November 2018 Outland Applicants (Spousal Sponsorship)

[Eighty six]

Did u get decision made manila time?

Is it manila or mississauga?

 

[chikki282]

Congrats! Looks like we aren't batch buddies

Thanks! It's still early in the day, maybe it'll be updated a little later. Our medical request wasn't marked as submitted until way in the evening on a Friday and we got DM sometime between 5AM-7:40AM.

 

[striderx]

Does MVO stand for Mississauga?

Because each file is different so they are processed in their own pace

Yes, It was transferred to Mississauga Visa Office

 

[striderx]

Is it manila or mississauga?

We got DM in ECAS updated around 7:30am Canada Eastern Time.

 

[JoshC]

Yes, It was transferred to Mississauga Visa Office

Does MVO stand for Mississauga?

MVO is Manila Visa Office, CPC-M is Mississauga.

 

[Germanada]

Congrats! It'll always reference your local VO for the PPR. Follow the instructions on the PPR email, I believe it states to send it to your local VAC.

thanks Josh!

so I guess we have to send a whole new set of passport photos.. strange. Do they need to be dated and all that as well?

 

[laura.sbai00]

Happy to report we got DM today on ECAS!!!!!! It happened sometime between midnight last night until 7:40AM when I woke up! I wonder if the BFD theory is correct after all!

Yasssss girl!!!! Congrats!!!!!

 

[schweisy]

Well, thats so good to hear!! Your words gave me some kind of hope lol. Patiently waiting for the next step. I feel like I'm just stuck at the moment, can't plan ahead because you never know when you will receive the next further instructions. My application should actually be a 'very simple one'. Born and lived all my life in Germany, got married in Canada and planning to continue my studies there. So I'm just hoping to get my PR till July (max.) to be able to start University in September there.

Oh gosh, @gercan, are you actually my own spouse pranking me on here? Cause that's literally our exact same situation. My husband was born and lived all his life in Germany, we got married in Canada, and he's planning to continue his studies there (already applied to universities for September). We also need him to get his PR by July so we can move! Seriously, we are twins....

I'm actually probably going to be buying our plane tickets today (for late July) because I'm using airline points and can't really keep waiting. My hope is that we are approved by late June so that we can arrive with COPR and we don't have to go with our back-up plan, which is to apply for a student permit just in case. (I have been worrying about this a fair bit on these boards, most recently on the Vienna thread, where @WYWH has been very patient with me ).

Our AOR2 just came through on eCAS today (meaning they started processing our application in Vienna on March 20). Considering yours started back on February 1, I suspect you are going to be fine getting it before July. I really hope we are too, even though we're 6 weeks behind you! I will be following your application's progress very carefully!

 

[schweisy]

Hi! PA is from Germany, here is our timeline:

application received Nov.13th 2018
AOR 1: Jan.16th 2019
Biometrics request: Feb 12th 2019
Sponsor Approval: Feb. 13th
Biometrics received: Feb. 19th
Medical instructions: Feb.19th
file transferred to Missisauga: Feb.27th
Medical passed: Mar. 5th
Decision Made and final steps email: Mar. 19th

haha and our status bar said 8 months more! What is the point!

I am trying to figure out if the application got transferred to Vienna, because the final steps email came from CPC Missisauga but the attachment came from Vienna... just trying to figure out if we need to send new photos! Anyone else in this situation?

thanks and good luck!

Dang, that is fast! Congrats again! I am so curious how you ended up being forwarded to CPC-M, as you are literally the only Vienna person I have ever seen sent there! I know that figuring this out is not your biggest concern at the moment (ha), but I would be interested to know if the sponsor is living in Canada in your case? And/or did you fulfill the relationship requirements that meant you didn't have to provide additional proof of the relationship? (i.e. the section about whether you had been married over 2 years, had a child, etc). Doesn't make a difference to my case since it's already been sent to Vienna, but I am a nerd about figuring out these puzzles nonetheless.

As to the photos, I have no experience with that (yet), so I would just abide by whatever the instructions say, even if it seems like overkill. It's just a guess, but I would imagine the photos in your original package are meant for the PR card itself, so maybe these ones are related to the COPR paperwork/visa only....

 

[gercan]

Oh gosh, @gercan, are you actually my own spouse pranking me on here? Cause that's literally our exact same situation. My husband was born and lived all his life in Germany, we got married in Canada, and he's planning to continue his studies there (already applied to universities for September). We also need him to get his PR by July so we can move! Seriously, we are twins....

I'm actually probably going to be buying our plane tickets today (for late July) because I'm using airline points and can't really keep waiting. My hope is that we are approved by late June so that we can arrive with COPR and we don't have to go with our back-up plan, which is to apply for a student permit just in case. (I have been worrying about this a fair bit on these boards, most recently on the Vienna thread, where @WYWH has been very patient with me ).

Our AOR2 just came through on eCAS today (meaning they started processing our application in Vienna on March 20). Considering yours started back on February 1, I suspect you are going to be fine getting it before July. I really hope we are too, even though we're 6 weeks behind you! I will be following your application's progress very carefully!

What a coincidence!! haha that's crazy! My husband on the other side lives and works in Canada. So it actually sucks seeing each other after such a long time.
Congrats! I will definitely keep you updated and hoping for a quick process for all of us! It's really a patience game, but a very hard one.

 

[Ben_alex]

Got Decision Made this morning after sending the additional documents last week.

Application received - November 13, 2018
ECAS in process - Jan 18, 2019
Receive AOR 1 - Jan 22, 2019
Sponsor Approval - Feb 04, 2019
Receive Medical Request - Feb 05, 2019
Medical Exam done - Feb 18, 2019
Medical Exam Result - Feb 24, 2019
File transfer to MVO - Feb 27, 2019
Additional Documents - Mar 07, 2019
Background check - Mar 20, 2019
Decision Made - Mar 21, 2019

Congrats . Such good news , Can you advise when did you send in Additional Documents ?

 

[Nidajk]

So I guess that BFD concept is not true or doesn’t work for everyone

 

[striderx]

Congrats . Such good news , Can you advise when did you send in Additional Documents ?

I sent them last Friday, Mar 15

 

[JoshC]

So I guess that BFD concept is not true or doesn’t work for everyone

From my understanding, BFD isn’t a guarantee you’ll see changes on your account, but more of a prompt for the agent to pick up your case and begin working on it. So in my case I’d imagine the agent has had a nudge and I’ll see something in the coming days.

 

[Ben_alex]

I sent them last Friday, Mar 15

Sorry one more question , What did they ask for additional documents ? , just wanted to compare