Updates from the Ottawa office!
My PR Card application got approved today (Sep 30th)!
There is a message in my account saying that the card has been mailed. Both my spouse and I got the status change at the same time.
I noticed that recently several people in this thread reported that they were asked to re-submitted their photos. And people thought maybe that is because the photo was taken more than 6 months ago. I was worried
when I read those replies.
In my case, I received PPR on March 12th, took the photo in a photo studio on March 13th and shipped my passport (IRCC shipped back my passport with no stamping as everybody already knew). I received my email COPR confirmation on May 28th and submitted my PR card application on the same day using the same photo. So March 13th - Sep 30th, this is more than 6 months already!
But I got a direct approval today. It seems like the Ottawa office is fine with this, or maybe because my photo is only a few days over the required timeframe. Or maybe this is a case by case situation and it depends on which office or which officer is viewing your application? But at least we knew that not everyone whose photo is taken more than 6 months ago will receive a re-submit photo request.