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Hey all, My wife is moving to Canada soon and she's bringing a fair amount of jewelry with her (nothing too crazy—maybe half a small handbag's worth of rings, necklaces, etc.). Most of these were heirlooms left to her by her grandmother. Given that most of these date back from the 70's -...

I'm currently sponsoring my wife who lives overseas, and we got a message from the IRCC over a month ago saying that she needed biometrics and had to pay a fee. We paid the fee that same day and sent the receipt via webform. However, we haven't heard back or gotten the biometrics instruction...

There seems to be something odd going on with paper applications submitted in the middle of March (e.g. March 10 - 17). Unfortunately we can only speculate. Either the case officer is way behind on their files or is on some sort of indefinite leave. I'm only hoping it's nothing more sinister...

Same here. Exact same situation. Seems like there's something wrong with the March 10, 2022 batch, specifically. Maybe our case officer is on indefinite leave and IRCC just totally forgot about the files from that day.

What is a temp AOR?

Thanks for your insight! Any idea why some packages seem to be opened ahead of others? Again, one would think that IRCC opens packages "by batch" or on a first in first out basis. But maybe there's something I'm not seeing here.

Hoping for some insights or thoughts here. My outland sponsorship application was received by IRCC on March 10, 2022. I've seen so many applicants after me already get their AOR, and in some cases, even medical request and biometric letters. However, I haven't received mine yet. What's weird...

Hey everyone, I'm an outland paper-based applicant who got my application delivered on March 10. I've seen so many people who applied either on the same date as me or after who've already received their AOR. Is this a good sign that there's likely something very wrong with my application (e.g...

Is there any way to find out if an application was properly delivered? My consultant sent our application via Canadapost—while we got a delivery confirmation, there was oddly no signature on it.

Just have a question about AORs. I'm currently in a chat group of applicants in the same cohort as me (i.e. outland sponsorship of spouses from the same country). My application was delivered to the IRCC office on Mar. 10, 2022. The majority of those in the chat group who had their applications...

I don't know if it's just me, but I think outland sponsorship processing times have increased from 12 months to 19 months. Saw it in the IRCC's processing times page. Looks like we're in for an even longer wait. :(...

Hi all, Is there a Google Sheets tracker for 2022 spousal applicants, similar to the one from 2021: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/192sbvjd4vJsEWY_B7w5DgFKBmIPNYo6TjlVWAk-xxxA/edit#gid=2037240319? Also, on a somewhat related note, how long does it usually take for outland spousal AOR...

My Citizenship Tracker recently changed Prohibitions, Language, and Physical Presence to "Compete", and my ECAS tracker is saying "Decision Made". However, Citizenship Ceremony still says "Not Started". How long does it usually take on average to get scheduled for a ceremony at this point?

Hi all, I recently finished my citizenship test and on Feb. 7, the status was changed to "complete". Yesterday, I got a ghost update where the "last updated" field changed to Feb. 11 but I didn't really get any other changes aside from that. Any idea what that might mean? Should I be...

Hi all, I'm about to file for outland sponsorship for my wife. Just wanted to know if processing would be faster if we submit online vs. paper? Or is the outcome more or less the same? Thanks!

Oh wow congrats! Hopefully I get mine soon!

Some Calgary applicants got their invites in mid-November. Haven't gotten mine yet. Maybe we're non-routine, in which case it's probably at least one more year of waiting for us..

Any other Calgary applicants out there who got their test invites? Seems like at least two Nov. 2020 applicants finally got theirs. Looks like my application didn't make the cut though..

Congrats again! Haven't received my invite yet from the Calgary office, but hope it arrives soon

Congrats! Is your file being processed in the Calgary office?