How long to wait for application number?

[adrade]

My partner and I submitted by UPS our application for common-law sponsorship. He's a Canadian citizen and I am American. I am here as a student (with well more than a year left on my Study Permit). We've been living together for nearly 2 years in Canada and about a year before that in the United States.

The Immigration office received my application on June 22nd, almost three weeks ago, and neither of us have yet received any indication it was received, which may or may not be normal in these times. We yet have received no e-mail, nor any confirmation by regular mail. My UCI (from my study permit) doesn't populate any information when searching online.

I have no ability it seems to get through to a real person over the phone after exhaustively trying just about all the relevant options in their phone system, and it explicitly says online to use the web form only if the expected processing time has exhausted, which is listed as 12 months.

Question for the group: how long should I expect to wait to get an Application number? Months? Longer? Has anyone applied during Covid-times who knows what to expect?

Thank you in advance,
-Adam

 

[bian07]

Even before covid you would not have received anything yet. Usually took 6 to 8 weeks.

Covid makes it even longer, february applicants are still waiting to hear back.

 

[scylla]

My partner and I submitted by UPS our application for common-law sponsorship. He's a Canadian citizen and I am American. I am here as a student (with well more than a year left on my Study Permit). We've been living together for nearly 2 years in Canada and about a year before that in the United States.

The Immigration office received my application on June 22nd, almost three weeks ago, and neither of us have yet received any indication it was received, which may or may not be normal in these times. We yet have received no e-mail, nor any confirmation by regular mail. My UCI (from my study permit) doesn't populate any information when searching online.

I have no ability it seems to get through to a real person over the phone after exhaustively trying just about all the relevant options in their phone system, and it explicitly says online to use the web form only if the expected processing time has exhausted, which is listed as 12 months.

Question for the group: how long should I expect to wait to get an Application number? Months? Longer? Has anyone applied during Covid-times who knows what to expect?

Thank you in advance,
-Adam

You're probably looking at 3-4 months right now, possibly more. Don't bother calling the help desk. They haven't even opened your application yet.

 

[Underhill]

No reliable information has come from IRCC regarding covid related delays, but as bian07 has pointed out, no AOR's have been received since mid February. Judging from the vague tweets and statements by immigration officials in news stories, we can only guess as to how long the delay will be.

My money is on a 12 month delay in everything. How could it be any less: while seemingly not processing any applications during covid, yet still accepting applications, means nothing but a massive, overwhelming backlog.

As an inland applicant that missed the pre-covid window by only days, I can only hope that once they restart processing applications in any meaningful way they'll use the 'first in first out' method. But nobody knows.

 

[adrade]

Thank you for the replies... I thought it might have been possible that they assign application numbers even before fully processing applications - like open the packet, apply the application number and file it away waiting to be processed, and then kind of get to it when they can. But, if they do it all at once, then that's all okay. I have no problem waiting - I just don't want 12 months to go by with me waiting only to then eventually realize they never received it, or something like that.

 

[Gam14]

Thank you for the replies... I thought it might have been possible that they assign application numbers even before fully processing applications - like open the packet, apply the application number and file it away waiting to be processed, and then kind of get to it when they can. But, if they do it all at once, then that's all okay. I have no problem waiting - I just don't want 12 months to go by with me waiting only to then eventually realize they never received it, or something like that.

That may make sense for them to open and apply a # to them, but not how it works. We are all waiting patiently not knowing if they received it, if they consider it complete. All I can rely on is FedEx delivered it. I am a March 2020 applicant and have heard nothing, applied Outland.

 

[canvis2006]

The pandemic has affected worldwide.
IRCC offices still closed or barely opened......and they're all still stuck in old times (manual paperwork).
Expect things now to take forever. At least you 2 are together.
It will take months/years to process stuff now unless they approve ALL files etc to move quickly but thats only when they finally reopen.
GTA still in stage 2/emergency extended......don't expect much from turtle dept of IRCC

If only they would move entirely to ONLINE applications and/or processing rather than paperwork.....but that will take another 100 yrs

 

[Canada2020eh]

In an article I read it said they haven't looked at any apps submitted after mid Feb. Sorry I don't have a link the the article.

 

[notgoogle]

You're probably looking at 3-4 months right now, possibly more. Don't bother calling the help desk. They haven't even opened your application yet.

i got a question, i want to send my application in 1 week, if i sent it and it took them 3-4 months to open, does this affect the fact that some documents in my application expire in 90 days (like police certificates)?

 

[Alexn]

i got a question, i want to send my application in 1 week, if i sent it and it took them 3-4 months to open, does this affect the fact that some documents in my application expire in 90 days (like police certificates)?

If needed, they will ask for a new police certificate. however that will delay the process even more. if I were you I would get a new police certificate already before sending.

 

[notgoogle]

If needed, they will ask for a new police certificate. however that will delay the process even more. if I were you I would get a new police certificate already before sending.

i got it only last week, but the validity of it is only 3 months

 

[Alexn]

i got it only last week, but the validity of it is only 3 months

ah ok that changes things. In my country is one year, I thought it was more or less the same everywhere.
In that case send it, if they need another they will ask.

 

[bian07]

i got it only last week, but the validity of it is only 3 months

Police certificate is valid for 1 year for ircc, regardless of the validity that it has in the country of origin

 

[ScotchEgg]

Hi all

I am curious whether any of you here have recieved your application number yet? I applied in late June 2020, and it is now 6 months without recieving an application number. Wondering if those of you who applied in 2020 experienced a delay similar to this? Like the users below I am in a limbo as unsure of whether it actually arrived (no tracking, regretably) and contemplating resending it.

Thank you in advance, any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Usa2canada<3]

Hi all

I am curious whether any of you here have recieved your application number yet? I applied in late June 2020, and it is now 6 months without recieving an application number. Wondering if those of you who applied in 2020 experienced a delay similar to this? Like the users below I am in a limbo as unsure of whether it actually arrived (no tracking, regretably) and contemplating resending it.

Thank you in advance, any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

i would recommend calling ircc +1 888-242-2100 (CPC-M) for inland applications.. or possibly submitting a webforum asking for a temp file number.. I have heard instances where outland was able to get ahold of the sydney processing office if it was sent there however i do not have any numbers or information about that.. You can try to order gcms notes not sure how well that would work with out an app number however it will give you the most information of whats going on.