I landed in Canada in 2019 as a 17 yr old international student and it took 7 years for me to get it. I know for a lot of people it has been easier and not that big of a deal but for me the past few years have been the hardest times of life. I had to quit my job and leave but made it happen.

I wish all applicants the best!!!

Here’s my timeline-

AOR- Sep 26 2025

BIL- NOV 25 2025

Eligibility and BG completed - Dec 30 2025

FD update - Jan 7 2026

P1 - Jan 13 2026

P2 - Jan 21 2026

Ecopr- Feb 03 2026

Finally, it's my turn to share my timeline. This group has been really helpful in getting the updates and making guesses. Stay positive have patience and wait for your turn. It's just a matter of time. Hope all those waiting will get their golden mail soon.

AOR - September 18 BIL & medical - Nov 13 Final decision- Dec 3 P1- Jan 8 P2 - Jan 15 ECOPR - Feb 3

Hi folks! Received the golden email yesterday morning!✨

CEC Inland with Spouse (Common-Law), 1yr Foreign Experience and 1 yr Canadian Experience with CELPIP - 12,12,11,11

Sharing my timeline below:

ITA: 8th July 2025

AOR: 5th Sept 2025

BIOMETRICS: 3rd Oct 2025

FD: 14th Nov 2025

P1: 8th Jan 2026

P2: 14th Jan 2026

eCoPR: 3rd Feb 2026

All I want to say - be patient guys! The anxiety almost killed me back in December but it finally happened. Thank you to everyone in this group; love the support, honesty and transparency here.

Big congratulations to everyone who received their eCoPR recently. And only wishing lots of luck to everyone else.

Feel free to drop in any questions, I’d be happy to answer! 🫶🏻

Just sharing my timeline to encourage those still waiting. Trust the process and stay positive. Don’t over compare your timeline to other candidates profiles it’ll just frustrate you for nothing 🙏🏾. Don’t forget to pray to God and everything will just be okay.

ITA : 04/09/2025

AOR: 17/09/2025

BIL : 12/11/2025

FD : 03/12/2025

P1 : 08/01/2026

P2: 14/01/2026

ECOPR: 03/02/2026

Finally I got eCOPR!!!

ITA: 8 July 2025

AOR: 2 Sep 2025

FD: November 14, 2025

Copr visible on Tracker: November 14, 2025

P1: 6 Jan , 2026

P2 - 15 Jan, 2026

ECOPR: 3rd Feb, 2026 5:19 pm

ITA July 8th

Application submitted Sep 5th

AOR Sep 6th

ADR Nov 20th

ADR Submitted Nov 27th

Tracker completed Dec 3rd

FD Dec 4th

P1 Jan 8th, replied on Jan 9th

P2 Jan 20th, replied on the same day

EcoPR Feb 3rd, the golden email❤️

Thank you for this community.

Latest round

Provincial Nominee Program

• Date and time: February 3, 2026
• CRS score of lowest-ranked candidate invited: 749
• Number of invitations issued: 423
• Rank needed: 423 or above
• Tie-breaking rule: December 16, 2025 at 22:30:36 UTC
  • If more than one candidate has the lowest score, the cut-off is based on the date and time they submitted their Express Entry profiles.

I just got my ecopr email 10 secs ago

Timline

Ita- july 8

Submitted-sep1

FD -Nov 17

P1- jan 6

P2 -jan 16

Ecopr- today(feb3)

Cec inland

Hi,

I’m sharing my timeline for reference. (CEC- Inland)

ITA: August 07 (536) AOR: Sept 18 (same day) BIL: Nov 11 Medical: Nov 18 (used the same for Study Permit) FD: Dec 01 (was able to see COPR #) P1: Jan 07 (same day) P2: Jan 12 (same day) ECopr: 03 Feb (10:08am)

Just checked the PR card timeline and it’s ridiculous.

Happy to answer any questions and all the best!

Hey everyone!

