Just want to share a good news, applications are Closed and Approved and the Ottawa office sent our passport 11/09/2016 and we are expecting to get it on Monday because of the holiday coming on Friday.
Application Filed: July 21, 2016
Application Received: July 22, 2016
Application Processed: August 12, 2016 (sponsor)
Application Processed: September 01, 2016 (Principal's Applicant)
Medical Done: Received and Passed
Requesting for Police Certificate: September 29, 2016 (Ottawa request for Police Certificate from Philippines)
Sent the Police Certificate: October 10, 2016 (to Ottawa)
Police Certificate Received October 11, 2016
Received Passport Request: October 27, 2016 (E-mail)
Sent Passport to Ottawa: October 27, 2016
Decision Made on ECAS: October 28, 2016
Passport Received(Ottawa): October 31, 2016
Approved and Closed: November 08, 2016
Ottawa sent Passport: November 09, 2016
Here is our Complete Process, hope you get an idea, my spouse is a USA green card holder/permanent residence and citizen of the Philippines with a clean record. Over all processing of our application was 114-116 days. This is just my insight, I think Once you get a PPR and ottawa receive your passport wait for 8 days for MyCIC to change to Approved and closed, then the next 1-2 days the ottawa will sent your passport back (might apply only with visa exempt and US PR). Hope it might help and hope everyone on this thread will get a good news soon.