barefoot_starz said:
Thanks for this. I don't know whether I'm more scared of seeing something negative in my GCMS notes and then not being able to do anything about it, or the uncertainty of waiting.
You are welcome. The rule of thumb is, get bad news faster and be over with it. The longer it takes to process, the chances of getting through go up.
In my case, I had ordered two sets of notes accidently just a week apart.
The first one was disastrous, it seemed a junior case analyst had completely missed some vital information on file and had put in notes to cut my score effectively refusing the application. But that required an officer review. So I didn't receive any thing.
I immediately sent a Case specific inquiry with the same docs that I already submitted mentioning that it appears analyst has missed this info.
In the second set of notes a week latter, with a review of case officer, it was all cleared out and accepted. Technically, I don't think my sending CSE made any difference in my case. But it certainly would have made a difference if Officer also didn't see those details himself and agreed to refuse. But then CSE might have made them take another look.
At any rate knowing your actual state of file (to the level possible) can only help.
The other aspect is that if you are inside Canada, generally you do not get any notification of completeness check i.e. R10 okay, which is equivalent to old AOR needed for getting BOWP. Although now you can apply for BOWP along with PR application, it is a big relief to know that at least your application is accepted as complete for further processing by CIC and you are good to get open work permit.