If PACS has already issued your first NOP Import Certificate (your operation has already been verified to meet all requirements under SOE), turnaround time from receipt of your NOPIC Request Form to receipt of your NOPIC, is 5 business days.
If you have not been issued a NOPIC before, you should not schedule shipments until you have received a valid NOPIC. The initial processing period to verify compliance with SOE varies depending on the quality of an operation's records, controls systems, responses to information requests, etc.