VW092906

Yay, hubby finally got the email! not taking any chances. I think he is trying to book a flight to London for this Thursday to hand in his passport. otherwise knowing our luck his medicals will expire by the time they send it back to him. Its been a loooooong road. Thanks Caleo and everyone who has been so supportive and helpful since October.

bob583

Congratulations, my wife received her PPR by e-mail today and although it's not been as long a process as you have experienced, we all worry about the 'what if's'. I too would like to thank everyone for their advice and guidance....

davidkenley

I'm on a study visa here, I have a good few months left. I hope that I'll get my PPR in enough time that I won't have to leave then come back. If it's getting down to the wire then I might just pop to the states and back.

caleo

Yay Yay! So pleased for you.! :-)

caleo

Bob congratulations! David hope it won't be much longer for you!

jaskp1

Congrats VM092906 and Bob583!!

That's absolutely fab news!!

Especially Bob583, your timeline was quite good... gives me hope of getting to my husband in Canada this summer!!

davidkenley

I'm curious now, where does it say that your medicals have been received in ECAS? Will it go into "In Process" without them, if you did them beforehand and submitted the receipt with the application?

jaskp1

Hi David,

if u did yr medicals before and submitted the form/receipt with the entire application, then under step 2 it should read:

we received *sponsored person's name* application for permanent residence on xx/xx/xxxx

medicals results have been received.

Mine is not in process yet though, so it shows no more than that under step 2.

however if u did yr medicals n had them sent to the london office, it might be that they've received there but cic hasn't updated it on ECAS.
If at all they r missing (God forbid), you'll be informed so and then you'll have to do your medicals again. It will cause a frustrating delay but don't worry, no news is good news.

I can imagine how frustrating it must be for u. hang on in there. you should hear something soon. Wish u all the best

davidkenley

Hmmm, my step 2 just reads...

We received *ME*'s application for permanent residence on February 2, 2011.

We started processing *ME*'s application on April 19, 2011.


What unnerves me most is my medicals were a bit special, the chest xray uncovered a cheeky little lung tumour, so I had to borrow the xray to take to the lung specialist at the time, and then return it to the doctors office. They had better have remembered to send it! As an aside, my experience of the Canadian health service has been outstanding.

I wonder if it's worth sending a case specific enquiry to London, it's not 6 months yet but it is pushing towards 5 at this point. Surely they would have requested more medicals from me at this point if they were lost or never made it though?

caleo

Don't worry about ecas and medicals. They are all sent to the London office by the dmp. Mine was updated to say received at one stage then disappeared and week later. Ecas is random probably depending on who is inputting your info. I would not worry - going by your timeline and the other pprs on here today it should not be long before you hear anything. They actually wrote to me at one stage to ask for my medical, I just sent them a copy of my receipt and the tracking info from the dmp.

markandtammy

Hi we did the outland spousal applicaton from inside of canada my common law parter sent his passport from canada to london via courier. It takes approx 4-6 weeks for them to courier it back to canada. You no longer have to flagpole if you have a immigration office in the city or close to the city you are in. Hope that helps.

BTownSardar

Hi MarkandTammy!!

I also did mine from inside canada for an outland application. Were you ever contacted by CHC London for further info? I have changed my uk address to my canadian one here and was just concerned incase they sent anything to my uk address I'm no longer at.

saz1983

I have a question for those a bit further along than I am... My husband got an email 2 weeks ago saying that he had been approved as my sponsor (yay!) and the file had been passed on to London. So far so good. I haven't heard anything since and the website doesn't seem to recognise me, I can log in as my husband and see that he has been approved but nothing else. Do they post on ecas or send you a letter/email to say that the package has arrived in London? I fear the postal strike may have held things up but I thought I would know by now that they had recieved it.

Any experiences to put my mind at rest?!

caleo

ECAS varies with information. Two weeks is too early for it to be updated anyway. I think it was shot 6 weeks after receipt in London that it showed up on ecas. I could only ever get information on ecas by using sponsors details. Just sit tight - it's Frustrating but they don't keep you informed of the progress.

jaskp1

Hi BTownSardar,

although I have already made my application, I'm curious to know how one can do an outland sponsorship from inside Canada. what are the conditions for that??

Thanks