It’s the most wonderful time of the year
With the kids jingle belling
And everyone telling you “Be of good cheer”
It’s the most wonderful time of the year
It’s the hap-happiest season of all
With applications flowing and documents rolling 
Into the mailroom for Fall
It’s the hap- happiest season of all

That’s right ladies and gentleman, as you have all been busy enjoying your lovely holiday break… our office has been busy processing your application material as quickly as possible.  Sadly, we don’t work as fast as Santa’s elves. So we appreciate your patience as we work to update your application.

When you submit your application to our office, you will receive an acknowledgement email and letter letting you know that we have your application on file. Included in the letter is an Identification Number and PIN allowing you to log-on to our website and check your application status.  As the letter states, it takes 7-10 business days (about two weeks) to process each documents as it arrives and update the information online.  So please, please, please, check your status regularly online and allow for the full processing time to occur. I understand that you are eager to move the process along and receive your decision, but we need you to be patient as we process all the material coming from our thousands of applicants in the order that it is received. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

Happy New Year!