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Spousal Sponsorship in-land Applications 2017 timeline and updates

prav8388

Star Member
Oct 19, 2013
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Category........
Visa Office......
CPP-O
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
May 23, 2013
AOR Received.
July 23, 2013
File Transfer...
In process since Oct 09, 2013
Med's Request
July 25, 2013
Med's Done....
July 30,2013
Interview........
Exempted
Passport Req..
February 17th, 2014
VISA ISSUED...
February 25th, 2014
LANDED..........
In Canada
My application was received May2nd, got the AOR May25, received request for Schedule A May26, uploaded the Schedule A through IRCC webform May29. That is it so far. How about you?
My application was received on May 17th. No communication from them yet.
 

KandyK

Hero Member
Feb 9, 2017
686
202
Canada
Category........
FAM
Visa Office......
CPC Mississauga
App. Filed.......
13-03-2017
Doc's Request.
O4-04-2017
AOR Received.
28-03-2017
File Transfer...
05/10/2017
Med's Request
19/07/2017
Med's Done....
03/08/2017
LANDED..........
10/19/2017
I sent mine off and it was received on the 25th April. Haven't had anything back yet. Just to confirm the AOR gets sent to the sponsor's email right?

I tried calling but couldn't get through without a case ID. The automated message said they had processed up to the 16th April two days ago.
Yes AOR is sent to the sponsors email
 

KandyK

Hero Member
Feb 9, 2017
686
202
Canada
Category........
FAM
Visa Office......
CPC Mississauga
App. Filed.......
13-03-2017
Doc's Request.
O4-04-2017
AOR Received.
28-03-2017
File Transfer...
05/10/2017
Med's Request
19/07/2017
Med's Done....
03/08/2017
LANDED..........
10/19/2017
Should I post the PCC to CIC or uploading PCC and Schedule A in MyCIC account is fine?!!!
If you can upload it in cic account then do it that way. I couldn't upload so i mailed mine instead
 

itsats

Hero Member
Dec 16, 2014
269
104
Visa Office......
MISS
App. Filed.......
Feb10 2017
Doc's Request.
Sched A Mar20 2017
AOR Received.
Mar14 2017
Med's Done....
May10 2017
Should I post the PCC to CIC or uploading PCC and Schedule A in MyCIC account is fine?!!!
you can attach it and send as a CSE through the ircc webform
 

marrynated

Star Member
Dec 22, 2016
64
3
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
In my last visit back home, a week before my flight I got a PCC and officially translated and brought with me. It is from 2015. Can I use that? My PCC from Canada is all ready, so I'm sending both. Please let me know ASAP.
 

Aimor27

Full Member
Jun 2, 2017
33
3
App. Filed.......
08-05-2017
Doc's Request.
Included PCC in application package ; requested Schedule A dated June 9,2017
AOR Received.
01-06-2017
Ecas update: application received May8
My representative received email yesterday June 1 from IRCC indicating UCI and Application Number and how to linked online but didn't link it because i've learned from previous thread that i need to drop my representative but i don't want to do that so i just decided not to link it online since my lawyer also adviced me to not link this time because of many technical errors that some encountered after they linked it. I have a questions, if you received UCI and Application number does it mean it is the same as AOR? So what will i expecting to receive next? Thanks in advance. Appreciated your reply.
 

itsats

Hero Member
Dec 16, 2014
269
104
Visa Office......
MISS
App. Filed.......
Feb10 2017
Doc's Request.
Sched A Mar20 2017
AOR Received.
Mar14 2017
Med's Done....
May10 2017
In my last visit back home, a week before my flight I got a PCC and officially translated and brought with me. It is from 2015. Can I use that? My PCC from Canada is all ready, so I'm sending both. Please let me know ASAP.
pcc is i think only valid for 6 months or a year and i read somewhere that if you are submitting a pcc upfront it should be 3 months recent. you can send your translated pcc however and attach a note to say that a new one is to follow. i think some people have done that but i'm not 100% sure.
 

itsats

Hero Member
Dec 16, 2014
269
104
Visa Office......
MISS
App. Filed.......
Feb10 2017
Doc's Request.
Sched A Mar20 2017
AOR Received.
Mar14 2017
Med's Done....
May10 2017
Ecas update: application received May8
My representative received email yesterday June 1 from IRCC indicating UCI and Application Number and how to linked online but didn't link it because i've learned from previous thread that i need to drop my representative but i don't want to do that so i just decided not to link it online since my lawyer also adviced me to not link this time because of many technical errors that some encountered after they linked it. I have a questions, if you received UCI and Application number does it mean it is the same as AOR? So what will i expecting to receive next? Thanks in advance. Appreciated your reply.
i would say yes. along with your uci and app number the letter would say your application was received. next thing you would generally expect is a pcc and schedule a request.
 

