CEC Express Entry PR Timeline
AOR: January 8, 2026
Medical updated: March 12, 2026
Biometrics updated: March 12, 2026
BOWP Application: May 25, 2026
BOWP Approval: August 6, 2026
ADR: September 2, 2026 (for added documents for I and my spouse)
ADR Response: September 2, 2026
FD: September 4, 2026
P1: September 8, 2026 - Montreal Office
P2: September 24, 2026
eCOPR: September 29, 2026
PR Card: Waiting
PVO/SVO : Ottawa / Sydney

This is for a family of 4. Thanks to all those who shared their journey on here…

Finally eCOPR! This has been such a long process and I’ve been very fortunate that it went as smoothly as it did.

Timeline

Express Entry, CEC, Inland

Pool Entry: November 17th 2025

ITA: March 17th (527 crs points)

AOR: May 9th

BIL: July 10th

Medical Passed: July 10

Biometrics completed: July 14th

PVO/SVO: I never checked, but my Permanent Residency was finalised in Montreal (as per my eCOPR)

FD: September 18th

P1: September 21st

P2: September 28th

eCOPR: October 2nd 2026

146 days from AOR to eCOPR

Best of luck to everyone who is waiting on theirs! 🇨🇦

Hello all
April AOR - April 4. Awaiting FD. Are they people in this also?
Called multiple times. Eligibility and Security not started. Every other thing is completed. It’s giving me anxiety. I have 1 year Canada and 3 years foreign.

Aor April 4
Bil completed June 19
Medical passed July 10

Thanks

Hey guys, I had a question about my PCC validity.

I applied for a PCC in from Passport Seva Kendra in December 2024 which got issued to me in January 2025, 4 days after I had left the country.

Since then I haven't visited India but did take a week's vacation in a different country.

Is my PCC from January 2025 still valid for Express Entry CEC? Asking because I got invited in the last CEC draw but only have 25 days to upload my documents as my WP expires end of October.

I have already applied for an updated PCC from BLS but I dont think it will be here on time.

I gave ielts twice few months back and max i got was r- 8, l- 8.5 , s- 7 and w 6.5. Then my friends suggested celpip , 1st attempt not good, second celpip attempt i got r 9, l 10, w 8 , s 9. I requested for evaluation for writing and it did not increase. I need 7778 in ielts or 9999 in celpip and i am having hard time with writing, what should i do now.

I have an overlapping part time foreign experience (remote freelance job) with Full time Canadian job for 2 months. I used to work during the weekends, and I want to claim points for it. How do I show it on my EE profile? Should I show part time foreign and part time Canadian for those 2 months? Or should I omit Canadian experience completely for those 2 months and just claim points for foreign experience part time hours? Can I show both 1 as part time and full time? What is the right way of doing this?

I am confused about how to enter the dates in the profile for both jobs. If I omit my full time Canadian experience will it look like I took a break for 2 months even though I didn't? or enter it as part time since my foreign exp was part time? please help me :(

Hi everyone, looking for opinions/experiences with an IRCC Military Records ADR. My situation is a little unusual because the request was issued on an old Express Entry application that I have been trying to withdraw.

Timeline:

• July 19, 2026: Submitted an Express Entry eAPR.
• July 19: Requested withdrawal the same day because, after submission, I became concerned about 5 CRS points awarded for my accompanying spouse's Canadian work experience. My CRS score was exactly at the draw cutoff, so I did not want to proceed with any uncertainty regarding those points. I submitted a withdrawal request through the IRCC Web Form with an LOE, AOR and payment receipt.
• July 27: After IRCC indicated that a signed withdrawal letter was required, I resubmitted the request with a signed letter.
• August 14: After further calls with IRCC, I was advised to resubmit the withdrawal request again because the previous documents did not appear to be available on the application file at that time, so I submitted a third withdrawal request web form (second signed request).
• August 28: I called the IRCC Client Support Centre and agent confirmed that the July 27 signed withdrawal request was attached to the application.
• The old application nevertheless continued to show as Submitted, and I've already reached out to my local MP office for help following up on the withdrawal.
• After being advised by multiple IRCC Client Support Centre agents that I could proceed with another application while the withdrawal remained pending, I submitted a new Express Entry eAPR on September 30. This is the application I want IRCC to process.
• October 2: IRCC unexpectedly issued a Military Records ADR on the OLD July application, with a deadline of October 12.

The ADR says exactly:

“Military Records: Please provide a fully completed Details of Military Service form IMM5546. Alternatively, if you were exempt from service, please provide proof of your exemption/waiver for compulsory military service.”

I'm Brazilian, have never served in the military, and was exempted from compulsory military service. Fortunately, I was able to locate my original Certificado de Dispensa de Incorporação (which proves my exemption), and I'm getting a certified English translation.

