ALHAMDULILLAH, with the blessing of ALLAH ALMIGHTY I got PR.
I came to Canada in September 2011 as a student.
Completed my 2 years diploma in Accounting in December 2013.
Applied for PGWP in January 2014, it was refused in February, because CIC did not receive my Education completion letter (My bad, I did not submit it in correct format)
Applied for PGWP again, got PGWP in March
Started working in March 2014, part time, later full time, and switched jobs.
Applied Regular BC PNP in February 2015,
Took IELTS in February 2015, got more than minimum requirement.
In July realized that I am eligible for BC PNP EE, requested BC PNP to switch my regular BC PNP to BC PNP EE, sent them required forms with copy of IELTS results.
Got nomination in December.
Something went wrong with profile, had to transfer nomination to new EE Profile.
Nomination transferred in Feb
Got ITA on March 09, 2016.
App submitted on March 18 AOR same date.
Tried to keep the profile and app as simple as possible, did not include anything that did not award points.
Mentioned funds as $ 00 in EE Profile and App to avoid extra paper work (CEC applicants do not need to show proof of funds).
Did not declare Canadian siblings to avoid extra paper work, but mentioned them in personal history and letter of explanation.
Submitted the Schedule 4 upfront
Below is my time line
BC PNP CEC
AOR: March 18
Medical Passed: April 27
BG in Progress: April 27
BG Not needed: April 28
BG In progress: May 25
PPR: May 27
PP Sent: May 27
PP Rcvd Ottawa: May 30
Approved and Closed: June 6th
PP Rcvd Back: June 10th
Landed: June 10th
Honestly, I was not expecting it to be that fast, But thank god for the quick processing.
Lessons Learned:
Try to keep your app as simple as possible.
Be patient. Be patient. Honestly if someone would be saying that to me while my app is in process, from inside I would be like, dude you do not have any idea how hard it is to be patient.
But with CIC all you can do is PRAY and be patient. I know it is hard, but again that is the only thing you can do.
While my app was in process sometimes I would check my cic many times a day, I would check reason of rejection thread often and start overthinking and get worried. Please do not do that. That would just make you worried.
Yes I would suggest ordering GCMS every month, which will at least tell you at which stage your app is, and if there is something wrong or missing, you can send it to CIC via CSE.
I would also like to thank senior forum members like Asivad Anac and other who are helping everyone on this forum.
If you have any questions, I will be happy to answer
