Hi,
I got an update here:
today, finally, I got my passport back....
visadate in the passport is the 30th of june and apparently took 2 weeks to reach my house.
it also took 2 weeks to get to the visa office through regular (signed) mail, when I send it there....
me and my beloved passport were separated for almost 4 weeks.
in the end the 'passport-request-period' was the most nerve-wrecking of the whole process.
i am very happy i got my passport back with the visa in it.
now prepare for landing in early october....and finally be together with my wife every single day. :-*
8) I can't wait.....!!!
Good luck to all of you still in the process.
Hopefully you will all be as lucky as my wife and I are.
Total processing time less than 3,5 months is much better than we previously expected.
Thank you Canada!