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January 2012 Applicants - Join here!

Bobbi

Full Member
Jan 25, 2012
44
2
Category........
Visa Office......
Vienna
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
24-01-2012
AOR Received.
04-06-2012
File Transfer...
09-05-2012
Med's Done....
28-02-2012
Passport Req..
11-09-2012
VISA ISSUED...
18-09-2012
Last update: March 7, 2012

Person to be sponsored lives outside of Canada

Assessment of Sponsor Step 1

55 days
(working on applications received on January 3, 2012)

This is pathetic.....
 

ddobro2

Champion Member
May 4, 2011
2,589
38
124
Montreal, QC Canada
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo, NY
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
Wow. I don't think I've seen that before. So they've not made a dent in the Jan. 3 files after a week?
Bobbi said:
Last update: March 7, 2012

Person to be sponsored lives outside of Canada

Assessment of Sponsor Step 1

55 days
(working on applications received on January 3, 2012)

This is pathetic.....
 

podkayne8

Star Member
Jun 7, 2011
125
2
Texas
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
06-01-2012
AOR Received.
21-03-2012
File Transfer...
06-03-2012, Tfer to Seattle 12-04-2012
Med's Done....
09-09-2011
Passport Req..
16-05-2012
VISA ISSUED...
01-06-2012
LANDED..........
22-07-2012, PR card rec'd 21-09-2102
It still says: Last update: February 29, 2012 for me... lol so I don't think they have updated the processing time yet. And I have deleted cookies & refreshed. :)
 

alf+jlh

Hero Member
Aug 28, 2011
385
5
124
Toronto
Category........
Visa Office......
LA
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Jan 6, 2012
AOR Received.
CIC-M:Feb 21, 2012
File Transfer...
Mar 21, 2012
Med's Done....
Dec 16, 2011
Interview........
N/A
Passport Req..
June 14, 2012
VISA ISSUED...
July 13, 2012
LANDED..........
July 26, 2012
It def has been updated ...strange thing, we already know those who sent their app on or around jan 3 have already been approved!

I'm afraid to call cause I do t want to pissthem off, but I might just have to make that call tomorrow to find out
 

nanipanjakadi

Star Member
Sep 24, 2010
193
1
Category........
Visa Office......
NewDelhi
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
12th Jan 2012
AOR Received.
10th March 2012
File Transfer...
15th March2012(Approved)
Med's Done....
Some where in Nov2011
Interview........
NO
Passport Req..
28th March-2012, ND received PP on April2nd(In process as of April21 2012)
VISA ISSUED...
15th June 2012
LANDED..........
Soooooon
alf+jlh said:
It def has been updated ...strange thing, we already know those who sent their app on or around jan 3 have already been approved!

I'm afraid to call cause I do t want to pissthem off, but I might just have to make that call tomorrow to find out
Lol i m keep calling them since last few days, but same thing what CIC website says processing Jan3rd applications thats all they are repeating on phone. Let us all know what kind of updates they give u...
 

canadiangirl78

Champion Member
Mar 1, 2012
2,345
30
Category........
Visa Office......
Mexico
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Feb 21
AOR Received.
Mississauga: May 10, Mexico: June 4
File Transfer...
May 16
Med's Done....
Dec 21, 2011
Interview........
Waived!
Passport Req..
July 6
VISA ISSUED...
July 13
LANDED..........
August 2, 2012
podkayne8 said:
It still says: Last update: February 29, 2012 for me... lol so I don't think they have updated the processing time yet. And I have deleted cookies & refreshed. :)
I agree. The french website says it has been updated. The english hasn't. Since no info is different I would assume there was no update. Something else could have been updated on the French side or started but not completed.

Sorry I am a Feb applicant but was snooping. =)
 

ddobro2

Champion Member
May 4, 2011
2,589
38
124
Montreal, QC Canada
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo, NY
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
This bit of advice doesn't get repeated nearly as much as it should on these monthly threads that focus on the first step in the process.

