SchnookoLoly

Agreed. Often you just need some clarification or someone to sense-check how you've interpreted something in the guide... the lawyers are useful for complex cases, special circumstances, etc... Generally what you can get around here is perfect!

leg89

COPR Arrived yesterday. Thanks again to everyone who took the time to share their advice with me, I couldn't have done it without you all. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Siouxie

orly

Was the wad of 50 dollar bills placed in a brown envelope inside the rest of the application that helped

phasee

My application was received in mississauga today!

burks

My girlfriend received her sponsor approval this morning!

Next stop London..

Ralphstars

Hi and congrats - that was quick ! I assume you were straight forward - no kids - no ex-husband - no relationship to prove etc and possibly not many years of background to check ? Please share your experience if you are happy to

bubblybre86

Ours took 9 weeks to approve, common law partners been together 2 years, no kids....that's about it. Could the fact that my OH is a policeman have helped? Lol

Ralphstars

maybe ! I am a nurse with 24 yrs experience and Canada Immigration is actively seeking international nurses - there is a shortage and Alberta ( where my Canadian husband has returned to and is working as a Chartered Accountant) is particularly looking for more nurses - perhaps VOs working on my file will notice my profession !
Well done anyway - such a relief and probably a big surprise to you
Happy Landing !

skytek

Does anyone know why people who applied 1-2 months ago are already getting their decision but people who applied 6-7 months ago are still not processed? 50-70 days from start to finish is extraordinarily fast! Why are those applications getting processed before applications sent in 7 months ago?

Ralphstars

I have been puzzled too as I am an August Spousal Applicant on the London VO spreadsheet I enquired and another member said likely just simple and clear cut applications - not sure if it's age/ occupation / brief personal history to check ( younger applicants ) no multiple countries of residence and no children involved etc - maybe they are just striving to catch up with the backlog from the strike ?

skytek

I think there's more to it than that. Possibly those who applied earlier got caught up in the strike chaos and those who applied later got lucky and had their applications looked at after the chaos settled down.

We applied 7-8 months ago and ours was really well organized. We're relatively young, no kids, a British citizen and a Canadian citizen, common law partners together for 4 years, no illnesses, hundreds of photos supplied, lots of proof of relationship, everything laid out in order with title pages etc.

We love it here in Canada, it's an amazing country with amazing people and we are just so excited and hopeful to get PR. And it's not like things are taking longer than we expected, it's just odd how people who applied 5 months after us are already approved.

Ralphstars

So seems no rhyme or reason to the pattern then - I am more complex than you I would assume because I have children from an ex-marriage ( 1 accompanying and 1 non-accompanying ) hence I have had to apply Outland so they can stay in school in the UK. Even so London was quick to approve my Canadian husband as my sponsor and then requested info from 18 ( a total of 30 yrs ) and then the RPFR - all within 6 weeks - I would have settled into the average waiting time of 8-10m but when you see the August and September DMs it gives you a false sense of optimism - your timeline and situation I agree must make you feel frustrated
Maybe some VOs are much more efficient than others - I heard they were training more officers so perhaps the "rookies" are doing some of the " thinner, simpler" files

christmasoompa

Are you sure? I thought they'd stopped recruiting internationally, laid a load off and of course, nurses are no longer on the required occupations list.

But in any event, your occupation will have no bearing at all on speed of spousal sponsorship processing. As somebody said above, it'll be something simple like background checks just taking longer on certain applicants.

Good luck!

Ralphstars

Hi christmasoompa

I read an article in the CIC immigration news that Canada was making it faster for international nurses to apply a couple of months ago and whilst I was visiting my OH in Alberta during October the local paper had a piece in about there being a shortage of full time nurses because my mother in law cut it out to show me - but you are right about laying nurses off - didn't they do that to a lot in Quebec some time ago ( I believe it was those whose French language wasn't good enough )