Spousal Sponsorship - Processing Times

[Atecami]

Hello,

I have tree questions about processing times.

Why do inland spousal sponsorships usually take longer than outland ones?

The average 12 months processing time is it counted from the day the application is received at the CPC or from the day the application is opened and processed for the fist time?

Will the AOR be sent by e-mail or mail?

If application was received on April 30th, when can we more or less expect it to start being processed?

Thank you very much in advance.

 

[tdsw26]

Hello,

I have tree questions about processing times.

Why do inland spousal sponsorships usually take longer than outland ones?

The average 12 months processing time is it counted from the day the application is received at the CPC or from the day the application is opened and processed for the fist time?

Will the AOR be sent by e-mail or mail?

If application was received on April 30th, when can we more or less expect it to start being processed?

Thank you very much in advance.

1: There is no urgency for inland because the spouses are already living together, for outland the emphasis is on reunification - bringing spouses back together who have been apart
2: It is my understanding that it's counted from the date of receipt
3: By email if you provide an email address, by mail if you do not

 

[tdsw26]

Hello,

I have tree questions about processing times.

Why do inland spousal sponsorships usually take longer than outland ones?

The average 12 months processing time is it counted from the day the application is received at the CPC or from the day the application is opened and processed for the fist time?

Will the AOR be sent by e-mail or mail?

If application was received on April 30th, when can we more or less expect it to start being processed?

Thank you very much in advance.

As to your 4th question, there's no guarantee but you should have an acknowledgement of receipt by 3 months and your ecas will tell you the date that it started processing. In my case, the initial date of processing was the same day as I received AOR1, almost exactly 2 months after submissions date.

 

[Atecami]

As to your 4th question, there's no guarantee but you should have an acknowledgement of receipt by 3 months and your ecas will tell you the date that it started processing. In my case, the initial date of processing was the same day as I received AOR1, almost exactly 2 months after submissions date.

Thanks a lot for the information you provided. Very helpful.
Just one more thing, what is ecas?

Thank you.

 

[tdsw26]

Thanks a lot for the information you provided. Very helpful.
Just one more thing, what is ecas?

Thank you.

It's where you can check the status of your application, once you receive your acknowledgement of receipt:
https://services3.cic.gc.ca/ecas/security.do