Hi,
My timeline is as follows:
App Sent: Nov 26, 2014
Sponsorship Approval: Feb 19, 2015
AOR (Applicant): Mar 6, 2015
Current eCAS Status: Application Received
I applied for GCMS notes on May 25, 2015 and Received the reply on June 25, 2015 (exactly after 1 month). In the notes it says:
Eligibility: In Progress
Security: Not started
Criminality: Not Started
Medical: Passed
Also, in the notes section, I found out this comment (Comment added on April 21, 2015):
FOSS Checks completed for Sponsor and PA: no adverse info, Admissibility Documents: outstanding, Docs to be requested later: None, ***No apparent concerns found*** Next steps file ready for officer review and decision
So, here are my questions:
1. What are security and criminality checks and why aren't they started yet? I have submitted a police clearance for my spouse. Also, the notes says FOSS checks done. What else do they check??? How long does this take? Does anyone know how long to wait for these checks?
2. Notes says file ready for officer review and decision. This was the status on April 21, 2015 (which I came to know in June 26, 2015 after I received the notes). So, basically 2+ months have passed since this status update, and when I check the application in eCAS, it still says "Application Received". Why not "In progress"?
3. My spouse's Medical will expire on October, 2015. So, it looks like a re-medical would be required unless something dramatically changes within next 2 months (but usually, after PP request, SVO is now taking an additional 1-2 months to return the passport... so I guess re-medical is inevitable)
I am now clueless what else could be done by me. Last year it looked like SVO sped up the processing times considerably (approval within 4-6 months for some ppl I know) but it looks like this year they have slowed down again... Should I email them? Does it help? Experienced forum members pls reply.