Been thru it myself & I can tell you that here in IL. the wait is close to 3 yrs. It's never easy. Your govt. does this draggged out process with the hope that you will give up along the way.It is said that it usually makes those who are trying to fool 'em, drop out. But it does all of us with a legitimate case a lot of harm & costs us a lot of needless money in the process.