inexplored said:
*snip* ...KINDLY, PROVIDE AS MANY POSSIBLE INPUTS AS POSSIBLE, SINCE I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO FIND OUT ABOUT MY FILE? Thanks
What does your ECAS say as far as application status is concerned? Typically most people are seeing their sponsorship applications approved and transferred to the VO within the expected time frame, but there have been a couple people in this thread, and more on the board in general, who have had to wait much much longer because of "additional investigation" or without any explanation at all. It happens.
This first stage done in Mississauga is to assess the sponsor and then to make sure you've provided all the required paperwork that the VO will need. They won't go through your proof of relationship, that's the VOs job, so that would have no bearing on your file being delayed. They will, however, make sure all your forms are there, all the signatures are there, the upfront medical and your Option C - all the things that need to know about you, the sponsor, to evaluate if you can be approved or not. Is there any reason for them to believe you've been on welfare before? I think that since you've withdrawn a sponsorship previously, it triggers them to look into the circumstances surrounding that previous application and that alone will cause delays, even if you think it's fairly obvious. I recently had to provide confirmation letters and address evidence to the CRA that I'm no longer with my ex-boyfriend from 3 years ago even though I let them know I got married 7 months ago to someone else. Different government agency, but none of them are the brightest crayon in the box, you know? Anyway, coupled with the welfare questions they seem to have, the previous application could be the problem for you.
I'm not sure about ordering your GCMS notes before your file has been transfered to a VO. I was under the impression those notes were about the PR application and were added by the VO, and not about the Sponsorship application. Hopefully someone else knows a little bit more about that than I do and can help.
Unfortunately there are very few avenues you can go down to try and get information about your file. You can try emailing them. Even if it's just to add the birth certificate to the file, it's better they have that now so the VO doesn't have to request it later if they feel like they need it. You're really just left with, like Seronic said, bugging them until you get a straight answer to simple straight questions and waiting it out.
Sorry!
Mine has showed that for so long. Well, a month. That's long, isn't it? 