Hi Everyone,
I've been following this forum for the last few months, finally made my account to post as well. It's been good to get information from other applicants, and to know that the irritation and frustration is not just felt by me. The day I submitted my application, the processing was 89 days, it is ridiculous to see it at 145 today, not to mention they sometimes get stuck on the same date for 2-3 weeks at a time. I called CIC today again and the agent confirmed that getting a blank update means that the officer has looked at your application, frustrating to see that some people get the approval within 3-4 days of that update and some keep waiting.
I am supposed to fly to the US to see my family tomorrow and will just end up cancelling my flight by the looks of it, as I have yet to receive any approval email since my blank update two weeks ago. I have been on implied status since July 30th and working since before graduation, so leaving the country on this status is not an option for me. Here is my timeline:
mets15
Applied: June 26 (paid $255)
Blank Update: (July 26, Aug 25th, Sep 24th: emails of no update), June 27th, Oct. 9th, Oct. 23rd: proper blank updates
Current Status: Waiting as of October 23rd (day 120)
Will be packing for my potential travel and praying that I get an approval email by tomorrow so that I can fly out of here to see my family.
Thank you Jubear for the information and help here! Really appreciate it.