Eligibility decisions are made in the first three days following the initial filing of the claim. The information gathering interview is essentially intended just to gather information about the claim itself.
Under the current system, some information is gathered about the claim at the port of entry or at the inland office at the point of the claim being filed, and also through a personal information form at the 28-day mark. Under the reform package, we would essentially consolidate those two steps into one at the information gathering interview that we would suggest take place at the eight-day mark.