Hi all, first post (at least I think so, didn't realise I had a log in already) from me.
Sent in all our forms for outland in January and were delivered on 9th Jan 2015, acknowledged 14th March. We received the sponsor approval on 30th March, and on 9th April received an email asking for me to provide 2x passport photo, photocopy of passport, and complete an "updated information chart" which they enclosed. I have posted these back to London yesterday, as it stated if you're in Canada for the next 3 months you can send it to Ottawa but I'm going back to England at the end of May for a wedding.
I was under the impression this process in full would be somewhere between 9 and 18 months in total, and in between time I'd survive on a IEC/ visitor visas. The email I received on 9th April stated "Please see the attached document for your final approval and visa issuance." and "Your application has reached the final stage of processing. So that your permanent resident visa(s) can be issued, you must now submit the documents listed below.".
I don't want to get carried away, but that seems like it is fairly close to the end, right?