***February 2021 Outland Spouse Sponsorship***

[AmyL]

Hi, my PA also got direct Biometric request today. What is SA and MR?

SA is spouse approval and MR is medical request. Usually some of the first steps after getting AOR1.

 

[kittenlover]

Can it be a reason if sponsor isn't working and is studying full-time to delay SA?

 

[Ash_M_J]

Just saw this thread, Application Received : Feb 22, 2021.

I sent my application by Canada post on Thursday 18 Feb 2021, requested recipients signature. The package was received by TR for Clayton Floyd

I send mine on 25th Feb, Received at processing centre in Sydney, NC on March 1, was received by the same person- Clayton Floyd.

 

[reachmenow]

I guess just enter the date in YYYY-MM-DD format. No harm in it.

Thanks a lot Zuhkey!

 

[Plumbus.effzed]

what do you mean by without envelope ?

i didn't put the documents in a sealed envelope...

 

[Plumbus.effzed]

I think what she means is she handed them to the courier without putting them in a sealed envelope. Just the couriers plastic packaging

Yes exactly, thanks

 

[Jabya]

People whoever's using immigration lawyers/consultants, were you able to link your application to gc key? I got AOR today with Application number and I tried linking it to GC key but got this message. - Based on your information, we found 1 application. we see that representative is tied to your application. your representative has access to this application. Dis-associate your representative first by filling xyz form and link application etc.

 

[RufusGoodBoy]

People whoever's using immigration lawyers/consultants, were you able to link your application to gc key? I got AOR today with Application number and I tried linking it to GC key but got this message. - Based on your information, we found 1 application. we see that representative is tied to your application. your representative has access to this application. Dis-associate your representative first by filling xyz form and link application etc.

We got the same message. We’re able to see the status of our application, but that’s it. If we change it so that we get the updates/notifications/emails, then our immigration lawyer won’t. We have to trust that he’ll forward us all emails and notify us of any updates.

 

[Jabya]

We got the same message. We’re able to see the status of our application, but that’s it. If we change it so that we get the updates/notifications/emails, then our immigration lawyer won’t. We have to trust that he’ll forward us all emails and notify us of any updates.

We do have ECAS just in case, but does ECAS gives you clear update like Sponsor approval or medical request sent etc?

 

[wolf1989]

Yes exactly, thanks

Hey..that's perfectly fine.

 

[RufusGoodBoy]

We do have ECAS just in case, but does ECAS gives you clear update like Sponsor approval or medical request sent etc?

I don’t know yet. We just got AOR 6 days ago, and we can see our application is ”In Process”, but we haven’t heard about SA, Biometrics, or medical request. I don’t know if we’ll be able to see them in ECAS or if our lawyer will get them and have to notify us. Time will tell!

 

[jbourne]

Can you please share the number you called them. Thanks

IRCC Canada Contact
By phone. Call the IRCC Call Centre (1-888-242-2100), from within Canada only, Monday to Friday, 8am to 4pm local time, except for statutory holidays). To speak to an agent, navigate through the automated messages by pressing 3-4-1-0.

 

[Liveinthepresent]

So, I have to ask after looking at the tracking spreadsheet even though I know there most likely isn't a logical answer. Why is it that some countries, India in particular, get AOR so fast? There are people from March already getting AOR and every month that is the country that gets populated first before anyone else.

 

[armoured]

So, I have to ask after looking at the tracking spreadsheet even though I know there most likely isn't a logical answer. Why is it that some countries, India in particular, get AOR so fast? There are people from March already getting AOR and every month that is the country that gets populated first before anyone else.

This has been covered multiple times. There are a lot of Indian applicants (as percent of total), this is an English language forum (over represented here), and because not a visa waiver country, more likely to be outland.

 

[Liveinthepresent]

This has been covered multiple times. There are a lot of Indian applicants (as percent of total), this is an English language forum (over represented here), and because not a visa waiver country, more likely to be outland.

I appreciate the reply, I thought that over representation on this forum might be the case. Just frustrating when we are all so anxious!