I received a PR confirmation email on Feb. 16 and provided the required information (see below) for myself and all family members (outland dependents) on the same day.
Name:
UCI:
Application #:
Email for the Permanent Resident Portal:
Your eye colour:
Your height (please provide in cm):
Original entry date (YYYY/MM/DD):
Date of last time you entered Canada (YYYY/MM/DD):
Location of where you last entered:
Are you currently inside Canada? (Yes/No):
If you are not inside Canada, when is your expected return date?:
If you are not inside Canada, please specify your current location (city and country):
Next, I received an automatic reply from IRCC on Feb. 16 with this text: "Your application is in our virtual landing queue. Given our current processing capacity, there are delays in processing the high volume of files. We will contact you directly once your file is ready for finalization. Please note that we will not be responding to follow-up inquiries."
Five days have passed, and I'm yet to receive an email with the portal link and instructions to upload my photo. Is this delay normal or do I need to contact IRCC for updates? Please advise.