Thanks! I'm delighted. It's a huge weight lifted.
August 2022 Spousal Sponsorship (Inland/Outland/Paper/Online)
- Thread starter gosatyasree
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Hi Guys, I applied (Inland/paper) spousal PR last month (Application received by CIC on Aug 17th). I have not got AOR yet; is anyone experiencing delays in getting their AOR? It has been a month and no word from CIC yet.
I tried to link the application online, but no success yet. Any suggestion?
I tried to link the application online, but no success yet. Any suggestion?
You can't link online until after you have AOR because there's nothing to link. The file isn't in the system until you've received AOR.
AOR typically takes about 2-3 months to receive, although some people do wait longer - I've seen online applicants wait six months. So while I know it's nerve-wracking and it sucks because a lot of people do receive it within the month, you're still within fairly normal AOR timelines. Hopefully you hear soon!
Thanks @EloiseMann: That has calmed me down a bit. Yes I was getting worried since some where getting response within a month,. As you said, seems like I can wait a bit longer.
You can't compare your application with others'. It's not a first come first serve system. I have seen someone who got AOR in 4 days, and another person who got AOR after 9 months. You just have to be patient and wait.
I know it's rough. AOR is the most stressful step imo. It's especially frustrating because we don't know how they process - as @James Lyrie-Stewart said, they don't seem to process things in the order they were received. There's obviously some kind of system, but it's not obvious at all.
Hi @EloiseMann , I notice in your signature you received the ghost update in tracker "we received the information you sent to us, we will review it...." , today I received same message in tracker, however, I didn't sent any document to IRCC after submission, do you know what does this message means? many thanks~
As far as I know it's just a ghost update. The general guess is that it means IRCC opened or worked on the file and updated something on the backend. But I don't know why ours has updated on a different day than the day it's dated. I don't know what that means.
It means that you are, unofficially, approved! The next thing will be the passport request.
Congrats on such fast processing, that's amazing!
2022-09-27 update: Sponsor just received the sponsor approval email! Woohoo!
