Hi Everyone,
We have now completed this sponsorship journey. Thank you everyone for your support.
Our timeline:
Application received date: Oct. 17, 2018
AOR 1: Dec. 8, 2018
Decision Made (Sponsor side): Jan 5, 2019
Medical Request: Jan 7, 2019
Medical Done: Jan 10, 2019
File Transfer to NDVO: Jan 10, 2019
Sponsorship approval: Jan 14, 2019
Medical Passed: Jan 14, 2019
AOR 2: Jan 18, 2019
Pre-arrival and Decision Made on Ecas: May 17, 2019
PPR: May 23, 2019
Passport sent to Jalandhar VFS: May 24, 2019
COPR, Passport stamped in hand: May 31, 2019
We did this application ourselves. Only submitted 20 photos. We were not requested any interview or additional documents/photo request.
Finally this long journey ended for us. Best of luck everyone!