Posting my timeline here, hoping that it would help y'all. So the entire process took me a little bit over a year, PAL to portal was only a month.
I'm considering myself lucky because cases barely gets this fast from what I can see.
Alberta PNP non EE, Noc C job, paper based inland, single no dependents.
My timeline:
AR: May 7th 2021
AOR: I never actually received AOR email, I don't know if IRCC never sent it or my consultant never forwarded to me, doesn't seems to matter now anyways.
However according to the ECAS they started processing my application on March 9th 2022, so I guess my AOR is March 9th, if that makes sense.
PAL: April 13th, also that was the first time I heard anything from IRCC since I mailed out my application. From VO Sydney
Medical request: April 20th, again e-mail came from VO Sydney.
Did my medical around May 3rd, but medical results didn't get uploaded till the end of May 12th, clinic was busy .... this and that. I had to call and follow up just to make sure they didn't forget about it, I'm glad they didn't.
Portal 1 yesterday May 18th. I was replying it today, hit sent, literally 20mins after, the portal 2 came.
Through the whole process I never got asked for additional documents, also I believe my visa office is Calgary.
Now waiting for copr and pr card but I'm happy with what I've done. And I'm also wishing all of you nothing but the best luck, It's a long and tedious process but it's always worth it by the end.