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Cant check application process time

dream99

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Nov 1, 2010
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I can't check my application processing time. It says they couldnt find any record of my application. I sent it in the first week of October :s

Also the birthdate and place of birth it asks you to put in... is that me, the sponsor's name and birth or principal applicant's?


Thanks!
 

scarycemetery

Hero Member
Oct 13, 2011
397
4
Category........
Visa Office......
Damascus
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
22-11-2010
Doc's Request.
16-08-2011
File Transfer...
10-01-2011
Med's Done....
09-11-2010 and 04-11-2011
Interview........
24-11-2011
Passport Req..
19-01-2012
VISA ISSUED...
23-01-2012
LANDED..........
09-02-2012
To check your status, go to the following link:

https://services3.cic.gc.ca/ecas/?app=ecas&lang=en

Follow the directions until you get to the page where you have to write in your information. If the sponsor is checking the status, put the details of the sponsor along with the Client ID number. If you don't have your Client ID number yet, use the Receipt Number which is the number on the receipt you should have gotten when you paid your fees at the beginning.

If the sponsored person is checking, fill in the details about the sponsored person and use the Immigration File Number. If you have not yet received your immigration file number (a number that starts with either B or F followed by 9 numbers) then check the status by using the info of the sponsor.

Hope this helps!
 

essex0227

Hero Member
Apr 25, 2011
248
5
Category........
Visa Office......
London
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
4th August 2011
File Transfer...
12th October 2011
Med's Request
Received 17th October 2011
Med's Done....
2nd August 2011
Interview........
Waivered
Passport Req..
18th November 2011
VISA ISSUED...
6th December 2011
LANDED..........
14th June 2012
If you only sent your appliation the first week of October then you wont be able to check your application yet. Only when you have Spousal approval can you log into ECAS to check process.
Processing time for that is 69 days at the minute but it updates today and the time might go up.
Hope this helps :)
 

awor

Hero Member
Nov 4, 2010
609
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Oregon to Alberta
Visa Office......
Buffalo -> LA
App. Filed.......
26 Aug 2011
AOR Received.
15 Dec 2011
File Transfer...
[b]CPC-M to Buffalo:[/b] 03 Nov 2011 [b]Buffalo to LA:[/b] 19 Jan 2012
Med's Done....
11 Apr 2011 [b]Ecas shows received [/b]5 Mar 2012
Passport Req..
7 Mar 2012 [b]Decision Made[/b]: 1 Apr 2012
VISA ISSUED...
29 Mar 2012 [b] CORP Received[/b]: 19 Apr 2012
LANDED..........
Sumas: 25 April 2012 / [b]PR Cards Received[/b]: 4 July 2012
You've got a long ways to go before you'll see anything in ecas. Most of us in August can't see anything yet. As essex said, it's only after the sponsor portion is approved can you actually log in. Frustrating, but that is CIC for you.
 

dream99

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Nov 1, 2010
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so its 69 days from the day I sent it right? So if I sent it on October 1, then 69 days from that?

Since everyone sends their application in at different dates obviously does that mean its 69 days from the day each person sends it?
 

scylla

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Jun 8, 2010
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22,177
Toronto
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
28-05-2010
AOR Received.
19-08-2010
File Transfer...
28-06-2010
Passport Req..
01-10-2010
VISA ISSUED...
05-10-2010
LANDED..........
05-10-2010
dream99 said:
so its 69 days from the day I sent it right? So if I sent it on October 1, then 69 days from that?

Since everyone sends their application in at different dates obviously does that mean its 69 days from the day each person sends it?
69 days from the time you sent it. Right now they are working on applications from August 2nd. See the following page for updates:

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/perm-fc.asp
 

jayde

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Feb 18, 2010
265
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Alberta
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
24-3-2011
File Transfer...
03-05-2011
Med's Done....
03-01-2011
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
06-10-2011
VISA ISSUED...
27-10-2011
LANDED..........
04-11-2011 WOO HOO!!!
Isn't it 69 days from when they receive it, not when it is sent...?
 

ddobro2

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May 4, 2011
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Montreal, QC Canada
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo, NY
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
The way to read that processing time for first stage is that, because it says, "69 days (working on applications received on August 2, 2011)," it means that every file that they received on August 2 or earlier should have been processed already. If you count from August 3 to October 12, which is the last update for that processing time, including weekends, it comes up to about 69 days. I know this length of time sucks alot. Before June, they were consistently getting through these in a month. Hang in there. What you can do in the meantime is to sign up for e-CAS tracker so that you don't have to feverishly check if you can access the not-very-useful-anyway e-CAS once the undertaking for your case gets approved.

dream99 said:
so its 69 days from the day I sent it right? So if I sent it on October 1, then 69 days from that?

Since everyone sends their application in at different dates obviously does that mean its 69 days from the day each person sends it?
 

scylla

VIP Member
Jun 8, 2010
95,938
22,177
Toronto
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
28-05-2010
AOR Received.
19-08-2010
File Transfer...
28-06-2010
Passport Req..
01-10-2010
VISA ISSUED...
05-10-2010
LANDED..........
05-10-2010
jayde said:
Isn't it 69 days from when they receive it, not when it is sent...?
Yes! Of course it is! (My bad.)