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April 2011 Applicants share their views here

uccemebug

Hero Member
Mar 17, 2011
291
4
124
Toronto
Category........
Visa Office......
Tokyo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
06-04-2011
AOR Received.
17-05-2011
File Transfer...
10-05-2011
Med's Done....
03-28-2011
Passport Req..
09-12-2011
VISA ISSUED...
10-05-2011
LANDED..........
10-05-20
Annie_Annie said:
Hi, tell your husband to check his email, may be the letter of approval sent it to your husband through email... :)
I wonder if perhaps filters are sending these CIC emails to people's spam folder? I know that gmail sent my emails from my bank (HSBC) to the spam folder. Caused weeks of delays....
 

Carla000

Member
May 15, 2011
12
1
Category........
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
he has checked his email and did not find any message.

I don´t know if it´s the same when you pay at the bank directly.

Sorry if I have errors when writing, I'm learning English.
 

Annie_Annie

Star Member
Apr 6, 2011
198
2
Category........
Visa Office......
Manila
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
April 04, 2011
Like uccembug said how about the spam folder? I guess there is no difference if you pay online or in a bank coz I paid my fee through bank. :) Dont worry too much that DM of yours is a POSITIVE DM for sure ;)
 

dyj2010

Star Member
Apr 24, 2011
167
2
Montreal
Category........
Visa Office......
Buenos Aires
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
29-04-2011 /CSQ received 08-07-2011
AOR Received.
21-06-2011
File Transfer...
30-05-2011
Med's Done....
30-03-2011
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
17-11-2011
VISA ISSUED...
25-11-2011
LANDED..........
03-02-2012
uccemebug said:
I've made a version with
tags to keep it neat. If you've like, I can send you the text.

CPC-M App.SponsorVisaAORPPR
ReceivedApprovedOffice
Annie_Annie4 April10 MayManila
Carla000? April? May?
Dragoon1 April7 MaySingapore
Michi085 April7 MayManila
Summer3213 April16 MayLondon
alo18 April17 MayPort of spain
adeelad9 April9 May
arunsgirl1 April14 MayVienna
atethepaint27 AprilMoscow
baboo_200818 AprilManila
dyj201029 AprilBuenos Aires
emcanada1 April5 MayBuenos Aires
gwalyat8 April11 MayNew Delhi
hinajameel19847 April12 MayPakistan
jamaicanincanada21 AprilBuffalo
jckovacs4 April16 May?
katehughes1 April5 MayLondon
mala1629 AprilBuffalo
omegazeroday1 April11 MayBerlin
sideangel8521 March21 AprilManila
tarnen12 April17 MayMexico
trungngan6 April9 MaySingapore
uccemebug7 April10 MayTokyo

Welcome two newcomers. Carla000 if you'd care to provide firm dates we'll add to your record.
Nice board but could you put it back in order of the date so it be easier to check where we are in the month?? ::)
 

uccemebug

Hero Member
Mar 17, 2011
291
4
124
Toronto
Category........
Visa Office......
Tokyo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
06-04-2011
AOR Received.
17-05-2011
File Transfer...
10-05-2011
Med's Done....
03-28-2011
Passport Req..
09-12-2011
VISA ISSUED...
10-05-2011
LANDED..........
10-05-20
Annie_Annie said:
Like uccembug said how about the spam folder? I guess there is no difference if you pay online or in a bank coz I paid my fee through bank. :) Dont worry too much that DM of yours is a POSITIVE DM for sure ;)
I paid at the bank, too.

If you're looking through your spam folder for the email from CIC, the sender address is:

CPCM-EXTCOM@cic.gc.ca

You can also search for text like:

"Citizenship and Immigration Canada – CPCM - Communication to client"
"CASE PROCESSING CENTRE CLIENT"
 

gwalyat

Hero Member
Aug 29, 2010
884
11
INDIA
Category........
Visa Office......
CHC, NEW DELHI
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
8APRIL 2011
File Transfer...
19MAY 2011 (REC BY ND)
Interview........
6SEP 2011
Passport Req..
7JUNE 2011
VISA ISSUED...
DECISION MADE 11JULY 2012 PP REC...........: 14JULY2012
LANDED..........
20JULY 2012
CPC-M App. Received Sponsor DM AOR PPR Add'l Docs DM VISA Received Visa Office

adeelad 29March 9May ?

arunsgirl 1April 14May vienna

emcanada 1April 5May Buenos Aires

katehughes 1April 5May London

omegazeroday 1April 11May Berlin

Dragoon 1April 7May Singapore

Annie_ Annie 4April 10May Manila

jckovacs 4April 11 May ?

Carla000 4April 7May ?

