After looking at tinyurl, I figured out that in some cases it took only 1.5 month for CIC, New York to issue Passport request after Buffalo transfered file to New York. In some cases they took over 7 months to issue passport request letter after transfer of case from Buffalo to local consulate. What are the reasons? Some people have resided in multiple countries so it takes a while to run background check. Any other reason or idea that why somebody gets Passport request letter in 1.5 months and other gets in 7 month?