Just wanting to gauge how peoples' experiences with CASA have been. I had my DAME appointment on Friday and DAO on Monday. Both were all fine, so I'm not expecting any hiccups when the paperwork arrives at CASA (assuming it does!).
Mine went smoothly with no hiccups to report. I received my class 3 cert approx 3 weeks after my visit to the DAME/DAO. I harassed them every two days on the status of my application which I think helps (or at least did in my case).
The only area where you may experience some delay (assuming your med stats are all fine) is with processing payment. I was under the assumption that ASA would pay for the application straight away but, its much easier to just pay by credit card and then get reimbursed from ASA. That way, your application doesn't get held up with CASA accounting.
If you are on the January course you have plenty of time anyway.