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February 2012 Applicants - Join here!

whizbee

Star Member
Nov 24, 2011
168
1
Category........
Visa Office......
abu dhabi
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
may 2014
Has anyone from Feb gone to "in process" yet? I am a Jan applicant and I want to know if there is a problem with my file and hence I am still on "application rcvd" or it's just that there are loads of Januarians and I am just in queue.
 

canadiangirl78

Champion Member
Mar 1, 2012
2,345
30
Category........
Visa Office......
Mexico
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Feb 21
AOR Received.
Mississauga: May 10, Mexico: June 4
File Transfer...
May 16
Med's Done....
Dec 21, 2011
Interview........
Waived!
Passport Req..
July 6
VISA ISSUED...
July 13
LANDED..........
August 2, 2012
I got approval on May 16 and I do not see In Process. I hear for Mexico it takes about a month.
 

chickie72

VIP Member
Mar 12, 2012
4,108
78
Ontario
Category........
Visa Office......
Kingston, JA
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
27-02-12
Doc's Request.
09-06-13
AOR Received.
20-06-12
File Transfer...
04-10-12
Med's Request
20-06-12
Med's Done....
07-09-12
Passport Req..
March 4, 2014
VISA ISSUED...
March 20, 2014
LANDED..........
March 22, 2014
Well I called CIC again today, spoke to a nice fellow named Ralph and he gave a fax # to send the additional documents to with a cover letter. At least it gets it there faster then snail mail LOL
 

KJG

Champion Member
Jun 4, 2012
2,795
29
Ontario
Category........
Visa Office......
Havana
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Feb 28, 2012
AOR Received.
June 14, 2012
File Transfer...
June 20, 2012
Med's Done....
Jan 3, 2012
Interview........
Oct 4, 2012 9:00am
VISA ISSUED...
Oct 4, 2012
LANDED..........
Nov 9, 2012
chickie72 said:
Well I called CIC again today, spoke to a nice fellow named Ralph and he gave a fax # to send the additional documents to with a cover letter. At least it gets it there faster then snail mail LOL
And at least you are doing something and not just sitting and waiting.....hope it lites some fires chickie72......
 

canadiangirl78

Champion Member
Mar 1, 2012
2,345
30
Category........
Visa Office......
Mexico
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Feb 21
AOR Received.
Mississauga: May 10, Mexico: June 4
File Transfer...
May 16
Med's Done....
Dec 21, 2011
Interview........
Waived!
Passport Req..
July 6
VISA ISSUED...
July 13
LANDED..........
August 2, 2012
chickie72 said:
Well I called CIC again today, spoke to a nice fellow named Ralph and he gave a fax # to send the additional documents to with a cover letter. At least it gets it there faster then snail mail LOL
Well that was VERY helpful of him!
 

chickie72

VIP Member
Mar 12, 2012
4,108
78
Ontario
Category........
Visa Office......
Kingston, JA
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
27-02-12
Doc's Request.
09-06-13
AOR Received.
20-06-12
File Transfer...
04-10-12
Med's Request
20-06-12
Med's Done....
07-09-12
Passport Req..
March 4, 2014
VISA ISSUED...
March 20, 2014
LANDED..........
March 22, 2014
heres hoping someone is sitting with my application on their desk and it goes straight with it LOL


A girl can dream can't she???? hehehe
 

whizbee

Star Member
Nov 24, 2011
168
1
Category........
Visa Office......
abu dhabi
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
may 2014
canadiangirl78 said:
I got approval on May 16 and I do not see In Process. I hear for Mexico it takes about a month.
Thank you for your reply. I hope you go to "in process" soon and so do I!
 

Herjeet

Star Member
Jan 22, 2012
161
0
Leeds
Category........
Visa Office......
London
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
27 Feb 2012
AOR Received.
23-06-2012
File Transfer...
27-06-2012
Med's Done....
13-02-2012
LANDED..........
Landed on 15/11/2012. Awaiting COPR
It doesn't seem my fax had made any difference, you think they must be catching up by now and the the sponsorship approvals done quickly for Feb applicants! The whole organization is run by chimps. If I do not hear something by weekend, i'm going to contact a MP in Kamloops were I indent to live and grew up. Has anyone else contacted a MP? Dose it help?
 

Herjeet

Star Member
Jan 22, 2012
161
0
Leeds
Category........
Visa Office......
London
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
27 Feb 2012
AOR Received.
23-06-2012
File Transfer...
27-06-2012
Med's Done....
13-02-2012
LANDED..........
Landed on 15/11/2012. Awaiting COPR
Forgot to ask on my last post, my wife did her medical prior to sending the full application to Mississauga, I think the date was around middle of Feb. As CIC has not processed our application for sponsorship, dose this means her medical is expired? Do they consider that they have delayed the whole thing and we should not be penalized for the cost of a new medical??
 

