August 2023 Outland Spousal Sponsorship

[Canaspirant_007]

Late to the party but here is my timeline:


FILED - Aug 26 2023
AOR - Oct 13 2023
Bio Request - Oct 30 2023
Bio Done - Nov 16 2023
Medical Request - Jan 27 2024
Medical Passed - Feb 22 2024
Medical Status Complete - Mar 11 2024
Eligibility Complete - May 8 2024
Pre-Arrival Letter - May 9 2024
Background verification Complete - May 21 2024
Passport request - May 31 2024

Expect questions about landing soon...

Congratulations!
Did you have to send the passports for stamping to New Delhi Visa Office?
Request if you can please share you timelines after passport submission.

 

[shaherbanozaidi]

Hi everyone. Below is my timeline:

Applied-30th Aug 2023
AOR-26 October 2023
Biometric Request-31st October 2023
Biometrics done- 6th November 2023
Medical request-13th March 2024
Medical done-19th March 2024
Eligibility completed- 16th April
Prearrival received- 18th April 2024
BG Verification started-19th April 2024

(Ghost update on tracker 6th May 2024)

There has been nothing since then and it's been 3 months since background verification. Has anyone been in the same boat?

 

[sharmausct]

Hello All,

I need help with some of the forms. Please advise.


A. Generic Application Form(IMM 0008)

1. Current country of residence- It has 3 fields- Country, Status, From and To dates

My mother is in Canada at present and she came on a Super visa recently. I am confused about the following.

Status: Is the status Visitor for Super Visa as well?

To date: what should I put there?
As she is still here should I put today's date
or the date when she will leave Canada(5 years max stay possible)
or the date of expiry of her super visa?

From date: what should I put there?
Date when she got the Super visa
or the date she came to Canada.


2. Previous country of residence: It has 4 fields- Country, Immigration Status, Start date of immigration status, End date of immigration status

Before coming to Canada, my mother was in the USA(first on a visitor visa, and then she got a green card). I am confused about the following.

For the Period when she lived in the USA as a Green card holder
End date of immigration status: what should I put there?
The date when she left the USA
or the date when her green card expires??
Start date of immigration status: what should I put there?
The date when she got the Green card??

For the Period when she lived in the USA on a Visitor Visa(Her status changed from Visitor to Green card while she was in the USA)
End date of immigration status: what should I put there?
The date when she got the Green card??
Start date of immigration status: what should I put there?
The date when she reached the USA
or the date when she was given the visitor visa??

3. National Identity Documents: Expiry Filed

India has the Adhar card, which does not have an expiry. But the expiry date filed can not be left blank. What should I put there?

B. Digital Photo:

Do I need to upload a digital photo or a scan of the physical photo?
Instructions given are as follows:
a scanned professional photo (don’t take a picture of a paper photo with your digital camera or phone).

If I upload a digital photo then
Should I also attach a sepretate paper for the photographer's address, date, name, and date of birth confirmation?

If I upload a scanned photo then
Should I also scan the back of the photo with the photographer's address, date, name, and date of birth confirmation?

C. Financial Evaluation for Parents and Grandparents Sponsorship (IMM 5768)

1. Signature- The instruction says to electronically sign and date the statement to give IRCC consent to collect your SIN to ask for your income tax information. However, the original form can not be signed electronically. What should I do?

Print to pdf the original form and then sign electronically using the Adobe signature tool.
or Take a print of the original form, sign by hand, and then scan and upload the form?

D. Application to Sponsor, Sponsorship Agreement and Undertaking (IMM 1344)

Co-Signer Personal Details- telephone number: Can I leave it blank?
This form has some bugs in it. If I enter Candian phone number and then validate, it works fine. But if I reopen the form it it gives an error and validation goes away. The only way to save this form without error is to leave the phone number field blank. Not sure if the phone number filed is a required field but I can still validate the form without entering the phone.

E. Use of a Representative (IMM 5476)
Signature: Instructions say"Sign it electronically and get your immigration representative to do so also"

In the form, I can do 2 things to do the electronic signature. Which one should I do?
Type the full names in the Signature
or Use the Adobe signature tool and draw the actual signature and use that?

