Hi Guys,
I had been a silent observer on the forum for the past couple of months. We are in Sydney, Australia and have received a mail requesting for Passport on Thursday (14th Nov). See below timelines hope this helps:
AOR - 31st March 2019
Medicals Completed - 13th May
Biometrics completed and updated on profile - 20th May
No news for months. Contacted call centre couple of times but dint have much luck with updates. After 6 months raised web form query and received standard response.
VO - Sydney Australia; In between received couple of mails from VFS in September with decision envelope has been sent to VO Sydney, later had another one stating decision envelope transmitted to IRCC however, on calling the call centre they had no update. No update in October or November till 14th Nov.
Request for PR email from Canadian Consulate in Sydney, Australia - 14th Nov. Came to inbox, NOT spam mail. No Ghost Update either.
Portal status on 18th - We are reviewing whether you meet the eligibility requirements; We are processing your background check. We will send you a message if we need more information. So the portal can be confusing
submitted requested documents on 18th November. awaiting for COPR letter. Not sure how long they will take to process COPR considering Sydney (Australia) VO is slow.
Hope this helps everyone and stay positive guys you aint far!