Yeah, I've been told by an agent, recommended pass basically means pass, It just need to be accepted by the Senior officer, when I called them a week before crossing 6 month mark. He also said I could still receive my final decision with in the time frame because the VO can finish it couple of days if they want. Next Tuesday, I will complete one month in recommended pass, others have been stuck in the recommended pass stage for months. Yeah, its only a matter of time for His/Her Majesty the Officer to finally review it, but when will that time come?Don't worry about it. There is no known pattern here and we have no control over it either.. just wait and keep busy elsewhere!
Yes but recommended pass is essentially passed, pending some formalities. I imagine it might be extremely rare for an eligible application to be deemed ineligible, after the fact. They're not going to work extra to make you ineligible. It's a points based validation and your points are locked in. Your opinion would be very different if you were in my 'eligibility not met' club lol then you'd have a real concern about eligibility.. so consider yourself fortunate! And yes it's just a matter of that final review from the officer; the dreaded waiting game!
For all I know and have seen in these last few months an "eligibility not started" could easily be changed to recommended pass and then to pass with in a day and the security be done in the next couple of days and I could still be waiting for my officer to review my file
I have read on another thread that an applicant had his final decision made only two minutes after meeting Eligibility (A11.2). So, its all just a matter of time.