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OCTOBER 2015 - OUTLAND SPOUSAL APPLICANTS

ArturoG

Newbie
Dec 7, 2015
9
0
Just new to the forums. May I ask what is an AOR and why everyone is so happy about it. Does it also there are those who do not get the AOR as well ?
 

shafeez

Star Member
Jul 14, 2015
65
0
Category........
Visa Office......
London
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Oct 23, 2015
AOR Received.
Dec 18, 2015
File Transfer...
Dec 30, 2015
Med's Request
Upfront
ArturoG said:
Just new to the forums. May I ask what is an AOR and why everyone is so happy about it. Does it also there are those who do not get the AOR as well ?
Hello and welcome to the forum,

AOR stands for Acknowledgement of Receipt. The AOR acknowledges the date that CPC-M received the application and provides the sponsor’s UCI number (Unique Client Identifier). It is sent to the sponsor’s email address if provided on the application.

It all depends when you sent in your application on whether or not you've received AOR yet. Applicants up until Oct 14-16ish have gotten AOR.

Once you get the AOR email, CIC-M then starts processing your case for sponsor approval (SA).
 

needhimback

Hero Member
Oct 30, 2013
674
21
Toronto Canada
Category........
Visa Office......
Port of Spain (Trinidad)
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
14/10/2015- CIC received my application 16/10/2015
AOR Received.
5/12/2015
File Transfer...
File trans / Mar 2016
Med's Done....
Up front 15/08/2015
LANDED..........
File withdrew
ArturoG said:
Just new to the forums. May I ask what is an AOR and why everyone is so happy about it. Does it also there are those who do not get the AOR as well ?
Hellon ArturoG


Welcome to the October 2015 Spousal Outland Applications

My first question to you is : have you submitted your application already and when??? If not I would strongly recommend you surf the forum to find out all that's needed. As well as gathering all forms and documents required

The AOR pretty means: " Acknowledgement of Receipt ", yes everyone who has submitted their application to Immirgration Canada at some point will receive their AOR either by email or regular mail

People are excited because after months of waiting for a reply to their submitted application/package we finally get our notice from Immigration indicating our package has been received and basically we are approaching the next step of phrase one (1)

The next step is to receive our SA, which mean Sponorship Approval - that's the big one !!! , because once your approved as a sponsor your file will get transfer to the Visa office (VO) of your spouse and the final decision will be made by a immigration officer at that Visa office for your spouse to get their Permanent Residence (PR) to Canada.

The immigration process can be long and frustrating and it's very important to know the journey ahead.

If you are a October 2015 Outland Applicant ......., (regardless if your the sponsored person or the sponsor)

Feel free to join us here to share your experiences and receive any support needed

Again welcome and good luck our new friend !!!
 

ArturoG

Newbie
Dec 7, 2015
9
0
WOW, and thanks for quick reply. yes, actually I am going to marry in Colombia after the holidays like the middle of January. I am a Canadian citizen 57 and new to this spousal sponsorship procedure. I just have a few questions regarding the steps. I am gathering all the paperwork in preparation to the actual marriage like: birth certificate, passport, former divorce papers, photos, etc. She of course has to wait there for about 14 months ( wish there was a way so she can come and wait in Canada ) but I must be back for business. Must I just bring the necessary documents to get married as well as the CIC sponsor application for her to fill out and the bring it back with me and mail everything out to CIC from Canada, or must it be mailed out to CIC from Colombia? How about her medical ? must she have it done there and afix it with the CIC application or will she be asked for a medical later on by CIC ? What about all the other supporting documents like photos of us together and proof of our relationship, must all that be attached as well and sent as a package to CIC. Once I am back in Canada what is the best way to mail the package?
Thanks
 

