I am happy to say that as of yesterday I became a PR holder and I thought similarly to all those that have shared their experiences, it is about time for me to share mine.
PR Application & COPR:
I had submitted my PR Application on 2019, Sep 29 and received the "Ready for Visa" email from the following recipient
IRCC.CPCO-FinalRequest-CTDO-DemandeFinale.IRCC@cic.gc.ca on 2020, Jan 16 which initially I thought was a Spam email because CIC always sends emails stating that either there is an update or a message in your account, so I did not expect to receive an email directly, also when checking my account in CIC I noticed there was no change. Nevertheless, after searching online and asking some friends I realized that the email is legit and it is basically asking to submit our passports which we did immediately and once they receive the passports you will receive the email that you CIC account has been updated and it should then show "Approved".
About a week to 10 days later we received our passports along with the COPR documents, which tells you that you have two options:
1. Request an appointment at an IRCC office.
2. Leave the country and re-enter as a landed immigrant.
PR Interview/Appoointment:
Based on the research I had done I was very hesitant to request an appointment because I heard it takes forever. But I am glad that I did. I sent the email on 2020, Feb 5th and received the automatic reply immediately and then a week later on 2020, Feb 12 I received the appointment letter from Etobicoke Landing stating that my interview is for the coming week on 2020, Feb 19.
At the appointment we arrived 5 minutes early for our 3:00 pm appointment and had to wait till 3:30 pm which was not too bad. The clerk basically asked us 2 questions, what was the first date of entry to Canada and what was the last. After that he does some stuff on his computer and then signs the papers and that's it you are all done. Congratulations on becoming a PR.
So all in all if you think about it for my case from the day I submitted my application which was 2019, Sep 29 till 2020, Feb 19 is when I became a PR it is less than 6 months processing and if you take into account another 2-4 weeks to actually receive the PR card even though I don't think that has any effect on anything, you can say in all confidence that the entire process could take up to 6 months.
I hope this was helpful to you guys and I was able to share some of the experiences I went through.
PR Application & COPR:
I had submitted my PR Application on 2019, Sep 29 and received the "Ready for Visa" email from the following recipient
IRCC.CPCO-FinalRequest-CTDO-DemandeFinale.IRCC@cic.gc.ca on 2020, Jan 16 which initially I thought was a Spam email because CIC always sends emails stating that either there is an update or a message in your account, so I did not expect to receive an email directly, also when checking my account in CIC I noticed there was no change. Nevertheless, after searching online and asking some friends I realized that the email is legit and it is basically asking to submit our passports which we did immediately and once they receive the passports you will receive the email that you CIC account has been updated and it should then show "Approved".
About a week to 10 days later we received our passports along with the COPR documents, which tells you that you have two options:
1. Request an appointment at an IRCC office.
2. Leave the country and re-enter as a landed immigrant.
PR Interview/Appoointment:
Based on the research I had done I was very hesitant to request an appointment because I heard it takes forever. But I am glad that I did. I sent the email on 2020, Feb 5th and received the automatic reply immediately and then a week later on 2020, Feb 12 I received the appointment letter from Etobicoke Landing stating that my interview is for the coming week on 2020, Feb 19.
At the appointment we arrived 5 minutes early for our 3:00 pm appointment and had to wait till 3:30 pm which was not too bad. The clerk basically asked us 2 questions, what was the first date of entry to Canada and what was the last. After that he does some stuff on his computer and then signs the papers and that's it you are all done. Congratulations on becoming a PR.
So all in all if you think about it for my case from the day I submitted my application which was 2019, Sep 29 till 2020, Feb 19 is when I became a PR it is less than 6 months processing and if you take into account another 2-4 weeks to actually receive the PR card even though I don't think that has any effect on anything, you can say in all confidence that the entire process could take up to 6 months.
I hope this was helpful to you guys and I was able to share some of the experiences I went through.