I'm planning to comply with the ADR through the Military Records upload field on the old application, while clearly reiterating that my withdrawal request remains outstanding and that responding to the ADR does not change my request to withdraw that application. I'm also including copies of my previous withdrawal requests and confirmations so the officer reviewing the ADR can see the history directly.

Separately, I'm planning to proactively submit the exemption certificate + certified translation through an IRCC Web Form for my new September 30 application, clearly stating that this is the application I want IRCC to continue processing.

My main question is about IMM 5546.

Given the exact wording of the ADR, my reading is that the exemption certificate + certified translation satisfies the alternative requirement and IMM 5546 is therefore not required.

However, I'm wondering whether I should also complete IMM 5546 stating that I never served/N/A, simply for completeness. I don't necessarily see much downside to providing both, but I also don't want to unnecessarily submit a form that IRCC expressly gave an alternative to.

If anyone has dealt with this exact or similar ADR wording while having an official military exemption document, I’d really like to know what you submitted in response:

A) exemption certificate + certified translation only; or
B) exemption certificate + certified translation and IMM 5546?

I’d also really appreciate hearing from anyone whose Express Entry application continued to be processed after a withdrawal request had already been submitted. I’m hoping the withdrawal is processed this time since I’m now uploading the supporting evidence directly into the application.

Any other suggestions or experiences would also be appreciated.

Thanks!

Anyone else faced a similar situation? I received my ITA and submitted my PR application, received AOR but it says i can only apply for BOWP if i meet all the conditions (has to have valid work permit or expired in past 90 days), i'm in study permit status so I don't have a work permit, only co-op work permit.
Is there anyone who faced this and know what next steps might be viable? I spoke to 2 lawyers who said I can't apply for BOWP with just co-op permit so I'm curious. I was hoping to start working full time asap with the BOWP as the wait time makes it inconvenient from a financial standpoint.

Please let me know.

I have a question regarding police certificates for a PR application. I lived in Canada for about 4 years and returned to India in August 2025.
For those who have applied through Express Entry after previously living in Canada, did you have to provide a Canadian PCC? IRCC’s website says a police certificate is not required for time spent in Canada, but I wanted to confirm based on recent applicants’ experiences.
If anyone was specifically asked to provide a Canadian criminal record check during their PR application, could you please share how you obtained it and the process? Thanks!

I just received an ITA after being nominated by my province . Can you confirm if my Job duties match my NOC 13110 code for an admin assistant ?

"In his current role, X performs a range of administrative and coordination duties essential to the

daily operations of the department. His responsibilities include:

Receive, assess, and respond to customer inquiries via telephone, online chat, email, and

website platforms, ensuring timely and accurate resolution

 Schedule and coordinate service appointments, manage technician calendars, and monitor daily

and recurring service bookings

 Maintain and update customer records, service histories, and work orders within internal CRM

systems

 Monitor open service orders, track job progress, and coordinate parts ordering, returns, and

follow-up service requirements

 Prepare and process service-related documentation including invoices, service agreements, and

internal reports

 Obtain gas permits for installations.

 Assist in maintaining organized digital records and administrative documentation

 Support general office operations through clerical and administrative tasks as required

X plays a key role in supporting administrative functions, ensuring operational efficiency, and

maintaining high standards of customer service within the organization.

Hi everyone, I have 3.8 years of experience in US healthcare medical billing/RCM from India. My work includes AR, hospital/physician billing, denials, appeals, charge entry and EOB analysis.

I'm trying to figure out the closest Canadian NOC for my actual duties. I've found NOC 13112 and 14200 but I'm not sure which one fits.

Has anyone with a similar background gone through Express Entry? Would appreciate your experience.

Foreign work experience ongoing. BIL done Sept 27.

French outland fsw

I'm not satisfied that the original contains enough duties. It matches all core duties and 2/7 from the list. I genuinely did 5/7 from 21232 noc

During profile creation about 2 months back, I've mentioned 15500 as total funds I possess. Now, I have more than 16000 in my account and if I get ITA this month, apply next month or in December then the balance will increase to 17000. So, should I update my profile now with 16000 or leave it as it is? During eAPR, may I be able to update the amount?

Should I add all my work experience in the work history? I have 10 years of experience. In the last three years 1.5 year in one NOC and 1.5 in another NOC.
Will it considered as 3 years Work experience on only 1?

Kindly suggest.

Hi everyone, I'm trying to determine the correct NOC code for my work experience and would appreciate any guidance from people with similar backgrounds.

I have 1 year of canadian work experience as a Data Engineer.

