Dear ROH friends,
I am happy to announce that I received PPR on Friday, March 9 at 10:01 pm Ottawa time!
Post AOR profile and timeline:
PNP - outland
US citizen. Ottawa visa office
Submitted evening of January 6. AOR January 7.
January 25 - MEP & ADR, responded to ADR.
January 26 - NA2
February 27 aka glitch day - IP2
March 9 22:01 Ottawa time - PPR
Special shoutout to old timers, many of whom have been as inactive as I have been lately (and special thanks to
@xibalban and
@iamxty for starting the list that have poached
)
@andieangel @lino82 @KingKurly @tjsecondtry @Wandering Mind @Karnesh @ivancabrer @BillHyatt @AlliBatista @mqamar1994 @shaun75 @TanakaM @Wacky1.nash @sundar17feb99 @gurpreet.ts @abhishek_89 @baka @PixelDust @GavinSouthAfrica @tarunkapoor @chr0 @FaithandFavor @Fishal2017 @hahaHHH @lostguy @Lala1234
And many more that escape my memory at the moment.
And my full timeline so far for those of you who don't know:
The Beginning
Early hours of November 9, 2016 - Decided to emigrate from the US and started researching possibilities. Later in the day, read news article about how an immigration to Canada site had crashed due to a flood of Americans trying to find out how to immigrate to Canada.
November 11, 2016 - Filled out free assessment form at canadavisa.com
November 12, 2016 - Received email from David Cohen that was my first introduction to Express Entry. However, Canada was not my first choice at that time, so I did not research Canada any further.
Late March 2017 - Decided to immigrate to Canada and started a job search. After getting CRS estimate of only 410, planned to get a job offer, hopefully by the summer, and move to Canada and then create EE profile.
Late May 2017 - Started getting depressed that I had only had initial phone interviews with 2 companies, and it had been at least a month since either had gotten back to me. Decided I needed to create EE profile now. Read instructions for creating EE profile and realized that I would need to take IELTS exam first.
June 6, 2017 - The next available IELTS exam date in New York is July 8? But I had seen a June 24 date a few days ago, and the site had said I had until June 19 to register! I hadn't thought so many people would be taking IELTS. Registered in fear that soon the July 8 date would no longer be available.
June 8, 2017 - Checked IELTS registration site and found that the June 24 date opened up! Jumped to grab it and cancelled my July 8 registration. Fortunately my credit card had not been charged for July 8 so no financial penalty.
June 24, 2017 - took IELTS exam.
June 26, 2017 - found out that I would need an ECA in addition to IELTS score even to create EE profile. Rushed to figure out which organization to use and submitted order to WES. Ordered transcript to be sent to WES.
July 5, 2017 - Very depressed after being rejected for a job I had really wanted with Company 3. Still waiting on Company 2, gave up hope on Company 1.
July 7, 2017 - Received IELTS results online.
July 10, 2017 - Received ECA from WES online in the morning. Immediately created EE profile. Received paper copy of IELTS results when I got home at night.
July 11, 2017 - Received NOI from Ontario. Started reading instructions and gathering documents. Oh no, Ontario wants me to have a passport that will be valid for another 2 years? Mine expires in 9 months, and I was hoping to hold off on renewing until after I moved to Canada.
July 13, 2017 - Sent passport in for expedited renewal (supposedly 2-3 weeks instead of the usual 6-8 weeks). Still collecting other documents.
July 15, 2017 - Received paper copy of ECA from WES in the mail.
OINP Drama
July 25: Missed OINP registration by 1 day!
July 25-November 2: anxiously waited for OINP to reopen. Hit OINP updates page at least 10 times a day.
November 2: OINP reopened, registered
November 3: submitted application
November 27: Assessment
November 30: DIP
December 19: Nominated
December 20: ITA
Post ITA
January 5, 2018 - medical exam
evening of January 6 - submitted PR application
January 7 - AOR
January 25 - MEP & ADR, responded to ADR.
January 26 - NA2
February 27 aka glitch day - IP2
March 9 22:01 Ottawa time - PPR
