Tips for 2016 (Future) PGP Applicants

[kilamans]

Do you know how soon the applicant need to come to Canada?

Here is my timeline:
Application sent to Mississauga
Application submitted on Jan 4th 2016.
AOR received on Feb 2016,
File moved to Ottawa VO
Medical/PC/RPRF Requested in Oct 2016,
Medicals done on Oct 30th 2016
RPRF paid in Oct 2016
Medicals Passed on Nov 5th 2016
PCC submitted on 22 Nov 2016
Background check in July 2017
PPR request email on August 9th 2017, late evening
Passport submission on 14th Aug 2017, in VFS India
we are still waiting for the sms message about our passport getting shipped, in other words waiting for the passport
myCic Account got updated on Saturday 26th Aug, saying, background check completed, my application got approved, and a new table showing visa expiry date, i.e. on or before 3rd Nov 2017 my parents should do their landing

 

[carling]

Here is my timeline:
Application sent to Mississauga
Application submitted on Jan 4th 2016.
AOR received on Feb 2016,
File moved to Ottawa VO
Medical/PC/RPRF Requested in Oct 2016,
Medicals done on Oct 30th 2016
RPRF paid in Oct 2016
Medicals Passed on Nov 5th 2016
PCC submitted on 22 Nov 2016
Background check in July 2017
PPR request email on August 9th 2017, late evening
Passport submission on 14th Aug 2017, in VFS India
we are still waiting for the sms message about our passport getting shipped, in other words waiting for the passport
myCic Account got updated on Saturday 26th Aug, saying, background check completed, my application got approved, and a new table showing visa expiry date, i.e. on or before 3rd Nov 2017 my parents should do their landing

Congratulations! Enjoy your time with your parents

 

[singh7k]

so finally new instruction to submit passport in India. it took almost 18 days to change VO from Ottawa to New Delhi.

 

[jam_jam]

Anyone submitted passport to ottawa in August? They received mine on 14th Aug.
Will the status on ecas change?

Currently it is showing Decision made (Medical received)

 

[nav1982]

Hello members ,
I got a passport request for my parents august 15 to submit . I have checked my cic account they only give one month to land . Unfortunately my father is sick . Can someone please tell what options do I have . Can I ask for the extension and inform visa office and if yes what's the procedure . And the other thing if condition he's not willing to come is there any procedure if visa office let my mother come alone ?
Please help if anybody knows .
Thank you

 

[Samsamsamsam]

Just a quick update on my file:

Got my gcms notes
LVO-Ottawa
Medical was expiring on November 3rd, 2017
They renewed med until 08 august 2018

Good news: Well at least an agent has noticed that medicals are about to expire, and the option of extending the medicals is available

Bad news: it seems that it will take longer than two months to get the PPR

Hi, what did you do to get the option of extending the medical? Thank you

 

[Lavanda]

yes indeed .. I was so worried that my parents would have to re-do their medicals, so at least now we know that they can extend the medicals if they need to

In our case they didn't extend medical. We had only two and a half weeks to enter after PPR. Passport was received back two days before flight (fortunately)...
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[tweetyishere]

Hi, what did you do to get the option of extending the medical? Thank you

nothing actually ... I guess an officer was working on my file and it seems that it will take them longer to finish the background check so they sent the medical for reassessment and renewed it

 

[tweetyishere]

In our case they didn't extend medical. We had only two and a half weeks to enter after PPR. Passport was received back two days before flight (fortunately)...
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well that means that your file was ready to be approved so they decided to finish it
mine is being stuck with background check since November 25th, and it seems that it will take some more time

 

[ztariq]

Hello,

Any updates from London Visa Office?

Z

 

[tucosword]

Dear Friends,
I was part of the excited few who had all sorts of activity from NDVO last June when we had background checks and medicals done and also RPRF paid... Since then nothing.
When I check myCIC-just says medical results received- this was an update from last September.

Am jealously looking at others getting theirs.

Anyone else in this boat?
Any suggestions whom to call or query with?
Thanks.

 

[IndoCanadian777]

Dear Friends,
I was part of the excited few who had all sorts of activity from NDVO last June when we had background checks and medicals done and also RPRF paid... Since then nothing.
When I check myCIC-just says medical results received- this was an update from last September.

Am jealously looking at others getting theirs.

Anyone else in this boat?
Any suggestions whom to call or query with?
Thanks.

I am in the same boat.
There are many like us.
Check the spreadsheet https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14ujwMXUzGTckLlr1dkuitOOKiqpp5_bhhLDKxDe3NDg/edit#gid=1154517793

 

[MK9]

Dear Friends,
I was part of the excited few who had all sorts of activity from NDVO last June when we had background checks and medicals done and also RPRF paid... Since then nothing.
When I check myCIC-just says medical results received- this was an update from last September.

Am jealously looking at others getting theirs.

Anyone else in this boat?
Any suggestions whom to call or query with?
Thanks.

Me too. Same boat

 

[MK9]

I am in the same boat.
There are many like us.
Check the spreadsheet https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14ujwMXUzGTckLlr1dkuitOOKiqpp5_bhhLDKxDe3NDg/edit#gid=1154517793

Me too in the same boat (...with an added false-positive request for passport for stamping visa) ...
Category........: PGP 2016
Visa Office......: NDVO
App. Filed.......: 04-01-2016
PCC/ Doc request: 07-07-2016
false-positive request for passport for stamping visa - April 2017
Current Status ECAS: Medicals received.

 

[metoo]

Seems all Visa Offices outside of Canada are still working on apps from Jan 2014.