Just to clarify to those waiting for CIC email notices or acknowledgments (pearl and karito, etc)
I am the PR applicant. My sponsor received an email recently which states his Client Number and Application Number. Then 2 days after, my sponsor was able to access ECAS. FYI, the sponsor's ECAS has 2 parts, broken down as follows:
1. Sponsorship application
2. PR application
My sponsor's ECAS says:
PART 1:-- MR. X (my sponsor) :
Your application to sponsor johanna125 was received on DDMMYYYYY
We starting processing your application to sponsor johanna125 on DDMMYYYY.
PART 2 : Ms. johanna125 (PR applicant)
Your application for PR was received on DDMMYYYY.
Since the inland application consists of 2 sequential stages, namely
1. Assessment of sponsor and person being sponsored (a.k.a stage 1)
2. Criminal, background and medical checks (a.k.a. stage 2)
I, as the PR applicant, has my own client number which I got from my visitor record. I can use that Client Number also to access ECAS.
HTH !