Sponsoring Parents in 2015

[Cocoa]

True. Except I made sure it was a certified cheque. the bank teller didn't know what to do at first, because they are used to giving out Bank Drafts. She had to get her manager to do it. So i'm confident that its fine. they've already debited the $$ from my account. as a safety net I added an additional Fee Payment Form with my CC info and asked them o use it in case of any problems with the certified cheque

Hope it works! Best wishes.

 

[xenon]

haha, them you must be 24XX as well. Then don't worry, you are in 5000

khe01, you may have already mentioned in a previous post, but was your CC charged? And did you use purolator or UPS?

 

[FSWCEC]

and mine told me there is no way to know if mine ade the cap. jus said that it had been assessed as complete as of Jan 10

At least your agent told you that yours is complete... Mine simply told me they don't have any information about this. That's it.

 

[kevinsouza]

At least your agent told you that yours is complete... Mine simply told me they don't have any information about this. That's it.

call them again. another agent might help.

 

[Leolaz27]

Also called CIC and the agent said it has been received and no more info. I asked him when I can expect to receive the application number he said it will be a month or so. Not sure if it is reliable but he did mention that by now if you have not hear or had any return it is a good sign your application has been accept as part of the 5000 cap. Again my application was received Jan 5th early morning.

This is quite encouraging news...since my app was received minutes before yours!
But last year I didn't know my application was NOT accepted until I received it back in the mail in April, so if I understand correctly, they are now returning applications immediately? PLEASE CONFIRM

 

[Adrielle]

Hi Guy,

CIC has just announced that the cap of 5000 applications has been reached. Check it on their web. It's officially.

 

[jxu]

Tried to call them. But all I got is "currently experiening high volume of calls and is unable to transfer. Please call later", then the line got cut off.

 

[SamParent]

no i don't think so.

God bless you!!!

BTW my application was received on January 2nd, 8:45, delivered by Purolator.

 

[SamParent]

no. As Xenon indicated, your UCI number is supposed to be entered in form 1334. not in the Generic Application form.

Well ... I missed it everywhere (even in form 1334), I thought this was supposed to be provided once CIC opens the file for sponsoring parents, didn't know I had to put my UCI#.

I guess it IS considered an error, right?

Thanks again!

 

[kevinsouza]

Well ... I missed it everywhere (even in form 1334), I thought this was supposed to be provided once CIC opens the file for sponsoring parents, didn't know I had to put my UCI#.

I guess it IS considered an error, right?

Thanks again!

Probably. Hard to say though, I guess. It shouldn't be a problem for them to track this down. They have a copy of your PR/Passport. It should be easy for them to ID this from your records.

Grey area, I think. Wouldn't say its an outright error. Totally depends on the officer.

 

[ElenaRu]

I dont think UCI number is mandatory. What if you dont have it, or dont remember it, or cannot find any letter with UCI as 10-20 years had passed.

 

[SamParent]

Probably. Hard to say though, I guess. It shouldn't be a problem for them to track this down. They have a copy of your PR/Passport. It should be easy for them to ID this from your records.

Grey area, I think. Wouldn't say its an outright error. Totally depends on the officer.

Thank you! Maybe I will call and will ask the question, hopefully they will give me a straight answer.

 

[SamParent]

I dont think UCI number is mandatory. What if you dont have it, or dont remember it, or cannot find any letter with UCI as 10-20 years had passed.

That's what I thought too. Considering that the form was validated and no flags were raised (UCI# missing, etc).

Anyhow I will let all know if I hear from an agent about this topic (I know someone else in this forum made the same mistake and might need to know what the answer is ... at least we stop checking our CC limit every 10 mins ).

Thank you All!

 

[jayhv]

what time was it charged?

I dont see it charged yet, but my available credit reduced by $1100, I should be able to see it tomorrow.

 

[ElenaRu]

Well....
If you are a permanent resident or a naturalized Canadian citizen (i.e., you came to Canada as a permanent resident and were later granted Canadian citizenship), provide:

The date on which you obtained this status (whichever is more recent)
Your UCI (Unique Client Identifier)/Client ID number)

So now Im not sure it would be mistake or not...