Happy to share the news that I got my PPR today morning. Just finished submitting my passport and photos.
My timeline.
AOR: Mar 29th
MEP: May 9th
BIL: May 14th
GU 1: Sep 10th
PPR: Sep 24th
I wish all of you all the very best and congratulations to those of you who have received your PPR today, and advanced congratulations to those of you who are going to receive their PPR in the coming days!!! Wishing you all every success in life!!!
NOC:2132 Mechanical engineers CRS:454 ITA:Jan 23rd AOR: March 23rd MEP: May 6th BIL: May 7th Biometrics Submission: May 17th GCMS Notes: August 8th - Criminality Passed, Eligibility and Security: Not Started. Last BF'D/due date on the application was 2019/07/29. Call IRCC: Sep 23rd (6-month mark) - Eligibility and Security: Not Started. Call centre agent sent a request for an update to the CPC Ottawa Reply from CPC Ottawa: Sep 24th: Response below
"Thank you for contacting Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. Please be informed that your application is currently in queue for review by an officer. Unfortunately, we are not able to provide you with a date on which your file will be reviewed.
Please be assured that you will be contacted immediately should further information be required or regarding the next steps in your file."
NOC:2132 Mechanical engineers CRS:454 ITA:Jan 23rd AOR: March 23rd MEP: May 6th BIL: May 7th Biometrics Submission: May 17th GCMS Notes: August 8th - Criminality Passed, Eligibility and Security: Not Started. Last BF'D/due date on the application was 2019/07/29. Call IRCC: Sep 23rd (6-month mark) - Eligibility and Security: Not Started. Call centre agent sent a request for an update to the CPC Ottawa Reply from CPC Ottawa: Sep 24th: Response below
"Thank you for contacting Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. Please be informed that your application is currently in queue for review by an officer. Unfortunately, we are not able to provide you with a date on which your file will be reviewed.
Please be assured that you will be contacted immediately should further information be required or regarding the next steps in your file."
I will try to encapsulate my journey in a few sentences below;
IELTS- 9 9 8 8.5
ITA- January 24th, 2019
AOR- March 12, 2019
Bio-Metric Request- 29th April
ADR (RCMP) - 14th May
No Ghost Updates whatsoever throughout my entire journey. Here is the deal with PR applications, your actual processing times begins as soon as you clear you medicals (Medicals Passed), and never live in the fear of rejection. I know it sounds very motivational per se at the moment, but trust me, you will get it as long as you are confident about your application, irrespective of hiring a consultant.
I know we all have spent innumerable sleepless nights trying to figure out what is gonna happen to our application, but I can never emphasize enough how important the words Belief and Patience are.
To everyone who has received or is yet to receive a PPR, trust me the mail is not gonna freak you out it's gonna be like "duh it was bound to happen".
Cheers and Have a great journey ahead, and as always, I am available to exercise my experience.
Finally PPR.
ITA: Feb 20
AOR: March 30
MEP/BIL: May 10 (GU)
Long silence
GCMS received 20th July and 8th August. (criminality passed, Eligibility & security not started)
September 10th - Queried Ralph, no progress.
GU - 24th September 6pm
PPR mail in spam - 24th sep 7 am (yes GU after PPR)
Same thing happened with me - my 'Ready for Visa' email went to Spam (12th Sept) and I found out after 5 days (17th Sept)!!
It's really scary that such an important mail goes to the spam folder and the worst part is that the status on you profile is page still shows that 'application is under process'!