NEW DELHI (NDVO) - 2016 SPOUSAL SPONSORSHIP OUTSIDE CANADA

[vaibhavxv]

Good News .....I guess

Government addresses spousal backlog and wait times

Ottawa, June 13, 2016 – As part of its commitment to family reunification, the Government of Canada will grant permanent residence to more spouses, partners and dependent children of Canadian citizens and permanent residents this year. This will significantly reduce the backlog of existing applications and speed up processing times going forward.

Each year, the Government sets how many permanent residents Canada intends to admit through its various immigration categories during the year. This is done with the annual immigration levels plan. The plan for 2016 reflects the Government's key priorities for immigration, which include bringing more families together.

This year, the Government increased the number of spaces allowed for spouses, partners and dependent children by 14 000, bringing it up to 62 000 spaces.

Over the past few years, more people have applied to come to Canada in the spousal category than there was space for in previous immigration levels plans; this has created a backlog. This year, the Government will reduce this backlog.

Tackling the spousal backlog will ease the uncertainty faced by spouses and partners wanting to move forward and build their lives in Canada with their family and help them integrate into our communities and our economy.

Increasing the number of admission spaces for spouses and partners is one of the measures the Government has taken to support family reunification. Through Budget 2016, $25 million was also allocated to support faster and more predictable processing times for family sponsorship.

What this means for applicants
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has begun to work on reducing its current spousal sponsorship backlog.

Reducing the backlog means complete and straightforward spousal sponsorship applications will be finalized faster.

The backlog reduction applies to applications received through the family class (overseas processing) as well as the spouse or common-law partner in Canada class (in-Canada processing).

All applications will continue to undergo the necessary screening to ensure that individuals do not pose a health, safety or security risk to Canadians and that the relationships are genuine.

If you have already submitted an application to sponsor your spouse or partner, IRCC may contact you to advise you if we need additional information to help process your application. You do not need to contact us, but please make sure your file is up to date.

If you are contacted, please respond to any communication you receive from us within the time frame provided in order to ensure that we can properly process your application. The success of our efforts relies on your cooperation.

If you have not yet submitted an application to sponsor your spouse or partner but plan to do so, the application will not be dealt with as part of our backlog reduction efforts, but it will be processed as quickly as possible.

IRCC's work to reduce the backlog will eventually benefit all spousal applicants—whether they are already in the backlog or submitting a new application—by bringing down wait times for all.

Find general information on family sponsorship, and find answers to your questions at the Help Centre.

That's great news. Where did u find this news though? I tried searching on net, but couldn't find anything related to this!!

 

[japs]

Hi everyone! I've been a silent observer of this forum for quite some time now. I got my SA today. So happy .
So here are my stats:
App submitted - 20 April
AOR 1 - 12 May
SA - 13 June (TODAY)

Lets hope NDVO starts processing 2016 files again.
All the best to everyone

Also, how can I add my stats to the spreadsheet?

Thanks

 

[farazkapadia]

Good News .....I guess

Government addresses spousal backlog and wait times

Ottawa, June 13, 2016 – As part of its commitment to family reunification, the Government of Canada will grant permanent residence to more spouses, partners and dependent children of Canadian citizens and permanent residents this year. This will significantly reduce the backlog of existing applications and speed up processing times going forward.

Each year, the Government sets how many permanent residents Canada intends to admit through its various immigration categories during the year. This is done with the annual immigration levels plan. The plan for 2016 reflects the Government's key priorities for immigration, which include bringing more families together.

This year, the Government increased the number of spaces allowed for spouses, partners and dependent children by 14 000, bringing it up to 62 000 spaces.

Over the past few years, more people have applied to come to Canada in the spousal category than there was space for in previous immigration levels plans; this has created a backlog. This year, the Government will reduce this backlog.

Tackling the spousal backlog will ease the uncertainty faced by spouses and partners wanting to move forward and build their lives in Canada with their family and help them integrate into our communities and our economy.

Increasing the number of admission spaces for spouses and partners is one of the measures the Government has taken to support family reunification. Through Budget 2016, $25 million was also allocated to support faster and more predictable processing times for family sponsorship.

What this means for applicants
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has begun to work on reducing its current spousal sponsorship backlog.

