Ok ladies, this is what I´ve been told. They basically released the OWP for almost everyone who had their applications sent in in 2010 and 2011. HOWEVER, it doesn´t mean that we received our first stage approval. The timeline for that remains 18 months. But hey, what the hell, at least we are FREE from our nannying days!!! When you receive your OWP, you should look for a remark that says you´ve received FIRST STAGE APPROVAL. You will probably get a separate letter saying that. Let us know!
My application was received on APril 20 2011, started being processed on May 5 2011 and according to the guy at CIC my OWP was issued Dec 4 2011.