Just to share our timeline
Submission Date: 26 Sep 2022
AOR: 30 Nov 2022
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SA and MR: 16 Jan 2023 (It took more than a month to check the Sponsor Eligibility. I guess that was because I was also a newcomer)
Medical Done: 17 Jan 2023
Medical Passed: 19 Jan 2023
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Eligibility Started: 20 Mar 2023
Eligibility Passed: 31 Mar 2023
Pre-arrival Email: 01 Apr 2023
--- Happy Easter
Background Check Completed: 12 Apr 2023 (We received a ghost update on GCKey, and the tracker was updated the following day).
PPR: Hopefully tomorrow, Monday 17 Apr 2023, based on the recently-observed pattern of Ottawa VO.
Visa Office: Ottawa VO.
Side story to share:
On Easter Sunday 09 Apr 2023, I (the sponsor) touched down in Canada and went through the airport immigration. My name is so common that I always ended up not getting automatically cleared. Instead, I had to join the queue to talk to an immigration officer (sigh!!).
The officer who attended to me that day went "Oh, so you have an on-going spousal sponsorship application for your partner". Apparently, the officers can see our on-going applications. So I ended up asking him to tell me whatever he could see on the screen and could share with me. LOL, this saved me a phone call to IRCC agents. But he did say "The application is to be approved soon, so there is absolutely nothing to be worry about".