F.M said:
No this is the same as IN PROCESS. it doesnt mean that an officer is currently working on the file.my case is submitted in dec and mine one is showing the same, another fellow's application submitted in march showing the same..it simply means that it is waiting for an officer review.
Thanks for the reply. So from reading through the responses on this thread and the other similar ones, here are my early thoughts on what it means/how helpful this is:
Review of eligibility - will be useful only once it says passed because review in progress = ECAS in process which means nothing
Review of medical results - anyone who ordered notes before already knew this and for spousal sponsorships almost no one fails so seeing that it is passed is nice but not super informative
Review of submitted documents - not sure if/when this is updated
Scheduling an interview - you would be notified by letter anyway so not new info and based on one members report this is still not updated even though they have already received a letter about being put in interview queue so may only update once scheduled
A background check is needed - will be nice to know when this is started so I believe it will be helpful although I assume currently this happens almost automatically once eligibility is passed for outland applications
Final decision - will be very exciting once this says in progress as you will know you are almost there! Will be interesting to start seeing reports of how long the final decision takes to be made once everything else says passed.
Hopefully it will become more clear what it all means as more people post what their My CIC looks like and we see the statuses change.
