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Spousal Sponsorship in-land Applications 2016 timeline and updates

carolbb23

VIP Member
Jun 24, 2016
3,564
406
toronto
Category........
FAM
Visa Office......
mississauga
App. Filed.......
15\12\2015
Doc's Request.
already did for applications
Nomination.....
n/a
AOR Received.
15/01/2016
IELTS Request
n/a
File Transfer...
10/03/2017
Med's Request
n/a
Med's Done....
02/11/2015
Interview........
thank god no interview
Passport Req..
n/a
VISA ISSUED...
28/04/2017
LANDED..........
28/04/2017
Hi everyone

After about 45 days of submission of cohabitation documents we received an email from IRCC confirming that the documents were attached to our file and forwarded to the office in charge of our application

Does anyone have an idea of how long it should take for us to hear from them from this time on ??

Thanks
can take a day or a week
 

carolbb23

VIP Member
Jun 24, 2016
3,564
406
toronto
Category........
FAM
Visa Office......
mississauga
App. Filed.......
15\12\2015
Doc's Request.
already did for applications
Nomination.....
n/a
AOR Received.
15/01/2016
IELTS Request
n/a
File Transfer...
10/03/2017
Med's Request
n/a
Med's Done....
02/11/2015
Interview........
thank god no interview
Passport Req..
n/a
VISA ISSUED...
28/04/2017
LANDED..........
28/04/2017
yeah you got email.today right
 

carolbb23

VIP Member
Jun 24, 2016
3,564
406
toronto
Category........
FAM
Visa Office......
mississauga
App. Filed.......
15\12\2015
Doc's Request.
already did for applications
Nomination.....
n/a
AOR Received.
15/01/2016
IELTS Request
n/a
File Transfer...
10/03/2017
Med's Request
n/a
Med's Done....
02/11/2015
Interview........
thank god no interview
Passport Req..
n/a
VISA ISSUED...
28/04/2017
LANDED..........
28/04/2017
could be next week or following week
 

carolbb23

VIP Member
Jun 24, 2016
3,564
406
toronto
Category........
FAM
Visa Office......
mississauga
App. Filed.......
15\12\2015
Doc's Request.
already did for applications
Nomination.....
n/a
AOR Received.
15/01/2016
IELTS Request
n/a
File Transfer...
10/03/2017
Med's Request
n/a
Med's Done....
02/11/2015
Interview........
thank god no interview
Passport Req..
n/a
VISA ISSUED...
28/04/2017
LANDED..........
28/04/2017

Desiree0220

Member
Nov 15, 2012
14
4
Congratulations!! This is your AIP. They will start to consider your OWP application now, so my guess is that it will take 3-4 months to be approved. If you get your FBI check soon, you might land before getting your OWP.
Ah, I did not realize it would take that long for the OWP. Why does it take so long to approve the OWP when it went to the same office as my sponsorship application? I am unsure of what could possibly disqualify it from being approved at this point.

We are in a tight financial situation and would benefit greatly from myself being able to work, so I am wondering if I contact CIC of they would be willing to issue it in a quicker timeframe?
 
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sylvain1

Champion Member
Nov 2, 2016
2,211
1,162
Quebec
Visa Office......
Montreal
App. Filed.......
12-08-2015
AOR Received.
07-11-2015
Med's Request
07-12-2016
Med's Done....
21-12-2016
LANDED..........
26-05-2017
Considering my experience with CIC, the statement "as soon as they look at your file again" kinda scarres me
That shouldn't be very long, kind of 60 days after they requested the documents. It took 45 days for them to link them. My expectation is that within 2 weeks they will look again to your file.
 

sylvain1

Champion Member
Nov 2, 2016
2,211
1,162
Quebec
Visa Office......
Montreal
App. Filed.......
12-08-2015
AOR Received.
07-11-2015
Med's Request
07-12-2016
Med's Done....
21-12-2016
LANDED..........
26-05-2017
Ah, I did not realize it would take that long for the OWP. Why does it take so long to approve the OWP when it went to the same office as my sponsorship application? I am unsure of what could possibly disqualify it from being approved at this point.

We are in a tight financial situation and would benefit greatly from myself being able to work, so I am wondering if I contact CIC of they would be willing to issue it in a quicker timeframe?
4 months is the "normal" processing time. Recently, people got it in 3-3.5 months. Because, my understanding (I can be wrong) is that because you lost your status, they didn't consider your OWP application. Now that you have AIP, you have status, and again, that's my understanding, it's like you would apply for the OWP on the day they gave you AIP.
 

sylvain1

Champion Member
Nov 2, 2016
2,211
1,162
Quebec
Visa Office......
Montreal
App. Filed.......
12-08-2015
AOR Received.
07-11-2015
Med's Request
07-12-2016
Med's Done....
21-12-2016
LANDED..........
26-05-2017
Two months after DM?

Whoa! That's quite a wait.

:)

Nevertheless, all that ends well is good :)
Yes actually almost 10 weeks after DM. Montreal, like Etobicoke, are very busy offices. However, recently I read people that landed in about 5 weeks in these 2 offices.