I realize that 2 months is a long time to wait but people need to realize that depending on their VO and their luck, they are looking at 2-3 times (and even longer) of a wait for the second stage in the process.

And Mississauga is fairly competent, from what I've seen. Sure, they may forget to send the odd sponsorship approval letter every now and then but compared to what goes on at the VOs, they are fast and efficient (I know most of you don't want to hear that). The stories of the lost documents, requests for things already sent, wasted time, expired medicals due to wasted time that you have to go and redo, problems with fee recovery, problems with the left hand talking to the right hand, fighting tooth and nail with the VO, reading a stranger's notes that question your relationship, dealing with a possible interview - these are all things that happen during the 2nd stage, not the 1st.

The other difference is the step 1 processing times, as frustrated as everyone is with them, have two important qualities: they are universal and they are fairly accurate and specific. When your file makes it to its visa office, you all will start looking around and noticing that some of you will be finalized WELL before others. And the processing times for visa offices are nothing like they are for the Case Processing Centre. It may say 11 months for Buffalo, for example, but you don't know if you will be one of the fortunate who spends a quarter of that time or one of the unfortunate that is still waiting more than a year later.

People get so worked up anticipating these time updates, and moreover when they see x days they have it in their head that they will get that letter or that email exactly x days from the time they should have started counting and if that day comes and goes, they are crushed. The step 2 updates are quarterly, not weekly. They are nothing as specific as the updates that CPC-M published for step 1. You may go months wondering what, if anything, is happening with your file and whether your medical results made their way to where they should and Lord knows that nobody - I mean nobody- can sit refreshing their screen for months at a time.

You guys probably don't want to hear this stuff but it's the truth. And the only reason why I felt the need to post this was because I want people to not drive themselves crazy if they can help it. Another wise person on this forum said that this process is an endurance race, not a sprint. Missmini is completely right when she says that this is the easy step.
missmini said:
good luck all, don't get angry, this is the easy step :)
 

alf+jlh

Hero Member
Aug 28, 2011
385
5
124
Toronto
Category........
Visa Office......
LA
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Jan 6, 2012
AOR Received.
CIC-M:Feb 21, 2012
File Transfer...
Mar 21, 2012
Med's Done....
Dec 16, 2011
Interview........
N/A
Passport Req..
June 14, 2012
VISA ISSUED...
July 13, 2012
LANDED..........
July 26, 2012
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/perm-fc.asp

It says march 7 on this link :)
 

ksunny

Star Member
Nov 27, 2011
95
1
Category........
Visa Office......
ND
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
27-12-2011
AOR Received.
30-12-2011 but e-mail received 06-02-2012
File Transfer...
15-02-2012
Med's Request
E-Cas shows Medical Received
Med's Done....
12-10-2011
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
29-02-2012
VISA ISSUED...
26-03-2012 was In Process on March 19, 2012
LANDED..........
06-04-2012
ddobro2 said:
This bit of advice doesn't get repeated nearly as much as it should on these monthly threads that focus on the first step in the process.

I realize that 2 months is a long time to wait but people need to realize that depending on their VO and their luck, they are looking at 2-3 times (and even longer) of a wait for the second stage in the process.

And Mississauga is fairly competent, from what I've seen. Sure, they may forget to send the odd sponsorship approval letter every now and then but compared to what goes on at the VOs, they are fast and efficient (I know most of you don't want to hear that). The stories of the lost documents, requests for things already sent, wasted time, expired medicals due to wasted time that you have to go and redo, problems with fee recovery, problems with the left hand talking to the right hand, fighting tooth and nail with the VO, reading a stranger's notes that question your relationship, dealing with a possible interview - these are all things that happen during the 2nd stage, not the 1st.

