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  1. kohman77

    November 2018 Outland Applicants (Spousal Sponsorship)

    Maybe he meant PPR instead of COPR? The COPR came with our returned passport after our visa was issued. I didn't think the COPR was something they emailed.
  2. kohman77

    November 2018 Outland Applicants (Spousal Sponsorship)

    Josh is right. PPR means you've passed. After you drop off your passport, your GCKey will likely update. My GCKey updated to Complete after just 2 days after we submitted the passport. Then when you pick up your passport it will also come with COPR which is just a big information sheet (all...
  3. kohman77

    Same sex sponsorship through outland

    Conjugal sponsorship will require you to prove there is an immigration barrier. ie. he can't get a visitor visa to Canada. He would have to try and fail a visitor visa application to prove he isn't allowed into Canada. If he somehow passed that visitor visa, then marriage/common-law is how you...
  4. kohman77

    ***DECEMBER 2018 OUTLAND SPOUSAL SPONSORSHIP***

    Nov applicant, also transferred to Mississauga. Moved on Feb1 and had BGC 5 weeks later. See sig for timeline.
  5. kohman77

    November 2018 Outland Applicants (Spousal Sponsorship)

    Yes, 1 year from medical date for mine
  6. kohman77

    November 2018 Outland Applicants (Spousal Sponsorship)

    I gave up trying to understand the patterns :) Some people like myself flew through extremely fast but others were slower, even without any additional docs needed etc. Maybe I got the fast agent or the one that doesn't care much.
  7. kohman77

    November 2018 Outland Applicants (Spousal Sponsorship)

    Wife just picked up her passsport with visa and COPR. Planned landing for middle of April. Glad to be done... Good luck to everyone else I hope these faster processing times keep going.
  8. kohman77

    November 2018 Outland Applicants (Spousal Sponsorship)

    An alternative to anyone outside Canada who needs to make frequent calls to Canadian numbers... you can get unlimited canada calling subscription on skype very cheap which will allow you to dial local numbers in Canada. But you need a decent internet connection since it uses data to make the...
  9. kohman77

    November 2018 Outland Applicants (Spousal Sponsorship)

    Good question - I am not really sure :) I think it means the visa? My pointless status bar also updated and a document status section appeared https://imgur.com/rc9rI82
  10. kohman77

    November 2018 Outland Applicants (Spousal Sponsorship)

    My GCKey updated today, Counterfoils issued and Final Decision was updated to approved! Woohoo. https://imgur.com/orvTuLB It also shows more information about the visa (expiry date etc) but didn't include since it is mostly just confidential information. Can also confirm the expiry is 1 year...
  11. kohman77

    November 2018 Outland Applicants (Spousal Sponsorship)

    Strangely I never received Pre-Arrival Services information until I got PPR, which contained a page with a link for Pre-Arrival Services inside the passport request document
  12. kohman77

    November 2018 Outland Applicants (Spousal Sponsorship)

    Mine was transferred to Mississauga Feb1 and I didn't get any update that they are processing until March 7. And DM was March 8. So I'd relax and be patient, maybe in a couple weeks you will be done. Cheers
  13. kohman77

    November 2018 Outland Applicants (Spousal Sponsorship)

    "We started processing <PA name>'s application on March 7, 2019." We also received DM right after they started processing. Which I guess means they just updated it all at once when they finished. Also to confirm, our GCKey never updated at all since receiving DM on ECAS.
  14. kohman77

    November 2018 Outland Applicants (Spousal Sponsorship)

    PA submitted in passport today. Manila office was very fussy about the photos required. We followed the photo instructions but they still made my wife retake them, so a bit of a waste of time. Well it's more fun in the Philippines as they say. Now hopefully the final wait is on :)
  15. kohman77

    ***DECEMBER 2018 OUTLAND SPOUSAL SPONSORSHIP***

    Mine was transferred to Mississauga and I never received AOR2 but already have DM and PPR... so I wouldn't worry too much about AOR2. I just obsessively checked ECAS every day until I saw DM on both sides lol
  16. kohman77

    November 2018 Outland Applicants (Spousal Sponsorship)

    From: CIC.CPCMississaugaDoNotReply-CTDMississaugaNePasRepondre.CIC <CIC.CPCMississaugaDoNotReply-CTDMississaugaNePasRepondre.CIC@cic.gc.ca> (what a mouthful) It came to PA's email. https://imgur.com/hdawts0 Then the attachment is this but it is 7 pages long with instructions and an additional...
  17. kohman77

    November 2018 Outland Applicants (Spousal Sponsorship)

    Silly question - We have PPR and PA is submitting the passport tomorrow. After they return the passport with visa and COPR... is there anything else? Or is that the finish line?
  18. kohman77

    November 2018 Outland Applicants (Spousal Sponsorship)

    Well considering it will be at VFS in Manila, I doubt it will go fast :P
  19. kohman77

    November 2018 Outland Applicants (Spousal Sponsorship)

    Has anyone seen any information about how long it generally takes when you submit your passport until when it is returned with visa/COPR?
  20. kohman77

    November 2018 Outland Applicants (Spousal Sponsorship)

    Did you check ECAS? I can login with all of my details (Sponsor) and see the status of whether medical was received, etc. https://services3.cic.gc.ca/ecas/security.do?app=ecas&lang=en