First of all just calm down. Great now that you are clam let me explain. Out of the 4 people you have mentioned, two of them are 2009 AOR Ali Shah and Ch33rs. Mani457 case was given a special attention because his wife is an immigration officer at the Calgary airport and we all know now that most of the applicants from 2009 AORs(took 18-24months) are done except for a few that are stucked and InshAllah they will finish in no time. We also know that AORs from Jan2010 to Apr2010 are now starting to receive PPRs so there should be no surprises with Ali Khan's case so why are you freaking out? I don't understand. Don't worry your time will come soon too like everyone else's here. We know this is not easy, I have been waiting for my wife's case to be done since Jan2010 as well and there are many others out there like me and your case is only been in process for the last 7 months and you are freaking out. There are people waiting here for more than 2yrs for example saifsmarty's case has been going on for the last 43 months. Yeah think about how he must be feeling. Anyways, you know you applied late 2010 and currently they have given the timeline of 23 months, and according to that you are looking to be finishing by end of 2012, but lets pray for all that they don't have to wait for so long and if your case finishes before that, then its a bonus and if it takes 2yrs then you know its normal...