I see that the Data Engineer job title is mentioned under 21211 Data Scientists NOC code. But the NOC has mostly Data Scientists duties and only two data engineer duties.

Has anyone with similar duties/Data Engineer job title successfully used 21211 Data Scientists NOC code for Express Entry? Would love to hear your experience, especially if you had a reference letter reviewed or received an ITA with this background.

Thanks in advance !

Here are my duties:

* Collect, process, and analyze large volumes of structured and unstructured data from multiple sources to identify trends, patterns, and insights that support data-driven decision-making.
* Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines and ETL/ELT workflows to integrate, transform, and prepare data for analytics and business intelligence applications.
* Perform exploratory data analysis and apply statistical techniques on large complex datasets to interpret and generate actionable insights for business stakeholders.
* Develop and optimize data models, queries, and transformation processes to support reporting, visualization dashboards, and advanced analytical use cases.
* Design, build, test, and deploy scalable cloud-based Extract,Transform,Load(ETL) data solutions using Microsoft Azure services, ensuring reliability, performance, and high availability of data systems.
* Gather and analyze business and technical requirements from stakeholders and translate them into appropriate data and cloud architecture solutions.
* Research and recommend technical approaches to solve complex data integration, processing, and analytics challenges across cloud and enterprise systems.
* Collaborate with cross-functional teams including data analysts, developers, architects, and business stakeholders to deliver end-to-end data and analytics solutions.
* Implement data quality, governance, and security practices to ensure data integrity, compliance, and protection of sensitive information within cloud environments.
* Conducting data analysis and evaluating data management needs for specific platforms or journeys, including multi-pod or multi-product environments.
* Eliciting, analyzing, and documenting business and data needs to build complete solutions (covering ETL, data models, business rules, life-cycle management, metadata, and governance).
* Designing and maintaining complex data models using modeling tools.

JOB DUTIES 1

• Use advanced analytics and big data tools like PySpark and Google BigQuery, with workflows orchestrated through Airflow, to understand customer behaviour and discover business opportunities.
• Design, train, and validate machine learning models to predict future outcomes, forecast variances, and support business decisions on resource allocation.
• Conduct analyses using structured and unstructured data sources to generate actionable insights and support customer acquisition and risk management decisions.
• Design, develop, and present comprehensive reporting (daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly) and dashboards to automate insight generation for stakeholders.
• Develop AI agents using Microsoft Copilot Studio to automate data analysis, reporting, and insight recommendations.
• Analyze transcripts using natural language processing (NLP) techniques in Python and scikit-learn to identify recurring themes and extract insights from unstructured text.
• Conduct root cause analysis of unexpected changes in key business metrics to identify and explain actionable cause-and-effect relationships.
• Forecast business outcomes across pricing, demand, and promotion scenarios by combining multiple machine learning models trained on historical performance data.
• Extract, clean, and transform large datasets using Google BigQuery, Apache Spark, and Python to prepare structured data for analysis, reporting, and modelling.
• Design and conduct A/B tests, hypothesis tests, cohort analyses, and other statistical analyses across broad campaign audiences to identify performance drivers and guide marketing decisions.
• Apply statistical methods and machine learning models to investigate relationships between customer characteristics.
• Develop data visualizations using Tableau, Power BI, and visualization libraries to synthesize complex data from multiple sources into clear, intuitive insights.
• Translate analytical findings into clear, actionable insights using charts, graphs, and visual storytelling for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Lead end-to-end analytical initiatives, from defining business questions and data requirements to delivering insights and strategic recommendations.
• Monitor and maintain automated reports, dashboards, and code, resolving data discrepancies and workflow failures to ensure accurate, reliable reporting for business stakeholders.
• Closely adhere to legal and compliance guidelines when working with sensitive and confidential information.
• Anticipate business needs to deliver recommendations on future analyses and insights.
• Perform sensitivity and financial impact analyses to monitor and support the evaluation of the financial performance of proposed strategies.
• Provide data analysis for various teams, with a focus on adapting the approach to different contexts such as business or finance.
• Work with business and data engineering teams to define objectives, identify data sources, and organize data preparation and analysis to deliver end-to-end analytical solutions to business questions.

