May 2023 Outland Spousal Sponsorship
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Eligibility has changed to completed on the PR Tracker today. It still remains in progress on my GCKey account, and the background check is still in progress on both.
We sent a webform a few days ago asking IRCC about the VO they forwarded our application to. The SA letter we received in December missed that information. And we think it could be one of the two depending if IRCC follows PA's country of residence or the home country issuing the passport. Anyone had a similar experience?
Fingers crossed we get some more movement soon.
got an email from vfs today saying Your application, tracking ID has been received and is under process at the IRCC Office on Wed Jan 24 2024. when can we expect our passport back with visa stamp on it
I just received my pre-arrival services letter. I hope the background check doesn't take too long. It's been in progress for a while (before I got BIL and MEI letters).
I'll ask my question again. Does anyone know how the Visa Office is determined for an application? Does it depend on the PA residency or the country of origin? IRCC didn't say where our application was forwarded.
I see in a discussion below it is a bit of a lottery.
https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/ircc-office.828074/page-2
I see in a discussion below it is a bit of a lottery.
https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/ircc-office.828074/page-2
From my own application and others that I know of, it is PA’s country of Residence. Me as an example, my spouse is originally from Nigeria but resides in Germany, our file was sent to Vienna because that is the visa office that processes application for Germans and Germany residents, but this is IRCC so who knows.
Thanks for your response. I live in Norway, so I guess the London office in the UK will process our application. It looks like they're busy as they cover the UK, Scandinavia, and Ukraine. I hope it won't take forever now that we have eligibility approved.
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/contact-ircc/offices/international-visa-offices.html
I just checked GCKey and see there's an update that probably doesn't mean much other than what it says: Final decision - January 26, 2024:Your application is in progress. We will send you a message once the final decision has been made. Looks like they might be actually processing our application.
I received the COPR number today and a letter requesting me to send documents to the nearest VAC - passport request, although I don't have to send my original passport (because I am from the eTA country), I have to send everything else as usual. So, I have a question.
- The letter asks for 2 photographs taken within the last 6 months. I have 2 photographs that I took for the PR process, which are older than 6 months (dated and signed according to IRCC specs on the back). Should I take another trip to the photographer or those two would be accepted?
Thank you. The letter says I DO NOT have to send my original passport, just a photocopy of it + pictures, etc. Does it mean I will just get paper copies of COPR and won't have any stamps anywhere? As in, I will travel to Canada on eTA for the landing and will later travel with my passport and PR card?
So happy for you! I remember not too long ago we were talking about our processes not moving, I'm glad yours moved, it is done and you can finally be with your spouse!
Congratulations!!!