Apply for an Early C permit or wait 6 months more for an Ordinary C permit?

Visas, Permits, Passports and Naturalization
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Hello All,

I have searched the forum but didn’t find a complete answer and hence asking.

My background: Non-eu and living in Canton Vaud for 9.5 years (first 3 years on L and last 6.5 years on B) Have the necessary language certificate and satisfy other requirements to apply for an early/anticipé C permit Permit mentions “LCF Oct 2023”. So, I will be eligible for an “Ordinary” C permit in 6 months.
I am wondering if I should apply for an early C permit right away or wait another 6 months to have a regular C permit (with the completion of 10 years.

My questions are:
Do you know if the internal cantonal & federal approval process and processing time for an early C permit are different from an ordinary C permit? (Or, it’s same but just the eligibility criteria and language requirements are different?) If early C permit requests are subject to stricter evaluation and require approval at more authority levels (internally), considering my case, is it better to just wait 6 months and go through a ordinary C permit route?
I have read the Vaud cantonal website and it doesn’t give many details (application process is same). Hence asking for advice/practical experiences.

My motivation to apply for the C permit as soon as possible are:
As C permit approval could take quite some time, I want to start the process as soon as possible. But don’t want to choose difficult route and ultimately be slower (as in my case I can start ordinary C application in 6 months). Have the flexibility to move cantons sooner if necessary
Thank you very much in advance!

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(Please take it with grain of salt) I would recommend to just apply it right now if you fulfill all the criteria because high variability of the processing time (if it not finished by then, you need to apply some sort of return visa if you are planning to travel during that time, and god knows how high variability on the processing time, etc.),

And maybe apply this via migrationsamt online schalter / idk what equivalent name on romandie canton. Because it cuts off any manual processings of paper and it lands directly into the migrations amt. (without any processing in the gemeinde, sent some paper here and there, manual inputing of data, etc.)

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Thanks. Does Vaud have one of these online counters? Anybody?

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No they don't. At least, when I applied last year, I had to send everything by post (the usual procedure is to apply directy from the contrôle des habitants of your commune, but I was in a very specific case and I had to directy contact SPOP by post. Call your commune for some more precise information).

It took 3-4 months to get a first reply.

However, during that processing time, you can check your application status by calling SPOP or by sending them an email through their website.