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Lol I understand everyone's antsy and eager to be done with this. I have to stop myself from constantly checking ecas and gckey like a madman.

Indeed. It's crazy to think how much time has already passed. Just a little more to go and we'll have forgotten all about the agonizing wait.

No previous marriage for us, but we're also expecting possible delays lol. My husband's country of origin is notorious for taking ages when it comes to criminal/security checks. It took about 4 months to get a police certificate that they claim will take a few weeks o_O

I really have a hard time understanding why they don't start background checks earlier in the process. Like once they've done a preliminary review of eligibility, they should start the background check. If upon reviewing it's very obvious that they don't meet eligibility, then it's reasonable to...

Oh no. That sucks. I thought Pretoria would be much faster than this. We just passed the medical exam so I was hoping we were close to being done with the whole process. Maybe not... Good news is you're nearing the 12 months, so you will hopefully get your decision soon. Is there anything about...

That's great to hear. Glad it all worked out. Moved to Pretoria you mean? Yes, our file was transferred in May. We are March applicants. Can you share your timeline please?

People keep asking how long until a decision or PPR and the answer is we don't know. You can check the tracker and other sites such as immitracker to get a sense of how long it took for other applications that are similar to yours, but ultimately everything is on a case-by-case basis. Security...

That's so frustrating. Keep a record of your webform submissions. I don't think they will refuse your application, but in the event that they do because you weren't able to submit the medicals, you will at least have proof that you tried to contact them and never got a response. Good luck with...

So, the way I'm understanding this is that they're using passport or driver's license as an example. Other forms of government issued ID would be accepted. The only issue is I don't know how many children have photo IDs. Is there something like a health card that they can use? If the only piece...

Congrats! Which office??

I don't know too much about this so I would recommend getting in touch with the visa office to get the right answer. For the medical however I don't think a passport is absolutely required. It says on the instruction letter from IRCC to provide photo identification including a passport if...

I don't think it's going to be processed at Sydney. If it is going to be processed in Canada, I think it would go to Mississauga. The ghost update was for the security that started which is great. Is the PA's visa office London? Hopefully it will be transferred there within the next couple of...

Does anyone know if the passport is still requested if it's not recognized by Canada? Since we need a single journey travel document I'm wondering if we still have to send the passport in.

Congratulations. So happy for you!

Does your gckey or ECAS show that you received/submitted them already? If so, screenshot that and send a webform explaining you already did it. If you can call them, that would be better. Make sure you notify them as soon as possible so they don't delay your application because of this confusion.

We finally got the medical exam request today. After this, all that is left to do is... more waiting lol.

Received medical request today. Feeling hopeful!!

Thanks for letting me know :)

Congrats! It's good to hear Pretoria is processing rather quickly. Do you know what the average processing time is for sponsorship of dependents? Is it similar to spousal processing times?

This is so exciting. I'm happy to see applicants from overseas offices start getting approvals. Gives the rest of us non-CPC-M folks some hope.