iggy901, it seems to be the pattern lately that people are getting approved days after their expiration date, so hopefully you will hear something by the end of the week. I'm hoping that's the case anyway, I expire Thursday and I have not heard anything yet either.

Unfortunately, there's also delays getting the actual work permit, so you might want to plan for a long wait, I've read people here wait anywhere from 12 days to 20+ days to get their permit in the mail after they are approved. I'm crossing my fingers that this week there is more activity in approvals and such, but being a short week, we might not get that. Seriously crossing my fingers this week!