JANUARY 2013 Applicants - JOIN HERE!

[amikety]

Hi guys...

We just mailed our application last week, and now we've found out that we did IMM 5669 wrongly! I wrote a thread about it here:

http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/na-on-imm5669-q91011-instead-of-none-what-to-do-now-t133542.0.html

Basically for questions 9, 10, 11, we found out out that we should've answered "NONE" instead of "N/A" (geez what's wrong to say N/A...!) Another user named CanadaNow mentioned that his wife had to resubmit the form because of this very issue...

Now my wife and I are really anxious to redo IMM 5669 and resubmit it.

Considering that it's still early (our package reached CPC-M on 30 January 2013 and we haven't even got an AOR yet), should we just mail the new IMM 5669 to CPC-M with express mail then? The CIC probably gets hundreds of packages daily, and we are worried if the new IMM 5669 will get lost in the mountain of packages they get daily!

And how about this: once CPC-M has given us our UCI number, it doesn't necessarily mean that they have transferred our package to Singapore right?
If we sent the redone IMM 5669 (along with the UCI number) to the Singapore office and it turned out that CPC-M hadn't transferred our stuff to Singapore, wouldn't that be such a huge issue? Then the officer in the Singapore office would have nothing to match the new IMM 5669 to...

Did CIC tell you it's wrong? I wrote N/A too. N/A means "Not Applicable" which is the same meaning in essence as 'none.' I don't see how this would effect anything unless it's red tape.

I did fill one form out wrong (Scheule A, I marked check "NO" for any rejected visa - I have a rejected study visa). I'm going to email the VO and mail a new form after it gets transferred.

 

[amikety]

Hiii...my application was lodged in Jan and my hubby got the acknowledgement letter...now m waiting for the sponsorship approval....
8)

Hi! If you'd like to join our spreadsheet, just let me know your timeline! Thanks!

 

[namesnik]

Status check on CIC is not working for me any longer.

 

[fandv]

Did CIC tell you it's wrong? I wrote N/A too. N/A means "Not Applicable" which is the same meaning in essence as 'none.' I don't see how this would effect anything unless it's red tape.

I did fill one form out wrong (Scheule A, I marked check "NO" for any rejected visa - I have a rejected study visa). I'm going to email the VO and mail a new form after it gets transferred.

Yes exactly...! Anyone smart knows that when we put N/A, it means the question is not relevant/not applicable to us, so I see no reason why they should give us a hard time for not putting "NONE". While it's true that IMM 5669 does specifically say that we should write NONE, I see no reason why writing "N/A" shouldn't be forgiven... =/

No, the CIC hasn't told anything to me yet. However this guy's wife was asked to redo the form, due to the very same silly mistake:

http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/november-2012-applicants-unite-t123516.0.html;msg2041410#msg2041410

 

[amikety]

I wouldn't assume it will definitely happen to you. Different officers, even different days, you get different results.

I still can't log into ecas. I tried my husband's UCI and my Client ID#. Nothing. My husband hasn't updated me to any more emails from CIC yet either. He probably hasn't looked yet!

 

[davidmarsden38]

I wouldn't assume it will definitely happen to you. Different officers, even different days, you get different results.

I still can't log into ecas. I tried my husband's UCI and my Client ID#. Nothing. My husband hasn't updated me to any more emails from CIC yet either. He probably hasn't looked yet!

Hi there,

I submitted in November 2012 and my UCI only started allowing me online to check when we were approved for sponsorship (stage 1).

That was about 70 days after I sent in the application.

Good luck!

 

[scos]

Did CIC tell you it's wrong? I wrote N/A too. N/A means "Not Applicable" which is the same meaning in essence as 'none.' I don't see how this would effect anything unless it's red tape.

I did fill one form out wrong (Scheule A, I marked check "NO" for any rejected visa - I have a rejected study visa). I'm going to email the VO and mail a new form after it gets transferred.

N/A wouldn't be a proper substitute for NONE. First, if you look at the form they specifically tell you:

Write "NONE" in the box if you have not been a member of any association/organization.

So if you write N/A how do they interpret that? N/A can mean "Not Applicable" as you stated which seems like NONE. But it is also used as "Not Available" which is an entirely different meaning. Since this is a legal document as per the declaration at the end of it then the answers must be very clear in their intended meaning.

What if someone put N/A in military service who had actually been in the military? If the truth is discovered he or she could just say "I didn't have the specific information available when I filled it out so I wrote N/A for not available". How do you prove they were lying?

 

[MzTee]

Hello guys,,

I received my AOR today....here's to an early sponsorship approval... Please update me, amikety...Thanks

Second question.. I tried checking my status using the info provided on the aor i received in my email but I could not access it. Do I use my information (the sponsor) or my husband (principal applicant) to check the status?

Thanks guys

 

[namesnik]

Congrats on your AOR!

Ecas status checking hasn't been working for a few days.

 

[amikety]

Hello guys,,

I received my AOR today....here's to an early sponsorship approval... Please update me, amikety...Thanks

Second question.. I tried checking my status using the info provided on the aor i received in my email but I could not access it. Do I use my information (the sponsor) or my husband (principal applicant) to check the status?

Thanks guys

You're updated! As namesmilk said, Ecas doesn't appear to be working at the moment. My best guess is they're updating the system or doing server maintance.... although if that's the case, it would nice if they informed us!

Hopefully, we'll see some Sponsor Approvals rolling in soon!

This morning:

Hubby: "I got an email from the government."

Me: *gets super excited and nervous - like omg pit in my stomach* "What is it?"

Hubby: "I asked the government how to get my duty refunded."

Me: *glare*

 

[Sweden]

This morning:

Hubby: "I got an email from the government."

Me: *gets super excited and nervous - like omg pit in my stomach* "What is it?"

Hubby: "I asked the government how to get my duty refunded."

Me: *glare*

some people don't realize how stressful the process is!

 

[Maddants]

Hi there,

I submitted in November 2012 and my UCI only started allowing me online to check when we were approved for sponsorship (stage 1).

That was about 70 days after I sent in the application.

Good luck!

the ecas is having technical problems at the moment......not everyone can login to the ecase at this moment....they know is not working for some ppl.....a friend of mines call them and that what she has been told by the cic office

 

[Maddants]

Hello guys,,

I received my AOR today....here's to an early sponsorship approval... Please update me, amikety...Thanks

Second question.. I tried checking my status using the info provided on the aor i received in my email but I could not access it. Do I use my information (the sponsor) or my husband (principal applicant) to check the status?

Thanks guys

congrats on your aor approval........now is the long waiting period begins

 

[Maddants]

Hiii...my application was lodged in Jan and my hubby got the acknowledgement letter...now m waiting for the sponsorship approval....
8)

congrats on your aor approval

 

[MzTee]

Congrats on your AOR!

Ecas status checking hasn't been working for a few days.

Thank you...I kinda figured it's not working...oh wells~