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Thank you so much for sharing this! My husband just got a message to check his gckey (where you link the application), and now it shows medical results as passed although they requested that we complete a new one this morning. And it shows that the BGC has started! I’m just jubilant right now! We are on hold with CIC to check if we need to complete a new medical because although we received the email this morning, the gckey says it’s passed.

My medical had expired. When it did, the status flipped from "passed" to "you do not need a medical". They ultimately gave me an extension, it flipped back to "passed" the evening of Dec 28th and when I woke up on the 29th I had DM and PPR :)
 
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On a totally unrelated note, does anybody have an idea about the recent timelines for receiving COPR back from Ottawa when mailed from within Canada? I've seen a lot of posts from US applicants who actually mailed from the US, but not sure if anybody has mailed to Ottawa from Canada recently?
 
What date did you apply? Has your background checks started yet?
End of August, our GCKey changed to BGC in process around December 22
 
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My husbands bgc started December 18 and still no DM. Hoping to see some movement soon as I’ve been reading people got DM within days of bgc starting. Anyone else in the same boat?
 
My husbands bgc started December 18 and still no DM. Hoping to see some movement soon as I’ve been reading people got DM within days of bgc starting. Anyone else in the same boat?
Can I ask when you applied? I' trying to get an idea when our BGC will most likely start thanks
 
Can I ask when you applied? I' trying to get an idea when our BGC will most likely start thanks
Applied July 2017
 
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My husbands bgc started December 18 and still no DM. Hoping to see some movement soon as I’ve been reading people got DM within days of bgc starting. Anyone else in the same boat?
Ours started around December 22 and we haven't heard anything else, just the GCKey change, I don't think we will hear anything for a while
 
Thanks we applied June and no sign of Bgc starting
There is no consistency, you can't judge your own by anyone elses application sadly
 
June application here - We finally had our representative access GCKey and provide us with further status updates:

Application Status: We are processing your application.
Eligibility: We are reviewing whether you meet the eligibility requirements.
Review of additional documents: The additional documents you provided have been uploaded.
Medical: You passed the medical exam.
Interview: You do not need an interview.
Biometrics: We do not need your fingerprints.
BGC: Your application is in progress. We will send you a message when we start your background check.
Final Decision: Your application is in progress. We will send you a message when the final decision has been made.

A couple questions as this is now our first time seeing this portal:

Does this seem in order compared to other's experiences?
We're curious as to what other updates you've seen in the Eligibility line?

Thank you!
 
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June application here - We finally had our representative access GCKey and provide us with further status updates:

Application Status: We are processing your application.
Eligibility: We are reviewing whether you meet the eligibility requirements.
Medical: You passed the medical exam.
Interview: You do not need an interview.
Biometrics: We do not need your fingerprints.
BGC: Your application is in progress. We will send you a message when we start your background check.
Final Decision: Your application is in progress. We will send you a message when the final decision has been made.

A couple questions as this is now our first time seeing this portal:

Does this seem in order compared to other's experiences?
We're curious as to what other updates you've seen in the Eligibility line?

Thank you!

Your gckey is identical to mine
 
June application here - We finally had our representative access GCKey and provide us with further status updates:

Application Status: We are processing your application.
Eligibility: We are reviewing whether you meet the eligibility requirements.
Review of additional documents: The additional documents you provided have been uploaded.
Medical: You passed the medical exam.
Interview: You do not need an interview.
Biometrics: We do not need your fingerprints.
BGC: Your application is in progress. We will send you a message when we start your background check.
Final Decision: Your application is in progress. We will send you a message when the final decision has been made.

A couple questions as this is now our first time seeing this portal:

Does this seem in order compared to other's experiences?
We're curious as to what other updates you've seen in the Eligibility line?

Thank you!
Hi we are June applicants as Well, that is what ours say but it has said that on our GCKEY for months now, just waiting for them to start our background check
 
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June application here - We finally had our representative access GCKey and provide us with further status updates:

Application Status: We are processing your application.
Eligibility: We are reviewing whether you meet the eligibility requirements.
Review of additional documents: The additional documents you provided have been uploaded.
Medical: You passed the medical exam.
Interview: You do not need an interview.
Biometrics: We do not need your fingerprints.
BGC: Your application is in progress. We will send you a message when we start your background check.
Final Decision: Your application is in progress. We will send you a message when the final decision has been made.

A couple questions as this is now our first time seeing this portal:

Does this seem in order compared to other's experiences?
We're curious as to what other updates you've seen in the Eligibility line?

Thank you!

Eligibility line will stay the same the whole time. Background check line is what will eventually change (to say the background check is in progress).
 
June application here - We finally had our representative access GCKey and provide us with further status updates:

Application Status: We are processing your application.
Eligibility: We are reviewing whether you meet the eligibility requirements.
Review of additional documents: The additional documents you provided have been uploaded.
Medical: You passed the medical exam.
Interview: You do not need an interview.
Biometrics: We do not need your fingerprints.
BGC: Your application is in progress. We will send you a message when we start your background check.
Final Decision: Your application is in progress. We will send you a message when the final decision has been made.

A couple questions as this is now our first time seeing this portal:

Does this seem in order compared to other's experiences?
We're curious as to what other updates you've seen in the Eligibility line?

Thank you!

Mine is identical to yours, except about a month ago one line changed to : We are processing your background check. We will send you a message if we need more information.

June 30 applicants
 
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On a totally unrelated note, does anybody have an idea about the recent timelines for receiving COPR back from Ottawa when mailed from within Canada? I've seen a lot of posts from US applicants who actually mailed from the US, but not sure if anybody has mailed to Ottawa from Canada recently?
Did you find out timeline?