There was a thread that said that you had to include yourself when it asks you how many people are in the application. That might help!
Yeah but remember, these are questions from the actual forms we filled out. So that specific question is from the form that the principal applicant fills out.
I had spent a good bit of time researching what number to put in there, and I had deduced that the sponsor does not count himself on that form. So if you have a couple of kids plus the principal applicant, that would be three. As you are filling out the names, date of births, passports etc for just those three people.
Anyways regarding linking the accounts, I have tried many times now to link it, I also put in different numbers for how many people there are in the application. I have not had much luck no matter what I put in. I still try every other day to link it until I'm locked out. But its getting to the point where I am starting to put in the same answers I put in before. I've tried application number and family name like has been suggested (whose family name? Sponsor or PA.) but no matter what combination I put in, there is nothing found.
Maybe they are just not up on the system yet? Just because one gets an AOR, does that necessarily mean that the account can be linked? Maybe not, maybe have to wait a week for them to get everything together... those are my thoughts although you may want to elaborate.
And is linking absolutely necessary? It is desirable sure, but we're still gonna be seeing stuff come to our e-mail right? That's gonna have to be the way it is for a while until we get linked up, who knows when that will be at this rate...