It is not possible to give an average time frame for processing an application for Subsidiary Protection as each application is given a comprehensive and individual consideration and as such, the circumstances can vary widely. Cases can be complex with applicants coming from over 90 different countries. In effect, consideration of these cases can amount to a reconsideration of earlier applications for refugee status. In addition, some cases take significant periods of time to complete, for example, because of judicial review proceedings made in relation to recommendations of the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner (ORAC) or the Refugee Appeals Tribunal (RAT). In such cases work on the subsidiary protection application is suspended until the outcome of any legal proceedings is known.