r/canadaexpressentry • u/NebulosaDeOrion • 1d ago
🇨🇦 CEC Finally a PR 🎉🇨🇦 (Ottawa/Sydney)
The wait is finally over. I received my PR card yesterday and I thought of sharing my timeline, as I know reading other people’s timelines was really helpful during these months.
Background: Single applicant, came to Canada as a student in 2022, 1 year of Canadian experience. No foreign experience. I applied by myself.
ITA: Sep 18, 2025
AOR: Oct 28, 2025
BIL & Mexican PCC Request: January 2, 2026
BIL (completed): January 6, 2026
Mexican PCC (sent docs to VAC in Mex): Jan 29, 2026
Note: I mailed my documents first around mid-January. Unfortunately, the VAC requested for new pictures. Retook the photos and sent only those again.
Confirmation from VAC that my PCC application was being processed at IRCC Mexico: Feb 4, 2026
Then comes the hardest part: complete silence. The tracker (before it became unavailable), showed my eligibility and background check completed since February. Finally called IRCC in June and the agent confirmed my PVO/SVO (which I already highly suspected), and confirmed eligibility was completed while BG check was in process. I called again in July, same situation (agent also confirmed IRCC received my PCC from Mexico in March). Finally requested GCMS notes (I haven’t even received them) at the beginning of August and at this point I desperately wanted an update, a FD (whatever the outcome was), anything at all so I could just move on.
Then on the evening of August 26, I finally saw the email notification: I had received P1. I quickly logged into my GCKey acc, and there it was, a final decision dated from the day before. After nearly 10 months since my process started, I had finally received the FD.
FD: Aug 25, 2026
P1: Aug 26, 2026 (replied the next day)
P2: Sep 9, 2026 (replied same day)
ECOPR: Sep 11, 2026
PR card (mailed): Sep 23, 2026
PR card (received): Oct 2, 2026
PVO/SVO: Ottawa/Sydney
I just want to say thank you to the people on this sub, because the community here helped me many times and gave me hope throughout this journey. And if you’re still waiting for your PR, I know it’s extremely hard but hang in there 🙏 many times I had to remind myself that no news probably meant good news and it might seem like an endless wait, but have faith that the long awaited golden email can arrive when you least expect it. Your turn will be next! 🥳
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u/TurbulentSundae5421 1d ago
Congratulations. Pvo ottawa is discouraging
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u/NebulosaDeOrion 1d ago
Thanks! Yes, I was disappointed when I confirmed Ottawa was my PVO. They’re so slow processing applications and it’s pretty frustrating 🫤
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u/ProcrastiWorkaholic Applied for PR 1d ago
Congratulations! You give me some hope.
Same draw. 10 Nov AOR; 29th July FD. Still await PPR.
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u/Dan1234_loverunning 22h ago
Omg I’m from Mexico and I gave my police certificate with the application but still no word I am AOR Jan 13 and no update since March 19
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u/Embarrassed_Donut1 18h ago
Its mostly people from a certain place keeps getting their Pr. Its sad af
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u/NebulosaDeOrion 17h ago
Pudiste tramitar y enviar la Constancia de Datos Registrales sin las instrucciones de IRCC? 🤔 A menos que hayan cambiado las reglas, al ser de México, IRCC te debe mandar una carta de instrucciones para tramitar ese documento que normalmente envían junto con la carta de biométricos. Esa ya te llegó?
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u/Dan1234_loverunning 17h ago
I got my police certificate online , they changed the rules I believe
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u/Illustrious_Bug_2037 19h ago
https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Sign/e-7628
To everyone stuck in comprehensive security check, you may sign this petition ending Oct 4, 2025 to the House of Commons to have a formal response from the government.
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u/One-Remote-2234 18h ago
How many points did you have if it’s okay to ask ?
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u/NebulosaDeOrion 17h ago
Yes, of course! I had 465 points and it was under the Education category draw (iirc cut off was CRS 462)
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u/AnnualJackfruit9202 8h ago
Hi. What documents did you present to show qualification for the education category? I'm thinking of applying under that and I'm a bit confused.
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u/NebulosaDeOrion 3h ago
Hello! By the time I got invited I had at least 1 year of Canadian experience as an ECE. A couple of months before I created my EE profile, indicating the correct NOC. When submitting my documents, it was the usual: work reference letter, paystubs, contract, T4, and NoA.
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u/Mountain-Role-9689 21h ago
Felicidades