Application received: May 1st
Sponsorship approval: June 8th
Medicals Passed: July 23rd
File transfer to Paris VO: July 27th
Processing started for PA: July 27th
Current step/notice in GCKey states application status: We are processing your application. We will send you a message when there is an update or if we need more information from you.
Now we wait while they do the criminal check and background check. I hope that we hear something in February.

For now we wait and pray like everyone else. Good luck to all and pray that the new year brings us to our loved ones.