CONGRATS!! to all the 2013 applicants who have been receiving their AIP's, OWP's and DM's!!! It was getting a little lonely being the only one in the AIP column of the spreadsheet for so long and I am so glad to see there is finally some movement. I know how excited you all must be as it is a wonderful feeling to finally get that letter.
Truth be told, for us, AIP was more exciting than getting the PR.. getting AIP/OWP made life 'normal' for us since hubby was allowed to work, and apply for a SIN# and health care (besides the fact that for us, it put him back into status alleviating most of our worry and stress). And with that said, it made the wait for part 2 (DM & PR) seem not so bad. Just a word of encouragement.. we were only 6 months from AIP to PR once our file got to the local office!! What I have noticed is, the estimated wait times and date on the CIC website is very unpredictable and it changes a lot, so don't fret about that becuz it may even change again (hopefully to a shorter wait). Things seem to be moving right along now and I am excited to read all of the good news lately on this forum!
Let's keep those 2013 AIP's coming in!!