kyoto23

Hi all,

My husband just received his application to sponsor e-mail. It was received August 16th and they requested an additional sheet of information that went missing. It didn't slow up the process as much as I had imagined.

I have one query about the wording on the sponsor approval letter. It states..

"Residence for your relative(s) has been retained for further processing at CPC Mississauga....
If at any time during processing, it is determined that local knowledge is required, the file may be forwarded to the relevant visa office for processing and final decision."

Is this normal? I thought after stage 1 approval it would state that my file would go on to London for processing.

SchnookoLoly

If you've been following this thread in the past few days, or if you've read the big red box on the cover sheet of the spreadsheet, this will make sense. Short version, London UK is picking up backlog from Islamabad, Pakistan applications, as a result a lot of countries' applications who normally apply via London (UK, Denmark, Ireland, etc) are being processed in Mississauga or Ottawa instead.

So yours is being processed in Mississauga, instead of being sent to London. That is why the spreadsheet has a new column, Column E "Processing Office", so that we can keep track of how timelines differ across the various offices. I've just added a new stats box on the 2014 tab an hour ago to help track this.

In the meantime, you're updated.

Badger.

You need to change this: London (from Islabamad)

rd1981

OMG!!! Just returned home and found my COPR waiting for me! I'm in shock that the process has gone through so quick 4.5 months in total. I'm planning on popping to the UK to see my family (OH works for an airline) to land coming back. Amazing and a big shout out to Schnookololy and others that have given me advice along the way. To those that are still waiting, have faith that yours will come soon enough. We also found a great place to rent today and have a bottle of bubbly to open that we have been meaning to open since our flat sale in the UK went through but we've been stressing out about living accommodation and my COPR. It's about time that bottle was now opened!

SchnookoLoly

Wow, brutal typo. Fixed! Thanks!

Awesome, that's great! BTW, which office processed your location? It would have been on your sponsor approval email/letter... I'm missing that column for you! Enjoy the bubbly, congrats!

kyoto23

Apologies, I've not been keeping up. Will need to do my reading. Thank you for explaining!

rd1981

That bubbly has gone to my head a little! haha! I was processed in London for your spreadsheet.

pdlodge

Has anyone had any luck getting their pr at edmonton or calgary CIC office? Last I heard there was an 8 week wait for appointments. I'd much rather do that than deal with a 5 hour drive to sweetgrass and all the hassle of crossing the border.

It did occur to me that I could do it at an airport, I mean, they have all the staff and infrastructure. But I bet the government in all it's wisdom wouldn't let me just walk up to immigration: I'm sure id have to leave the country and return

ghunter

My partner landed at the CIC Calgary office back in January. It was a pretty simple process, if you are willing to wait- we waited about 7 weeks after originally calling the call centre to make the appointment. They then send you a letter with the actual date and time. We actually tried at the border a few times (long story) before, but after a number of issues it seemed like something to be done with a CIC, not CBSA officer. It was efficient and simple to do, and nice to not have a 3+ hour drive right after! Definitely recommended if you don't live close to the border and aren't in a rush.

SchnookoLoly

Awesome, thanks! Glad you had a good celebration!

+1 to what ghunter said. You can certainly land at the office, if you have enough time on your COPR to wait for an appointment. If your COPR expires within 8 weeks then you're probably better off going to the border. But if you have a few months, then call now and make the appointment and you can do it there. You can't just walk into an airport to do it - you have to actually leave Canada and then re-enter. So give them a call and you should be good to go!

Ashpo

Interesting! The letter is certainly not the clearest. I've just replied to the email to see if I get the same answer before we send everything away.

Bemsee

Hi SchnookoLoly, just a quickie

Does everyone on your spreadsheet keep you updated or are there a few who are inactive? Just wondering

Thanks

SchnookoLoly

Most people keep us updated either here or on the equivalent thread at CanadaVisa. There are 3 of us that maintain the spreadsheet, me, ghunter, and Becki567. Most updates are posted here, a handful are received on PM.

Occasionally we do PM people who we would have expected to hear from by now, and if we don't hear back within two weeks we move them to the bottom section. If you scroll all the way down ot hte bottom of the sheet you'll see a part called "Inactive Members".

So we do try to keep the inactive separate from those who are legitimately still waiting.

Hope that helps.

Bemsee

Thank you, was just curious.

evelyned

Husband landed last Sunday with his CORP, apart from the 4 hour wait all went smoothly.

Thanks to everyone who has helped us along the way!

Me and someone else from the forum are meeting up soon in Montreal so if there are any more of you out here, PM me

All the best and good luck to everyone
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