Reducing the backlog means complete and straightforward spousal sponsorship applications will be finalized faster.

The backlog reduction applies to applications received through the family class (overseas processing) as well as the spouse or common-law partner in Canada class (in-Canada processing).

All applications will continue to undergo the necessary screening to ensure that individuals do not pose a health, safety or security risk to Canadians and that the relationships are genuine.

If you have already submitted an application to sponsor your spouse or partner, IRCC may contact you to advise you if we need additional information to help process your application. You do not need to contact us, but please make sure your file is up to date.

If you are contacted, please respond to any communication you receive from us within the time frame provided in order to ensure that we can properly process your application. The success of our efforts relies on your cooperation.

If you have not yet submitted an application to sponsor your spouse or partner but plan to do so, the application will not be dealt with as part of our backlog reduction efforts, but it will be processed as quickly as possible.

IRCC's work to reduce the backlog will eventually benefit all spousal applicants—whether they are already in the backlog or submitting a new application—by bringing down wait times for all.

Find general information on family sponsorship, and find answers to your questions at the Help Centre.

Can you share the link, where you found this news from? How genuine is this information..? Can't find it online anywhere.

 

[johnybegood]

Hi everyone! I've been a silent observer of this forum for quite some time now. I got my SA today. So happy .
So here are my stats:
App submitted - 20 April
AOR 1 - 12 May
SA - 13 June (TODAY)

Lets hope NDVO starts processing 2016 files again.
All the best to everyone

Also, how can I add my stats to the spreadsheet?

Thanks

Welcome and have a speedy processing of your application

 

[makpan]

It's from official webpage of CIC

Can you share the link, where you found this news from? How genuine is this information..? Can't find it online anywhere.

 

[farazkapadia]

Hi everyone! I've been a silent observer of this forum for quite some time now. I got my SA today. So happy .
So here are my stats:
App submitted - 20 April
AOR 1 - 12 May
SA - 13 June (TODAY)

Lets hope NDVO starts processing 2016 files again.
All the best to everyone

Also, how can I add my stats to the spreadsheet?

Thanks

The spreadsheet is open to you. I have created a space for you on row 78. Add your info please and keep updating.

 

[Sidsmt]

Can you share the link, where you found this news from? How genuine is this information..? Can't find it online anywhere.

Could not find this news anywhere lol

 

[iiandyii]

Hello,

My application was received on 26 APR 2016. But still haven't receive SA. It is taking longer than suggested processing time by CIC(43 days).
Anyone receive SA who applied after 25 APR 2016. ? please share your timeline(especially Quebec applicants). Thank you.


Arvind

 

[johnybegood]

Hello,

My application was received on 26 APR 2016. But still haven't receive SA. It is taking longer than suggested processing time by CIC(43 days).
Anyone receive SA who applied after 25 APR 2016. ? please share your timeline(especially Quebec applicants). Thank you.
Call cic and they will let youknow


Arvind

 

[bleau]

Hello,

My application was received on 26 APR 2016. But still haven't receive SA. It is taking longer than suggested processing time by CIC(43 days).
Anyone receive SA who applied after 25 APR 2016. ? please share your timeline(especially Quebec applicants). Thank you.


Arvind

Applied on April 28th ... SA not received yet.

 

[deepax]

Report by user makpan is legit. Found the official CIC link.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/English/department/media/notices/2016-06-13.asp

Google couldn't find it, but Bing came to the rescue. Try it yourself. Copy a line of this article and paste it in Google v/s Bing.

 

[muskaan24]

I am not sure why they have mentioned below paragraph. Should we assume that applicants who have submitted their files before 13 june will be treated as backlog applicants? That's weird!


If you have not yet submitted an application to sponsor your spouse or partner but plan to do so, the application will not be dealt with as part of our backlog reduction efforts, but it will be processed as quickly as possible.

 

[saltspeaker]

Do not overthink and assume things. Please read the paragraph again. Stay positive Muskaan.

 

[bishankhn]

i got my SA yday. application received april 19th and SA june 13th. Now we wait for notification from ndvo!

 

[muskaan24]

Do not overthink and assume things. Please read the paragraph again. Stay positive Muskaan.

lol , I was just trying to get the meaning of the paragraph