snuggs

Just to give you some information based on my experience... I didnt get Any confirmation of Sponsorship approval.. I waited until the time frame had passed since submitting my application ( believe it was around 92 days ) and then I contacted the call centre.. and the agent said there was a note on my file saying they never sent approval to me.. ( no reason why )

Anyway, enough of that... Just sit tight and wait it out... If you have done everything correctly on the Application, your time will come


P.s After the waiting I was one of the lucky ones and managed to get Stage 2 approval within a Month after that.

Patterson

Hello all so we are headed back to Toronto in 5 weeks with me entering with Dual Intent. Based on the timeline were not expecting to hear anything on the visa until September (hopefully), but I was wondering if anyone is aware of my eligibility to do volunteer work whilst on dual intent? I'm not keen on sitting around doing nothing and getting a bit gap in my resume, so was hoping to do some office based volunteering with the Heart foundation or something. I'm struggling to find any info online about whether that's ok or not given my status, anyone here have any advice? Thanks guys

SchnookoLoly

You are allowed to volunteer, add long as the role is something that would normally be done by a volunteer, like working at a soup kitchen or being a driver for Meals on Wheels or whatever. As long as the role would be normally filled by a volunteer it's fine. You cannot volunteer somewhere where they may otherwise pay someone for the work which includes unpaid internships, even if they are advertised as such. Hope that helps!

Patterson

Ah ok, so finding something through the city volunteer site that is office help 2 days per week would be ok. I'm thinking if it's for a big charity that routinely has volunteers for that then I'd be good. Honestly I think I'd be good doing anything that isn't sitting on my ass all summer haha thank you!

Divvym1

I sent off my online app yesterday to extend my stay as a visitor come May 19th, keep y'all updated!
So weird having a MyCIC account again.

garethr1989

We received our sponsor approval last week. Letter dated 13th April and the application is staying in Mississauga

SchnookoLoly

Result - awesome it's staying in Mississauga!! Hopefully you hear soon - another 2015 applicant already has DM from Mississauga!

rudolph6

**For the spreadsheet:

Spousal Application (Married)
Application received: February 9th
AOR: April 2nd
Sponsor approval: Not yet received
Processing office: Not yet chosen
Our location: London, UK

This is a great blog. I can see myself coming here many times in the coming weeks. The CIC most recent update is still March 31st. What day do they tend to update on?

SchnookoLoly

All added!

Not sure which update you mean... update to which part of the site? Processing times?

rudolph6

Sorry. I meant the processing times for family sponsorship for people being sponsored outside of Canada.

Patterson

I got a response to a query from London the other day, just a standard automated response so of no real use other than a section at the bottom, which for anyone interested stated:

SchnookoLoly

If you look at CIC's processing times page, under Stage 1, it says "UPDATED WEEKLY", and under Stage 2, it says "UPDATED QUARTERLY". So....

Yeah someone posted something similar not long ago... it sounds about right based on what's on the spreadsheet. Still useful to know, thanks for sharing!

EG2015

Hello all, great news, this morning I received an email to request my photos and an updated information chart.

SchnookoLoly

Woohoo! Huzzah for Mississauga being exceptionally quick! Looks like they take a bit longer to issue COPR, but hopefully that's not far behind - maybe a month from now or so? Congrats!

lramsey11

Arrrggh! Congratulation EG2015!

I am also in Mississauga but our application received on October 21st and that's where we still are at! Not looking to promising when assessing everyone else who has been sent there, before and after our application. Still just fingers crossed I suppose!