Hi,
I am told any time before 'Application received' date doesnt really matter much to the CiC
I got my medical request in feb 2012... and my application was in queue for approx 130 days before it went into 'in process' status. With more and more traffic at Ottawa, this time has been steadily increasing... I would say a wait time of 4 to 5 months to get into 'in process' after MR is received is pretty common in this forum.
After the status turns to 'in process' i dont know how long it takes to receiving the PPR. I am 50 days past 'in process' already and I havent heard a thing. Been hearing in other forums, a very random cases of Passport requests in a month or so. Having said that we really dont have much data to estimate on... I am guesstimating anywhere between 2-4 months.
Hope this information helps.
JonMonc