Parents and Grandparents Sponsorship 2021

[wstrn24]

10-13-21 Submitted
12-20-21 Ghost update
01-09-22 Link to gckey w/ file number

Waiting for medical and sponsorship approval.

Could you please explain what's ghost update??

 

[canuck78]

I think the most important thing is whose pay-roll you are on. If you are on Canadian pay-roll and was on a short term assignment where you have your per-diem/all expenses covered in the US - then you pay taxes only in Canada and none in the US. Make sure you have a permanent address in Canada, obviously you should have one as you would pay taxes in Canada. It all depends what your short term assignment means ??? If you are on US pay roll during this period, then it will create problems even if you pay taxes both in Canada and US

What people determine is a short term assignments gets complicated. A few weeks is not an issue. When you get into months things get more complicated.

 

[canuck78]

I put together my timeline as below. Maybe AOR has been skipped for our batch. I see others received SA letter but no AOR.
if you haven't received any update, could be that all files are in place and they are working on SA.

Submitted: 2021.10.10 (PR Portal)
Ghost Update: 2021.12.3
IRCC Acc Linked: 2022.1.10
Biometrics Request: 2022.1.26 (IRCC Acc)
Medical Request: 2022.1.28 (IRCC Acc)
Sponsorship Approval: 2022.2.2 (Mail)
Biometrics Done: 2022.2.4 (IRCC Acc)

Just clarifying that you haven’t received sponsorship approval you were approved as a sponsor. There is a big difference.

 

[canuck78]

I uploaded T4 s under the other section. They were not mandatory. I uploaded them myself as a proof of income

You should really be uploading NOA. T4 s is usually not enough.

 

[Bhaumik_Patel]

Could you please explain what's ghost update??

Ghost email is an email from IRCC which says there is an update with your application. But when you log into the portal, nothing is changed. It mostly means that an agent may have started to work on your application. Many people were successful linking their applications to GC Key a/c after receiving these ghost emails.

 

[sundeep38]

Just clarifying that you haven’t received sponsorship approval you were approved as a sponsor. There is a big difference.

May I know the difference please

 

[canuck78]

May I know the difference please

Sponsorship approval means that your parents have been approved. Sponsor approval means thatyou meet the requirements to qualify to sponsor your parents at this point in time.

 

[YASH2021]

I put together my timeline as below. Maybe AOR has been skipped for our batch. I see others received SA letter but no AOR.
if you haven't received any update, could be that all files are in place and they are working on SA.

Submitted: 2021.10.10 (PR Portal)
Ghost Update: 2021.12.3
IRCC Acc Linked: 2022.1.10
Biometrics Request: 2022.1.26 (IRCC Acc)
Medical Request: 2022.1.28 (IRCC Acc)
Sponsorship Approval: 2022.2.2 (Mail)
Biometrics Done: 2022.2.4 (IRCC Acc)

Very strange you got sponsorship approval by mail. Did GC key account show any update ?

 

[sahbal]

hey guys hope someone with same experience or knowledge can shed some light. can help me here.
I am a newbie to this forum.
I applied for my parents sponsorships in 2021 September online submission . I submitted all the documents including additional family info .

then I got a request to submit additional family info forms again via email request in December .
they gave me an option to submit either to email or regular mail .
so i emailed all the docs the next day and got a automated confirmation when I submitted

each time I went online and checked the status , it still says returned application and incomplete forms .
so I didn't do anything online as I didn't want to submit it twice to confuse the system.

after almost 60 days today today when I was checking the status and it still says the same thing but the options to edit or add are greyed out and I cant even open the link.

so my confusion is how would I know that they did get the documents . hopefully they do not say oh we did not get the email . you were suppose to submit it online and stuff . its just freaking me out as there is no info available on website about this kind of situation

thanks in advance .

 

[kafepoche]

Very strange you got sponsorship approval by mail. Did GC key account show any update ?

no, still the same. eligibility is "under review". ECAS still not found. how is your application going?

 

[YASH2021]

no, still the same. eligibility is "under review". ECAS still not found. how is your application going?

Jan 25 - Biometric Request
Jan 28 - Medical Request

nothing after that.

 

[YASH2021]

My (Sponsor) immigration status changed from PR to Citizen recently, do i need to update that in parents PR file ?

 

[scylla]

My (Sponsor) immigration status changed from PR to Citizen recently, do i need to update that in parents PR file ?

No.

 

[YASH2021]

no, still the same. eligibility is "under review". ECAS still not found. how is your application going?

Is your parents medical complete?
We both are having same timeline, may beI should get SA letter soon ..

 

[kafepoche]

Is your parents medical complete?
We both are having same timeline, may beI should get SA letter soon ..

fingers crossed. any time now. don't forget to check your mailbox.

for the medicals, not yet. they booked later this month.