 

[nyantaro19]

Hi everyone. Below is my timeline:

Applied-30th Aug 2023
AOR-26 October 2023
Biometric Request-31st October 2023
Biometrics done- 6th November 2023
Medical request-13th March 2024
Medical done-19th March 2024
Eligibility completed- 16th April
Prearrival received- 18th April 2024
BG Verification started-19th April 2024

(Ghost update on tracker 6th May 2024)

There has been nothing since then and it's been 3 months since background verification. Has anyone been in the same boat?

Did you check your GCKey account?

 

[SunshineV]

Hi everyone. Below is my timeline:

Applied-30th Aug 2023
AOR-26 October 2023
Biometric Request-31st October 2023
Biometrics done- 6th November 2023
Medical request-13th March 2024
Medical done-19th March 2024
Eligibility completed- 16th April
Prearrival received- 18th April 2024
BG Verification started-19th April 2024

(Ghost update on tracker 6th May 2024)

There has been nothing since then and it's been 3 months since background verification. Has anyone been in the same boat?

That's quite a few weeks to wait. It seems a lot of August applicants are stuck in the Pre-Arrival and BGC stage. I submitted on August 15th and we received Pre-Arrival on May 24th BGC has in progress for almost 2 months. Received another pre-arrival but in the form of an email this time as a reminder but nothing else changed on PR tacker or GCkey

 

[nyantaro19]

That's quite a few weeks to wait. It seems a lot of August applicants are stuck in the Pre-Arrival and BGC stage. I submitted on August 15th and we received Pre-Arrival on May 24th BGC has in progress for almost 2 months. Received another pre-arrival but in the form of an email this time as a reminder but nothing else changed on PR tacker or GCkey

Did you get PPR? We submitted our application almost the same time, you should have gotten your PPR months back.

 

[SunshineV]

Did you get PPR? We submitted our application almost the same time, you should have gotten your PPR months back.

Received Pre-Arrival on May 24th and have not heard anything since then. Still waiting for PPR. Contemplating contacting IRCC to follow-up but not sure what to say.

Lucky you are all done with this process.

 

[nyantaro19]

Received Pre-Arrival on May 24th and have not heard anything since then. Still waiting for PPR. Contemplating contacting IRCC to follow-up but not sure what to say.

Lucky you are all done with this process.

Yeah it's unusually slow, I would try ordering GCMS notes first or checking GCKey before giving the IRCC a call.

 

[OneCanadian85]

Yeah it's unusually slow, I would try ordering GCMS notes first or checking GCKey before giving the IRCC a call.

Hi there,

My spouse received pre-arrival a few days ago, and we are already preparing for the next steps (hopefully won't take too long). When you received your passport with the visa stamped, what was the duration (or expiration) of the visa? Do they give it for 3 months or more?

Thanks

 

[nyantaro19]

Hi there,

My spouse received pre-arrival a few days ago, and we are already preparing for the next steps (hopefully won't take too long). When you received your passport with the visa stamped, what was the duration (or expiration) of the visa? Do they give it for 3 months or more?

Thanks

The expiration of the visa for spouse PR is the same as to when your medical expires (which should be indicated in your tracker account). This cannot be extended. If it's near expiring, they might as you to do another medical exam. It really depends.

 

[OneCanadian85]

The expiration of the visa for spouse PR is the same as to when your medical expires (which should be indicated in your tracker account). This cannot be extended. If it's near expiring, they might as you to do another medical exam. It really depends.

Thank you!

 

[Reet29]

Anyone from Delhi VO got any update?

 

[sachdevas]

Anyone from Delhi VO got any update?

not yet very slow process

 

[JASLEEN1869]

Any updates for New Delhi Visa office applicants.
Been an year since we submitted the applicationa dn have been stuck on "Eligibility in progress" since January 2024

 

[JASLEEN1869]

Anyone from Delhi VO got any update?

No. I am so furious with the officers at ND