Applied Visitor Visa to Canada

[NPR]

Hi,
Applied Visitor Visa to Canada on July 31st 2017 Still no update only received 2 emails saying your application is submitted and received
Anyone applied on the same day and got any response ?


Thanks

 

[Jalex23]

Hi,
Applied Visitor Visa to Canada on July 31st 2017 Still no update only received 2 emails saying your application is submitted and received
Anyone applied on the same day and got any response ?


Thanks

4 weeks is normal processing times.

Be patient.

 

[NPR]

Hi,
Thanks for the reply
If it crosses the normal processing time then whom we should contact ?


Thanks

 

[Jalex23]

Hi,
Thanks for the reply
If it crosses the normal processing time then whom we should contact ?


Thanks

https://secure.cic.gc.ca/enquiries-renseignements/canada-case-cas-eng.aspx

 

[Alagumeenal]

Hi,
Applied Visitor Visa to Canada on July 31st 2017 Still no update only received 2 emails saying your application is submitted and received
Anyone applied on the same day and got any response ?


Thanks

Hi,From which country did u apply!?Online or paper application!?

 

[NPR]

Hi,From which country did u apply!?Online or paper application!?

Hi
Applied from India
Online application

 

[Alagumeenal]

Hi
Applied from India
Online application

I too have applied online from India on August 1st.No updates after receiving Application number and UCI.

 

[anonymous88]

4 weeks is normal processing times.

Be patient.

Hi Guys.
Applied on the 18th Aug online.
Payed and got the same 2 emails as mentioned above, payment receipt and confirmation of submission after 5-days since then nothing, 12-days later.

I applied from Thailand processing time is 23-days, thus 11-days left.

QUESTION:

I realize its only been 11 days and I must be patient. The processing time says 23-days HOWEVER should there not be some movment on my application. I.E should some things not change on my dashboard, or is this normal?

My application has been stuck like this since the 18th Aug, after I received my file number, is this normal?

 

[Jalex23]

Hi Guys.
I applied from Thailand processing time is 23-days, thus 11-days left.

The 23 days is an estimate, not a commitment, it can take less or more than that. I would give it at least 50 days before expecting any communication.

Hi Guys.
QUESTION:

I realize its only been 11 days and I must be patient. The processing time says 23-days HOWEVER should there not be some movment on my application. I.E should some things not change on my dashboard, or is this normal?

My application has been stuck like this since the 18th Aug, after I received my file number, is this normal?

Normal. Online status are a courtesy and not a real time system. They can take weeks to update it. Some never do.

 

[anonymous88]

The 23 days is an estimate, not a commitment, it can take less or more than that. I would give it at least 50 days before expecting any communication.

Good Day

Thank you for your reply.

I have a few questions if you don't mind. As can be seen from your post activity you clearly are one of the more senior members on this forum. However I would like to point out / ask a few thins.:

1. Where do you get the "50 day before expecting communication" figure from? As bad as Canada's immigration website is, it is brilliant and very transparent in releasing statistics and does so every 6-months for Visitor Visas. (Excluding ETA's) During the latest release of 2017 figures there were 350'000 Visitor Visas issued 87% which was approved and of those 350'000 the average processing time was 18-days (not working days) so how can you tell me 50 days? Not saying you are wrong just saying this is highly contradicting towards official statistics....? (OFFICIAL STATS LINK)

Normal. Online status are a courtesy and not a real time system. They can take weeks to update it. Some never do.

2. If online status is a courtesy and not a real time system why have it at all? I thought the whole system was specifically introduced to, make the application process "real time" in order to speed up the application process interms of documents needed, communication request etc. Another senior member told me a ghost email gets triggered to your inbox whenever an official access your file, that's how "automated it is"

If what you are saying is correct, what is the actual purpose of the online status, to look modern, or to confuse users?

Im sorry if I sound rude, but I have been over Europe, Aus, Asia, and have never dealt with such a clueless immigration system.

Im asking you specifically since it is clear you have been on here long enough to know how things work.

If you are correct, I would like to withdraw my application with immediate affect, and rather take my hard earned money and vacation time somewhere else. (Might not make a difference to the Can government but will make a difference to me)

Primary reason for my visit to go and see a friend, he/she put in holiday specifically for the time-frame correlated to advised time visa process would take on the website.

If what you are saying is correct he/she put in their holiday for nothing and I'd rather buy them a ticket to come and join me in a country for couple of weeks where there is not such a bureaucratically messed up system.

P.S just read CAN is planning on bringing in an additional 12'000 Syrian refugees wonder how much money they will spend during their trip, or then again maybe one is better of applying under one of those programs....

 

[Mr GQ]

Hi,
Applied Visitor Visa to Canada on July 31st 2017 Still no update only received 2 emails saying your application is submitted and received
Anyone applied on the same day and got any response ?


Thanks

Oh my god man I so thought I was the only one I applied in the 10th of July and they sent me 2 application receipts. The first one on August 8 and the second one on August 15. I'm kinda worried cuz I don't don't know what do they mean

 

[anonymous88]

I applied in the 10th of July and they sent me 2 application receipts. The first one on August 8 and the second one on August 15.

Yeah its rather mind boggling isn't it. How did you apply and pay?

If you applied on 10 July and only got your confirmation receipt on August 8......THAT'S WEIRD / STRANGE / UNACCEPTABLE. My payment receipt was delivered instantaneously after I did online transaction, which is pretty much the only thing which was delivered instantaneously.

As for Submission message you received on 15th (like I did)...Well as far as my English knowledge goes (im a native speaker), the message is pretty self-explanatory....it means your application was successfully submitted and is rotting away somewhere until someone decides to look at it. I.E it is in their system but that's ALL.
It doesn't mean progress or that they have started with your application.

OVER IT, HAD ENOUGH, GONNA ASK FOR REFUND ON MY PLAIN TICKET AND GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. Can government can hold the $100 application fee to sponsor another refugee.

 

[Mr GQ]

Yeah its rather mind boggling isn't it. How did you apply and pay?

If you applied on 10 July and only got your confirmation receipt on August 8......THAT'S WEIRD / STRANGE / UNACCEPTABLE. My payment receipt was delivered instantaneously after I did online transaction, which is pretty much the only thing which was delivered instantaneously.

As for Submission message you received on 15th (like I did)...Well as far as my English knowledge goes (im a native speaker), the message is pretty self-explanatory....it means your application was successfully submitted and is rotting away somewhere until someone decides to look at it. I.E it is in their system but that's ALL.
It doesn't mean progress or that they have started with your application.

OVER IT, HAD ENOUGH, GONNA ASK FOR REFUND ON MY PLAIN TICKET AND GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. Can government can hold the $100 application fee to sponsor another refugee.

Hey I paid my fees at a local Nova Scotia bank and brought in all my accompanied documents with the visa fee to the VAC

 

[anonymous88]

Hey I paid my fees at a local Nova Scotia bank and brought in all my accompanied documents with the visa fee to the VAC

So yo had to wait almost a month for an acknowledgment of payment....good God im not sure if it is incompetence or just the system which is overloaded (feel for you man, but at least you got it)

 

[Jalex23]

Where do you get the "50 day before expecting communication" figure from?

From common processing times in this forum. A 100% tolerance is usually recommended.

2. If online status is a courtesy and not a real time system why have it at all?

This is a question for CIC.

If you are correct, I would like to withdraw my application with immediate affect, and rather take my hard earned money and vacation time somewhere else. (Might not make a difference to the Can government but will make a difference to me)

For withdrawing your application: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/tools/cit/admin/general/withdrawal.asp

Usually it takes from 2-6 weeks to be processed.