INLAND APPLICATIONS 2013

[todare]

Guys, my husband got this email TODAY (Saturday) at 3pm:

"UCI: xx
Application No.: xx
Quote these numbers when corresponding with our office.

This is an automated message. Please DO NOT RESPOND to this message.

Dearxx,

This confirms that your application to Sponsor a Member of the Family Class has been received by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) on 2014/04/03 on behalf of the following member(s):

xx


When should I contact CIC?
You must notify CIC of any changes to your application. Examples of changes include:
• Changes in your personal circumstances, such as birth or adoption of a child, a marriage or a divorce
• Change of contact information (e-mail, mailing address, telephone number)
• Appointment or change of immigration representative or designated individual
• Decision to withdraw your application

To notify CIC of changes to your application you may contact this office at the address identified below. You may also contact the Call Centre, toll-free, at 1-888-242-2100. Changes to your address may be made through our online service at http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/change-address.asp.

What happens next?
For further information about the sponsorship process, please refer to CIC's website at http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/sponsor/index.asp.

You have the option to withdraw your application at any point in the process. You may be eligible for a refund of the sponsorship fee or the permanent resident application fee if processing of your file has not yet begun.

How do I check the status of my application?
You may use the UCI number above to check the status of your application on the CIC website. Please visit www.cic.gc.ca/english and in the “I Need To ...” section on the right-hand side of the page, select “Check application status.”

How long will it take to process my application?
Processing times vary. You can consult the processing times for reference at http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/perm-fc.asp.

Please be advised that CIC will contact you as soon as your application is reviewed. We trust that this information concerning your Application to Sponsor a Member of the Family Class is helpful.

CPC Mississauga
Mississauga, ON
L5A 4H4

www.cic.gc.ca"

I am sorry but I am a little confused. This forum is for 2013 applicants. Your stats say you are a 2014 applicant? This letter is your acknowledgement of receipt of sponsorship which is the begining of the process. so please ask your question?

 

[April Fajardo]

I cant believe it. This is the response from CIC to one of the members in Inland Facebook page

An official from our Ministry spoke to the Operations Manager at the CPCM (CIC) regarding the status of this application. CPCM has told us that there are many applications like this case where processing times for first stage approval (Assessment of sponsor and person being sponsored) is taking longer than usual. CIC is aware of this and they are currently in discussions on how to handle the backlog of applications. Current wait time is between 6-8 months to receive stage 1 Approval in Principle. This means that the client in question would potentially receive approval around February 2015 given that they applied in July 2014.

Well CIC I should have gotten my AIP 5 mos ago, if you want to insist on your 6-8 mos stage 1 approval!!!
Im almost on my 12 mos waiting! WTF!!!

 

[azarme09]

a. Don't be rude.
b. I already got my AOR in August. This is a second letter they sent. I have not seen people get multiple AORs.
c. Shows movements and 2013 & 2014 applicants have a merged spreadsheet to tally CIC progress.
d. This is to just keep people informed that there are random movements happening.
e. Don't be unnecessarily rude.

I am sorry but I am a little confused. This forum is for 2013 applicants. Your stats say you are a 2014 applicant? This letter is your acknowledgement of receipt of sponsorship which is the begining of the process. so please ask your question?

 

[filipina311]

Congrats ftbg, hope we get ours too on monday

 

[todare]

a. Don't be rude.
b. I already got my AOR in August. This is a second letter they sent. I have not seen people get multiple AORs.
c. Shows movements and 2013 & 2014 applicants have a merged spreadsheet to tally CIC progress.
d. This is to just keep people informed that there are random movements happening.
e. Don't be unnecessarily rude.

Wow sorry to ask a question as you just posted your thing without any info so I thought it was a question. It seemed rather confusing. Won't bother coming here again.

 

[azarme09]

So I'm pretty annoyed right now.

I have this friend who married in Tanzania. She got pregnant and because of health issues, decided to come back to Canada & give birth here. Her husband had applied for a PR. She also applied for a visit visa for him but was obviously rejected. Then they pulled the PR application and got him here on a visit visa after letters from the doctor, a petition signed by her county residents, and her MP. He got here a few weeks after the baby's birth.
Then she re-applied for his PR and he just got his PR last week!!! ALL of this happened within 9 months and he has been in Canada only since June.

I am very happy for her as she was really stressed and she's a nice girl who met her husband while she was teaching English in Tanzania but really... I don't understand why his inland application was expedited?!

I just wrote to her asking the details of her application but this really pissed me off. I really don't like this inconsistency crap at CIC.

 

[Linden]

So I'm pretty annoyed right now.

I have this friend who married in Tanzania. She got pregnant and because of health issues, decided to come back to Canada & give birth here. Her husband had applied for a PR. She also applied for a visit visa for him but was obviously rejected. Then they pulled the PR application and got him here on a visit visa after letters from the doctor, a petition signed by her county residents, and her MP. He got here a few weeks after the baby's birth.
Then she re-applied for his PR and he just got his PR last week!!! ALL of this happened within 9 months and he has been in Canada only since June.

