MARCH 2020 *Outland* Spousal Sponsorship

[DiiDii]

From today's announcement, will spouses be able to travel to Canada as extended family while spousal case is in process. What does today's announcement mean for spousal sponsership?

Nothing unless your spouse qualifies for a regular work or visit visa.

 

[cn1]

This announcement is for the family member who already have Visa or ETA.

 

[OmarSarfraz]

Any chance of biometrics this month? My AOR was received on August 15th. Didn't hear anything since then

 

[DamhaSirah]

Thank you for this!

Useful Links:

Complete Guide (highly recommended to read before submitting an application):
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio...l-partner-dependent-child-complete-guide.html

ECAS Application Status:
https://services3.cic.gc.ca/ecas/security.do

GCKEY:
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/account.html

Immigration Acronyms:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1qp2u3X_F10-peLhSZnPwBNAZivuICTZIA2eyB-tOerE/edit#gid=0

CIC Webform:
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/contacts/web-form.asp

How to link an application to CIC (GCKEY) account - step by step instruction:
https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-i...-cic-account-step-by-step-instruction.619724/

How to order GCMS notes:
https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-i...order-gcms-notes-step-by-step-process.513893/

CIC phone number:
1-888-242-2100 (in Canada only)

Here is the Spreadsheet for Outland to keep up and watch the previous months as well for 2020 Inland and Outland is on the spreadsheet.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...TORYKQf0BMquSXNw0RvmqvZNU/edit#gid=1900589295

 

[DamhaSirah]

Any chance of biometrics this month? My AOR was received on August 15th. Didn't hear anything since then

Hi Omar, can you please update the Google spreadsheet? I think you are on row # 8 here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...s-fy6asYyOVPQ3uGrf8fbUKeh8WIRw#gid=1900589295

 

[DamhaSirah]

There is finally an update on the tracker...someone from 6th March got AOR today

Somebody from 11 March 2020 got AOR today in our WhatsApp group

 

[Heee]

Aren't the IRCC going date wise? March 6 th people didn't get AOr and 11th one is getting

 

[Vee33]

Aren't the IRCC going date wise? March 6 th people didn't get AOr and 11th one is getting

Wondering same. March 9 applicant here and still waiting. I read a while back that it depends on the officer working on the files. If one goes faster with theirvworkload then the stream of people the officer has goes faster.

 

[Dude29]

Aren't the IRCC going date wise? March 6 th people didn't get AOr and 11th one is getting

I think they might have split the dates into groups...like 6th march people will be done by group 1....9th march people will be done by group 2...11th march people will be done by group 3...just to speed up...just a guess

 

[Vee33]

Does anyone have a friend or family member working in IRCC. I would really like to hear from them how things are going or how they’re handling the new changes.

It’s a bit frustrating when you have no idea what’s going on but to sit and wait.
I spoke to an agent about 2 days ago and she wasn’t very encouraging. She said the staff increase would just ensure our files are completed within the 12 month timeline.

Also said she isn’t sure how they’re going to meet the October- Dec target as the minister announced. I don’t trust her though and I refuse to because it was too discouraging+ most of the time the Call center agents give conflicting info

 

[cn1]

Does anyone have a friend or family member working in IRCC. I would really like to hear from them how things are going or how they’re handling the new changes.

It’s a bit frustrating when you have no idea what’s going on but to sit and wait.
I spoke to an agent about 2 days ago and she wasn’t very encouraging. She said the staff increase would just ensure our files are completed within the 12 month timeline.

Also said she isn’t sure how they’re going to meet the October- Dec target as the minister announced. I don’t trust her though and I refuse to because it was too discouraging+ most of the time the Call center agents give conflicting info

They never give any accurate information to us.
Such as how to make the goal for 6000 case from October to December.

 

[Inam92]

I am march 9th applicant waiting for AOR1... How they can skip us after soo long wait time and moving on to the later applications

 

[Inam92]

I am just tired to check mai email 1000 times a day and getting nothing out of it

 

[AutumnSkies]

Aren't the IRCC going date wise? March 6 th people didn't get AOr and 11th one is getting

They don’t necessarily go by exact date. For example, my husband was a June 2019 applicant and there were quite a few people in June who sent in their applications after us that received AOR1 before us.

It also isn’t an indication of how fast your file will move as my husband received his COPR long before many June applicants who received their AOR1 well before us.

 

[Phalos]

She said the staff increase would just ensure our files are completed within the 12 month timeline.

I would be HAPPY if even that were true...