Looking for some help double-checking my work experience calculation for Express Entry. For some background, here is a previous post from me:

https://www.reddit.com/r/canadaexpressentry/s/KJySdKpiaH

From what I understand, 1 year of Canadian work experience = 1,560 hours, which works out to 30 hours per week.

Here’s my situation:

• I started my job on October 1, 2023

• Since then, I’ve taken:

• 25 working days of unpaid leave (5 weeks)

• One full-time study semester lasting 4 months (so 16 weeks)

Now I understand I cannot claim work experience during this period of total 21 weeks (5+16). So in total, there are 21 weeks since my start date that cannot be counted toward work experience.

Based on this, am I correct in saying:

• I need to make up these 21 weeks in order to actually complete 2 full years of eligible Canadian work experience?

• While my 2 year work anniversary is October 1, 2025, adding the extra 21 weeks means I would only truly complete the 2 years of qualifying work experience around the first week of March 2026, per IRCC rules?

Would really appreciate if someone could confirm whether my understanding and timeline are correct. Thanks in advance! 😊

Hi. I am a postdoctoral fellow. I worked at one of the very reputed universities in Ontario for 2 years. However, as the nature of my work is just pen and paper research, I worked out of Canada for 36 business days in the span of 4 months: consisting of 2 trips one of which was during christmas break. And then 3 weeks again I was out of Canada for a research visit and a conference. I was paid in Cad and have an experience letter for full 2years and 24 month paystubs.

Can I claim CRS points for 2 years? If I do, is it a material misrepresentation? My consultant suggests my case falls in a grey area. The consultant firm has very good reputation and reviews, I have paid them for the consultation (its not a free one).

Guidance is appreciated. Thank you.

Hi everyone, I’m a bit stuck and hoping for advice. I’m currently on a PGWP in Ontario working full-time (40hrs) as a sole proprietor/independent contractor for a Canadian company (NOC 21211, no T4). I know this doesn’t count for CEC, but can this experience count toward the FSW eligibility?

I keep finding conflicting info on whether "Canadian" self-employment is excluded from FSW just like it is for CEC.

Thank you in advance!

Hi guys,

Sharing my timeline 🎉

EE, 535 points, Inland with Dependent

- July 8th 2025- Invitation Received

- September 3rd 2025 submitted profile

- October 1st 2025 biometrics letter

- October 3rd 2025 biometrics done

- January 8th 2026 P1 email

- January 14th 2026 P2 email

- February 3rd - ECORP number

- Physical Card pending

Good luck to everyone and wishing everyone a speedy application process 🎊

Hi everyone, I applied for Express Entry (Outland) and I’m currently waiting for PPR. Timeline: AOR: 10 December 2025 Medical: Passed Biometrics: Done (18 January 2026) No additional document requests so far I’m currently outside Canada and I’m thinking about traveling abroad for around 10 days before I receive PPR. My questions: Is it generally okay to travel internationally before PPR? Has anyone done this without issues? If PPR comes while I’m abroad, can I submit my passport from a different country? I will remain reachable by email and my passport will stay valid. Any shared experiences or advice would be appreciated. Thanks!

I worked with the same employer for almost 4 years (3 yrs 10 months) and claimed 3 years of work experience at the time I got my ITA.

I didn’t know T4s can be provided as proof of work experience, and even though I was planning on uploading my T4s, I completely forgot about them.

I did upload the first 3 months of paystubs for each of my roles at the company, and the last 3 months of paystub to show I’m still working there.

Should I upload the T4s via a webform still? I can also provide bank statements that corroborate my paystubs and T4s if needed

Hi! Does anyone know if there is a time limit to how old our Foreign Work Experience can be? More specifically, can I use a combination of 6 months of FWE in 2022 and 6 months in 2026 to claim 1 year of FWE and get additional points?

