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Did your application get returned? How long did it take them?

vaya

Star Member
Jul 8, 2010
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Category........
Visa Office......
Mississauga
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
19-02-2016
AOR Received.
12-04-2016
Med's Done....
02-02-2016
Hey everybody,
I'm so grateful for this forum in this lasting nightmare that is a PR application. I have tried to look through the forum's archives to see if some of you have had experience with returned application packages, but get any good clues. So I am hoping you could share your experience with me.

Here's my situation (as explained in the one or other thread already):
My husband and I sent my PR & OWP application with his sponsorship in February 2016, and it arrived Feb 20th in Mississauga. We sent the full application in, with police record checks, upfront medial, etc.

Shortly after, I realized that I had missed some "N/A" in a few fields, and of course started to worry and get prepared for my application to be returned. So far, nothing has happened, but also judging by the other applicants' dates in the spreadsheet it seems like everybody else who'd sent in their application around the same time have heard back in one form or another.

We check our mail, email (& spam) every day, but yet have to hear back from CIC about our application package. I have my UCI (but didn't enter it in my application because I didn't have it on hand at the time), but my husband (the sponsor) doesn't have one yet.

Did anybody get their application sent back, and, if yes, how long did it take them to send it back? And if others had similarly long waits, did you end up getting any information from CIC?

Many thanks already!
 

Kashfool76

Full Member
Apr 30, 2016
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This is already May! Hope they accept your package. Is there any way you could send them letter stating that you forgot to write N/A in some places of your applications!
 

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
It seems to be pretty common for inland applicants to either get a late AOR or not get one at all. You should phone the call center asap and see if they can tell you anything.

They probably wouldn't send it back over a couple missed N/A's. The call center will at least be able to tell you if this did happen.
 

vaya

Star Member
Jul 8, 2010
76
0
Category........
Visa Office......
Mississauga
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
19-02-2016
AOR Received.
12-04-2016
Med's Done....
02-02-2016
Aquakitty said:
It seems to be pretty common for inland applicants to either get a late AOR or not get one at all. You should phone the call center asap and see if they can tell you anything.

They probably wouldn't send it back over a couple missed N/A's. The call center will at least be able to tell you if this did happen.
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Thanks for the heads up. I'm just very uncertain about the amount of time that can pass between arrival and return if it was not acceptable - from what I've read in the forum it seemed like the AOR can take some time, but it is getting fairly late now. I'll try to contact them asap and see if I can get any update...
 

vaya

Star Member
Jul 8, 2010
76
0
Category........
Visa Office......
Mississauga
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
19-02-2016
AOR Received.
12-04-2016
Med's Done....
02-02-2016
So, a friendly forum user told me to check my status with CIC with my UCI nr (I'm the sponsored person). It says on the CIC website that my application was received Feb 19th, and that the medical results have been received - but nothing else. Is that good or bad? So many questions... :-\
 

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
vaya said:
So, a friendly forum user told me to check my status with CIC with my UCI nr (I'm the sponsored person). It says on the CIC website that my application was received Feb 19th, and that the medical results have been received - but nothing else. Is that good or bad? So many questions... :-\
That means you had AOR for sure.
 

vaya

Star Member
Jul 8, 2010
76
0
Category........
Visa Office......
Mississauga
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
19-02-2016
AOR Received.
12-04-2016
Med's Done....
02-02-2016
Aquakitty said:
That means you had AOR for sure.
If that is what happened I am a happy camper! I'm keeping my fingers crossed, many thanks for your guidance!