Sorry if you thought my comment was aimed at you (judging by you quoting me) - it really wasn't. One of my colleagues is also an immigrant. She applied as soon as she arrived in Quebec and she has her COPR already, even though she applied in May. Our situation is the same: same job, same NOC code, both single with no dependents, both from the UK, both currently residing in Sept-Iles and naming it as our intended location after PR, etc. Hers isn't the first example I've heard of (I'm also on British Expats and Trackitt) and I just find that very frustrating but it must be even worse for applicants from 2012 and even 2011. I kind of wonder if Canadian Immigration just process stuff at random... Seems that way.