I guess I'm one of the lucky ones: applied Sept 20th, conditionally approved Sept 24th.
Unfortunately facing a 5-1/2 month delay for the appointment unless I can scrounge something else up sooner. I may end up close enough to a border station before then and they always seem to have openings.
Edit: By checking nearly continuously for an hour (to grab a cancellation right when it opened) I was able to get a spot so have interviewed and been approved, 6 business days from initial application to approval.
Last edited by tom_MN; Sep 30, 2019 at 9:10 am