A 36-year-old applicant (B.Tech + M.Tech, teaching and project-administration career) shared a complete successful timeline for a study permit for a 1-year PG Diploma in Project Management at Saskatchewan Polytechnic (Sept 2023 intake). Useful patterns:
- The profile was coherent. Engineering degrees, teaching, then a decade in project administration, leading to a PG diploma in project management — the course selection continued the career story, the exact progression logic officers look for, even at 36.
- The timeline. LOA received 21 Oct 2022 → SOP finalized 25 Dec → application submitted 26 Dec → medical updated 30 Dec → biometrics updated 2 Jan 2023 → decision 19–20 Jan 2023. Roughly 24 days from submission to passport request, with medical and biometrics knocked out in the first week.
- No intermediate signals — don't read the silence. The applicant reported no review-started status, no ADR, no interview, no "ghost updates" — just a sudden approval email. Quiet files aren't stalled files.
- College application mechanics. They applied through an agent (IDP Global) and noted the college responds within about 2 weeks if you're eligible — useful for planning how early to seek the LOA (theirs came ~11 months before intake).