Hey guys I want to clarify something. I would like to explain in process the other way maybe it can shed more light than before. Because I had a flood of private emails yesterday. Contact me on the thread so that your question can be answered by someone who may know more than me but I will try to answer questions that I know based on my experience and knowledge.
CASE PROCESSING CENTRE MISSISSUAGA ONTARIO :
Is responsible to create any permanent residence application's profile for outside of Canada. Wherever you are in the world, if you want to sponsor your loved ones, you start by sending your application to this Canadian department. And what do they actually do at the CPC? They have to check your application for completeness, they create your first GCMS and start filling in the information you put in the forms those who once ordered their GCMS before knows what I am talking about. They enter all the information provided by you. They evaluate the sponsor by doing background checks, if you have a good habit of working and not rely on social welfare, so every investigation they do for the sponsor in Canada need to return negative to them in order to be qualify as a sponsor. They enter the medical information if you did upfront medical. And once eveything is good the system generate your File number which is different than your UCI number. Then they send the file to a Canadian Visa Office abroad for final processing.
VISA OFFICE ( ELIGIBILITY REVIEW):
Visa Office is specialized to blow up the cover of lies that are in files. They start evaluate both the sponsor and the sponsored person. They review the application and every supporting documents at the Visa Office. If your file does not warrant for a pass. They will send at the early stage of the process an interview letter to the sponsored person to explain why there are so many holes in the file. They will review the application and decide if an interview is necessery, if the application deem to be complete processing can then begin.
IN PROCESS:
Based on the review of your complete application pakage, it will be determained that your application is eligible for processing. Now background checks can begin. For how long? No one knows. What is background checks Eagle? they start checking if you are admissible to enter Canada based on your Criminality and Security Reasons. If your past is good don't worry they won't find anything. When you see the date on your application that is the date it went in process so you understand at least where you are now.
Hope it helps friends