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bonitanita

Hero Member
Feb 8, 2012
671
11
124
St. John's
Category........
Visa Office......
LONDON
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
28 April 2012 rcvd 2 May 2012
Doc's Request.
04-12-2012 sent to High Commission on 21-12-2012
AOR Received.
NA
IELTS Request
NA
File Transfer...
25/07/2012
Med's Done....
28 March 2012
Passport Req..
Exempt
VISA ISSUED...
Issued: 14/01/2013 Rcvd: 24/01/2013
dkera said:
i don't really know.

all i know is that a mail came saying that my visa is issued.
Congratulations!
 

dkera

Hero Member
Jun 21, 2012
528
15
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
bonitanita said:
Congratulations!

thanx !!!!

funny thing is that I had a ticket to visit Canada on September 23rd and when I got the PPR on september 20 I had to cancel the ticket. out of 700 euros I only got 95 back. and now 3 days later than my planned trip I have a visa and have to buy a whole new ticket :)
 

amfiprion

Star Member
Aug 26, 2012
108
10
Greece
Visa Office......
Rome
App. Filed.......
31/05/2012
AOR Received.
12/07/2012
File Transfer...
24/07/2012 -additional documents request 27/09/2012 -sent 11/10/2012
Med's Done....
25/05/2012
Interview........
waved
Passport Req..
12/11/2012
VISA ISSUED...
21/11/2012
LANDED..........
22 Feb 2013
dkera said:
Hi all,

I just received an email from the Rome VO that my visa is issued and is being forwarded to me with the prepaid courier waybill I sent them when I sent my passport.

finally happy.
so, you are done!!!

GREAT NEWS!

have a nice flight soon!!!

PS: ECAS is still in process or changed to decision made?
 

dkera

Hero Member
Jun 21, 2012
528
15
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
amfiprion said:
so, you are done!!!

GREAT NEWS!

have a nice flight soon!!!

PS: ECAS is still in process or changed to decision made?
still in process with greek address
 

lehaju

Full Member
Sep 18, 2012
46
0
Where does the sponsorship approval come from? Is it from the visa office where the papers have been forwarded to?
 

lehaju

Full Member
Sep 18, 2012
46
0
lehaju said:
Where does the sponsorship approval come from? Is it from the visa office where the papers have been forwarded to?
Just to clear up my question: Our papers were sent to mississaugua and after that they've been forwarded to London. If the papers are in London, does that mean I've been approved as a sponsor? (I was checking out the thread called spousal sponsorship and from that post I understood, that the approval for sponsorship is done in mississaugua?)
 

amfiprion

Star Member
Aug 26, 2012
108
10
Greece
Visa Office......
Rome
App. Filed.......
31/05/2012
AOR Received.
12/07/2012
File Transfer...
24/07/2012 -additional documents request 27/09/2012 -sent 11/10/2012
Med's Done....
25/05/2012
Interview........
waved
Passport Req..
12/11/2012
VISA ISSUED...
21/11/2012
LANDED..........
22 Feb 2013
lehaju said:
Just to clear up my question: Our papers were sent to mississaugua and after that they've been forwarded to London. If the papers are in London, does that mean I've been approved as a sponsor? (I was checking out the thread called spousal sponsorship and from that post I understood, that the approval for sponsorship is done in mississaugua?)
Sponsor approval comes from mississaugua.

