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yay_321

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Ditto! AOR 4th Aug
See almost all us August applicants including myself are at this status:

Eligibly - Recommended Pass
Criminality - In Progress
Security - Not Started

And they last touched our file during the Jan 5 - Jan 12 week.

So now whenever they touch our files again we can hope to go past this status and eventually get COPR. Like someone said above this will likely be by March since July 2020 applicants are getting this month so looks like there is 1 month delay.

In the meantime lets all keep us updated with their file statuses and when was the last update and hope for the best!
 

yay_321

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See almost all us August applicants including myself are at this status:

Eligibly - Recommended Pass
Criminality - In Progress
Security - Not Started

And they last touched our file during the Jan 5 - Jan 12 week.

So now whenever they touch our files again we can hope to go past this status and eventually get COPR. Like someone said above this will likely be by March since July 2020 applicants are getting this month so looks like there is 1 month delay.

In the meantime lets all keep us updated with their file statuses and when was the last update and hope for the best!
Basically lets all hope that this file touching wave that came in January, comes again asap so that we can move past this status and be pushed towards COPR.
 

DreamCanadian2020

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Oct 15, 2020
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Ontario
Category........
CEC
Visa Office......
Ottawa
NOC Code......
2174
AOR Received.
09-08-2020
Med's Done....
30-10-2020
is there any August AOR whose eligibility is not started yet?
 

yay_321

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And ya for the August applicants who haven't yet reached the status above (Eligibility - Rec Pass, Criminality - In Progress and Security - Not started),

don't worry too much because most of the times they keep working in the background and only update in their system later this is why we see Security passing in 2 days for several applicants, where in reality security takes about 110 days to pass.

So, its just a matter of time of when they touch the file and update everything! Some people don't receive any ghost updates and get direct COPR, so its not an official thing to pass through all these stages at certain times, these are our guesses and speculation to keep us occupied in the 6-7 month wait. ;)
 
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Woody24561

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This was my file which I called a few weeks back and was last seen end of December
AOR: August 4th
VO: Ottawa
Medical: 24th Sept
Bio: 24th Sept
Eligibility: Recommend pass
Criminality: passed
Security: not started
 
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Akash111

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This was my file which I called a few weeks back and was last seen end of December
AOR: August 4th
VO: Ottawa
Medical: 24th Sept
Bio: 24th Sept
Eligibility: Recommend pass
Criminality: passed
Security: not started
Seems like we are in que
My Aor 6 aug yours 4th aug
My medical pass on 26th sep yours on 24th sep
 
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pjsandhu

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I called IRCC today. Here are the details:

AOR : Aug 14th 2020
Eligibility : Recommended Pass
Criminality : In Progress
Security : Not Started
Last Update : Jan 11th 2021
Primary VO : Ottawa

For secondary VO; the agent said OSC. Any idea which VO is this??
Same here AOR 20 august
 
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DreamCanadian2020

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Oct 15, 2020
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Ontario
Category........
CEC
Visa Office......
Ottawa
NOC Code......
2174
AOR Received.
09-08-2020
Med's Done....
30-10-2020
Background changed from “we are processing “ to “your application in progress. We will message you when we start your background check“

Agent said
Security, criminality and background checks have not started.

VO Ottawa.

m not sure why its going backwards without eligibility being started.
 

yay_321

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Background changed from “we are processing “ to “your application in progress. We will message you when we start your background check“

Agent said
Security, criminality and background checks have not started.

VO Ottawa.

m not sure why its going backwards without eligibility being started.
This kind of background status change usually happens with FSW applicants, and its a positive sign if it changed from processing to when we start background check, means you are likely in NA2 stage.

More about stages here:

https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/mep-ip1-ip2-etc-application-stages-and-what-they-mean.576171/
 
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EscoBlades

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Background changed from “we are processing “ to “your application in progress. We will message you when we start your background check“

Agent said
Security, criminality and background checks have not started.

VO Ottawa.

m not sure why its going backwards without eligibility being started.
Something definitely progressed on your application if the Background Check message changed. Sounds like it is moving in the right direction.

What's your AOR?
 
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DreamCanadian2020

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Oct 15, 2020
53
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Ontario
Category........
CEC
Visa Office......
Ottawa
NOC Code......
2174
AOR Received.
09-08-2020
Med's Done....
30-10-2020
I see, but the on call i was told that my eligibility was not started yet. Btw AOR - Aug 9
 

DreamCanadian2020

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Oct 15, 2020
53
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Ontario
Category........
CEC
Visa Office......
Ottawa
NOC Code......
2174
AOR Received.
09-08-2020
Med's Done....
30-10-2020
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yay_321

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Even more interesting I was told that my criminality is passed

Btw m a CEC applicant
That's is good news that your criminality is passed.

Criminality was the first assessment that was started for me then after many days eligibility started, so nothing to worry about, all good!