Stealing the format from penacare to add my own dates, some of them very similar. Got some questions about linking to GCKey, the COPR document number, the Approved in Principle letter and the finalization portal if anyone knows the answers.
-Applied: June 28, 2023
-Sponsor Received AOR: August 18, 2023
-Linked the Application to GCKey: Never was able to do this. The webpage says it can't find the application and to contact them for problems. I've filled out the webform to contact them and it just says my information was added to my application and it's never actually linked to the GCKey account.
-Medical Exam Instruction Letter: August 23, 2023
-Biometrics Instruction Letter: August 24, 2023
-Eligibility Marked Completed in PR Tracker: September 11, 2023
-Biometrics completed: September 12, 2023
-Biometrics enrolment listed in GC portal: September 12, 2023
-Pre-Arrival Services Letter: September 12, 2023
-Medical Exam completed: September 14, 2023
-Medical Exam Marked Completed in PR Tracker: September 17, 2023
-Sponsor "meets eligibility requirements" letter: October 5, 2023
-Applicant "meets eligibility requirements" letter: October 5, 2023
-Background Verification Completed in PR Tracker: November 24, 2023
-Request for biometrics payment: November 29, 2023
-Biometrics payment confirmed: December 3, 2023
-"Ready for finalization" email received (1st portal?): December 6, 2023
-Replied with requested information: December 6, 2023
-Created PR Tracker Account: December 15, 2023 (didn't know this was a thing, should've read this thread earlier!)
So as it stands, the PR Tracker says Biometrics, Medical Exam, Eligibility and Background Verification are all completed. The application status is still "in progress" and I have "0 task(s)." I have a COPR document number in the PR Tracker, but as I just signed up for that today, I don't know when that was added or how relevant that is. It expires about a year from my medical exam, so possibly I've had that number since mid-September? There's no info besides the document number, expiry date and my passport info.
I've seen reference here to AIP, "Approval in Principle"? And the exact day penacare got AIP, we got our "meets eligibility requirements" letters. Are those the same thing? Does the AIP actually say "approved in principle"?
Haven't gotten any response at all to the "ready for finalization" email, starting to wonder if I did that right. I just replied to that email. I don't think I have any portal otherwise that I can enter information into, but that they'll reply to my email with the login for the portal? (Which is different from the portal I originally applied through, at prson-srpel.apps.cic.gc.ca?)
