glad to be
that's why my case is a bit interesting. I assumed I would get my paper back before any updates on cic acount.
but the call center said nothing but suddenly the account has changed later that night. I am thinking my xpresspost envelope was sitting somewhere in the pile for 2 weeks.... but this is just my assumption
so about the pr card,,, honestly what I did was on the night of jan 2(first day back from the holiday but still no updates), I thought maybe mine could be approved(signed by the officer) already but no updates were shown, so i tried to link it to my account. For me, it was quite easy to figure out my official approval date: either 21, 22, 27, 28,29, and so on...(thanks to lots of holidays) but after 5 attempts, it's blocked for 24 hours lol. you could try this, too until you hear from them. of course I tried again after 24 hours and it sure worked in the morning!