I applied from US. I am international student on F1 visa. I applied online for Canada student visa on June 16. On Aug 1 my status changed to reviewing your eligibility and later that day my visa got approved. It took one week after I sent my passport to get it back with visa stamp. Lot of people applying from US get them approved - sadly very few post online. Hopefully this post helps someone. Make sure you convince officer in your essay as to why you are going from Us to Canada and how it will help your career. Convince them you will go home. You should get it. My brother was my sponsor - he is permanent resident of both US and Canada and I still got it approved. Good luck to all