Cool! I did not know that! I was told I needed a work permit until second stage was completed. So it took you around 4 months to become a pr holder after AIP, right?
The work permit I applied for is the first OPW I would received, my lawyer just asked me to send him bank statements as I work doing cash jobs, immigration is processing my application and it seems like they have not received the police certificate from my country; maybe next month everything would be done...