bertclark

I sent our common-law partner sponsor application off to Mississauga in June and it was received there on the 24th of June, but so far I can't track the status of the application, does it usually take this long before they even start to process the application, or have they already started to process it but I just can't see the status yet?

Naively I presumed that they would begin to process the application as soon as it was received, but I would never have expected that it would take a month or more to being the process!

I have not received any kind of contact from CIC yet, and it's getting a bit worrying.

Steveh27wp

Hi.....your assumption that processing of your application would commence upon receipt, is sadly wrong. HOWEVER it does seem that for the majority of the applications they start to process AND make the decision on the same day!!.

I'm afraid I can't comment on the lead-time to processing....but as yet, I would not be too concerned. If you look at my time-line below you will appreciate what I am saying.

The first communication of any sort that we received was a letter (snail-mail) advising that my sponsor was approved and that the papers were being forwarded to London for processing. There was a reference number on this letter which allowed me to then (supposedly) follow the status of your application. You will note from many of the threads on here that the status
updating is a very hit-and-miss affair!

I hope that this helps to calm you a little. If I can help in any way.....feel free to contact me.

Best wishes, Steve

crazy72

Steveh27wp is correct - spousal sponsorship applications are being opened and processed within the same day, once they turn comes and providing of course that the package is absolutely complete.

Currently Mississauga is opening and processing applications received up to June 2, 2010:

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/informa...sp#sponsorship

So, your package will wait for another 3 weeks (if processing time holds) before it is looked at.

Lethe

Hey Bert,

My husband was approved to sponsor the same day they started processing, it took 5 weeks in total I believe from me sending it to them approving. Try not to worry!

Lethe

bertclark

Thanks for the help everyone! I had no idea that it worked this way, I thought it took a month or more for the actual processing, so I was getting worried that they hadn't started, but as it only takes a day or two I will worry no more!

Just hoping it gets accepted by Mississauga now and moved on to London, we didn't include one thing which was the Option C tax printout, my girlfriend who is sponsoring me is only doing her taxes for the first time and they told her it would take 12-16 weeks to process them, so for us to include the Option C it would have been an extra 3 months at the earliest before we could send off our application, I'm hoping they'll be understanding of this, but I've heard they can be quite strict.

Fingers crossed everything should go through OK!

Lethe

Your girlfriend would need to have a really good reason for not having her option C printout like not having PR or not living in Canada since she was 18...I was given to understand that without the option C your application would be considered incomplete We hadn't done my OH's taxes when we sent in our application and just sent in last year's with a cover letter.

bertclark

So it may just be sent straight back? Is that what would happen if they considered it to be incomplete, or would they hold it and ask for the Option C to be sent in?

It was a tough decision, we didn't really know what we should do, we are only together until the end of august when she returns to Canada and really didn't want to have to spend those extra 3 months apart on top of the time it would take for the application to be processed anyway, so we took the chance of sending it in without it hoping that they would understand.

Lethe

Did you send a valid reason? Had she never done taxes before that year or did she only miss last year? I think they send it back or request the extra info, I'm really not sure. If they do send it back it doesn't take long after you return it for them to process it...Hopefully if you sent a letter in you will be fine but I'd get on doing her taxes or getting an old option C printout asap.

bertclark

We sent in an explanation, she has never done her taxes before, she's a full time student and only works part-time, we are currently working on getting her taxes done but as she's in england it's not as easy as it could be!

smivers

Hi Bert,

You're about 6 days behind me, though we did include my wife's Option C printout (which we couldn't have got any sooner - they had only just processed her tax return when we rang to get it!). We've not heard anything yet, but hopefully will this week or next... I'll post when we hear anything about mine, so you might then know when to expect yours. Hope all goes well for you!

Andy

bertclark

Thanks Andy, that would be great! The wait is horrible, but I'm sure everyone on here knows what it's like!

bertclark

Mississauga are now processing applications sent up to June 18! Not quite there yet with mine but hopefully will be soon. I'm so nervous, I don't know what to do if it gets rejected, so much more waiting!! It'll be worth it in the end.

smivers

Hi Bert,

My decision was made on the 22nd, so maybe yours will be being looked at this week. It looks like they use post rather than e-mail for this bit, so it'll take a bit longer to get the results!

Andy

bertclark

Excellent, thanks for the update Andy! Did you find out what the decision was?

smivers

I can't imagine that they'll have made a negative decision so quickly, without asking for more information, and I don't know of any reason why they'd reject the sponsorship anyway - my wife earns more than the threshold and we had an Option C printout to prove it.

Should get the letter to confirm it all in the next day or three anyway.

Andy