lokoloko0, this is just my opinion, PA refers to Primary Applicant. Atleast that's how CAIPS refers to a Primary Applicant. And, usually, the short names for the processing departments / officers are 3 letters and not two letters. Finally, anything with an apostrophe denotes an action and not name based on my observation. For example: MPR, CPR, etc refers to department / person names. On the other hand, BF'D & PA'D should denote actions and not names. I know BF'D stands for Brought Forward. Not sure what PA'D stands for. Could it be Pending Action Date?? Hope I am right.