Hello,
I am a British citizen currently in Canada with my Canadian husband. Applied for PR (spousal sponsorship, outland) on May 25th. Application was received in Mississauga May 27th. We received sponsor approval July 30th. The sponsor approval letter sent to my husband informed us that my application had been sent to the London office for processing. When I log on to my ECAS it states; 1. "We received your application May 27th" 2. "We began processing your application August 6th" 3. "Medical results have been received."
My question is; does "we began processing your application..." actually just mean it has been received in London, but will sit in a pile of applications for several months before being looked at, or, does this message mean someone has actually opened up the application and at least had a look at it?
I called CIC as needed to update my address (which, despite doing through ECAS online several times, and waiting, it never changed. They had very old addresses for me as my current address, which was baffling.) Anyway, CIC told me on the phone that an immigration officer at the London office had begun working on my file on August 6th, and that "in process" means they have opened the file, not just received it. As much as I want to believe this, it seems highly unlikely that this would happen so quickly?
I am pregnant. Husband and I are expecting our first baby in November. I have previously held two IEC visa's for Canada, and my husband held the equivalent visa for the UK. We spent a year travelling together before returning to Canada in March, and I currently have a Visitor Record. It was suggested in another forum that me being pregnant may speed up the process for us. Again, as much as I'd like to believe I will get PR sooner rather than later, given the current average processing times at the London office it seems highly unlikely that I will get my PR this year. Am hopeful it will be before my passport needs renewal, which is May 2016.
What are people's most recent experiences regarding time frames at the London office for PR through spousal sponsorship? Have others received the "In Process" message on ECAS? And if so, when? And are you still waiting? Or how long was it between the "In Process" update and the next update?
Thanks for any info/experience you're able to share, much appreciated.
Lucy
I am a British citizen currently in Canada with my Canadian husband. Applied for PR (spousal sponsorship, outland) on May 25th. Application was received in Mississauga May 27th. We received sponsor approval July 30th. The sponsor approval letter sent to my husband informed us that my application had been sent to the London office for processing. When I log on to my ECAS it states; 1. "We received your application May 27th" 2. "We began processing your application August 6th" 3. "Medical results have been received."
My question is; does "we began processing your application..." actually just mean it has been received in London, but will sit in a pile of applications for several months before being looked at, or, does this message mean someone has actually opened up the application and at least had a look at it?
I called CIC as needed to update my address (which, despite doing through ECAS online several times, and waiting, it never changed. They had very old addresses for me as my current address, which was baffling.) Anyway, CIC told me on the phone that an immigration officer at the London office had begun working on my file on August 6th, and that "in process" means they have opened the file, not just received it. As much as I want to believe this, it seems highly unlikely that this would happen so quickly?
I am pregnant. Husband and I are expecting our first baby in November. I have previously held two IEC visa's for Canada, and my husband held the equivalent visa for the UK. We spent a year travelling together before returning to Canada in March, and I currently have a Visitor Record. It was suggested in another forum that me being pregnant may speed up the process for us. Again, as much as I'd like to believe I will get PR sooner rather than later, given the current average processing times at the London office it seems highly unlikely that I will get my PR this year. Am hopeful it will be before my passport needs renewal, which is May 2016.
What are people's most recent experiences regarding time frames at the London office for PR through spousal sponsorship? Have others received the "In Process" message on ECAS? And if so, when? And are you still waiting? Or how long was it between the "In Process" update and the next update?
Thanks for any info/experience you're able to share, much appreciated.
Lucy
