Bengal - I am from visa exempt and I've been waiting since feb 21st. I called them yesterday. (Just phoned the immigration line) and I got a wonderful lady who said that a PR code has been applied to my status and its any day now. I just can't believe it's taken more than 9 wks. You would think that as we are visa exempt its one less step for them and we should get COPR letter quicker. Not the case I guess.