BGC started in early/mid-May (I think? Hard to know!) and the PA document request came after about a month (mid-June). I almost wonder if there’s some sort of timer on our files because updates seem to happen mid-month for me and we sent our application in mid-August...
GCKEY is still showing BGC in process, so who knows
The first doc request was for Sponsor tax information and SA came after that; the second doc request was proof of cohabitation/residency in Canada (I guess since we are inland track?) and PA came after that.
And we answered both doc requests via email as well as uploading (just in case haha). Didn’t get acknowledgement of receipt immediately for either submission — eventually GCKEY updated to “received” but I think they had already reviewed the docs by that point given the timeline. GCKey has now updated that Documents Required line to “not applicable” but that’s the only line on GCKey to change so far!