Quebec resident.
Miramichi received my application on August 13.
Credit card charged and application status viewable online on December 2.
Current Status: Your application has completed initial processing. It is now in progress. Please check the status again at a later date.
Jesus fkin Christ, it has never been this difficult in my life to literally ask someone to please charge my credit card
It is strange that my personal cheque has not been cashed but my status is online now. My application was received Aug 17
Hey all, so just learned from my Stepdad that his application was received faster (Received August 18th, CC charged November 27th) because he had his original License from almost 20 years ago (named something else back then) but, that fast tracked his application. He also called in over a month ago to tell them he received a hunting tag for small moose. Apparently, they do fast track those applications to coincide with hunting season.
So this is the reason his was accepted so fast. Sorry to give any false hope
Don't know about the date received as I sent just regular mail. I always write my name with correct caps, but the city of birth is not case sensitive.
Good luck to you all. It was about 4 months for me and I don't think there were any delays affecting my application.