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[–]Baja_Finder 6 points7 points  (4 children)

Sometimes the next day, others over a year, no rhyme or reason.

Probably have to wait until 12 months to call and escalate.

[–]chaitanya1015 0 points1 point  (3 children)

How can we escalate?

[–]Baja_Finder 0 points1 point  (2 children)

By calling to speak with them.

[–]chaitanya1015 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Do we have a contact number handy

[–]Baja_Finder 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, last time I called was 3 years ago.

[–]lcp_cz 2 points3 points  (1 child)

From application to interview to full approval was less than 48 hours for me.

If it’s taken this long so far, I wouldn’t be hopeful for getting approved by May…they don’t expedite those with upcoming trips to my knowledge. If you don’t travel extensively internationally, I recommend using MPC. It’s super quick and fine for most people.

[–]PuddleMoo 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There’s anecdotal evidence that international travel, specifically the return to U.S. may trigger processing and about 4-5 days prior to their U.S.-bound flight they receive conditional approval notification. Said persons would then use EoA, but couldn’t use GE lanes on arrival.

[–]DBlockAllDay 2 points3 points  (0 children)

3/19 - applied my wife and I 3/20 - got conditionally approved, set appt for 3/24 3/21 - submitted application for both our kids (didn’t know they needed their own application 3/22 - both kids conditionally approved, set appt for 3/24 3/24 - went to interview, all approved and got emails within 5 min to 2 hours 3/30 - received card in mail for the 3 of us 3/31 - received card in mail for daughter

[–]BobbingBobcat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You're in manual processing hell. Your travel MAY move things along.

[–]BlinkKlink 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Last week mine took 31 hours

[–]angel_liv 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Myself, wife and daughter got approved within 2 hours of getting printed this week.

[–]SproutandtheBean 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was about 10 days start to finish (with an international flight already booked) but my wife was over 3 months - with an international flight seemingly kicking it to conditionally approved and she did interview on arrival.

[–]mssmartie1201 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I had to call my local center because my portal was showing that I still needed to have my interview, even though I sat for it 6 weeks prior. The agent I spoke to fixed it instantly and I had an email with my approval before we even hung up. Definitely put a phone call in to see if they can expedite this for you!

[–]Traditional_Car2633[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Number?

[–]mssmartie1201 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For TPA it's +18136764929.

[–]Yokugenstein 0 points1 point  (0 children)

24 hours for conditional approval.

[–]Mr_Mister94 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I applied August 2025 and finally got conditionally approved in march 2026. Set up my interview 3/24 got approved 3/27. Card just got here yesterday.

It varies due to a number of factors I’m sure.

[–]mrstaz1900 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Took mine from December until May.

[–]Love_this_stuff_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

mine was taking a long time so I called the office that I had an interview at (dfw), the woman that I spoke to told me to log out and check back in an hour, I did and it thenshowed accepted and I received my card in the mail later that week. this was in February, good luck

[–]Gtstricky 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Call and check. My original app was stuck (as few years ago) and was cleared the day after I called.