As long as your file has been forwarded to the VO that means you are now in step 2.
 

lehaju

Full Member
Sep 18, 2012
46
0
Ok, that's the weirdest thing then cuz I haven't received an aknowledgement of receipt or a sponsorship approval ??? But this information took an enormous load off my shoulders for sure!
 

lunas

Champion Member
Apr 10, 2012
1,349
25
USA
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
09/07/2012
AOR Received.
11/07/2012
Med's Done....
8/15/2012
Passport Req..
03/14/2013
LANDED..........
04/19/2013
lehaju said:
Ok, that's the weirdest thing then cuz I haven't received an aknowledgement of receipt or a sponsorship approval ??? But this information took an enormous load off my shoulders for sure!
oh wow...I admire your patience!!
 

lehaju

Full Member
Sep 18, 2012
46
0
lunas said:
oh wow...I admire your patience!!
hahaaa, thanks :) I'm actually pretty surprised myself that I was able to wait this long before asking about my file, considering i'm usually the give-me-everything-right-now type of person :p :D I wonder why they never informed me that they've received my application and that I've been accepted to sponsor ???
 

KJG

Champion Member
Jun 4, 2012
2,795
29
Ontario
Category........
Visa Office......
Havana
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Feb 28, 2012
AOR Received.
June 14, 2012
File Transfer...
June 20, 2012
Med's Done....
Jan 3, 2012
Interview........
Oct 4, 2012 9:00am
VISA ISSUED...
Oct 4, 2012
LANDED..........
Nov 9, 2012
lehaju said:
hahaaa, thanks :) I'm actually pretty surprised myself that I was able to wait this long before asking about my file, considering i'm usually the give-me-everything-right-now type of person :p :D I wonder why they never informed me that they've received my application and that I've been accepted to sponsor ???
well not everyone gets AOR's and they probably sent your approval via snail mail....or they have the wrong email address inputed.......but if you call them they may or may not issue another letter....there have been a few people on this forum who have gone without!!! ;)
 

dkera

Hero Member
Jun 21, 2012
528
15
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
i am sure all your visas are coming! don't lose hope !!

an interesting statistic that pretty much gives an idea of the amount of applications CIC processes.

I filed my app on May 15th, it began processing on August 8th and sponsor was approved the same day.
So 92 days of waiting on a shelf, a few (?) hours for processing.

VO says it started processing my app on September 18th and they requested PP on September 20th. So let's say 3 days.
They received the PP on September 24 in the evening and they sent me a mail that the visa is ready for pickup on the 26th in the morning. So all in all let's say 5 days for Vo processing, while it was 42 days from sponsorship approval to file opening in the VO.

So in total let's say 6 days of processing and 134 days of waiting on a shelf.

hmmm. interesting.
 

Tipha

Star Member
Jun 30, 2012
127
4
Category........
Visa Office......
Vienna (principle applicant)
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
18-May-2012 (rec. 22-May-2012)
AOR Received.
27-August-2012 Vienna
File Transfer...
12-July-2012
Med's Done....
02-March-2012
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
N/A
VISA ISSUED...
19-Sep-2012 (rec. 27-Sep-2012)
LANDED..........
09-Nov-2012
I just wanted to let you know i got my COPR today.....but need to make corrections on it (place of birth isnt right), I already emailed them and now wait on the corrected COPR
 

Pigey

Star Member
Nov 7, 2011
114
2
124
Alberta, Canada
Category........
Visa Office......
Case Processing Centre Ottowa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
24-05-2012
AOR Received.
16-07-2012
File Transfer...
23-07-2012
Med's Done....
23-02-2012
Interview........
Waived! WOOT!
Passport Req..
28-12-2012
VISA ISSUED...
08-01-2013
LANDED..........
19-01-2013
dkera said:
Hi all,

I just received an email from the Rome VO that my visa is issued and is being forwarded to me with the prepaid courier waybill I sent them when I sent my passport.

finally happy.
WOW!!! That's AWESOME!!! Congrats!
 

KaviVenk

Full Member
Jun 7, 2012
36
0
Category........
Visa Office......
New Delhi
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
23-05-2012
AOR Received.
13-07-2012
File Transfer...
17-07-2012
Passport Req..
10-08-2012, In process Sept. 20th, Decision Made Sept 23, Passport Returned Sept 27th!
PASSPORT ARRIVED TODAY

WISHING EVERYBODY HERE ALL THE BEST!