I am very happy for her as she was really stressed and she's a nice girl who met her husband while she was teaching English in Tanzania but really... I don't understand why his inland application was expedited?!

I just wrote to her asking the details of her application but this really pissed me off. I really don't like this inconsistency crap at CIC.

Are you sure they applied inland? Outland applications are typically quicker.

 

[Linden]

« Reply #16668 on: November 30, 2014, 12:28:33 am »
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Quote from: azarme09 on November 29, 2014, 09:56:55 pm
a. Don't be rude.
b. I already got my AOR in August. This is a second letter they sent. I have not seen people get multiple AORs.
c. Shows movements and 2013 & 2014 applicants have a merged spreadsheet to tally CIC progress.
d. This is to just keep people informed that there are random movements happening.
e. Don't be unnecessarily rude.

Wow sorry to ask a question as you just posted your thing without any info so I thought it was a question. It seemed rather confusing. Won't bother coming here again.

I dont think Todare's question was rude at all. Seemed like a relevant question.

Youll get your AIP soon as well bro.

 

[filipina311]

Hi im aug 23 applicant..no aip yet

 

[gfdvca]

I invite you to review some recently compiled information on inland sponsorship and comparable programs in other countries. When it comes to processing times, Canada really does not stack up. Please tweet and share with your local MP.

http://inlandsponsor.weebly.com/

 

[Alurra71]

I invite you to review some recently compiled information on inland sponsorship and comparable programs in other countries. When it comes to processing times, Canada really does not stack up. Please tweet and share with your local MP.

http://inlandsponsor.weebly.com/

I personally dislike these comparison charts. They don't show PROPER steps. For instance the US:

20 weeks only takes into consideration the time it takes for the sponsor to file the petition. Once the petition is 'APPROVED' (this is NOT the PR) it is then forwarded on to NVC where it is then assigned a priority date and when your priority date meets the qualifying date they will THEN send you instructions on how to file for your DS-261 and various other fees and paperwork.

BTW, that cost and the 20 weeks is ONLY what essentially boils down to homeland security running their own checks to determine that yes, it's OK for you to file paperwork. So they run the security check backward to Canada. 5 months for just the security check that will either allow you to file paperwork at a later date determined by the NVO. There WILL be more costs. MANY more costs ...

Form I-130 = $420 (You pay this just to see whether your spouse qualifies to be sponsored - security check)

Affidavit of Support = $120 (You MUST meet the income guidelines in order to sponsor your spouse. You MUST do this from INSIDE the US you can not petition from outside the US) *On a side note, that income guideline is 125% of the poverty level for your size household. For 2014, for just YOU and your SPOUSE you MUST make $19,662 per annum. Not a difficult amount to acheive; BUT if your spouse has children or if you have children from another marriage? Just go ahead and add on another $5075 per year per person.

Immigrant visa processing fee = $325

After these fees, and with your MANDATORY online filing of form DS-260 / DS-261 you WILL be invited to attend an interview to determine your 'couple' status. Be ready for this interview. It won't be simple and easy like here in Canada.

Now, you've passed all these hoops, and added all the paperworks and such. They are pretty much the same on either side of the border. Medical/Health, PCC, birth certificates and passports, the standard documentations we all know what they are ... So what's next?

You've been given the opportunity to now file to register as a permanent resident of the good old US of A! HOORAY, but wait, there's more ...

Now you need:

Form I-485 = $1070, assuming you are between the ages of 14 and 78. If you have children, and they are 14 or over? Well, add on $1070 for EACH child. On the up side, if they are under the age of 14 it will only cost you $635 per child.

Now you're a lawful permanent resident, but you're not done yet ... ALL new residents must apply to have their 'conditional' residency removed after 2 years otherwise, you loose your PR. For that you're going to need:

Form I-751 = $595. NOW you are a full on PR. You'll only need to pay more fees if you:

A: Loose your PR (Green) Card - $450
B: Spend too much time outsid of the US and need to return to your 'Unrelinquiesh domicile' - $585
C: Loose your PR (Green) Card outside the US and need a Travel Document to return - $445 (assuming you are aged 14-79 again) Remember, when you get back, you'll need that new Green Card *points to fees associated with A*

Of course, these are only a FEW of the things that might get you caught out and in need of a financial loan to gain re-entry. Keep in mind, US isn't like Canada. You can't just return to a land border and present your original landing document and be allowed entry. You're stuck, like chuck until you pay the fees and get the proper authorization.

On the upside. From start to finish it should only take a total accumulated time span of roughly 27 months to get to the point where you can loose your Green Card.

Should I go find the total documentation for the other countries listed or can we agree that trying to compare the countries in frames of 'time' spent to get to the end result aren't really worth it?

Canada is now and always has been the EASIEST country to immigrate to. They have the most lax laws and easiest family reunification process in any of the so called 'first world' countries.

