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Almost the same as yours:

landed on july 19
photo request on september 12-ish (i dont remember the exact date)
photos arrived in NS on september 15
application got to approved october 30

On mycic account it says the card issue date was october 27th,

Where did you see the card issue date as Oct 27th? Is it an message on your MyCIC account? Or an email sent to your email address? I don't seem to see any field in MyCIC account showing card issue date....
 
Where did you see the card issue date as Oct 27th? Is it an message on your MyCIC account? Or an email sent to your email address? I don't seem to see any field in MyCIC account showing card issue date....

Well, I just supposed. The validity is 5 years, and it expires on October 27th 2022 (on myCIC there's a line with info about your document). I just did the math ;)
 
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Landed Sept 16
File Approved today as per myCIC status
Hopefully should receive the card by end of this week or early next week.
 
Congrats! No photo request right?
No photo requested. Though my doc status changed to - docs have been uploaded 10 days ago approx and now after approval too same doc status.
 
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Well, I just supposed. The validity is 5 years, and it expires on October 27th 2022 (on myCIC there's a line with info about your document). I just did the math ;)

Oh, now I saw mine, its October 30.. Have you received your PR card?
 
Wow!... Congratulations! Was it sent thru Canada post or any courier?
To Montreal, it was sent through Canada Post. Then the UPS store forwarded to me using DHL (I have no idea why an UPS store would use third-party services, but...)
 
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To Montreal, it was sent through Canada Post. Then the UPS store forwarded to me using DHL (I have no idea why an UPS store would use third-party services, but...)

Sorry, just want to ask why did you need a UPS store and subsequently a DHL to send it to your address? Can the Canada Post send it directly to your Montreal mailing/residential address? Or initially you rented/provided a UPS storage?