Outland Spousal Sponsorship - Email from IRCC

[avidrunner]

My wife, the primary applicant, received the following PDF in email today. We mailed our Outland Spousal Sponsorship application to IRCC back in December of 2020 and have already submitted the biometrics, doctor visit, and further proof of our intent to move. Is this the final piece to becoming approved or is there more to come before the approval becomes official?

Hello,

We are currently processing your application for permanent residency. You now qualify to receive pre-arrival services to help you prepare for your new life in Canada. These services are only available to you before you enter Canada.

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) funds settlement service provider organizations to deliver pre-arrival services at no cost to you. We strongly recommend that you use pre-arrival services. They can help you to:

• Prepare for your move to Canada and learn about living and working in Canada; • Get your education, work experience, and professional licenses and certificates

recognized in Canada;
• Connect with employers; and
• Connect with organizations that offer free settlement services, including

language training, after you arrive in Canada.

Explore the list of pre-arrival services available to you offered by the federal government or the provincial or territorial government of your destination: Canada.ca/pre-arrival-services

You will need to provide a copy of this letter when you register with the service providers listed on the IRCC website.

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Sincerely,
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

 

[armoured]

My wife, the primary applicant, received the following PDF in email today. We mailed our Outland Spousal Sponsorship application to IRCC back in December of 2020 and have already submitted the biometrics, doctor visit, and further proof of our intent to move. Is this the final piece to becoming approved or is there more to come before the approval becomes official?

It's not the final, but it's one step further. If you recently submitted the info for intent to move, it's probably a quite positive sign. But that doesn't say how much longer it will take - could be quick, could be less quick.

 

[avidrunner]

It's not the final, but it's one step further. If you recently submitted the info for intent to move, it's probably a quite positive sign. But that doesn't say how much longer it will take - could be quick, could be less quick.

Luckily we are not in a rush to move, and we made that clear in our intent to move. We have been going with the official timeline of 18 months given by IRCC at the time of our application, as we are learning they can be quite different depending on the application / luck. Our plane tickets are booked for the end of June 2022 (also sent to IRCC as proof of intent to move), so hopefully it should not take longer than that..

 

[armoured]

Luckily we are not in a rush to move, and we made that clear in our intent to move. We have been going with the official timeline of 18 months given by IRCC at the time of our application, as we are learning they can be quite different depending on the application / luck. Our plane tickets are booked for the end of June 2022 (also sent to IRCC as proof of intent to move), so hopefully it should not take longer than that..

Hopefully should be plenty of time.

When was your medical examination? Usually the final validity of the visa/copr is the one-year anniversary of the medical, so that is most likely to be your constraint.

 

[avidrunner]

Hopefully should be plenty of time.

When was your medical examination? Usually the final validity of the visa/copr is the one-year anniversary of the medical, so that is most likely to be your constraint.

Yep, we have timed the medical exam to not surpass a 365 day duration before our 1 way flights to Canada.

Now, we are both fully vaccinated with an approved vaccine (Pfizer), but whether or not Government of Canada requests that we quarantine for 2 weeks by the summer of 2022 is still to be determined.

 

[DimT44]

Yep, we have timed the medical exam to not surpass a 365 day duration before our 1 way flights to Canada.
Now, we are both fully vaccinated (Pfizer), but whether or not IRCC requests that we quarantine for 2 weeks is still to be determined. If we need to we will stay in AirBnB until we can mobilise again.

IRCC has nothing to do with quarantine. That's a border issue for CBSA, and Health Canada. You can check entry requirements online close to your arrival date.

 

[avidrunner]

IRCC has nothing to do with quarantine. That's a border issue for CBSA, and Health Canada. You can check entry requirements online close to your arrival date.

Ah yes, of course - that makes sense. Thanks, will do!