Gagi007 said:Exactly the reason I am sooooooo confused ??? ??? I thought that it was the "application received" date as well, but now my MP tells me this. I just don't get it. Everybody got their visa according to the "application received" date, but my file has not even been touched yet, it's still pending for "initial review", which makes no sense at all. Yeah, I guess we are both August applicants now, for some reason :Have you done an MP inquiry yet?
The Applicant date as referred by all on this forum, and for CIC is the date that the file was received by CPC - Mississauga.
However, for NDVO (or any other Visa Office) specifically, the applicant date is the date when the file was transferred to them by CPC-M.
The MP inquiry refers to August date because according to the official processing times (as mentioned here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/perm-fc.asp), NDVO takes about 13 months starting from the date when NDVO receives the application. Hence according to this, officially you are within the standard official times until September (13 months starting from August).

