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ARBD....this is your PER buddy!!! Thats great news. Congratulations. +1 to you
Earlier what would happen is that the VO's were the sole authority to give you a positive or negative eligibility. But from this year (to cut down on the processing time and also relieve the VOs from too much work), CIC gives the first go ahead of eligibility. This means eligibility wise you are through. Now your docs will be forwarded to your VO and your VO will send you an AOR - acknolwdgement of receipt by snail mail, not email (it takes about a month from your PER mail date, for this AOR to reach you). VO does your background checks for security purposes and checks the authenticity of your documents. Then they send you MR (medical request which you can expect within 2 to 3 months from date of PER). Then Passport request and request for landing fee will follow.
PER is a BIG step buddy. GOing forward there isnt much to worry.
Congratulations once again.
File number is the one that starts with E.
Pls join us on this thread below. Just click on this link and post your details like NOC...VO...appl date...PER date and one of the admins will add you to the spreadsheet. You can follow your timelines there as there are hundreds of us there from MI3.
http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/july-01-2011-fsw-applicantsmi-3-t74992.12675.html