The other difference is the step 1 processing times, as frustrated as everyone is with them, have two important qualities: they are universal and they are fairly accurate and specific. When your file makes it to its visa office, you all will start looking around and noticing that some of you will be finalized WELL before others. And the processing times for visa offices are nothing like they are for the Case Processing Centre. It may say 11 months for Buffalo, for example, but you don't know if you will be one of the fortunate who spends a quarter of that time or one of the unfortunate that is still waiting more than a year later.

People get so worked up anticipating these time updates, and moreover when they see x days they have it in their head that they will get that letter or that email exactly x days from the time they should have started counting and if that day comes and goes, they are crushed. The step 2 updates are quarterly, not weekly. They are nothing as specific as the updates that CPC-M published for step 1. You may go months wondering what, if anything, is happening with your file and whether your medical results made their way to where they should and Lord knows that nobody - I mean nobody- can sit refreshing their screen for months at a time.

You guys probably don't want to hear this stuff but it's the truth. And the only reason why I felt the need to post this was because I want people to not drive themselves crazy if they can help it. Another wise person on this forum said that this process is an endurance race, not a sprint. Missmini is completely right when she says that this is the easy step.
I whole heartedly agree with you and thank you for that post...sometimes we all just need to take a deep breath and take one day at a time. Don't worry everyone---we will all be happy when this is all over and you will forget how much you stressed out and lost sleep over something we have no control over.
 

podkayne8

Star Member
Jun 7, 2011
125
2
Texas
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
06-01-2012
AOR Received.
21-03-2012
File Transfer...
06-03-2012, Tfer to Seattle 12-04-2012
Med's Done....
09-09-2011
Passport Req..
16-05-2012
VISA ISSUED...
01-06-2012
LANDED..........
22-07-2012, PR card rec'd 21-09-2102
alf+jlh said:
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/perm-fc.asp

It says march 7 on this link :)
LOL it so doesn't for me that is so weird. ahhhhh!
 

alf+jlh

Hero Member
Aug 28, 2011
385
5
124
Toronto
Category........
Visa Office......
LA
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Jan 6, 2012
AOR Received.
CIC-M:Feb 21, 2012
File Transfer...
Mar 21, 2012
Med's Done....
Dec 16, 2011
Interview........
N/A
Passport Req..
June 14, 2012
VISA ISSUED...
July 13, 2012
LANDED..........
July 26, 2012
podkayne8 said:
LOL it so doesn't for me that is so weird. ahhhhh!

Even when you click the link? Weird!

Trust me it says it lol

I know we're all excited and thats why we're most anxious... I'm just glad were here for each other.
 

podkayne8

Star Member
Jun 7, 2011
125
2
Texas
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
06-01-2012
AOR Received.
21-03-2012
File Transfer...
06-03-2012, Tfer to Seattle 12-04-2012
Med's Done....
09-09-2011
Passport Req..
16-05-2012
VISA ISSUED...
01-06-2012
LANDED..........
22-07-2012, PR card rec'd 21-09-2102
alf+jlh said:
Even when you click the link? Weird!

Trust me it says it lol

I know we're all excited and thats why we're most anxious... I'm just glad were here for each other.
Yea lol. I have tried 2 browsers and cleared my cache and such. I don't know. It's a mystery along with the rest of this process :)
 

podkayne8

Star Member
Jun 7, 2011
125
2
Texas
Category........
Visa Office......
Buffalo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
06-01-2012
AOR Received.
21-03-2012
File Transfer...
06-03-2012, Tfer to Seattle 12-04-2012
Med's Done....
09-09-2011
Passport Req..
16-05-2012
VISA ISSUED...
01-06-2012
LANDED..........
22-07-2012, PR card rec'd 21-09-2102
ddobro2 said:
This bit of advice doesn't get repeated nearly as much as it should on these monthly threads that focus on the first step in the process.
LOL You are of course right. I was stressing myself out last week refreshing and such. I had to calm down. It's frustrating when they process out of sequence. But I know I should get used to that because Buffalo is all over the place..hehe

I'm so glad to have this community to come to! :)