It's finally over.
1 year of Work Experiance for PR points, and 1.5 years for the PR application to process.
**** COMPLETE TIMELINE ****
31 Mar 09: Positive LMO
22 Jun 09: Arrived in Canada and got my Temporary Work Permit
23 Jun 10: Federal Skilled Worked Category 3 mailed
07 Jul 10: Arrived on 27th and was returned due to the new rules brought in on the 26th
31 Jul 10: IELTS Exam
13 Aug 10: IELTS Results (Band Score 9.0)
17 Aug 10: Applied for Permenant Residence FSW C2 mailed
20 Aug 10: FSW C2 arrived at CIO, Sydney, NS
09 Sep 10: BMO Travel MasterCard Billed $550 for fees
08 Dec 10: Negative Decision / Application Rejected due to CIO's error
08 Dec 10: Faxed & emailed CIO to complain
09 Dec 10: "Disregard last letter" email from CIO
13 Dec 10: Positive Eligability Review (PER) Received. Application will be forwarded to Buffalo.
25 Mar 11: ECAS Status Changed to "Received by Visa Office"
16 Jun 11: Buffalo Request Reference Letter and T4 Forms which show my Salary for my work experience.
22 Jun 11: Work Permit Expired (first LMO application denied)
06 Jul 11: New Employer Applied for LMO.
12 Jul 11: Service Canada Fax stating LMO has been assigned a file number.
09 Aug 11: Employer calls Service Canada. Apparently there is a backlog and LMOs are taking 7 weeks to get processed, so should be here by the 24th.
17 Aug 11: Due to Canada Postal Strike I finally receive letter sent by Buffalo 16 Jun 2011.
18 Aug 11: Documents Faxed and Emailed to Buffalo.
20 Aug 11: Same Documents Mailed to Buffalo as per their request.
28 Aug 11: New Work Permit (1Yr) Received at Border.
26 Sep 11: Record of Employment, new Indeterminate Offer of Employment Letter and Copy of Work Permit sent to Buffalo.
04 Oct 11: Documents arrived at Buffalo (FedEx International Ground has Tracking!)
26 Oct 11: I Emailed Buffalo to ask about the Status of my application.
27 Nov 11: After waiting for a month with so response, I resent the email, this time threatening to make a formal complaint if they do not respond.
30 Nov 11: Buffalo responded to my enquiry email, confirming that the Documents have been received, and that my application is being reviewed by an Immigration officer and I will hear from them soon.
30 Nov 11: ECAS Changed to "In Process".
Though Documents were being Processed before this as Demonstrated by the letter in June.
12 Dec 11: Medical Request Letter. My application has been approved and now all they need is to get my medicals. No request for any other documents, obviously the Police Checks I sent the first time are still OK.
17 Dec 11: Medicals Done.
30 Dec 11: RPRF Bank Draft Posted to Buffalo.
31 Dec 11: Estimated Date that Medicals were sent to Ottawa.
11 Jan 12: RPRF Bank Draft Encashed.
20 Feb 12: ECAS Updated with Medicals Received.
28 Mar 12: Passport Request received via Email from Buffalo.
30 Mar 12: Passport and Photos sent by Fedex Priority Mail.
03 Apr 12: Passport and Photos arrived at Buffalo.
18 Apr 12: (Postmark on envelope) Buffalo Posted my Confirmation of Permanent Residence (COPR) Documents.
19 Apr 12: ECAS Changed to "Decision Made" (may have happened earlier, no date attached to status change and I hadn't checked for a while.)
25 Apr 12: COPR Documents Received (Sent by Canada Post regular mail - scary! I actually requested regular USPS mail assuming they would do international postage, instead they sent it to Canada and posted it from there.)
26 Apr 12: LANDED IN CANADA AS A PERMANENT RESIDENT AT PEACE ARCH CROSSING!
I know I've been gone for a while, but thank everyone who was supportive during those hard times where waiting got tough. Good luck to everyone who is still waiting.
