hey mdsb - yeah, if maple's file was *received* two days later, that is fine, but I believe the timeline said *AOR*, which is clearly impossible, not to mention given the big delay in first-stage approval that precedes receipt by the VO in June. If sponsorship was approved on August 8th (we'll assume that it was transferred the same day to Buffalo), to go to "in process" in less than three weeks is pretty incredible as well. Plenty of people have been waiting for months without an "in process," some without even an "AOR." So I don't know what to chalk this up to. Another example of CIC's inconsistencies, I suppose.