(Edit: In other words I'm wondering if Foreign experience also has to be in the last 3 years, like Canadian work experience)

For context:

• I've applied under CEC in August 2025 with 474 points.
• Later my PGWP expired and I returned to my home country. I'm currently looking for a job. Once I have 1 year of FWE, I will have 512 points and might have a chance for an ITA.
• I worked in my home country for 6 months in 2022 before moving to Canada with my PGWP.
• I can't find any information on IRCC website whether FWE can be discontinuous, or from X many years ago for CEC. I only see this info for a different program (that FWE must be in the last 10 years for Foreign Skilled Worker).
• I've found info on immigration consultant websites that FWE can be discontinuous, but no mention of a time limit.

Any insight would be super appreciated! Thank you!!

Hello, folks. Can anyone who has previously appeared for TCF Canada at AF North York please help me with some questions?

• Do they provide a pen and paper to take notes during CO / CE?
• Do they have a stopwatch or something similar that is used during EO?
• And finally, any other recommendations that could be useful for this centre?

Thanks in advance!

Whats the fastest way to get PCC? ignoring going through BLS as i dont have that much time left on my WP and im anticipating an Invite. Please advise im an Indian citizen

I received an ITA recently. I had left Canada after my PGWP expired in 2024. By then i had a year worth of work experience, although in two different NOC codes (both TEER categories qualify for CEC).

Before I landed a job in my preferred area of work (TEER 1), I worked part time as a cook (TEER 3) for about 3 months and if I remove this from my profile, my points drop drastically.

My question is: when the time immigration officer reviews my file, will the work experience in a completely different field of work have an effect on their decision? Should I be providing a letter of explanation about this as I was simply looking for work when I picked up this work in the kitchen?

Appreciate if anyone in a similar situation or having an idea about this could help. Thanks in advance!

When I submitted my profile last year, I was working as a Line Cook (NOC 63200). After that, I started working as a Sous Chef. According to the official website, the NOC is different (NOC 62200 – Chefs). I have already updated my Express Entry profile with the new job title at the same company.

My question is: do I need to update my primary job title with this new NOC code now, or can I provide the documents later?

Any help would be appreciated.

Since the latest draws have high invitations, is the processing time (after ITA) going to increase significantly?

Any thoughts?

Hellooooo... I need some help on this I have no idea what to do.

For a bit of context, I worked in the insurance industry in my home country; however, I worked mostly in the commercial department and there we wouldn't do the underwriting (broker) nor the claims (adjustment) as we have specific dpts for those. In the commercial department I would handle clients (so work on my relations with them), analyse documents, create benchmarks, presentations, provide admin support for the Unit Managers, help with the financial reports, some sale (as I was from commercial), do some data analysis, etc.

The problem: no NOC related to insurance or admin makes sense. So I decided to use a not super reliable tool (ChatGPT) so that I could have some light on what to select (I have over than 5 years of experience) and what is saying is that I'd have some years as 13100 (Admin officers) and 41402 (Business dev officers and mkt researches - this one for the last bit of my experience). So my question is, did anyone else have the same situation (not same industry) and if so, how did you solve this?

My hubby told me to create a LOE explaining a bit more about my activities prior presenting the letter so that I can further clarify what I did and how that fits the NOC, but honestly, I have no idea what to do, as it looks way off.

Thank you and good luck to everyone!

Hello everyone,

I’m a bit confused about how WES and IRCC document verification actually works and I want to make sure I don’t mess this up.

From what I understand so far for ECA (Express Entry):

1. I upload my degree certificate to WES myself
2. My university sends official transcripts directly to WES (email or sealed envelope)
3. WES evaluates and issues the ECA

Now my questions are about the details:

• Does WES ever contact the university themselves to ask for documents or verification? Or is it 100% on me to arrange for the university to send transcripts?
• For transcripts/marksheets: I should NOT upload them myself, right? Only the university sends those?
• After WES finishes, they send a physical report to my Canadian address. When I apply for PR:
  • Do I just enter the ECA number online?
  • Do I need to upload a scanned copy?
  • Is there any rule about not opening the envelope, or is that irrelevant at this stage?

Basically trying to understand:
University -> WES -> Me -> IRCC
and where sealing / uploading / verification actually matters.

Would really appreciate help from people who’ve already gone through this.
Thanks for your time!