needhimback

Hero Member
Oct 30, 2013
674
21
Toronto Canada
Category........
Visa Office......
Port of Spain (Trinidad)
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
14/10/2015- CIC received my application 16/10/2015
AOR Received.
5/12/2015
File Transfer...
File trans / Mar 2016
Med's Done....
Up front 15/08/2015
LANDED..........
File withdrew
ArturoG said:
WOW, and thanks for quick reply. yes, actually I am going to marry in Colombia after the holidays like the middle of January. I am a Canadian citizen 57 and new to this spousal sponsorship procedure. I just have a few questions regarding the steps. I am gathering all the paperwork in preparation to the actual marriage like: birth certificate, passport, former divorce papers, photos, etc. She of course has to wait there for about 14 months ( wish there was a way so she can come and wait in Canada ) but I must be back for business. Must I just bring the necessary documents to get married as well as the CIC sponsor application for her to fill out and the bring it back with me and mail everything out to CIC from Canada, or must it be mailed out to CIC from Colombia? How about her medical ? must she have it done there and afix it with the CIC application or will she be asked for a medical later on by CIC ? What about all the other supporting documents like photos of us together and proof of our relationship, must all that be attached as well and sent as a package to CIC. Once I am back in Canada what is the best way to mail the package?
Thanks
I see you have already created a thread to most of your questions pertaining to sponsorship/application that you have post to this thread.

Most likely you will get a quick reply from the forum, but to answer a few of your questions, yes start gathering up all require documents, you don't have to mail your package from Columbia, you can definetly bring her portion of the application with you to Columbia and have her complete it with you, it will be your choice to submit your completed package either from Columbia or Canada.

Visiting Canada - yes she can visit while your application is in process - see CIC website or threads in the forum pertaining to spouse visiting while application is in process - consider yourself lucky if she gets approved !!

medical - it's best to do it upfront and submit with completed application to CIC - see CIC website or threads in the forum pertaining to sponsored person medical - you will need to follow the correct guide for each country pertaining to medical - panel physicians only !!

Supporting documents - yes all must be submitted with your complete package to CIC - there are excellent threads on the forum pertaining to supporting documents and how to prepare your package.

Mailing the package - the best way to mail your package (if in Canada) is through Canada post express services that way you can track your package to CIC - keep your tracking slip so you will know when your package arrived and who signed for it - it will probably be Mahmood lol (I'm sure some of the other know what I mean lol - but that's not important, as long as its signed by CIC

The Forum is the best place to assists you with your immigration process to sponsor your spouse - your in the right place, but this thread your in is basically discussions, experiences, process and status of all October 2015 Outland applications who are now going through the process (we already submitted our applications )

so pretty much we come here to support each other and discuss our experiences .

Whichever month and year you submit your application I'm more than sure they will have a thread (similar to this one) set up so you to can discuss the process of your submitted application.

Again I encourage you to visit some of the other threads I'm sure you will get alot of your questions answers from more advanced members

I am happy for you and congrats on your upcoming marriage and hurry up in getting your package out ( it's a long process of waiting)

Good luck!!
 

needhimback

Hero Member
Oct 30, 2013
674
21
Toronto Canada
Category........
Visa Office......
Port of Spain (Trinidad)
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
14/10/2015- CIC received my application 16/10/2015
AOR Received.
5/12/2015
File Transfer...
File trans / Mar 2016
Med's Done....
Up front 15/08/2015
LANDED..........
File withdrew
dat nguyen said:
well i see i can update my home address and

Sponsored Person Sponsorship Application Status Permanent Residence Application Status
******* Inprocess Application Received

Sponsorship application status:
We received your application to sponsor ****** on October 12, 2015.
We sent you correspondence acknowledging receipt of your application(s) on December 3, 2015.
We started processing your application on December 2, 2015.

Permanent Residence Application Status:
We received ******'s application for permanent residence on October 12, 2015.
Medical results have been received

that's all i can see ;D
Thanks dat nguyen :). .....it's looking good !!!


I hope that means SA since it indicates they started processing your application lol

Did you get SA yet ????

But I'm sure you would have told us :D
 

govind2015

Full Member
Sep 30, 2015
34
0
Category........
Visa Office......
New Delhi
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
09-10-2015
AOR Received.
16-01-2016
Med's Request
10-12-2016
Med's Done....
22-12-2016
Interview........
08-12-2016
dat nguyen said:
I got my AOR from Client-update-mise-a-jour@cic.gc.ca

Any e-mails sent to you by CIC will end in “@cic.gc.ca” or “@international.gc.ca.” Please add these to your “safe senders”
Thanks a Ton!
 

SassyBee23

Full Member
May 13, 2015
28
2
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
05-10-2015
AOR Received.
26-11-2015
File Transfer...
12-08-2015
Med's Request
Upfront
Med's Done....
26-06-2015
VISA ISSUED...
CoPR received 05-02-2016
LANDED..........
By June 2016
We got SA THIS MORNING!!! Wooohooo!!!!

