Sharing our timeline if it can help anyone here :
Spousal sponsorship- Common-law- Outland-with ARC - Québec
PA from Mexico; VO: Mexico / Sponsor : Canadian citizen
(no interview was requested)
- Application received : Oct. 30, 2019
- AOR: Dec. 20, 2019
- Biometrics request : Dec. 20, 2019 ; Submitted: Jan. 7, 2020
- Police Certificate request (RCMP): Dec. 20, 2019;
Submitted: Jan. 16, 2020 (done through accredited fingerprinting company)
- Sponsor approval and Correspondence letter for CSQ request: Dec 23, 2019;
CSQ submitted: Jan. 16, 2020; Payment passed: Feb. 25, 2020;
CSQ approved & received: July 15, 2020
- Application sent to VO Mexico : Jan 6, 2020
- Sent additional support for application (without request)- to support common-law relationship being maintained: Oct. 26 2020
- Medical Request letter: March 19, 2021; Submitted: April 6,2021;
Passed (update on GCKey): April 8, 2021
- Schedule A ; Police Certificate (FGR Mexico*); IRB notes request: March 19, 2021; Submitted all: April 14, 2021;
FGR (done in Veracruz): Requested : March 26; Received: April 8 2021
- Pre-arrival services Letter – Eligibility passed (as per GCMS notes): July 9, 2021
- ARC request (letter and fees): Oct. 25, 2021; Submitted: Oct. 26, 2021
- GCKey Updated: February 25, 2022;
Decision Made: February 26, 2022;
New Tracker showing COPR document # : February 28, 2022; Background check went from “not started” to Completed.
- Passport request and photos letter: March 1st, 2022;
Submitted to VFS/VAC: March 3rd, 2022;
Received: March 4th;
Forwarded by VFS and in process at IRCC: March 17th
- New tracker and GCKEY Updated : March 23rd /24th:
Medical was extended till 2023 (expiry date was coming up, and we’d requested it);
Final review of Eligibility - Approved;
Letter of accompanying visa deposited : March 28th
- COPR- included the IMM 1203b for ARC: Received March 31st
- Landed on – Officially a permanent resident : April 3rd
- *Airline requested that we present an eTA ; we requested and received it on April 1st.
By God's grace, we finally made it after almost 2 years and a half.
Congratulations to those who have reunited and I hope that all who are still waiting be reunited with your loved ones soon!
Having to go through any immigration process is stressful as it is, and with an ARC even more, but don't lose hope.