E-cas tracker update email: did anyone else just get a spurious one?

[nosawasfy]

heyyy guys
me 2 my case type has changed from 10 to 4 !!!!!!
what does it mean , is this a good news ??????

 

[RobsLuv]

I think it's possible that eCAS detects a change in status that we can't see - in other words, the officer has made a note in the file, but it's not "visible" when you log into eCAS. I think that eCAS "allows" some of the information that's posted in the CAIPS notes to be visible to applicants/sponsors, but most of it isn't. I just suspect this (no confirmation) based on the fact that someone else reported getting a notification through eCAS of a status update, but there was nothing showing but "In Process" and, considering the fact that when you actually see your CAIPS notes, there are usually a lot of updates there when all eCAS ever really shows is "In Process", "Medicals Received" and "Decision Made". I think the "notes" are coded in such a way that only those updates are visible. But that's just my assumptions of how it might work - nothing concrete.

 

[mr-canada]

well..... me too dont know what to expect and when.... my ecas showed from "decision made" for sponsorship approval to "in process" for the file after reaching the visa office..... and that was in may..... and after that .... nothing .... i check every tuesday ... and even once or twice during the week but its always that same "in process" .....

hope to get the PPR soon..... praying hard.... and hope all of us gets thru this difficult phase of our lives .... and soon .....

god bless us all !!!!

mrs. canada

 

[lily1972]

I just got an e-cas tracker update email, but no status change. E-cas just says "medicals received", the same as it did last time. It's just teasing me!
Did anyone else get this?

Usually after so information (medicals received) people get visa very soon.

 

[SaugaBoss]

I think it's possible that eCAS detects a change in status that we can't see - in other words, the officer has made a note in the file, but it's not "visible" when you log into eCAS. I think that eCAS "allows" some of the information that's posted in the CAIPS notes to be visible to applicants/sponsors, but most of it isn't. I just suspect this (no confirmation) based on the fact that someone else reported getting a notification through eCAS of a status update, but there was nothing showing but "In Process" and, considering the fact that when you actually see your CAIPS notes, there are usually a lot of updates there when all eCAS ever really shows is "In Process", "Medicals Received" and "Decision Made". I think the "notes" are coded in such a way that only those updates are visible. But that's just my assumptions of how it might work - nothing concrete.

i hope ur assumption is right

 

[britincanada]

I just got an e-cas tracker update email, but no status change. E-cas just says "medicals received", the same as it did last time. It's just teasing me!

Did anyone else get this?

I got one like that a few weeks ago..I emailed MatthewC and he replied saying Immigration must have updated something on my file like address or something and the tracking program mistook it to be an up date on my status, I then realised Immigration must have confirmed my address and added my email and new phone number to the system as I had recently emailed them and given them my new home phone number!! Did you recently give them any new contact details?

 

[britincanada]

I just got an e-cas tracker update email, but no status change. E-cas just says "medicals received", the same as it did last time. It's just teasing me!

Did anyone else get this?

Found It!! Here is a link to a query I had on another Immigration forum that MatthewC answered for me about Case types and why E-cas tracker emailed me..I had completely freaked out! My Case number went from 10 to 4 also!! I freaked because my VR says Case type 10 so I knew it was some kind of status change! http://www.immigration.ca/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=3589&title=ecas-tracker

 

[britincanada]

Ok for some reason that link didnt work...Here is his response

"Hi Hazel,

It's nothing to worry about. This is a little technical but I'll try to explain what happened.

For those who don't know what Hazel is referring to, the e-CAS tracker adds four numbers to the very bottom of every email it sends out, like this:

User ID: XXX
Combination: XXX
Case Type: X
Case ID: XXX

That information is entirely internal to the e-CAS Tracker system. It refers to which records in the system appear to have been updated, and is there in case anyone asks questions about the update. If they send me the email, it lets me know straight away which record in the system they're referring to.