We submitted the application October 2nd, was received by CIC on October 5th as per the tracking on the package.
Received AOR, I believe, November 26th and SA today, December 8th (exactly when I expected to!)
And now we're onwards to Ottawa!

So excited. The real wait begins but I'm hoping for 6 months or fewer!
 

needhimback

Hero Member
Oct 30, 2013
674
21
Toronto Canada
Category........
Visa Office......
Port of Spain (Trinidad)
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
14/10/2015- CIC received my application 16/10/2015
AOR Received.
5/12/2015
File Transfer...
File trans / Mar 2016
Med's Done....
Up front 15/08/2015
LANDED..........
File withdrew
SassyBee23 said:
We got SA THIS MORNING!!! Wooohooo!!!!

We submitted the application October 2nd, was received by CIC on October 5th as per the tracking on the package.
Received AOR, I believe, November 26th and SA today, December 8th (exactly when I expected to!)
And now we're onwards to Ottawa!

So excited. The real wait begins but I'm hoping for 6 months or fewer!
Way to go SassyBee23 :p :p :p :p

I'm extremely happy for you, now you are on your wayyyyyyyyyy - hello Ottawa !!!

The waiting really begins, you must be so happy

What a great Christmas present !!!!

Good luck on the rest of your jounery, please keep us posted with all experiences and status

,
 

HOTW

Full Member
Mar 14, 2014
46
2
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
7/10/2015
AOR Received.
27-11-2015
File Transfer...
08/12/15
Med's Done....
Upfront
We received SA this morning!!!!
 

needhimback

Hero Member
Oct 30, 2013
674
21
Toronto Canada
Category........
Visa Office......
Port of Spain (Trinidad)
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
14/10/2015- CIC received my application 16/10/2015
AOR Received.
5/12/2015
File Transfer...
File trans / Mar 2016
Med's Done....
Up front 15/08/2015
LANDED..........
File withdrew
HOTW said:
We received SA this morning!!!!
Hello HOTW

Beautiful looks like SA's and AOR's are rolling in this morning

Very happy for you too

You are now on your way to VO, please keep us updated with all your experiences

Sooooooooo happy for you my friend - Congrats !!!!!
 

Shineon39

Hero Member
Dec 3, 2015
681
84
124
Yellowknife, Northwest territories
Category........
FAM
Visa Office......
Singapore
App. Filed.......
22-10-2015
Nomination.....
Csq received 26-01-2016
AOR Received.
11-12-2015 AOR2: 07-01-2016
File Transfer...
17-12-2015
Med's Done....
10-09-2015
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
07-06-2016
VISA ISSUED...
20-06-2016
LANDED..........
02-09-2016
HOTW said:
We received SA this morning!!!!
Congrat :D :D :D, happy for you ;D
 

Shineon39

Hero Member
Dec 3, 2015
681
84
124
Yellowknife, Northwest territories
Category........
FAM
Visa Office......
Singapore
App. Filed.......
22-10-2015
Nomination.....
Csq received 26-01-2016
AOR Received.
11-12-2015 AOR2: 07-01-2016
File Transfer...
17-12-2015
Med's Done....
10-09-2015
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
07-06-2016
VISA ISSUED...
20-06-2016
LANDED..........
02-09-2016
SassyBee23 said:
We got SA THIS MORNING!!! Wooohooo!!!!

We submitted the application October 2nd, was received by CIC on October 5th as per the tracking on the package.
Received AOR, I believe, November 26th and SA today, December 8th (exactly when I expected to!)
And now we're onwards to Ottawa!

So excited. The real wait begins but I'm hoping for 6 months or fewer!
WOW, happy for you, hope to have news soon they receive our application on 22th october, crossfinger :)
 

unicornpants

Star Member
Sep 22, 2015
137
5
123
BC
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
21-10-2015
AOR Received.
8-12-2015
File Transfer...
24-2-2016
Med's Request
Done up front
Med's Done....
15-9-2015
VISA ISSUED...
8-11-2016 (COPR)
LANDED..........
11-12-2016
Thanks for the b-day wishes yesterday!

We haven't received AOR yet but we're hopeful for this week! Good luck everyone!