actually, I am in the same situation as you, however when I got the federal approval, they asked me to fill the CSQ application and send it , it's not the VO who ask you to do that. You have to do the CSQ when you are eligible to sponsor. in my case, i got the approval letter in october and in the letter they asked me to fill the CSQ form and send it to Quebec office, and then 2 weeks after submiting the application to QC i got the CSQ approval. and since that time I don't know if the application is in canada, Damascus, or transferd to Amman...I asked the same question to Substone, and she told me the same, that after the CSQ she didn'y know where her application was.