Originally Posted by
javabytes
Inquiries stay on your credit report for two years.
I understand, however many on FT report that the issuers only care about the last 3-6 months. While I think that it was true in the past and may still be true for some or all the issuers when the computers are making the auto-determination, I know that at least some of the CSRs when doing manual review are looking at either or both new apps in the past year-or two or new accounts in the last year or two.