jukikee

It's been 50 days since my application arrived in Mississauga, and I haven't received an Acknoledgement of Receipt. Should I call? Should I be worried? Does it slow down the application to call?

It's a family sponsorship application for my common-law spouse.

gvr123

I got my AOR after 95 days.

If you search past posts , lot of poeple didn't got AOR , they got IA directly

jukikee

Sorry, I searched the forum but didn't come up with any results... What's IA?

95 days for a AOR? What stage of the process are you at now?

ozinca

Hello, my sponsor and I also common law and our application first went to Mississauga. First thing to happen will be a letter of sponsorship approval from Mississauga which in our case took about 3 weeks. Then your application will be sent to the visa post responsible for processing your permanent residence. This is the office that will send you the AOR, not Mississauga.

Personally, I would not worry. Mississauga may have a backlog in the summer and remember postage in and out of Canada can take a few days to over a week depending on the country you live.

Oh, by the way IA has nothing to with family class sponsorship cases like ours, I think the person mentioning it may be confused with skilled worker or independant class applicants.

Regards,
Ozinca

jukikee

Thanks, Ozinca. I guess there's nothing I can do but wait... I'm trying to be optimistic that our application will be speedily processed, but preparing for the worst!

Good luck to you!


Julie.

longwait

When I applied in June of 2002, it took around 130 days before I got my AOR; Try to be patient.

jukikee

Oh no.... 130 days? What kind of application was it? Where does it stand now?

longwait

My user name clearly reflects my status. It is an independent skilled worker and I am still waiting. The more you check this forum the more it becomes easier for you as you read about so many sad experience. Patiennce is the ultimate thing to do in this game of waiting.

mirekj

Hi

AOR date depends on Visa Office.
I got mine after 5 days, but saome people wait for 12 months.
Visit www.yogi799.com to compare timelines

good luck MJ

jukikee

Yes, but I guess those at yogi799.com are waiting for various types of work visas. I've applied through the Family Sponsorship, so presumably we won't have to wait as long...

Does it slow down your application if you call?

mirekj

Hi
Yes, you are right, if you apply in a family category you should expect AOR earlier.
People who provided their timelines at yogi799.com are all Independent Applicants.

In my personal opinion - it doesn't slow down your application if you call your office. You can always do it as an anonymous, and you can ask f.e. how long can it take to get AOR if somebody applied on -date-

good luck
MJ