OCTOBER 2020 OUTLAND Spousal Sponsorship

[trancemist]

Finally received a confirmation today, but it was a request for biometrics and not AOR1 (as I understand it), but that's fine... 149 days since they received the application (it's entered in the spreadsheet)

As I understand it AOR1 is sent to the Sponsor and the request for biometrics are sent to the Primary Applicant.
The email was sent to my email address (Sponsor) but the PDF letter was addressed to my wife (Primary Applicant).

This matters because it took me some time to sort out the difference in these details when linking the application to my GCKey. It wasn't until I read, and re-read these instructions on linking your application to your GCKey that I figured that out and managed to get them linked, after 4 attempts.

According to those instructions the Spouse and Primary Applicant have unique UCIs but share the same Application Number.

If you're having difficulty getting them linked I suggest that you carefully read, and re-read those instructions.

CORRECTION: The biometrics request email was actually sent to my wife (I incorrectly thought that it was sent to me)

UPDATE on 18 March (am): This morning I received the Sponsor approval letter, but never received an AOR1. Apparently this happens sometimes.

UPDATE on 18 March (pm): So I received the actual AOR1 email this afternoon, which says:

This confirms that your application to Sponsor a Member of the Family Class has been received by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) on 2020/10/19 on behalf of the following member(s): [ ... ]

(they do seem to arrive out of order sometimes)

 

[frange]

Finally received a confirmation today, but it was a request for biometrics and not AOR1 (as I understand it), but that's fine... 149 days since they received the application (it's entered in the spreadsheet)

As I understand it AOR1 is sent to the Sponsor and the request for biometrics are sent to the Primary Applicant.
The email was sent to my email address (Sponsor) but the PDF letter was addressed to my wife (Primary Applicant).

This matters because it took me some time to sort out the difference in these details when linking the application to my GCKey. It wasn't until I read, and re-read these instructions on linking your application to your GCKey that I figured that out and managed to get them linked, after 4 attempts.

According to those instructions the Spouse and Primary Applicant have unique UCIs but share the same Application Number.

If you're having difficulty getting them linked I suggest that you carefully read, and re-read those instructions.

Did you receive a file number and the IUC?

There is a lot of movement for October applicants.

 

[Sandy2020]

How the agent knew the exact time of getting aor?

Finally received a confirmation today, but it was a request for biometrics and not AOR1 (as I understand it), but that's fine... 149 days since they received the application (it's entered in the spreadsheet)

As I understand it AOR1 is sent to the Sponsor and the request for biometrics are sent to the Primary Applicant.
The email was sent to my email address (Sponsor) but the PDF letter was addressed to my wife (Primary Applicant).

This matters because it took me some time to sort out the difference in these details when linking the application to my GCKey. It wasn't until I read, and re-read these instructions on linking your application to your GCKey that I figured that out and managed to get them linked, after 4 attempts.

According to those instructions the Spouse and Primary Applicant have unique UCIs but share the same Application Number.

If you're having difficulty getting them linked I suggest that you carefully read, and re-read those instructions.

Did you receive a file number and the IUC?

There is a lot of movement for October applicants.

Congrats !!!

 

[Sandy2020]

How the agent knew the exact time of getting aor?

Aor matters not how the agent knows .

 

[trancemist]

Did you receive a file number and the IUC?

The biometrics request letter contained the Application Number and the PA's UCI.

The sponsor approval letter contained the Sponsor's UCI.

I haven't received an AOR1 letter (only a sponsor approval letter).

There was nothing called a "file number" but I presume that you actually mean the Application Number.

Interestingly, now that I've liked the account on-line the status says as follows:

• We do not need your fingerprints. We will send you a message if this changes.

And yet she received a biometrics request letter.
Of course she's going to provide the biometrics, I just presume the on-line status hasn't updated...

 

[armoured]

Interestingly, now that I've liked the account on-line the status says as follows:

We do not need your fingerprints. We will send you a message if this changes.

And yet she received a biometrics request letter.
Of course she's going to provide the biometrics, I just presume the on-line status hasn't updated...

That biometrics line about whether needed or not is notoriously wrong most of the time. Nothing to worry about, they request if needed.

 

[sgp1986]

I received an email this morning requesting payment for biometrics, but not actually to go get my biometrics. I thought we had paid when we paid for the application fees but the receipt we had was just for the fees

 

[trancemist]

I received an email this morning requesting payment for biometrics, but not actually to go get my biometrics. I thought we had paid when we paid for the application fees but the receipt we had was just for the fees

Do you have a copy of your receipt of payment of fees?
You could work out from that, and the list of fees if you paid the correct amount.

One possibility is that more than one person needs to give biometrics and you only paid the fee for 1 person.

 

[sgp1986]

Yes, I looked. it was only the $1,050 for the fees. Not sure how we missed adding the biometrics. But hey, at least I know they're looking at my application lol

 

[amrit2022]

The biometrics request letter contained the Application Number and the PA's UCI.

The sponsor approval letter contained the Sponsor's UCI.

I haven't received an AOR1 letter (only a sponsor approval letter).

There was nothing called a "file number" but I presume that you actually mean the Application Number.

Interestingly, now that I've liked the account on-line the status says as follows:



And yet she received a biometrics request letter.
Of course she's going to provide the biometrics, I just presume the on-line status hasn't updated...

If you have Application number in that (starting with F), moreover you got sponsor approval so it is considered AOR1.
Congragulations

 

[frange]

If you have Application number in that (starting with F), moreover you got sponsor approval so it is considered AOR1.
Congragulations

Do you really think so? I thought that the file is complete and can move to further processing; but not sponsor approval.

 

[Sandy2020]

If you have Application number in that (starting with F), moreover you got sponsor approval so it is considered AOR1.
Congragulations

When You got your AOR ?

 

[trancemist]

Do you really think so? I thought that the file is complete and can move to further processing; but not sponsor approval.

If you read the steps outlined in The Outland Sponsorship Process it is quite clear that I have not received an AOR1 message. There is an example of one cited in that explanation. However, I have also read elsewhere (cannot recall where now) that not everyone will get all notifications, and sometimes they can arrive in different order.

Anyway, it does not really matter since the they're sending me notifications it is clear that they are working on the application, which is basically all that the AOR1 would have told me.

 

[frange]

If you read the steps outlined in The Outland Sponsorship Process it is quite clear that I have not received an AOR1 message. There is an example of one cited in that explanation. However, I have also read elsewhere (cannot recall where now) that not everyone will get all notifications, and sometimes they can arrive in different order.

Anyway, it does not really matter since the they're sending me notifications it is clear that they are working on the application, which is basically all that the AOR1 would have told me.

Got you, thanks for reply.

 

[trancemist]

Got you, thanks for reply.

UPDATE: So I received the actual AOR1 email this afternoon, which says:

This confirms that your application to Sponsor a Member of the Family Class has been received by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) on 2020/10/19 on behalf of the following member(s): [ ... ]

So indeed they do seem to arrive out of order sometimes.