A method for mitigating circuit-switched fallback delay, comprising: initiating, by a UE, connection of the UE to a packet-switched network, wherein, the UE is a multi-mode UE, the UE camp-on a particular cell of the Evolved UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network, the Mobile Management Entity registers the UE with the Evolved UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network and the UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network/GSM EDGE Radio Access Network; in response to launching of a Mobile Originating Call indication by the UE, sending, by Circuit-Switched Fallback engine of the UE to the packet-switched network, a request for Circuit-Switched Fallback to access a circuit-switched service; with sending of the request message, starting, by the UE concurrently with sending the request message, a timer to determine elapsed duration between sending the request message and receiving a response message from the packet-switched network that confirms resource allocation to access the circuit-switched service; and selecting, by the UE in response to timer expiration, indicating absence of response message to the request message, a particular algorithm that when implemented initiates connection of the UE to a particular circuit-switched network to access the circuit-switched service, the particular circuit-switched network is the UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network/GSM EDGE Radio Access Network; determining, by the UE, availability of a listing that specifies measured signal strength of circuit-switched network access points, the listing includes measured signal strength and an associated Timestamp of circuit-switched network access points, the listing can acquired by accessing cell list module through control module of the Circuit-Switched Fallback engine or by activating a signal measurement module upon command from control module of the Circuit-Switched Fallback engine, the control module of the Circuit-Switched Fallback engine activates cell reselection module to implement an inter-RAT cell reselection algorithm to access circuit-switched service based on information within the listing, and in tandem with activation of the signal measurement module, the control module of the Circuit-Switched Fallback engine activates the Public Land Mobile Network selection module to initiate a Public Land Mobile Network selection process to camp-on a particular cell of the UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network/GSM EDGE Radio Access Network. initiating, by a UE, connection of the UE to a packet-switched network, wherein, the UE is a multi-mode UE, the UE camp-on a particular cell of the Evolved UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network, the Mobile Management Entity registers the UE with the Evolved UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network and the UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network/GSM EDGE Radio Access Network; in response to launching of a Mobile Originating Call indication by the UE, sending, by Circuit-Switched Fallback engine of the UE to the packet-switched network, a request for Circuit-Switched Fallback to access a circuit-switched service; with sending of the request message, starting, by the UE concurrently with sending the request message, a timer to determine elapsed duration between sending the request message and receiving a response message from the packet-switched network that confirms resource allocation to access the circuit-switched service; and selecting, by the UE in response to timer expiration, indicating absence of response message to the request message, a particular algorithm that when implemented initiates connection of the UE to a particular circuit-switched network to access the circuit-switched service, the particular circuit-switched network is the UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network/GSM EDGE Radio Access Network; determining, by the UE, availability of a listing that specifies measured signal strength of circuit-switched network access points, the listing includes measured signal strength and an associated Timestamp of circuit-switched network access points, the listing can acquired by accessing cell list module through control module of the Circuit-Switched Fallback engine or by activating a signal measurement module upon command from control module of the Circuit-Switched Fallback engine, the control module of the Circuit-Switched Fallback engine activates cell reselection module to implement an inter-RAT cell reselection algorithm to access circuit-switched service based on information within the listing, and in tandem with activation of the signal measurement module, the control module of the Circuit-Switched Fallback engine activates the Public Land Mobile Network selection module to initiate a Public Land Mobile Network selection process to camp-on a particular cell of the UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network/GSM EDGE Radio Access Network.