Hi there all,
I am sponsoring my wife and we have been watching this thread from the sidelines. We've noticed a few of the people who filed at the same time as us on here see progress on their applications.
Here is our time line:
Application Submitted: Sep 20 2016
AOR1 Oct 18 2016
Sponsor approved Oct 26 2016
AOR2 Nov 2 2016
DOC request: Jan 22 2017
Medical: Upfront Aug 2016 Passed
The additional documents they were looking for is the Advisory on Marriage which we submitted a couple of days later.
As for Monday, family day is a provincial holiday. So that shouldn't cover the embassy as they should be federally regulated.