Hi there... my checks RPRF were cashed on Dec 19 2013, ECAS shows they started processing my application on december 5 2013, and I got the email requesting passports on March 21 2014. Medicals were done around October 2013. Like Tim Ivy said, it varies from office to office... mine it is being process at the Trinidad and Tobago since the Buffalo closed. From the blogs I have been reading it supposedly takes 90-120 days before you get the request for passports. I hope this helps.