What is the difference between processing times and service standards?
Our processing times tell you how long it took to process most complete applications in the past. They’re updated weekly.
Service standards are our commitments to process your application in a certain amount of time under normal circumstances. They aren’t updated regularly. Not all programs have service standards.
We report annually on how our actual processing times compared to our service standards.
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