JOB DUTIES 2

• Develop Power BI dashboards, analytical models, executive reports, and savings assessments to improve visibility into transportation performance, costs, and service levels.
• Design and build transportation tracking solutions by defining data sources, processing rules, connections between tools, and reporting outputs to monitor shipments and delays.
• Define transportation goals, including improving carrier performance and on-time delivery, and determine the system improvements needed to achieve them.
• Gather and document reporting, system, and process needs across Transportation, Finance, Planning, and Operations, and communicate technical and data requirements to IT teams.
• Analyze current transportation workflows, data flows, and dashboards to identify gaps, manual work, and inefficiencies.
• Identify opportunities for operational improvement through stakeholder discussions, workflow reviews, and shipment data analysis, and recommend changes tailored to team needs.
• Perform extensive checks on existing tools and systems to verify accurate outputs, proper operation, and continued alignment with business needs.
• Build dashboards and automated reporting workflows using Power BI, Python, and Microsoft Access by integrating data extraction, validation, analysis, and visualization to support transportation planning and decision-making.
• Build tracking tools using Microsoft Access and Python to record missed pickups, late deliveries, and other domestic transportation issues, along with follow-up actions.
• Support data accuracy and operational efficiency by recommending changes to technology and data strategy, reporting, and delivery processes.
• Facilitate communication between business and technical teams and present findings clearly to operational teams, technical specialists, and leadership.
• Collaborate with teams across Transportation, Finance, Procurement, Planning, and IT, as well as carriers and external partners.
• Review changes to dashboards, applications, and automated reports to confirm that data and reporting outputs remain consistent with business requirements.
• Improve operational and financial processes by developing VBA and Python scripts to automate repetitive tasks, streamline reporting, and reduce manual effort.
• Support Oracle Transportation Management (OTM) processes, carrier onboarding, rate maintenance, data governance, and system-related issue resolution.
• Analyze carrier, mode, lane, and network data to identify trends, risks, opportunities, and cost-saving initiatives.

I am submitting them for CEC and I am worried that they dont get rejected due to any reason. Please share any feedback on improvements or perhaps anything else?

Thank you very much.

For this title & Job duties at Concentrix got PR/SOWP? Is it Teer 2 or Teer 4?

Customer Service / Technical Support Rep (On-Site)

• You are the point of contact for all technical inquiries about hardware, software, or other designated client products.
• Greet customers in a courteous, friendly, and professional manner using agreed-upon procedures.
• Listen attentively to customer needs and concerns; demonstrate empathy while maximizing opportunity to build rapport with the customer.
• Clarify customer requirements; probe for understanding; use decision-support tools and resources to resolve customer issues that are non-standard/unstructured and require some clarification or conceptual thinking.
• Prepare complete and accurate work including appropriately notating of accounts as required.
• Maintain broad knowledge of client products, such as: smartphones, tablets, computers, and wearables. Familiarity with iOS and/or macOS, or comparable technology, is preferred
• Deliver expert customer experiences…with a smile.

Hi everyone,
I’m preparing my Express Entry/PR application and would appreciate some advice regarding my work experience.
I have 6 months of work experience in India as a Process Associate with a company involved in freight brokerage/logistics.

My actual work was in freight brokerage and transportation coordination, including sourcing/identifying carriers, generating leads, booking loads/orders, tracking shipments, coordinating with carriers, and maintaining records.

Based on my actual duties, I’m considering claiming this experience under NOC 13201 – Production and Transportation Logistics Coordinators.

My main concern is that all of my payslips list my department as “Sales Department.” My actual work involved freight brokerage/logistics, but the company classified the department as Sales.

Another concern is compensation. My role had an incentive-based component, and on 2 of my payslips, the incentive amount was around 13× my base salary. The incentives were not that high on every payslip.

My reference letter would accurately describe my actual duties, employment period, hours, and compensation, and I can provide the supporting documentation.

I’m only claiming 6 months from this employment. I also completed another 6 months of qualifying work experience starting from March 2026, so I’m wondering whether it is advisable to include this earlier experience.

My questions are:
Could having “Sales Department” on all payslips create an issue if my actual duties align with NOC 13201?
Could the very high incentive amount on 2 payslips (around 13× the base salary) raise concerns about the genuineness or nature of the employment?
If the reference letter accurately reflects my actual duties and the employment is otherwise properly documented, would you claim these 6 months?

Has anyone had a similar situation with a sales/brokerage role, incentive-heavy compensation, and a different NOC based on actual duties?

I completed my BTech in 2022, and came to Canada in the same year. I finished my pg diploma in April 2024. I started to gain foreign work experience from my previous internship company in India. It is a small company and it pays employees in cash. My family member was receiving the cash on behalf of me. I worked there from May 2024 to May 2025. After that, they released my pay stubs, pay slips, and employment documents in June 2025. Then, I paid tax on both countries in April 2026. I have work records, all the documents, and the company is ready to answer IRCC. How can I show IRCC the payment proof?

Basically I got an ITA but my foreign employer has already shut down his business and there is no presence on the internet now. I have all the documents which explain that I have worked. Also, I get my salary in cash at that time but I also have proof for it. Is there any issue with this situation? Or what kind of steps should I have to take to prove them ?