Vanessa313 said:
I'm the sponsor and have never received any emails, will I receive one when I'm approved? Or will the person I'm sponsoring receive the aip?
Is it correct that you applied last year, and never received SA confirmation email?
To start, do you have your UCI? If yes, you can log into eCas with your own credentials to see if your sponsorship is approved. It may still say in process, so there's little good and does not mean much. However, if you see the PR applicant side with more information, it would suggest (not prove) that sponsorship is approved.
If you do not know your UCI, then you can try to log-in with the payment slip. By now the package would be received a long time already, and it would be tied to the receipt number. Some people are able to log in with that.
The only way to know for sure is if you order GCMS notes. You can search on the internet for the keywords "GCMS notes" and there's a Youtube video teaching you know to do it. There are a number of different information you can enter to identify the case (UCI number, File number). So hopefully you know your UCI number. If you do not have your UCI, you can still apply by putting in only the name of the applicant. I don't know if this make it slower...for example, what happens if there are 2 people with the same name.
The other thing you can do is that since your sponsorship has long passed 60 days (typical time last year for sponsorship to be completed), you can call CIC and ask for the status. They cannot ignore you. But getting through is difficult on the phone.
I would still suggest that you order GCMS notes anyway, as it does not hurt to have direct information about your case in your hands.