how reliable is the ecas status?

[mariahvais]

i've heard from people that they are already in canada and their ecas status is still saying "application recieved"
:-\

 

[BeShoo]

Many people (especially those from visa-exempt countries) visit their spouses in Canada for 6 months or even longer while waiting for the outcome of their application for PR.

The status is usually good, at least the "application received" and "decision made" statuses. Sometimes they are delayed a few days, but not more than a week.

 

[Majromax]

Many people (especially those from visa-exempt countries) visit their spouses in Canada for 6 months or even longer while waiting for the outcome of their application for PR.

Additionally, those applying inland obviously have to be in Canada for the duration of their application.

 

[hhafiz]

i've heard from people that they are already in canada and their ecas status is still saying "application recieved"
:-\

I have seen posts where applicant received PPR but their ecase status showing Application received/In-Process....

 

[CMLR]

My Application still says "Received" however we know they have looked at it because they have asked for proof that we are still living together here in Canada, me as a visitor of course, asked for proof of my husband's income. Our consultant says this is the last step towards them making a decision.

 

[BeShoo]

My Application still says "Received" however we know they have looked at it ...

They don't always update to show that it's in process, or sometimes not at least not until it's about done.

I have seen posts where applicant received PPR but their ecase status showing Application received/In-Process....

It's not really "done" until the visa goes in the passport. Sometimes people have been asked for passports months before the case is finished.

 

[BrianDell]

My Application still says "Received" however we know they have looked at it because they have asked for proof that we are still living together here in Canada, me as a visitor of course, asked for proof of my husband's income. Our consultant says this is the last step towards them making a decision.

In other words, you're effectively "in progress" even though it doesn't indicate on e-CAS that've you've gone in progress. So you're closer to the finish line than e-CAS is reporting. And then there's cases like ours where we've been "Decision Made" for five weeks running with no idea when confirmation of permanent residence will arrive (they said in the passport request made at the same time as DM they'll make "best efforts" to send out what we need to land within 60 working days or 3 months) such that it looks like e-CAS reported us being closer to the finish line than we actually were.

 

[shortyp2000]

My eCas has shown "decision made" for sponsor and "medicals received" for applicant for months. I know my VO doesnt update for weeks or months (got medical Apr 1st, didnt update that until mid May-ish), and then they wont update again until after hubby is here. I dont know why Canadian officials dont have every country follow the same rules. Its so unorganized and leaves us frustrated.