Good evening, everyone!
I´ll keep checking this thread to get tips for my own process, and to help out others whenever possible. I´ll also keep you in touch about my own process.
For now, I´m in the pre-profile stage. IQAS ECAs are underway and IELTS is scheduled to june 3rd. After that, I´ll apply, so that makes mid-june. Sold our cars to amass proof of funds, plus FGTS next month and tax returns july (saved car transfer receipts, tax statements and will save FGTS withdraw slips for LOE).
I screwed up and put the first money batch in a CDB due feb/2018, but the rest, which should be enough, is divided partly in my wife´s savings account and split in two different fixed investment D+0 withdraw funds from XP Investimentos. They told me they could make letters in english plus statements with fund details and that they´re used to do that for canadian and some other coutries immigration processes. I´ll know that for sure when the time is right. Worse scenario I pull everything to the savings account to make sure I have no trouble giving proof of funds.
For now, I don´t know yet who will be the main applicant. I made my ECA at IQAS instead of WES because my wife has two credentials: a 3 year technical and a 2.5 year technologist. From what I have inquired, WES doesn´t regard technical diplomas, so why not try IQAS. If they accept, she can reach anything between 428 and 445 (depends on IELTS, age). If all else fails, I´m becoming the main applicant. I can´t reach anything beyond 407 before I finish my specialization program, but I´m confident even my profile can be ITA´d since the cutoffs are going downhill... oh well, let´s see how does this canadian quest goes.
As for the ones who already got their PPRs, congrats! Let´s move out, and good luck!
