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JakeCanada

Hi Guys,

Just letting you know that I have joined the spousal sponsorship timeline, I sent my application yesterday and it has been delivered today.. I am also in England apart from my wife which sucks so beginning the dreaded waiting game now.. Just thought id add myself to the timeline

Rosie Lee

There are quite a few mid feb approvals on the Canadavisa forum.
They seem to be a week or so ahead of what is posted on cic website.

wesbray

Any ideas?

martyjay

My OH Received the much awaited for e-mail. We finally have Sponsor approval. A big woohoo!! and a little dance followed.

The medical is valid for a year and your landing date is usually the last day of that year (if I remember correctly) so it would be advisable to check you have enough time left on it.

sarah_m

I've asked this before and I'll ask it again - with the longer processing times this year (or so it looks from the sponsorship timelines on the CIC website), how long do you all think it will take, on average, from start to finish this year, for common law spousal sponsorship outland? I posted mine at the end of Feb this year and haven't heard a thing yet (like everyone else). Am I being melodramatic worrying that I won't get PR until late this year/early next year? I can't stand being back in England and just want to move back

mattieuk

I got my Decision Made status yesterday - so it looks to be 6 months (I had no requests for extra info, and didn't have to refill any application forms).

wesbray

5-6 months seems like the average.

boredmonkeyman

Got my COPR in the post today!!!!

It took me just over 4 months from when they received it. I seem to have been helped by having my sponsorship being approved just before the longer wait times began.

Thanks to everyone on here... I read lots of great information and shared tales of immigration that helped me get through all the forms, the process and the mild state of panic over the past few months.

Good luck to everyone still in the queue!

CANorBUST

Yesterday "Decision Made", Today received our COPR and tonight flagpoled successfully! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!

wesbray

So what exactly does "Sponsorship Approved" mean? Sorry to sound stupid, but to me that would mean that you were good to go...

mattieuk

Nope - the sponsorship phase is purely assessing whether your sponsor is eligible to sponsor you or not - nothing else. In theory you could be a world renowned war criminal, and have a sponsor who fulfilled the requirements for a sponsor, and still be able to get to the second phase of the evaluation, which looks at the relationship, and the principle applicant.

Still no word from Conjonway - he is on a real similar timeline to me, so hoping we have some more progress that can be announced!

mattieuk

Did either of you have any changes to the online status update after decision made (i.e. a notification that COPR had been sent out?).

tracykate

When submitting documents they all go intogether correct??? the sponsor and sponsored doc.

We are applying outside canada so does that mean all goes to london? in one go?

wesbray

So I guess it should be Sponsor approved?