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Please let us know when you get the PPR. From what I am reading, people have been waiting for 6 months or even a year after getting the pre-arrival. Pre-arrival is not a good indication of when the PPR will be received. It only means that the eligibility has been met for PR. In many cases...

Hello, Does anyone know at what stage of the PR process does the VO start the security background check? Do they always wait for everything else to complete and only then they initiate the security check or it can be started by them at any time during the process? I wonder if there is any...

I'm not an expert but reading the posts on this blog it looks like it takes about 2 weeks on average. Can you share how long it took in your case from filing the sponsorship application to receiving the passport letter?

Thanks, this helps to understand the process better. It would be nice if the IRCC would initiate the background checks at an earlier stage so that it could run concurrently with the other steps and not keep it for the very end, since it is typically the most lengthy stage.

Thanks. I assume it would be too much to expect the passport request letter to be issued, until the medical and background is fully completed and passed?

On the IRCC website, this is what it says about the AIP: Your application is “approved in principle (AIP)” if: you have received a letter from IRCC stating that you meet the permanent residence eligibility requirements, but you still have to pass the medical, security and background checks for...

Thanks very much for the reply and the links. Appreciate it! So does that mean that even though the medicals have not been started and/or completed, the eligibility to get permanent residency is already established?

Even I am wondering the same thing, as you can see from my post just above yours. It does not seem to make any sense to me at least.

Thanks for the reply. Yes, we will be doing the additional tests. I am trying to understand the logic behind it. I would have thought the pre-arrival services eligibility letter would be issued only after all the eligibility criteria for granting the permanent residency had been met.

My spouse's medicals were done on June 22 and we received the pre-arrival services eligibility letter for her on July 10. But after a month on Aug 10, we received a communication that additional medical tests are required to be done. So I am confused. If my spouse's medicals were not completed...