A new PR who landed at Toronto Pearson in early May asked about PR card timelines after two months of silence. The thread's collective answer:
- Link the PR card application to GCKey to track it. Log in to GCKey, scroll to the bottom of the main page, and use the 'add/link an existing application' option. Enter your details with your passport and COPR at hand. If linking fails, members suggested retrying case-sensitive variations of fields like place of birth — the matching is picky.
- Expect roughly 60 days from landing. The commonly quoted first-card timeline in the thread was about two months. One member who landed May 4 received the card July 5 — almost exactly 60 days.
- Don't panic at day 61. The poster was anxious because the 60-day mark had just passed. Members advised staying calm until around 75 days before treating it as a genuine delay worth escalating.
- 'Ghost updates' are normal. Seeing an untouched 'submitted' status or an update with no visible change on GCKey doesn't mean the application is stuck — several members saw the same before their card arrived.
Note: the ~60-day figure reflects processing at the time of the thread; check current IRCC processing times for today's estimate.