Thanks man for the solidarity. Yes, it is utterly crazy. I have been doing all of this since I got the message and should be done by the end of the day today. I remember they had asked for almost similar documents from @Sami88 who applied under the same stream. I just finished speaking with my University's immigration consultant, and she, too was wondering why they wanted employment letters, credit card statements and pay stubs since the stream I am applying from is not job-based. Anyway, we have no power and, therefore, must submit everything that they ask for. Wish me luck!Why don't they also ask you to take a picture of what your poo looks like as well? And send in a dic pic bearing your original signature? Maybe they can also ask your for your WhatsApp messages bearing an original signature, your lease, all of your friends' names and addresses, your health records, your retirement savings funds statements, your bills and so on?
This is completely insane, I have never seen so many document requests for one individual. Your officer is crazy - and he give you 7days to do this? 10 doc requests in 7 days?
If it was one doc I could understand, but 10? He should have given you 30 days - this is a procedurally unfair and a little unreasonable. But sadly you have no choice but to do it quickly and make sure you thoroughly review it before responding, so I'd say it's worth taking days off from your job to get this done properly. You do not want to make ANY MISTAKES on any of these forms.
I'd be freaking out if they asked me to do "Your travels" again, I listed 150 trips, and I can't remember them all because I submitted all of it online and they don't even show me a copy of what I submitted....
The silver lining is at least they're processing your application and you can expect a decision after it's all done (assuming you left no details out).
Good luck!