Spousal Sponsorship in-land Applications 2017 timeline and updates
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Inland or Outland? Outland is meant to be SA pretty quick, everyone here says inlands wont get SA until near the end of the (12 month) process.
It's a mystery lol. Some people get DM without hearing about SA/AIP (someone just started a thread about it!)
I received my OWP in the mail on Wednesday. I scooted down to Services Canada and had a SIN within 15 minutes!
It looks like wrong-fee-paid OWP applications are taking just under three months from the date Vegreville receives it. It is taking less than a week between the approval email and the physical mail arriving at your door.
I struggled to link my OWP and only managed it by eventually calling CIC. It turns out that CIC did not capture my passport number on my OWP application, so the trick was to use the city of birth exactly as I had entered it on my application (which was City, State and not City). For anyone struggling to link an OWP application, try not using the passport #.
PR App Rec'd: 10-Oct-2017
AOR: 05-Dec-2017
OWP App Rec'd: 18-Dec-2017 (2nd time - wrong fee)
OWP approved: 9-Mar-2018
OWP received: 14-Mar-2018
Good luck to everyone still waiting on their OWPs!
It looks like wrong-fee-paid OWP applications are taking just under three months from the date Vegreville receives it. It is taking less than a week between the approval email and the physical mail arriving at your door.
I struggled to link my OWP and only managed it by eventually calling CIC. It turns out that CIC did not capture my passport number on my OWP application, so the trick was to use the city of birth exactly as I had entered it on my application (which was City, State and not City). For anyone struggling to link an OWP application, try not using the passport #.
PR App Rec'd: 10-Oct-2017
AOR: 05-Dec-2017
OWP App Rec'd: 18-Dec-2017 (2nd time - wrong fee)
OWP approved: 9-Mar-2018
OWP received: 14-Mar-2018
Good luck to everyone still waiting on their OWPs!
It might be okay for other provinces to get a DM without a SA, however in Quebec we MUST receive it otherwise we can’t apply for the CSQ and without the CSQ (provincial approval) they (federal) can’t make a decision or they could even refuse the application. This scared me as fu**
I also thought this wait was normal since a lot of people have it at the end but for Quebec applicants this is a real important step.
Thankfully everything is sent now, hopefully Quebec won’t take long and I will be over with it!
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You are probably talking about me! I did send/receive the CSQ in quebec, I didnt know that the letter I received back then was SA.
So it look like I already received SA, before DM, sorry if it caused any confusion!
Oh ok, I was, but I have read here it can happen, people hear nothing then get DM out of the blue. The whole process is confusing with lack of updates , more so with provincial variations!
My spouse received his medical request just this morning. Our app was received by CIC on June 1, 2017..... hopefully some more June applicants will be receiving their medical request soon
Yay, finally some movement, hope to see dozens of these posts now (we are August and waiting of course). Did he get an email about it?
yes...I don't know why but for some reason I don't see anyone from Dec 11th with an approved OWP yet....i think no one from dec 11 get owp yet.. im dec 11 as well
I just saw a lady in the Facebook group from July 2017 getting the medical requests!! They’re moving on!!