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The hard pull inquiry in a day or two, the revolving accounts usually take a week or so.
I misread, yes whatever your FICO scores are if you pulled the reports today would show the scores. But for all 3 bureaus and that is if they pulled from all 3 or just 1 or 2.
If you are pulling your reports/scores and seeing X today, if another entity such as a potential lender were to pull your report today they'd also see X so long as the scoring model and bureau pulled are the same. Assuming no changes at all to your credit profile between now and when the potential lender pulls your reports/scores, your scores at the time they pull them will match what you know them to be now.