When will the processing of my application start again?

[missinghim]

I am the sponsor (Canadian) and i am sponsoring my husband who is in india currently. I sent application Oct. 12 to Mississauga. Then on Nov. 6 i received a letter from the immigration officer in Mississauga saying Additional Family info form was not signed my husband. Hesend the entire application back minus the money on Nov.6. He gave us an evelope for my husband's visa pics too and stapled my husbband's proof of medical to the application for pr. He gave us our client ID number and kit number. And asked that the application be addressedto him..he included a self addressed sticker to put on the envelope with his name on it and the mississauga address. I also noticed that the officer had completed allof his sections on myapplication. A couple weeks later my husband sent me theform back signed and i resubmitted my application. Then Canada post messed up and said they lost it or its late being delivered. It didnt reach Mississauga on Dec. 7. Then 1 week later status on CAnada post website finally said it was delivered (on Dec.14). My question is since he asked application b sent to his name, that he completed his boxes on the application, etc... is it fair to say that he will look at it again sooner than the initial 37 day wait? I amnot sure if i trust canada post who said they got it in the end...mississauga doesnt tell u this info only tells u when they finished processing. Does anyone else have a similar case? I check ecas but nothin has been updated so i think the officer hasnt looked at it yet..since receiving it on Dec. 14. As soon as i hear word that it has been processed and approved and sent to Delhi, im planning to go to india for a trip. Another Question..after it goes to Delhi will i b contacted about anything.

 

[waitingintz]

Almost everyone has reported that their status on ECAS didn't get updated until about the same time that the letter about sponsor approval was mailed (so about a month after the application was received). So the fact that your status hasn't been updated doesn't mean that it isn't being processed. It does sound like it won't take as long to process your application as they've already done some of the work but it's also possible it will take the same amount of time but the policy is that it must be completed by the same officer that started it (hence the instructions to send it to him).

So, unfortunately, you may well have to wait out the 37 days before you hear anything (but remember that 37 days includes an estimated 10 days for mail so really it's only around 27 days). If you don't hear anything by mid-January I suggest contacting them again.

Once the sponsor is approved, generally speaking there is no further communication to the sponsor. However, there are always exceptions so if you're going to be away I would make sure you have someone checking your mail who can get hold of you in India if needed.

 

[missinghim]

Thanks=)