for the border.

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Google Streetview has a good image. This is the skybridge:

After the interview...how long to actually get ur card?

[ExtraSlow]

I don't have my physical card yet, so I'll let you know. They said up to 6 weeks.

[pheoxs]

When I renewed I got my new card within 2 weeks. Was pretty quick.

[D'z Nutz]

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I don't have my physical card yet, so I'll let you know. They said up to 6 weeks.

Cue the 6 month postal strike.

[ExtraSlow]

Got my card today. So one month from interview, @eblend

[eblend]

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Got my card today. So one month from interview, @eblend

Sweet. I have about 6 weeks after mine before company retreat, so hopefully I get it in time for that.

[eblend]

Fun Fact. Nexus canceled my interview that was supposed to be in September...for both my wife and I....and they did it in April....I got 0 notification about it. So guess I am not going there in September....I tried to rebook....and there is NOTHING available anywhere except for Minnesota....fml

[bjstare]

I don't recall if it was mentioned elsewhere in the thread, but perhaps someone knows - is there any extended grace period after expiry due to the difficulty with renewal? Ours expire like a month before our next planned trip, and it's unlikely i'll be making a trip to the US to get an interview before then. If I absolutely have to, might make a trip down to Coutts or something, but really don't want to.

[ExtraSlow]

https://nationalpost.com/news/disput...ca805a987/amp/

[killramos]

Canada is such a meme of a country

[benyl]

Finally got an appointment in Feb of 2023 in Coutts for renewals for the kids.

WTF.

[ExtraSlow]

Coutts is awesome in February. Yikes.

[ExtraSlow]

Hahahhaha, could always go to Minnesota!
https://globalnews.ca/news/9018102/n...bc-family/amp/

[jutes]

All that effort and money to reduce wait times at the border.

“The problem is we go across the border a bunch of times a month to see my widow mother across the border, and we don’t want to have to wait in line.”

That's not a problem.

[flipstah]

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All that effort and money to reduce wait times at the border.



That's not a problem.

It won't be when the widow mother is out of the equation.