Congratulations! My wife also got a passport request on March 12th and now we are waiting to receive the passport back.
Our timeline is:
Application received: May 15th, 2019
AOR 1: July 4th, 2019
Sponsor approval: July 5th, 2019
Medical passed: July 13th, 2019
Moved to VO office Ankara: July 19th, 2019
PPR: March 12th, 2020
Counterfoil Doc: March 23, 2020
We have the same concern about flying to land, whether it will be allowed or safe enough to fly during this time.
Our counterfoil document (I'm guessing this is the visa stamp on passport) is expiring on July 11, 2020 and I'm worried that we won't be able to fly by that time. What is the procedure in this case? Should we message them via Case Specific Enquiry (CSE)?