Hi Aladin's wife. We sent our sponsorship application to Mississauga Ontario and it arrived there Janurary 3/2012. On February 17th/2012 I got and email from CIC approving the sponsorship and then our file was sent to the Paris Visa Office. We are now waiting for an update (hopefully soon) in the second step. All it says on the CIC site is that the medical results have been received. I don't understand your process so far. You say you applied August 26th and February 14th papers were sent to Paris. Does this mean you had to wait about 6 months just to be approved and then they sent your file to paris February 14th? I am from Nova Scotia. Where are you from?