Michi08 5April 7May Manila

trungngan 6April 9May Singapore

uccemebug 7April 10May Tokyo

hinajameel1984 7April 12May Pakistan

gwalyat 8April 11May New Delhi

tarnen 12April 12May Mexico

Summer32 13April 16May London

baboo_2008 18April Manila

alo 18April 17May Port of spain

jamaicanincanada 21April Buffalo

atethepaint 27April Moscow

mala16 29April Buffalo

dyj2010 29April Buenos Aires
 

atethepaint

Star Member
Jan 13, 2011
61
1
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Category........
Visa Office......
Moscow
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
April 27 2011
AOR Received.
July 20 2011
File Transfer...
July 7 2011
Med's Done....
Oct 22 2011
Passport Req..
Nov 20 2011
VISA ISSUED...
Nov 28 2011
LANDED..........
Jan 22 2012
Carla000 said:
I am very worried because I have no news about the desicion.
The letter was sent on 7 and has not received anything because the postal code is not correct and we have not received any message either.

I feel a little sad, :( :( but I know God will help us!! :D
I know how you feel. My application was received (according to Canada Post tracking) on April 27th and I have heard nothing yet, too. All you can do is assume that everything was delivered. Once you send it in, you really have no more power. So it really is in the hands of God or, in this case, immigration officers :)
 

gwalyat

Hero Member
Aug 29, 2010
884
11
INDIA
Category........
Visa Office......
CHC, NEW DELHI
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
8APRIL 2011
File Transfer...
19MAY 2011 (REC BY ND)
Interview........
6SEP 2011
Passport Req..
7JUNE 2011
VISA ISSUED...
DECISION MADE 11JULY 2012 PP REC...........: 14JULY2012
LANDED..........
20JULY 2012
hey guys carla n adeelad are added in my table with some updates if there is any mistake plz tell me thx :)
 

gwalyat

Hero Member
Aug 29, 2010
884
11
INDIA
Category........
Visa Office......
CHC, NEW DELHI
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
8APRIL 2011
File Transfer...
19MAY 2011 (REC BY ND)
Interview........
6SEP 2011
Passport Req..
7JUNE 2011
VISA ISSUED...
DECISION MADE 11JULY 2012 PP REC...........: 14JULY2012
LANDED..........
20JULY 2012
guys is there any1 frm us who received mail after approval ...........................?
 

pinklady

Champion Member
Jan 13, 2011
1,526
45
Category........
Visa Office......
London
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
16-12-2010
Passport Req..
28-02-2011
LANDED..........
09-04-2011
For the people going through the LONDON Visa office, I have made a spreadsheet showing the processing times for applications.
It helped me being able to see others times.
Click the link below to view it. I update it every now and again.
Good luck to you all!
 

uccemebug

Hero Member
Mar 17, 2011
291
4
124
Toronto
Category........
Visa Office......
Tokyo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
06-04-2011
AOR Received.
17-05-2011
File Transfer...
10-05-2011
Med's Done....
03-28-2011
Passport Req..
09-12-2011
VISA ISSUED...
10-05-2011
LANDED..........
10-05-20
pinklady said:
For the people going through the LONDON Visa office, I have made a spreadsheet showing the processing times for applications.
It helped me being able to see others times.
Click the link below to view it. I update it every now and again.
Good luck to you all!
Nice work. The variance on the times is incredible. Maybe a shared google doc would be the way to go for this month's data, too. Hmm...

https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?hl=en&hl=en&key=0AsXgiZGqzRb8dFhYVUxqYzRrU0hvemVGaDFoSEhKVFE&output=html

That was easy! I've decoded "PPR" but what's "AOR"?

@atethepaint, gauging the ~5 week response time right now I'm guessing you'll hear a response in the first week of June. You did submit three weeks after some of us...
 

jckovacs

Star Member
Mar 14, 2011
83
0
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
@uccemebug

May 11th was when the Decision was made. I only logged in on the 16th to find out.
So part one is done. Now onto part 2, which will be the hardest. We're so nervous.

I have another question...let's say Buffalo gets our application by June 1st and they open it on June 20th. How long do they normally take before they say..sorry, you and your sponsor are fine but we don't approve your choice of application? (ie. Conjugal)
 

uccemebug

Hero Member
Mar 17, 2011
291
4
124
Toronto
Category........
Visa Office......
Tokyo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
06-04-2011
AOR Received.
17-05-2011
File Transfer...
10-05-2011
Med's Done....
03-28-2011
Passport Req..
09-12-2011
VISA ISSUED...
10-05-2011
LANDED..........
10-05-20
jckovacs said:
May 11th was when the Decision was made. I only logged in on the 16th to find out.
So part one is done. Now onto part 2, which will be the hardest. We're so nervous.
OK. I've updated my spreadsheet (see previous post). For those of you who have not yet heard from CIC, we're looking at an average of 34 calendar days. I've calculated an estimate for each of you. See the figure in red.

jckovacs said:
I have another question...let's say Buffalo gets our application by June 1st and they open it on June 20th. How long do they normally take before they say..sorry, you and your sponsor are fine but we don't approve your choice of application? (ie. Conjugal)
Have a look at the times for the London spreadsheet. While they're all over the place, it looks like people tend to hear back in a reasonable time frame.
 

jckovacs

Star Member
Mar 14, 2011
83
0
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
I have another question. In Mississauga they decided if the sponsor is approved to sponsor. Therefore giving the Decision Made. When they send off the paperwork after that first step, to Buffalo...do they send Buffalo ALL of the paperwork? Or do they subtract the Sponsors paperwork and keep it in Mississauga?