January 2022 Spousal Sponsorship Outland - Online

[kay2020]

Hi Everyone,

Please I need your help, I am unable to access my husband's application on ECAS. it keeps giving me an error that they are unable to find any application with the UCI or they are yet to process it.

Although we can see the application on our GC Key and spousal application tracker; we have gotten our AOR, SA, and medical passed. Just Eligibility and background check not started. ( We submitted online on March 28 and got AOR on June 13)

Please is there an issue if I can't access ECAS, should I be worried and should I raise a web form?

any insight would be helpful

Thank you so much.

 

[Hudda_ca]

Hi Everyone,

Please I need your help, I am unable to access my husband's application on ECAS. it keeps giving me an error that they are unable to find any application with the UCI or they are yet to process it.

Although we can see the application on our GC Key and spousal application tracker; we have gotten our AOR, SA, and medical passed. Just Eligibility and background check not started. ( We submitted online on March 28 and got AOR on June 13)

Please is there an issue if I can't access ECAS, should I be worried and should I raise a web form?

any insight would be helpful

Thank you so much.

ECAS is only for paper applications not for online applications. That’s why it is showing you a error, no need to worry.

 

[kay2020]

ECAS is only for paper applications not for online applications. That’s why it is showing you a error, no need to worry.

Thank you so much, I have been so worried for days. I cant thank you enough

 

[Xxstreamer69xx]

Hi Everyone,

Please I need your help, I am unable to access my husband's application on ECAS. it keeps giving me an error that they are unable to find any application with the UCI or they are yet to process it.

Although we can see the application on our GC Key and spousal application tracker; we have gotten our AOR, SA, and medical passed. Just Eligibility and background check not started. ( We submitted online on March 28 and got AOR on June 13)

Please is there an issue if I can't access ECAS, should I be worried and should I raise a web form?

any insight would be helpful

Thank you so much.

All the trackers are the same. They are updated at different rates and give you more/less information.
As mentioned ecas is for paper application only. So don't worry. Also, ecas updates are very minimal and give you very little info so I don't even recommend it.
Your best bet is gckey and the new tracker.

 

[BCTechy]

All the trackers are the same. They are updated at different rates and give you more/less information.
As mentioned ecas is for paper application only. So don't worry. Also, ecas updates are very minimal and give you very little info so I don't even recommend it.
Your best bet is gckey and the new tracker.

For online applications, I typically check the MyCIC Account (Immigration homepage, right side, click Sign-In) and the PR Portal (PR). As stated, they are updated at different times, so you more or less need to look at both to get the latest news. At the top right of the Portal, start recording the dates that your file is updated. If you do not see content changes, but you see the updated date change, that signifies that they changed something in the backend (ie ghost update as we call it).

 

[Rm35]

Hi everyone,

For what's called (ghost update) is the update date right above the ( last logged in date) ?

 

[Xxstreamer69xx]

Hi everyone,

For what's called (ghost update) is the update date right above the ( last logged in date) ?

Yes

 

[Rm35]

Yes

For the past few day i see that its updating almost everyday is that normal

 

[kay2020]

For online applications, I typically check the MyCIC Account (Immigration homepage, right side, click Sign-In) and the PR Portal (PR). As stated, they are updated at different times, so you more or less need to look at both to get the latest news. At the top right of the Portal, start recording the dates that your file is updated. If you do not see content changes, but you see the updated date change, that signifies that they changed something in the backend (ie ghost update as we call it).

Thank you so much, this was so helpful

 

[kay2020]

All the trackers are the same. They are updated at different rates and give you more/less information.
As mentioned ecas is for paper application only. So don't worry. Also, ecas updates are very minimal and give you very little info so I don't even recommend it.
Your best bet is gckey and the new tracker.

Thank you so much, I am so grateful

 

[BCTechy]

For the past few day i see that its updating almost everyday is that normal

Yes it is normal for some people to have a lot of ghost updates, especially after the medical approvals and background check (BGC) has started. The BGC has several parts (RCMP, CBSA, CSIS, Info Sharing) so several fields will be updated through this process without anything being visible to you. It is also common for long periods of time with what appears to be no activity. This is all normal, and part of the process. The Visa Office will have little to no information during this process since CSIS is a secret organization which does not share many details about the research they do.

 

[Rm35]

Yes it is normal for some people to have a lot of ghost updates, especially after the medical approvals and background check (BGC) has started. The BGC has several parts (RCMP, CBSA, CSIS, Info Sharing) so several fields will be updated through this process without anything being visible to you. It is also common for long periods of time with what appears to be no activity. This is all normal, and part of the process. The Visa Office will have little to no information during this process since CSIS is a secret organization which does not share many details about the research they do.

Thank you for the info this is very helpful i appreciate it

 

[minnie99]

After almost 2 months of just ghost updates, finally received an email from the Visa Office on August 25. Said that PA failed to disclose a denial of a visa (not true, this was declared) and gave PA 30 days to provide detailed explanation. A few minutes later, PA received Pre-Arrival Services letter and PR tracker was updated with Eligibility completed.

 

[GyanLula]

What is everyone's VO. My VO is Anqara and they're incredibly slow.....

 

[Rm35]

What is everyone's VO. My VO is Anqara and they're incredibly slow.....

Amman VO