let me then share the complete sad story:
I started preparing my app in March 2010, I was about to apply in Apr'2010 then, they made IELTS mandatory in first stage..so delayed applying and got IELTS by May last week. Again tried applying but a few days before I actually applied the NOC ceased to exist after June 2010 chnage... Then started preparing for the NOC 1122 along with a few other apps that were actually needed in the 2nd stage that had suddenly become necessary in teh first stage after June 26th chnage... Finally after 3 months of struggle I submitted everything to Y axis on the 23rd of Sep'2010 .. only for them to delay it further and send it by 20th of Oct and the app reached CIC on the 28th of Oct...a day after the cap was full..
the second episode of this sad story is getting unfurled now with you guys...this year... ;D