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Will the report land before you need it?
Enter the exam date and the date you need the report. See the slack, the critical path, and the latest workable exam date.
Report turnaround planner
Plan from exam date to delivery. All counts skip weekends and use your local calendar.
Day of the assessment.
Working days for the examiner to draft.
Working days for quality review.
Working days to deliver after QA.
Leave blank if you only want the projected date.
Projected delivery
Thu, Sep 17, 2026
2026-09-17 · 14 working days from exam
Add the date the report is needed to see slack and a verdict.
Critical path
- Exam (2026-08-29)
- Sat, Aug 29, 2026
- Drafting · 10 working days
- Fri, Sep 11, 2026 (2026-09-11)
- QA · 3 working days
- Wed, Sep 16, 2026 (2026-09-16)
- Delivery · 1 working days
- Thu, Sep 17, 2026 (2026-09-17)
Dates use plain local Date values. Weekends do not count. Statutory holidays are not counted here, so add a buffer if a holiday falls in the path.
How to use it
Four steps
- 1
Enter the exam date
The booked date, or the date you expect to get.
- 2
Add the drafting and review days
Examiner drafting, internal quality review, and delivery are separate steps.
- 3
Enter the date you need it
The hearing, the filing deadline, or the decision date.
- 4
Read the slack
Green means room. Amber means three days or fewer. Red means it will be late.
Background
What the numbers mean
The exam is the short part
The examination itself takes 30 minutes to two hours. The elapsed time is everything around it. In the United States, end-to-end IME turnaround runs two to six weeks, with one to four weeks of that spent on scheduling alone. In British Columbia, booking a specialist can take two to six months, and the report can take a further four to eight weeks after the exam.
Plan backwards from the date that matters
Most late reports are not late because a step took too long. They are late because nobody counted the steps backwards from the deadline before booking. Do that count first, and the booking conversation changes.
Where you can actually compress
You rarely shorten the examiner's drafting time. You can shorten the record collection that happens before the exam, the review round-trip afterwards, and the delay between report release and delivery. Those three are administrative, and they are where the days hide.
FAQ
Questions people ask
How long does an IME report take after the exam?
In British Columbia, four to eight weeks is typical. Across the United States, the whole process from request to report takes two to six weeks. Source: a BC legal directory guide and Ethos Risk, 2025.
How far in advance should I book?
Work backwards from the date you need the report. In BC, allow two to six months to book a specialist, then four to eight weeks for the report.
What counts as a working day here?
The tool counts Monday to Friday and skips weekends. It does not know statutory holidays, so add a day or two around them.
What if the answer is red?
Move the exam earlier, ask for a shortened drafting window in writing, or consider a file review while the full examination is booked.
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