So I did get my PPR email today morning and I am very grateful to each and every member in this forum. I cannot imagine what I would have done without this forum. I was happy to see people sharing similar sentiments to me and I was quite inspired by a lot of posts and patience show by the members of this forum.
I ordered GCMS notes on the 29th March and nothing had started as of 1st April. I got this on 5th of May and felt a little low when I read the GCMS report.
I also spoke to an agent on Friday the 3rd May and he mentioned that they have not started working on my file yet. Again, this was another low point.
I kept telling myself that I fulfilled all the documentation that was listed and that it is just a matter of the IRCC team to start working on my file.
3 days later on the 8th of May, I logged into the IRCC website to found that the background checks have started. I saw this at 8am in the morning Singapore time and I wanted to ensure that this is not some weird dream.
So I logged into the application again after having a coffee around 10am, this time the application profile was updated (Ghost update!) without any actual changes.
I was hoping to get PPR by the end of this month and got an email around 10am today.
I got my PPR in exactly 5 months. I applied on December 8 and the ready for email visa is dated May 8.
It is extremely easy to advice people to stay strong and keep the faith, however, I recognize that it is incredibly hard to do.
One of my colleagues once gave me his thoughts and told me to focus on "what you can control and the rest is not really up to you". All we can do is provide satisfactory documentation and hope for your file to be picked ASAP.
If anyone needs anything please feel free to message me and I am happy to help in anyway I can.
I thank everyone in this group for their valuable thoughts.
