I applied for non-urgent PRTD on PR Portal on May 23. As a new immigrant I knew I could submit a minimum number of documents and my PRTD would still be approved. Since May 25, "Return reason" has said "Payment is missing" but I did submit proof of payment, and the View button is greyed out and unclickable.
Found out that this is a system glitch and that such applicants will generally receive a Ready for Visa email within a month or two after application, whatever message on the Portal. If the application was truly returned (denied), the View button would be clickable.
Today (June 30) I decided to harass IRCC by giving them a call since I needed to confirm if I could book my flight right away.
The agent told me that my application had been approved, on May 25.
Surprised, I said that I did not receive a Ready for Visa email yet and that May 25 was exactly when "Return reason" was changed to "Payment is missing". "Final Decision" on GCKey also showed "Final decision - May 25, 2023:Your application is in progress. We will send you a message once the final decision has been made.", instead of "Your application was approved."
He reassured me he saw that the application had indeed been approved, maybe it just needed to be "finalized".
I did not give up and politely asked if there existed any way to expedite the finalization, which had taken more than one month's time.
He said no and I could but wait.
Will update the thread if they finally decide to send me the email