I advice everyone to use VFS to send your passport. We sent to VAC then got many emails today requesting fees sent to VFS and consent form. Wish others had mentioned this before.Yes, you should. First I got an email saying it was prepared to be sent to IRCC. After that I got several automatic emails that it was dispatched to IRCC and a few hours after that it was received by IRCC. On the next day I got an email saying it was dispatched to VAC, and then shortly after I got another one saying that it was prepared to be shipped to my address by a courier service.