FDA expects to begin accepting applications in January 2018. Applications will not be accepted before that point. VQIP benefits will begin October 1 following your acceptance into the program and will last through September 30 of the following year (VQIP year). More information about FDA’s Voluntary Qualified Importer Program (VQIP) is available online. The link contains information such as:
• Final Guidance for Industry: FDA’s Voluntary Qualified Importer Program
• Final Guidance Fact Sheet
• Instructions for Submitting the VQIP Application
• Webinar on the Final Guidance for the Voluntary Qualified Importer Program
• Federal Register Notice.