Thanks everyone who shared their experiences and/or answered my questions. Below are some details about my experience
- GCMS 1 - Ordered end of April, received within 30 days
- everything was at 'Not Started'
- Called CIC 2 times before ordering GCMS 2nd time, haven't received them yet over 30 days already.
- I was told on June 24th that file is approved (no I did not receive an update in profile I just happened to call them about status) but awaiting to trigger PPR, told me to wait a month. And sure enough I received it 1 day over the month.
- For PPR, I received email stating I have an update on the profile. It did not say 'Ready for Visa'. But Request Letter was placed within the application messages section
Key thing to note: I had changed NOC post ITA and I did not submit a letter of explanation for the same. I was in panic mode once I learned about rejections but wanted to wait it out for GCMS before I acted. GCMS never arrived but PPR did. So don't complicate it until you can confirm that's really an issue.
Good luck to everyone who is awaiting PPR.