It's not easy to sit and wait for them to process the paperwork, I know and understand that. I'm not saying it is. I just think you should spend time and energy looking at ANYTHING other than facts that skew the truth that the grass is NOT 'greener' on the other side.

 

[lionhead75]

Hi all,

we are 28 of June 2013 applicants and we are expecting sponsorship and AIP/OWP letters this week! How do i know? As the sponsor, my ecas access was closed. Called CIC and the IO said sponsorship had been approved. Letters are being sent. Is it logical to close ECAS access upon sponsorship approval??

Just for reference, my wife`s ECAS now says (was mysteriously updated sometime over the weekend):

We received your application for permanent residence on June 28, 2013.

We started processing your application on November 27, 2014.

After 17 months and 4 days (253 work days) processing time and a relationship interview, there is light at the end of the tunnel! I really hope the system gets going and more can get the good news before the end of the year.

Good luck to all waiting!

 

[screech339]

I personally dislike these comparison charts. They don't show PROPER steps. For instance the US:

20 weeks only takes into consideration the time it takes for the sponsor to file the petition. Once the petition is 'APPROVED' (this is NOT the PR) it is then forwarded on to NVC where it is then assigned a priority date and when your priority date meets the qualifying date they will THEN send you instructions on how to file for your DS-261 and various other fees and paperwork.

BTW, that cost and the 20 weeks is ONLY what essentially boils down to homeland security running their own checks to determine that yes, it's OK for you to file paperwork. So they run the security check backward to Canada. 5 months for just the security check that will either allow you to file paperwork at a later date determined by the NVO. There WILL be more costs. MANY more costs ...

Form I-130 = $420 (You pay this just to see whether your spouse qualifies to be sponsored - security check)

Affidavit of Support = $120 (You MUST meet the income guidelines in order to sponsor your spouse. You MUST do this from INSIDE the US you can not petition from outside the US) *On a side note, that income guideline is 125% of the poverty level for your size household. For 2014, for just YOU and your SPOUSE you MUST make $19,662 per annum. Not a difficult amount to acheive; BUT if your spouse has children or if you have children from another marriage? Just go ahead and add on another $5075 per year per person.

Immigrant visa processing fee = $325

After these fees, and with your MANDATORY online filing of form DS-260 / DS-261 you WILL be invited to attend an interview to determine your 'couple' status. Be ready for this interview. It won't be simple and easy like here in Canada.

Now, you've passed all these hoops, and added all the paperworks and such. They are pretty much the same on either side of the border. Medical/Health, PCC, birth certificates and passports, the standard documentations we all know what they are ... So what's next?

You've been given the opportunity to now file to register as a permanent resident of the good old US of A! HOORAY, but wait, there's more ...

Now you need:

Form I-485 = $1070, assuming you are between the ages of 14 and 78. If you have children, and they are 14 or over? Well, add on $1070 for EACH child. On the up side, if they are under the age of 14 it will only cost you $635 per child.

Now you're a lawful permanent resident, but you're not done yet ... ALL new residents must apply to have their 'conditional' residency removed after 2 years otherwise, you loose your PR. For that you're going to need:

Form I-751 = $595. NOW you are a full on PR. You'll only need to pay more fees if you:

A: Loose your PR (Green) Card - $450
B: Spend too much time outsid of the US and need to return to your 'Unrelinquiesh domicile' - $585
C: Loose your PR (Green) Card outside the US and need a Travel Document to return - $445 (assuming you are aged 14-79 again) Remember, when you get back, you'll need that new Green Card *points to fees associated with A*

Of course, these are only a FEW of the things that might get you caught out and in need of a financial loan to gain re-entry. Keep in mind, US isn't like Canada. You can't just return to a land border and present your original landing document and be allowed entry. You're stuck, like chuck until you pay the fees and get the proper authorization.

On the upside. From start to finish it should only take a total accumulated time span of roughly 27 months to get to the point where you can loose your Green Card.

Should I go find the total documentation for the other countries listed or can we agree that trying to compare the countries in frames of 'time' spent to get to the end result aren't really worth it?

Canada is now and always has been the EASIEST country to immigrate to. They have the most lax laws and easiest family reunification process in any of the so called 'first world' countries.

It's not easy to sit and wait for them to process the paperwork, I know and understand that. I'm not saying it is. I just think you should spend time and energy looking at ANYTHING other than facts that skew the truth that the grass is NOT 'greener' on the other side.

+1 for your very informed and detailed response on how the US paperwork consists of.

Civic!!

Are you making a note of this since you feel that the US is so much better than Canada in comparison in regarding to spousal / family immigration.

Screech339

 

[Silence.C]

ECAS start working again for me today. But nothing change :

 

[thegorchess]

Hi guys,

Inlanders are really commenting on this article in The Star http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/11/30/chris_alexanders_rocky_journey_from_kabul_to_cabinet.html

I know I did.