OK...I would just like to reassure people a little bit......my story.
My applications was received by Vegreville September 30th 2009. CIC website stated that applications would not even be opened for at least 7 to 9 months at that time. A call to the CIC call center confirmed this.
So we waited, as per instructed, believing that my application would be assessed somewhere between April 2010 and June 2010.
We were wrong, on 27th April 2010, we got a brown envelope from CIC. The letter inside told a different story, application received 30th September 2009, process started 3rd November 2009, decision made 27th April 2010.
I got AIP that day, 1 week later I got my landing letter and landed in Vancouver on 20th May 2010.
I am not sure why CIC give out this information but from personal experience, things are a lot different. Just take a huge deep breath and believe.