I have some questions regarding the linking process. I've been doing some searches and read the XL instructions. I've even asked some stuff in the WhatsApp channel. Some of the details are conflicting and hey, maybe I'm just confused.
Note that I'm the sponsor and my partner is the PA. She has a GCKey account. I do not have one. She has an existing UCI for a previous visitation extension application linked in her GCKey account
I received an AOR email yesterday stating:
Dear Me
,
This confirms that your application to Sponsor a Member of the Family Class has been received by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) on 2020/01/08 on behalf of the following member(s): (my parnter)
On the ECAS site I can see the status showing me and my sponsorship application and my partner and her PR application status.
My section says:
- We received your application to sponsor (partner) on January 8, 2020.
- We sent you correspondence acknowledging receipt of your application(s) on March 3, 2020.
- We started processing your application on March 2, 2020.
Her section says:
1. We received (partners) application for permanent residence on January 8, 2020.
My questions:
1) Do I need my own GCKey account as a sponsor or can we link everything to her existing account
2) Do I use my UCI for anything during the linking process?
3) Should she not have received an email as well (we provided one in the application) confirming the receipt of her PR application
4) Any thoughts on why ECAS doesn't state she was sent correspondence like mine did?
We've tried linking her application in GCKey a number of times using combinations of common-law, single, 1 applicant, 2 applicants, her UCI, my UCI etc. It just doesn't seem to be there still.