AFAIK archived files are not an obstacle for verification. As for the time frame of verification process - from my experience it can take anywhere from 1 day to couple months and sometimes never. I have bunch of models that pass all the requirements, but never get verified after 2+ years. Even if the model eventually gets verified, the results most often than not are completely wrong and are misleading to customers. I used to report such cases, but that leads nowhere and the issues are not being addressed. I just learned to pay no attention to that gimmick of a feature. Cheers