@ eeza, yes i sent cem an email. i told them my problem.eeza said:have you sent cem email?..try,some who have delays do that and luckily got response.
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to top off something i think that is delaying my app... i just noticed today, is that the email i got from cic in march, i had a uci number... then the uci number i got from cem was one number off... like? common? i tried to call both cic/cem with the uci number... but both don't want to entertain my concern. my husband's app will take longer than i imagine!