JANUARY 2017 - OUTLAND SPOUSAL APPLICANTS

[preet17]

Fixed the spreadsheet, if you don't know what you're doing, please don't try to get fancy with it

Can you please share the link for the spreadsheet

 

[YURRY178]

Sis wala kame rep.. Hubby ko lang nag send ng docs namin, we sent it last jan 23, 2017 and recieved by cic ng jan 26, and cic fowareded ng march 2, dito sa manila... And till now we dont have any email or acknowledgement from VO. I asked my husband to link our application.. Para time to time meron kame updates, pwede bang ako na lang mag link?

same here guys app sent received jan 19, since na transferr sa CEM i did not receive anything. even start processing sa ecas wala din. still hoping and praying tho

 

[sanzo55]

Hello,

Sharing my timeline:

Category: FAM
Visa Office: Mississauga (SA) > Manila (PA)
App. Filed: 04-Jan-2017
AOR Received: 19-Jan-2017
File Transfer: 26-Jan-2017 - PR app forwarded to Manila
Med's Done: 28-Nov-2016
Interview: Not needed
PPR: 24-Apr-2017
PP & COPR: 11-May-2017

Thanks, hopefully all of you will get their PP & COPR soon.

 

[YURRY178]

that was fast happy for yah! when is your flight?

 

[Jp0515]

that was fast happy for yah! when is your flight?

Congratulations!!!

 

[Jp0515]

Hello,

Sharing my timeline:

Category: FAM
Visa Office: Mississauga (SA) > Manila (PA)
App. Filed: 04-Jan-2017
AOR Received: 19-Jan-2017
File Transfer: 26-Jan-2017 - PR app forwarded to Manila
Med's Done: 28-Nov-2016
Interview: Not needed
PPR: 24-Apr-2017
PP & COPR: 11-May-2017

Thanks, hopefully all of you will get their PP & COPR soon.

Congratulations!

 

[byehello]

No new updates. I have not sent the fingerprints in to get digitized yet. I looked at the website for XL-id and it says they include the RCMP fees if required. My partner had his fingerprints done using forms from another company so I sent an email enquiring if we need to pay the extra $25. If this company doesn't give me a satisfactory answer, it looks like we have the option of going with XL-id as they said it might be possible to obtain the fingerprints and send it to them even if we didn't use their forms. I imagine it would be the same format, only we didn't use their forms. So I'll wait and see what the other company says about the fee.

Thanks for the info on XL-id. Any news on your end?

Thats the way we did it too. Emailed the forms before sending it to them so they can let us know. They were very quick in replying.

 

[majesty]

Thats the way we did it too. Emailed the forms before sending it to them so they can let us know. They were very quick in replying.

OK thanks!

Good to know that I'm on the right track!

 

[majesty]

Does anyone know what to make of this:

It has been saying that on my GCKey account that Our background check has been in progress since the time of SA/file transfer. (We never even got the message "the next step is to do a background check", it went immediately to that since the time they changed the format in March or late February). We did submit a PCC from my partner's home country upfront with the application as per country specific instructions.

However, it took them 7 plus weeks for them to open our file at the VO (We only saw the line "We started processing your application on May 4, 2017" in eCAS" last week). So I am a little confused. To me, they couldn't have possibly started the background check in March if our file hadn't even been opened (I assume it is the VO which does the background check, correct me if I am wrong). Do you think that they just made an error in putting down the message that our background check was in progress since March?

I am wondering because I want to know what is the likelihood that the will still ask us for the RCMP police check if our background check has been in progress since the beginning of March (there has been no request so far). I am in the process of submitting the forms to a company to have my partner's fingerprints digitized and get the report done first before and just in case they ask for it, so as to avoid a longer delay in processing). Also I wanted to know what stage we are at in the process. If anyone had this happen to them or know of another case like this (the background check was in progress before AOR2), please let me know.

TIA!

 

[Tajnuba]

Does anyone know what to make of this:

It has been saying that on my GCKey account that Our background check has been in progress since the time of SA/file transfer. (We never even got the message "the next step is to do a background check", it went immediately to that since the time they changed the format in March or late February). We did submit a PCC from my partner's home country upfront with the application as per country specific instructions.

However, it took them 7 plus weeks for them to open our file at the VO (We only saw the line "We started processing your application on May 4, 2017" in eCAS" last week). So I am a little confused. To me, they couldn't have possibly started the background check in March if our file hadn't even been opened (I assume it is the VO which does the background check, correct me if I am wrong). Do you think that they just made an error in putting down the message that our background check was in progress since March?

I am wondering because I want to know what is the likelihood that the will still ask us for the RCMP police check if our background check has been in progress since the beginning of March (there has been no request so far). I am in the process of submitting the forms to a company to have my partner's fingerprints digitized and get the report done first before and just in case they ask for it, so as to avoid a longer delay in processing). Also I wanted to know what stage we are at in the process. If anyone had this happen to them or know of another case like this (the background check was in progress before AOR2), please let me know.

TIA!

Does anyone know what to make of this:

It has been saying that on my GCKey account that Our background check has been in progress since the time of SA/file transfer. (We never even got the message "the next step is to do a background check", it went immediately to that since the time they changed the format in March or late February). We did submit a PCC from my partner's home country upfront with the application as per country specific instructions.

