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'Decision Made' and 'documents returned'?

Mar 10, 2016
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Hi everyone. I've never had to post because everyone has been so helpful, but now we have a quandary.

I am sponsoring my American husband. We submitted our application September 1st 2015, my sponsorship was approved and his application began being processed November 3rd 2015.
On February 23rd, 2916 his PR application status changed to 'Decision Made' but there was no info on of a letter or email was sent to him. We emailed Ottawa to ask when we can expect information (after the person on the phone said the decision would be communicated via email) and the email stated that 'documents were returned to you via mail on February 29th, 2016'. We know we submitted everything including fees and I haven't received any mail either with a refund of the PR fee. From what we understand, CIC would have contacted us if there was not enough proof of our relationship, and it's been an awful lot time if we're just missing a document (which I am so certain we did not).
Basically, we're anxious and wondering if this language is normal? I know CIC sometimes returns original documents such as photos and marriage licenses - could this be it? They did not, however, say that they sent the letter with the decision...
Looking at the timeline other Canadian-American couples are experiencing right now we're on target for an approval now...
Having trouble being patient for things to come in the mail! Any experiences or info anyone has would be GREAT.
Thank you!
 

Alurra71

VIP Member
Oct 5, 2012
3,238
309
Ontario
Visa Office......
Vegreville
App. Filed.......
07-12-2012
AOR Received.
21-01-2013
Interview........
waived
VISA ISSUED...
28-11-2013
LANDED..........
19-12-2013
esta.es.nuestra said:
Hi everyone. I've never had to post because everyone has been so helpful, but now we have a quandary.

I am sponsoring my American husband. We submitted our application September 1st 2015, my sponsorship was approved and his application began being processed November 3rd 2015.
On February 23rd, 2916 his PR application status changed to 'Decision Made' but there was no info on of a letter or email was sent to him. We emailed Ottawa to ask when we can expect information (after the person on the phone said the decision would be communicated via email) and the email stated that 'documents were returned to you via mail on February 29th, 2016'. We know we submitted everything including fees and I haven't received any mail either with a refund of the PR fee. From what we understand, CIC would have contacted us if there was not enough proof of our relationship, and it's been an awful lot time if we're just missing a document (which I am so certain we did not).
Basically, we're anxious and wondering if this language is normal? I know CIC sometimes returns original documents such as photos and marriage licenses - could this be it? They did not, however, say that they sent the letter with the decision...
Looking at the timeline other Canadian-American couples are experiencing right now we're on target for an approval now...
Having trouble being patient for things to come in the mail! Any experiences or info anyone has would be GREAT.
Thank you!
What that SHOULD mean is that your will be receiving his COPR at any time now. Make sure someone attends to the mail regularly as they only send them via standard mail. It will likely also include any original documents that you sent in for the application process.
 

tom_from_sk

Star Member
Oct 24, 2014
109
2
Hello. We are on the same overall timeline and I received an email from CIC with pretty much the same language. It confused us a little, but we didn't worry too much.

Yesterday we received CoPR in the mail. No application documents, just the good news letter we were hoping for. Hope that helps!
 

Aquakitty

VIP Member
Mar 21, 2011
3,014
164
BC
Category........
FAM
Visa Office......
Ottawa
App. Filed.......
04-03-2015
AOR Received.
14-04-2015 - SA Received: 20-04-2015
Med's Done....
28-01-2015 Upfront
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
N/A
VISA ISSUED...
25-06-2015
LANDED..........
11-07-2015
Nothing to worry about. CIC gets their form letters mixed up all the time, or you just received a generic letter that covers all their bases. Once, CIC sent letters with inland interview dates to FSW applicants who weren't in the country and didn't have visas. People were freaking out.
 

kabir2015

Star Member
Jun 11, 2015
115
0
Punjab (India)
Category........
Visa Office......
New Delhi
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
19-07-2010
Doc's Request.
30-07-2014 Resubmitted ( 15-01-2015)
AOR Received.
08-04-2015
File Transfer...
and sponsership approval 09-09-2015
Med's Request
upfront 09-09-2015
Med's Done....
29-09-2015
Passport Req..
waiting
VISA ISSUED...
waiting
LANDED..........
waiting
esta.es.nuestra said:
Thanks everyone! I'll be posting as soon as the mail arrives.
my visa office also return back my original documents and status is decision made till 27 th feb . but I did not recived any letter or email for submitting passport
 

Aquakitty

VIP Member
Mar 21, 2011
3,014
164
BC
Category........
FAM
Visa Office......
Ottawa
App. Filed.......
04-03-2015
AOR Received.
14-04-2015 - SA Received: 20-04-2015
Med's Done....
28-01-2015 Upfront
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
N/A
VISA ISSUED...
25-06-2015
LANDED..........
11-07-2015
kabir2015 said:
my visa office also return back my original documents and status is decision made till 27 th feb . but I did not recived any letter or email for submitting passport
Send a case specific enquiry.
 

o6ocpaka

Hero Member
Sep 19, 2014
233
9
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
24-02-2015
AOR Received.
none
File Transfer...
20-04-2015
Med's Done....
07-12-2014
Interview........
none
Passport Req..
visa exempt
VISA ISSUED...
08-10-2015
LANDED..........
11-11-2015
Just try calling them, once we saw DM and called a few days later they told us that COPR was on the way. "Documents returned" sounds very misleading though, I wonder why would they use such language...
 

Paguy57

Full Member
Feb 23, 2016
21
1
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
28-04-2015
AOR Received.
27-07-2015
Med's Request
Upfront
Passport Req..
Exempt
VISA ISSUED...
02-21-2016 DM You are approved and have received confirmation of Permanent Resident...
LANDED..........
17-03-2016
o6ocpaka said:
Just try calling them, once we saw DM and called a few days later they told us that COPR was on the way. "Documents returned" sounds very misleading though, I wonder why would they use such language...
No worries! Think it's rather generic! I received same notice in email after requesting about my decision made. This is their response to me then next day received my COPR approved.

Dear Sir/Madam,



Your application has been finalized and your documents were returned to you by regular mail on 2016/02/26.



We thank you for your patience. In order to efficiently process requests, we will not reply to duplicate emails.



Regards,