RIR processing at DBEC is being done ONLY for the cases that went to regional. If RIR case is state, it is not being processed (even if the PD is april 2001).
Regarding the regional RIR cases that are being processed, it's been a mixed bag. Many people have got approval (as late as PD Jan 2003), but then there are a lot of people like Zany, Rydhan and others who have PD of first half of 2002 and are still in dark. So I'd say the approvals are kind of semi-random (some people getting it, some people not getting it).
DBEC seems to be better than PBEC (who is stuck at april 2001), but only for people who got approved
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