NinaM

Star Member
Apr 12, 2017
56
40
Submitted spousal app for hubby Dec 8th, 2016, incl. upfront medical
AOR Dec 23rd, 2016
OWP March 27th, 2017
Request for criminal check April 5th, 2017
Spousal approval June 1st, 2017 --- YAY!!

I'm not sure what the next few steps are, if anyone can advise?
 

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
Submitted spousal app for hubby Dec 8th, 2016, incl. upfront medical
AOR Dec 23rd, 2016
OWP March 27th, 2017
Request for criminal check April 5th, 2017
Spousal approval June 1st, 2017 --- YAY!!

I'm not sure what the next few steps are, if anyone can advise?
Congratulations on SA! Next is approval in principle (AIP) which often happens soon after SA. After that will be Decison made letter (DM), but you should expect this letter close to the one year mark. You might get lucky and get in sooner. After DM is the landing appointment letter.
 
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Jiro

Star Member
Mar 15, 2017
129
41
Category........
FAM
Visa Office......
CPC - Mississauga
App. Filed.......
28-03-2017
Doc's Request.
17-04-2017
AOR Received.
11-04-2017
Med's Request
26-01-2018
Med's Done....
06-03-2018
LANDED..........
26-04-2018
So we are part of the batch of applicants that did not receive any correspondence through myCIC to upload our Sch A and PCC's. After calling IRCC in late April, we got confirmation that the correspondence was indeed a request for documentation and that we should upload our documents via the CSE webform. That was May 12th, 2017. We also sent in physical documents by mail which was received in the IRCC mail room May 19th, 2017. Just today, we got an officer to respond to our webform CSE with acknowledgement that our documents were successfully received and attached to our application. So it seems webform queries/document uploads are taking about 3 weeks to process for those in a similar situation.

I guess our next steps are to wait for the background check to process and to find a panel physician to book a medical check at a moments notice.
 

Aimor27

Full Member
Jun 2, 2017
33
3
App. Filed.......
08-05-2017
Doc's Request.
Included PCC in application package ; requested Schedule A dated June 9,2017
AOR Received.
01-06-2017
i would say yes. along with your uci and app number the letter would say your application was received. next thing you would generally expect is a pcc and schedule a request.
Actually i sponsor my common law partner. We included the pcc in the application package coz we got already from our relatives before we submitted it to IRCC. My problem now is if i didn't linked my account online does it slow the process? Is it really mandatory to linked or it doesn't make any difference? Thanks
 

Jiro

Star Member
Mar 15, 2017
129
41
Category........
FAM
Visa Office......
CPC - Mississauga
App. Filed.......
28-03-2017
Doc's Request.
17-04-2017
AOR Received.
11-04-2017
Med's Request
26-01-2018
Med's Done....
06-03-2018
LANDED..........
26-04-2018
Actually i sponsor my common law partner. We included the pcc in the application package coz we got already from our relatives before we submitted it to IRCC. My problem now is if i didn't linked my account online does it slow the process? Is it really mandatory to linked or it doesn't make any difference? Thanks
the IRCC prefers that applications are linked. But it is not necessary. However, they will communicate with by email or by physical mail through the mailing address reported on the application.
 

Aimor27

Full Member
Jun 2, 2017
33
3
App. Filed.......
08-05-2017
Doc's Request.
Included PCC in application package ; requested Schedule A dated June 9,2017
AOR Received.
01-06-2017
the IRCC prefers that applications are linked. But it is not necessary. However, they will communicate with by email or by physical mail through the mailing address reported on the application.
Thank you so much. Hopefully we will get an update soon...
 
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NinaM

Star Member
Apr 12, 2017
56
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Congratulations on SA! Next is approval in principle (AIP) which often happens soon after SA. After that will be Decison made letter (DM), but you should expect this letter close to the one year mark. You might get lucky and get in sooner. After DM is the landing appointment letter.
Thanks sylvain1!
AIP means they're still doing background checks, etc? And does a landing appointment letter always mean a meeting with CIC? and ... is it usually with the sponsored partner only or both?