flexsingh

I studied at wolves

ste1234

I'm already in Canada, so if i get my PPR before Christmas which courier/postal service do you think it best to send my passport to the UK with? I would hate it to be lost with a load of letters to the North Pole.

Fingers crossed CIC give us all a early Christmas gift.

gazwg

Hi everyone - I thought I'd post my timeline here as it's taking forever and I wondered if anyone had any advice to give...?

sent to Mississauga: 06/08
approved and sent to london: 27/08
in-process in London since 30/09

so it's been with London for over 10 weeks - looking at the other timelines this seems unusual... Has anyone had success contacting London for information?

thanks for any advice!

flexsingh

It can take anything up to what the timescales are listed as on the CIC site.

gazwg

Hi flexsingh - thanks for your reply - I've seen the application times on the CIC sites, but the timelines in this thread suggest a lot of applications are processed a lot quicker...

flexsingh

Yeah I'm waiting out too.. But then do keep thinking that some peoples cases can/do take longer so have to bite the bullet and wait. It's hard, very hard but its worth the wait

CanadianLove

Hi - ours has been in process since 7 September. They have requested additional information twice. We got a phone call last week from them. They want evidence related to having no contact with husband's child - we don't actually have her address and CSA can't give it to us. My husband already had to swear on a bible saying he won't sponsor her in the future - a bit difficult to sponsor someone you actually haven't met! Once that is through hopefully we are systems go. The woman on the phone was really helpful and positive about our application.

DanielM

Have the dates on the CIC site radically changed recently?
It used to say 50% of cases processed in 3 months 70% in 5 months (or whatever).
Now it just says 9 months! Or am I looking in the wrong place now?

I've just been going by peoples timelines in this thread and assuming it'll take 6-8 weeks of processing in London.

gazwg

Yeah the estimated processing times changed on the CIC website to 9 months accross the board, where previously it said 50% in 2 months etc, as you say. On the CIC international site for UK, it says 6 months for family class. And anecdotal evidence on this forum would suggest around 6 weeks... Hence my confusion and mild panic

dtilley592

It all seems to have gone very quiet in the london office..... maybe they have taken christmas early!!

suze_h

I know!!! I was really hoping to hear something before Christmas.... hurry up London!!!

sconehead

Thought I'd throw my timeline in so far.

When you check the application status online do you sign in as the sponsor or the sponsored person when checking for updates for the permanent residency section of the application?

Good luck everyone!

gazwg

cheers sconehead :-) You need to sign in under your sponsor's name

sconehead

Cool, thought so.
Cheers Gaz

suze_h

You can also sign in using the sponsored person's client ID number if you already have one - so you can use either.