September 2011 - Here we go!

[Sino]

I'm trying to call the call center, but the record message states 'the first three or six digits are not valid' although I called by dialing 0018882422100. Is it the right number?

 

[sivathegreat]

This Forum,

Just for discussion I am asking.

What unique factors may speed up or slow the sponsorship process?
your thoughts. May be this is helpful for future people who search the forum.
Let us leave a legacy. Please let know if you are answering based on own experience or only knowledge

Pertaining the Sposnorers profile, PR Applicants profile,

Speed the Process
1) Time you are here (not in forum but CA) : Because I am here for a long time, good job, lot of tax years and T1 will it speed my process
2) I or he/she have our kids with them: Since I have kids will it speed my process? (mother sentiment???)


Slow the Process
1) Time you are here (not in forum but CA) : If I am a recent immigrant to Canada will it slow my process?

2) Option C Print out: I have not submitted my option C will this slow the process because I have no tax year
because they have messed up my assesment and re assesing it and says will take 2 months to finish


3) Applicants Document: Does "not providing any" or "much" of proof of relationship slow down the sposorship process? or it does not have any bearing on the process and only taken note by the VO?. I am recently married and yet to have much proof of relationsship except for some pictures

I will get it later and I plan to submit it to the VO after my sponsorship is approved.
Does it have a bearing on sponsorship

 

[Indigo]

Weekly sponsorship timeline update: Working on applications received on September 16, 2011.

 

[sivathegreat]

Weekly sponsorship timeline update: Working on applications received on September 16, 2011.

Wow Indigo!Thanks
For bringing the info.

Does the 66 days apply to us who applied before today date
or it apply only to people who apply today onwards?

 

[sivathegreat]

I'm trying to call the call center, but the record message states 'the first three or six digits are not valid' although I called by dialing 0018882422100. Is it the right number?

where are you calling from?
because I doubt using the toll free from long distance

 

[Sino]

where are you calling from?
because I doubt using the toll free from long distance

From United Arab Emirates

 

[sivathegreat]

From United Arab Emirates

Try this way
+1800......the rest

or +11800.....the rest

 

[sivathegreat]

Try this way
+1800......the rest

or +11800.....the rest

Pleas reply if it worked

 

[kannadiga]

where are you calling from?
because I doubt using the toll free from long distance

Well I had tried earlier and It did work for me. I called from India. Luckily I got connected within a couple of minutes. I knew I wouldn't get any info on my case then, Just wanted to check weather that no works from outland or not....

 

[Sino]

Pleas reply if it worked

I couldn't get through and I tried the first one you've written, there is a record message, but its not CIC call center. It's so irritating.. How do ppl get through...

 

[kannadiga]

Update

66 days
Working on apps received on Sept 16th

 

[sivathegreat]

I couldn't get through and I tried the first one you've written, there is a record message, but its not CIC call center. It's so irritating.. How do ppl get through...

for us here in Canada it is not easy to get through thier line.
Please ask your service provider how to dial international toll free numbers

thanks for the reply

 

[magpie]

It sounds like you are calling from outside of Canada. You will not be able to connect as the 1 800 number is only allowed in Canada. If your calling from inside of Canada then do not put the zero's in the front of the number.

I'm trying to call the call center, but the record message states 'the first three or six digits are not valid' although I called by dialing 0018882422100. Is it the right number?

 

[Indigo]

This Forum,

Just for discussion I am asking.

(...)

I don't agree with all of it. The speed at which you will be processed depends on so many things, that each case is unique and you can't make assumptions based on what somebody else's process looks or looked like. Although we still compare notes, everyone has their own unique journey. Here's what I think. Keep in mind that none of this is official info, it comes all from my common sense core, lol!

Things that might speed up an application
- Applied at a fast foreign VO. This is not in our hands, it is merely a matter of where you are born and which citizenship you hold. Bejing is lucky (5 months for 80%), Nairobi is unlucky (30 months for 80%, imagine that!).
- Sending in a complete package. An incomplete package leads to Mississauga asking you for more info or even returning the entire package so you'll have to complete and resend it
- Paying your fees up front and in full, including the landing fee
- A straightforward application with easy to verify data in it
- Have enough and well-rounded proof of relationship, but not a complete truck full (you know who you are!), because imagine to have to go through a truck full of pictures, love letters and phone bills. Argh!
- Not having to make changes to your data while the application processes. My husband and I would like to move to a different appartment, but we decided to stay put, since an address change might slow things down a bit, and even allow for screwups (like stuff being sent to our old address). And aw well, it's not like we're unhappy here. First things first!
- Lack of a criminal record. A criminal record does not automatically lead to refusal but will complicate things a lot more
- Not having been in the military, not having visited or served in countries like Afghanistan (sorry to all Afghanistanians, no offence meant). They have to do some more background checks if you were in the military or visited countries that might raise red flags.
- The sponsor living in Canada. If the sponsor lives outside Canada, (s)he will need to prove in the application that they intend to live in Canada as soon as the PR comes through. It might take some time to verify that proof.
- Calling CIC when they are obviously and officially past your application date and you haven't heard anything yet. But only when they are really past it.
- Sending additional info if and as soon as they require it.
- LUCK

Things that do not speed up an application
- Having a child. Kids are not proof of relationship. And I think that is a good thing, a baby should be born without the burden of serving as "proof". If anything, having a baby might slow stuff down, because it is not a good idea tro get an X-ray for your medical while pregnant (if the pregnant person is the applicant) and you'll have to change your info when the baby is born to make sure CIC knows of your new family situation.
- Calling CIC will not usually help. It might give you some information on what's already happening, but that's all. What happens still happens, whether you call or not. Everybody has to wait their turn, whenever that is. Even worse than calling, is being impolite or complaining a lot to the CIC person you have on the phone.
- Lying on your application. Telling lies is in this case the worst thing you can do.
- Sending incomplete info
- Sending a truck load of relationship evidence. Again, you know who you are! Send enough, but don't go overboard.
- The outland applicant being in Canada. It doesn't matter where you are if you are outland.
- The sponsor having sponsored someone before. They will have to look up info on the last sponsorship and that might take a while

 

[kannadiga]

Thanks for the welcome kannadiga! Here is my info:

Date App mailed: September 20 2011
Date App reached CPC-M: September 22 2011
Date Sponsorship Approved: November 22 2011
Outland Visa Office: London

Thanks for the info. Your info will be updated in the spreadsheet soon either by leroadrunner or kedeisha.