Yes thats what I thought too. Untill my mp forwarded me an email from ircc early December which read
Dear Zoya,
As promised, I have asked IRCC about your sponsorship application and in particular, the reference to Social Assistance. Here is the response I have received:
“We have verified the information you provided on behalf of your constituent. We can confirm that the initial assessment to ensure the sponsor meets all the
sponsorship requirements is still in process. The below reference pertains to a note on file dating from August 29, 2019 regarding a pre-assessment of the sponsor`s eligibility. There are no notes on file confirming that a response from Social Services was received by the responsible office.
The Social Services department is involved in all sponsorship application. In order to meet the sponsorship requirements, the sponsor must demonstrate that they are not in receipt of social assistance other than for reasons of disability. As per regulation
R133(1)(k), a person is ineligible to sponsor if their primary or sole source of income is “social assistance” benefits. This verification is a regulatory step and is mandatory. As per our current
processing times, it may take 20 to 24 months to finalize this application.”
I would suggest that you ask the Social Services office to re-send the letter as IRCC has not received it. If Social Services is agreeable to sending the letter to you, please forward it to me once you receive it. I will send it to IRCC.
After the above email when I was finally able to get through someone at the province on 5th of December she told me yes they got the intial request for me and my husband on a single form from ircc on Aug 29 and they responded on sept 17. I begged her to please send it again. She was really nice and said she will resend it today which was dec 5.
I called IRCC on Dec 13 at 9:45 am to see if they got it or else I was gonna call province again and ask to see if they can send that to me or my mp. She put me on hold and when she came back she said the response from province was received and it was attached/uploaded to your file on DEC 11. Now it's waiting for the case officer to get back to the file for review.
I asked her do you know how long would that be. She said she has no clue. I thought another few months of wait now
I hung up the phone and checked my email at 10. And there was an email to check gckey which had 3 bio metric letters.
I honestly don't know what helped but I like to believe it was the response form dec 5 which the people that work outside uploaded to my file on dec 11
I hope this helps each one of you waiting for the province response including
@Roya-FSW @calgary17 @RevSob @p2019
@Sonysurrey