Galip

Hero Member
May 25, 2012
231
9
Category........
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
Herjeet said:
Forgot to ask on my last post, my wife did her medical prior to sending the full application to Mississauga, I think the date was around middle of Feb. As CIC has not processed our application for sponsorship, dose this means her medical is expired? Do they consider that they have delayed the whole thing and we should not be penalized for the cost of a new medical??
No, her medical is not expired.
 

Herjeet

Star Member
Jan 22, 2012
161
0
Leeds
Category........
Visa Office......
London
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
27 Feb 2012
AOR Received.
23-06-2012
File Transfer...
27-06-2012
Med's Done....
13-02-2012
LANDED..........
Landed on 15/11/2012. Awaiting COPR
Galip said:
No, her medical is not expired.
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Thank you very much, that puts my mind to ease!! ;)
 

Belinasha

Star Member
Nov 3, 2011
175
8
Ottawa
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
06-03-2012
Doc's Request.
14-09-2012 - New FBI needed - 120 days to submit - then told disregard request
AOR Received.
N/A
File Transfer...
29-05-2012 to LA
Med's Request
Meds received 29-05-2012; Medical extension received 16-10-2012
Med's Done....
27-10-2011
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
02-01-2013 received at LA 08-01-2013 ; Decision Made 1-17-2013
VISA ISSUED...
16-01-2013 sent to wrong address; 13-02-2013 LA replied new COPR sent to correct address; 21-02-2013 COPR arrives in mail at new address
LANDED..........
22-02-2013....FINALLY after almost 1 full year since applying
Hi Guys,

I applied after you (March) and my application was transferred on May 29th after I got approval. I called CIC today and the woman I spoke with told me that my application was "In Process". ECAS isn't reliable as I've read from some other posters on here so all of yours might be in process, yet they aren't updating it online. I recommend calling CIC. If you get a good agent, they can tell you where your file is and if it's in process.
 

cgagnon

Hero Member
Nov 10, 2011
820
15
Montreal,QC
Category........
Visa Office......
LA(Buffalo)
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
02-03-2012
AOR Received.
None
File Transfer...
31-05-2012
Med's Done....
13-12-2011
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
10/10/2012
Belinasha said:
Hi Guys,

I applied after you (March) and my application was transferred on May 29th after I got approval. I called CIC today and the woman I spoke with told me that my application was "In Process". ECAS isn't reliable as I've read from some other posters on here so all of yours might be in process, yet they aren't updating it online. I recommend calling CIC. If you get a good agent, they can tell you where your file is and if it's in process.
I decided to call as well and I was surprised when I heard the waiting time is only 4 minutes...I guess it's because I chose french....I want to know if my file is in process too!!
 

lalatata

Hero Member
Aug 11, 2011
279
7
Vancouver
Category........
Visa Office......
New Delhi
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Feb 8th,2012
File Transfer...
May 17th,2012
Med's Done....
Jan 24th,2012
Passport Req..
June 1st,2012
VISA ISSUED...
DM- July 23rd,2012 - Passport received - Aug 13th,2012
cgagnon said:
I decided to call as well and I was surprised when I heard the waiting time is only 4 minutes...I guess it's because I chose french....I want to know if my file is in process too!!
And can you tell us what happened in the call? Did you get any updates for the high commission side of things ? Usually these agents dont have access to high commission file processing...
 

cgagnon

Hero Member
Nov 10, 2011
820
15
Montreal,QC
Category........
Visa Office......
LA(Buffalo)
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
02-03-2012
AOR Received.
None
File Transfer...
31-05-2012
Med's Done....
13-12-2011
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
10/10/2012
lalatata said:
And can you tell us what happened in the call? Did you get any updates for the high commission side of things ? Usually these agents dont have access to high commission file processing...
I was on the phone with an arrogant guy but i'm using my sweet voice so I was hoping to get somewhere lol. He was checking and my file seems to still be in ottawa right now but what I can tell everybody is that if CIC is telling you your file is in Ottawa its in transit...they are not processing any Step 2 files just sending from there, they are to send them out to the appropriate Visa Office afterwards..... I'm not liking this one bit it's been 3 weeks how the heck is my file not in LA yet???? And then he says we do not have the same system as the Visa Offices so we cannot see what you might see on ECAS.....So ya not too thrilled right now