User ID refers to the record for the user (the person who signed up for the tracker). Combination is the number in the system for the record of which combination of surname, login id, country of birth, etc are being used. (It's possible for users to sign up with more than one potential country of birth, say, and the tracker then tries them all until one works successfully.) Case type refers to what type of entry in the tracker this is, and case number is the unique identifier for each case. Users can have more than one case, and for the purposes of the e-CAS Tracker's internal storage, case means any record on e-CAS where you can click through and get a details page (it does not mean quite the same thing as "case" in terms of how CIC would refer to it, being an entirely separate application). So, for example, if somebody has a PR card application, a spousal sponsorship application, and the spouse's PR portion of the application all showing on e-CAS, that's actually 3 "cases" as far as the tracker is concerned.

Hopefully that makes sense.

Now as to what happened with your tracker, Hazel, (and I suspect a few others as there was a huge flurry of activity with the first automated run on the tracker this morning), is that the structure of the e-CAS page changed. The info on the specific case didn't, but because the layout changed, the tracker thought something had been updated.

From my notes about the case types:

Case type 10 refers to "PR application, applicant, with no mailing address"
Case type 4 is "PR application or citizenship application, applicant"

So all that actually happened was they added your mailing address to the system, but that was enough for the tracker to think something might have changed, so it emailed you. In fact, adding the mailing address in and of itself may be an indication that something has actually been happening with the file.

I hope that's clear enough, but basically it's nothing to worry about.

"The e-CAS tracker is pretty good now (it's been watching hundreds of people's e-CAS files for years), and it sends the update email no more than about 6 hours after the actual change on e-CAS (it checks e-CAS for you a few times every day)... but occasionally something crops up it doesn't know how to deal with. It is programmed to throw errors (which emails me automatically) if something goes wrong, or it encounters a new situation it doesn't know how to deal with, but even then I would say logging in yourself once a month isn't a bad idea, just in case something changes and you don't get the email.

It's also not uncommon for people to enter their email address wrong - I've had a number of people's e-CAS trackers that were fully functioning, and trying to send updates, but the update emails actually bounced because they didn't enter their email correctly.

Matthew

e-CAS Tracker - Get notified when your e-CAS changes "

 

[SaugaBoss]

thanks for the update!

 

[lynw]

Thanks BIC! And thanks Matthew, wherever you are The tracker is brilliant. Now if only it would send a nice message like, oh, interview waived...

 

[matthewc]

Thanks! If it'll make you happier, I could send you a pretend email saying that It wouldn't make it true though, unfortunately

 

[Tallen]

Thanks Matthew I just siged up for the tracker and it works great!

 

[lynw]

Thanks! If it'll make you happier, I could send you a pretend email saying that It wouldn't make it true though, unfortunately

Heehee, that would be a good option when signing up for the tracker - "regular, morale-boosting, completely fake emails"

 

[nosawasfy]

every day when i go to my E-CAS i saw my home address now i check my eCAS and i am not found my address ,is that mean any thing or what plz helppppp??

 

[ch33rez]

every day when i go to my E-CAS i saw my home address now i check my eCAS and i am not found my address ,is that mean any thing or what plz helppppp??

Hello,

Earlier today you received an automated email from the e-CAS Tracker service that I run.

There was a significant amount of activity on the tracker this morning -far more than is usual - so I took a closer look at what was going on. It seems that, for some strange reason, CIC has removed the addresses info from a large number of people's e-CAS files. When the e-CAS Tracker software saw this, it interpreted it as an update to the file, which may be the reason why you received an email notification today. You may have had a real update to your file this morning, but it is possible nothing has actually changed with your e-CAS, other than the disappearance of your mailing address.

To be sure, I suggest you log in to e-CAS yourself, manually, and have alook. You can do that here, on CIC's website:

h**ps://services3.cic.gc.ca/ecas/authenticate.do

If CIC has removed your address from e-CAS, I would recommend you also call the CIC call centre and verify they still have your correct mailing address on file so they can contact you if necessary:

h**p://immipedia.ca/CIC_call_centre

Thanks, and good luck with your application,

Matthew