Spousal sponsorship timline confusion/moving

[furciferpardalis]

Hi everyone,
I am having some confusion on the timeline I should be expecting to follow for my sposorship for my husband. He is living here right now on a student visa, from the UK, and we filed the spousal sposorship at the end of July to the Mississagua office. Now, I don't remember stating anywhere in the application whether we wanted the application processed inland or outland. We wanted it processed as outland but I just can't remember making that clear anywhere on the application. Did I miss something? Does Mississagua know somehow to send it to the UK for step 2, and how long will it take? I think it will be step 1: 69 days and step 2: 8 mths. Am I correct?
On top of this, we have to move at the end of October. We had planned to stay at our apartment for the duraction of the application process but it's impossible. I've been looking at the Canadapost website and it says that most government mail cannot be redirected to a new address. What should we do? I don't exactly trust a complete stranger to keep mail for me, nor do I trust the superintedent to hold our mail. I don't have a client ID yet so I can't make an address change on the website.
Does anyone have any wisdom or suggestions for us? Thank you!

 

[KJG]

Hi everyone,
I am having some confusion on the timeline I should be expecting to follow for my sposorship for my husband. He is living here right now on a student visa, from the UK, and we filed the spousal sposorship at the end of July to the Mississagua office. Now, I don't remember stating anywhere in the application whether we wanted the application processed inland or outland. We wanted it processed as outland but I just can't remember making that clear anywhere on the application. Did I miss something? Does Mississagua know somehow to send it to the UK for step 2, and how long will it take? I think it will be step 1: 69 days and step 2: 8 mths. Am I correct?
On top of this, we have to move at the end of October. We had planned to stay at our apartment for the duraction of the application process but it's impossible. I've been looking at the Canadapost website and it says that most government mail cannot be redirected to a new address. What should we do? I don't exactly trust a complete stranger to keep mail for me, nor do I trust the superintedent to hold our mail. I don't have a client ID yet so I can't make an address change on the website.
Does anyone have any wisdom or suggestions for us? Thank you!

hello...if you sent your application to Mississauga that is the outland sponsorship centre...but there are two sets of forms one for inland and one for outland......in the outland form it will ask what visa office will be used for the applicant so if stated you are farom the UK hopefully a little more specific....London...Sydney....and right now stage 1 is approximately 69 days and CIC should update that tomorrow afternoon so there my be some movement on dates.....once you are approved CIC will forward the file to the applicable Visa Office....you are saying that one is 8 months so timing would by 69 days plus 8 months so overall possibly 10 months more or less...once you have sponsor approval and a UCI # you will be able to change your address....it will be nearly impossible to change without this....keep your fingers crossed you hear before the end of October.....

 

[furciferpardalis]

I wish I could rememeber everything we sent in and filled out. It was a long time in the making and I just can't remember small details like mentioning London. I know we used the 3901 form for him as the applicant (http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pdf/kits/guides/3901e.pdf) for a guide, and I followed the 3999 (http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/guides/3999Etoc.asp) for myself as a sponsor. It is off of the outland sponsorship part of the website. Does that all sound correct? Could you help me by letting me know on which form it was that we would have filled out the information for the UK office? Thank you again

 

[KJG]

I wish I could rememeber everything we sent in and filled out. It was a long time in the making and I just can't remember small details like mentioning London. I know we used the 3901 form for him as the applicant (http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pdf/kits/guides/3901e.pdf) for a guide, and I followed the 3999 (http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/guides/3999Etoc.asp) for myself as a sponsor. It is off of the outland sponsorship part of the website. Does that all sound correct? Could you help me by letting me know on which form it was that we would have filled out the information for the UK office? Thank you again
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well if you used the outland kit than that is good!!!!! the vo would have been on the first page of IMM0008 the generic application form...it would have bee the first form you probably validated and it would not have validated without a VO....so that is probably a good thing....so I am sure it will be okay....the end of July has not been processed yet so I am sure you are fine......for some reason the beginning of July and the beginning of August started together but no one that I know of from the middle of July on has yet to be approved....I imagine you will hear something in the next couple of weeks!!!!

 

[furciferpardalis]

Thanks for your help! I also called the hotline and they told me that even though its likely that we accidently chose the Mississauga location on his application instead of London, there is a chance that they will figure it out and send it over there anyway. OR they send us back the whole thing. Though Im not worried about accidently sending an inland app anymore. PHEWPH.
Thanks for your help!

 

[KJG]

Thanks for your help! I also called the hotline and they told me that even though its likely that we accidently chose the Mississauga location on his application instead of London, there is a chance that they will figure it out and send it over there anyway. OR they send us back the whole thing. Though Im not worried about accidently sending an inland app anymore. PHEWPH.
Thanks for your help!

pretty sure they will figure out the London thing.......!!!!

 

[PMM]

Hi

Thanks for your help! I also called the hotline and they told me that even though its likely that we accidently chose the Mississauga location on his application instead of London, there is a chance that they will figure it out and send it over there anyway. OR they send us back the whole thing. Though Im not worried about accidently sending an inland app anymore. PHEWPH.
Thanks for your help!

CIC has a tendency not to guess what you mean. IMHO there is a very good chance the application and sponsorship will be returned.

 

[furciferpardalis]

I'll keep everyone updated. I don't completely trust what the call center says but atleast them saying they may figure it out is better than nothing! We should hear something back halfway through October.