****August 2019 - Inland Spousal PR + OWP****
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Have you tried calling or submitting a webform to inquire about your progress? IRCC is working and moving applications along now, so 10 months without any communication, even given the pandemic, seems excessive. Good luck!
@PrincessButtercup Are you able to link your PR card with gckey? Its been 7 days that I got COPR but I am still not able to link. Everytime it says no data matches.
Yes, I did. Have you sent in your new PR card photo/s with COPR letter? Once the processing center receives it and enters it on their end, you'll be able to link using the number on your COPR letter. Then the trickiest part is typing in your city of birth EXACTLY as it is written in your PR application.
Yes I sent it on Friday and Monday they received it. We called and asked them, they are able to see the application & they also received the PR photos. But I am not able to link. As you said, I probably am doing a mistake with city of birth.
By the way did you link your application as Sponsor or Principal applicant? (I assume and it makes sense as a Principal applicant)
Next time I am going to try with UCI and family name
1) Family name same as in PA Application
2) City of birth same as in PA Application
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Hopefully that works for you!
Don't remember about linking application as Sponsor or PA, but I'm sure I would have picked PA.
great...My pR app was received April 18, 2019, I got AIP last Feb 28, 2020, No DM until this time....My app still in progress...Ooh, that's great news, thank you!Fingers crossed!
We applied in August 2019 inland sponsorship. AOR in Sep.2019
Letter for medical received in Dec.2019
RCMP finger print request on Jan.2020.
However after we received SA in Feb. 2020 there is nothing changed. From GCMS NOTES, Our file transferred to Vancouver in March 2020. I tried to call IRCC many times recently but all the answers are “ we are checking your eligibility and background”. Because of the delay, Our plans for the future have to be changed a lot. I don’t know why it takes so long for them to process the eligibility. From online tool it shows that “ We started to process your application in Dec 3. 2020. Any one have idea how long does it take ?
Letter for medical received in Dec.2019
RCMP finger print request on Jan.2020.
However after we received SA in Feb. 2020 there is nothing changed. From GCMS NOTES, Our file transferred to Vancouver in March 2020. I tried to call IRCC many times recently but all the answers are “ we are checking your eligibility and background”. Because of the delay, Our plans for the future have to be changed a lot. I don’t know why it takes so long for them to process the eligibility. From online tool it shows that “ We started to process your application in Dec 3. 2020. Any one have idea how long does it take ?
Hard luck!
I applied in September 2019 for inland spousal application and we received pr approval in July 2020 after covid delays.
Now based on what I know , it could be one of the two reasons or both reasons.
1. if any document has information which is contradicting the information you put in forms might delay or missing document which they might contact you eventually.
2. you probably are ok with the documents but delay is due to security screening and background check if you are from one of the countries where scrutiny is high (like Middle East/African countries) if you or your spouse belong to one of those countries, expect delays and process to be completed between 1-2 years after you apply. That is standard
No. Maybe I had 3 TRV refusal before. I was international student at UBC. I applied for trv before by myself but I made some stupid mistakes like missed the financial supporting doc or missed transcript. We have already been waiting 17 months.
That could be one of the reasons. Many rejections previously can lead to scrutiny of pr application.
They received my application late August 2019 and I didn’t hear anything until Feb 2020 when they requested my medical via IRCC message. I got that done and didn’t hear from them again for another 5 months in August when they requested fingerprints and background check. In November they requested further proof of cohabitation because I didn’t know at the time that you should really have documents demonstrating cohabitation for at at least every month you live together at a minimum. Luckily before Covid we had moved across the country and had even more proof in the time since we submitted so I think that was really helpful.
Then they sent me a message at the start of December saying I was eligible for PR and that they needed a medical and fingerprints. It was confusing and I just assumed that their systems were so backed up that I was receiving their messages out of order due to automation or whatever so I just waited to see if they sent anything else in the following weeks- and they did. On New Years Eve I received my letter of acceptance for PR. What a relief.
I was really worried about reaching deadlines for my fingerprints and for the submission of my proof of cohabitation so I called twice and both times the agent on the phone said everything is really busy because of covid and not to worry about submitting the criminal record or proof of cohabitation within the 30 day deadline, because they weren’t going to get to it for a while. They said just send a message requesting an extension and send it ASAP. I am not suggesting this as advice for anyone, I would still strongly suggest trying to get stuff finished by deadlines, I’m just trying to share as much info as possible.
So basically, all my communication was via IRCC message. If you changed your email or phone number lately and didn’t update your info or alert emails are going to your junk folder, you could be missing requests. I would highly recommend checking the message section of the IRCC site directly and often instead of relying on alerts.
Also in the PR acceptance letter, they mention specifically how busy they are and that usually you have to send for your PR card within 30 days but because they don’t know when they’ll be able to send it, you can apply anytime within a year of approval and in the meantime you can use the letter as proof of residency instead of a card.
I hope there was some useful info in there for someone out there and I’ll also say: just hang in there. I can’t count the amount of times I was certain I was going to be rejected or have to start the process all over again and a new wave of worry every time they requested something else. I didn’t know how much the anxiety of waiting and not knowing was getting to me until I read the approval letter when I got home from work and as a grown man burst into tears and sobbed out of relief and joy . It’s tough, especially in these times so I wish everyone the best and keep positive. Just some advice from a permanent resident of Canada.
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