However, it took them 7 plus weeks for them to open our file at the VO (We only saw the line "We started processing your application on May 4, 2017" in eCAS" last week). So I am a little confused. To me, they couldn't have possibly started the background check in March if our file hadn't even been opened (I assume it is the VO which does the background check, correct me if I am wrong). Do you think that they just made an error in putting down the message that our background check was in progress since March?

I am wondering because I want to know what is the likelihood that the will still ask us for the RCMP police check if our background check has been in progress since the beginning of March (there has been no request so far). I am in the process of submitting the forms to a company to have my partner's fingerprints digitized and get the report done first before and just in case they ask for it, so as to avoid a longer delay in processing). Also I wanted to know what stage we are at in the process. If anyone had this happen to them or know of another case like this (the background check was in progress before AOR2), please let me know.

TIA!

I have heard from another thread that to lessen the workload from the local VO cpc-missisuaga has started doing part of the background check from march ..

 

[majesty]

I have heard from another thread that to lessen the workload from the local VO cpc-missisuaga has started doing part of the background check from march ..

That is interesting! I had not heard this before. Thanks for sharing that information! If this is true, I hope that it will speed things up with the application. I guess we will find out.

 

[majesty]

Hi there, we are in the same situation as you. Our GCKey has said our background check has been in processing since before we got the email from CIC informing us of the file transfer to Mexico. Now that you brought this up I am a little confused/concerned as well. We got our AOR1 on April 4th though so we are further behind you guys. I am wondering if contacting the visa office or CIC would be a good idea to find out what happenes with the background check. My husband and I were thinking perhaps that Mississauga starts processing the background check and then the visa office finalizes everything. Thats my thought on it though.

Good to know that other people have had the same thing happen. I guess from what Tajnuba posted, they might be splitting up the work with the background check, which is good, because that might mean that they have already have done a bit of work with the background check, probably with the PCC we had sent upfront with our app.

I am not sure if you will get any information out of the IRCC call centre (CIC) or the VO in Mexico. I already called them at the end of April 5-6 weeks after file transfer as we did not receive an AOR2 email. That agent I spoke to was not of any help. I asked her to provide information with the status of our application and she couldn't tell me anything except our file had been transferred. Maybe you can ask specifically about the background check and if you get a more helpful agent, they might be able to tell you if they have started the BG check for you. The VO in Mexico won't answer any questions about your app if it is within the normal processing timeline. Did your eCAS and/or GCKey account indicate a change in status? We got an unofficial AOR2 when we saw the extra line in eCAS saying "We started processing your application on May 4, 2017" (It seems they sometimes don't send out emails saying they received the file in Mexico or AOR2). Other than that, last time we heard from the VO was on Mar 23 saying they received our Schedule A forms but that our file was still in transit.

 

[majesty]

That may be true. In a way it would make sense to do that especially for the Mexico VO which deals with like 22 countries applications which seems rediculous. Yea the Mississauga Call center is pretty much useless when wanting to find out anything, its like pulling teeth for them to tell you anything helpful about your application. Our eCAs hasnt shown another line showing a date when our application started being processed at the VO and we havent gotten an AOR2. ECAS only shows medicals received and that the PR side is in process. And then we got an email from CIC that our file was being transferred on April 24th. Other then that no other updates. I wondee if it makes a differenc in your application if you had to send additional information through Webform or through GCkey. Were you able to upload additional documents through your account or did you use Webform?

We uploaded the Schedule A forms directly through the GCKey account. Shortly after that, I read that they had difficulties with this process so were telling people to upload via webforms. I recently read that now they have a backlog in attaching the forms to people's applications. So I am happy we did not have to go through that. Did you have to use the webform?

Also if you go to the Mexico thread, you might see that some people there have a theory that apps are processed in batches (they open a bunch of files at a time every 2 months or so). That is why many of us have to wait 6 - 8 weeks on average to have our apps opened at the VO. It seems they are too busy to send out emails confirming receipt of apps at the VO in Mexico. It's crazy how they have consolidated most of Central and S. America and Mexico apps into one office.

 

[majesty]

We recieved everything through GCkey. We were able to upload Schedule A through there and also got medical request through GCkey. I have alos read people have been having dificulties getting information through their accounts. Im happy I didnt have any issues with that. I suppose its just a matter or being patient. I will monitor my email and account and see what happens by the end of this coming week. If I dont see anything I will probly try to call the call center and ask about the background check. Does mexico have a phone number you can call or its only by email? Also do you know how long they would take to respond to you by email?

On May 4 we received the change in status on our app.
It might not be until towards the end of next month before they open another batch of apps. If this is a good month it might be earlier

There is no number I know of that you can call them. I only know of the email address we sent forms to.
Maybe others on the Mexico thread know of a phone # to call.
However as I said before, so far in my experience they have not been very good about actually giving you useable information (it was a generic response saying our file was still in transit and to please be patient and limit our correspondence). I have only emailed them the one time and it took them about 10 days to respond. Also about the same amount of time for them to respond after we sent in our schedule A.

 

[Sue2017]

We only ask to submit schedule A but we had no request that's why I can't upload it on my CIC account. So I decided to upload it on the webform because it's almost the deadline. They only gave us 30 days. We just send the PCC upfront. I received the medical request from CIC before I sent my Schedule A and PCC. It was from CIC.

Hi,

Did you end up getting a request to upload your Schedule A and PCC? I received a medical request before the Schedule A and PCC request as well!