HighCeiling

Update to the spreadsheet

AOR. 7th July 2016 (the email says they received the application 20th June 2016.). So I have a UCI number and an Application Number. I am unable to check the application status, as I assume it isn't being processed yet, plus the website says it updates every Tuesday.

stupid_old_fart

We are beginning to see the backlog program in action on my other forums Inland thread, some March 2016 Inland applications are starting to receive SA (3 months processing down from 15 months).

natcat7000

A bit more info to add to the spreadsheet please and thank you:

We received sponsorship approval on 7 July 2016. I can now find us on their system which is nice. We have been sent to London for PR processing (bit of a longer wait for us then I guess).

TC8474

Email received yesterday entitled "ready for visa"! We're over the moon!

Thank you to everyone on this forum for their help and to Schnook in particular for getting us to this point.

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SchnookoLoly

Yay, glad it's all sorted out! I've just guessed at dates on your line on the spreadsheet, and I am assuming it's gone to Ottawa given your processing time. Keep an eye out for the COPR now and read the wiki article on landing! Congrats!

Does the website actually say it updates on Tuesdays? That said the Tuesday thing generalyl is a farce I find, people have had updates all days of the week including Saturdays. So don't put too much weight on that.

Bit longer but at least it's the next step in the process!

Everyone updated.

(Side note, I am back at work now from mat leave so actually can check on here a bit more regularly when I am procrastinating on things and be more available than I've been int he past!)

Hurlabrick

Just received an email from CIC Mississauga acknowledging receipt as at 23/6/2016.

At least I now have my UCI number, but doesn't yet seem to work - I assume I need to wait a couple of days to allow the case to start to be 'in process' or whatever.

SchnookoLoly

Got it! The UCI might take a day or two. Also make sure you are selecting England or Scotland or whatever as your place of birth and NOT United Kingdom.

Hurlabrick

OK - stooopid question then, WHO'S details should I be entering on the login screen, mine as sponsor (I assume so) or my wife's as Applicant (and yes, the Scotland thing applies to her)?

SchnookoLoly

Either.

The sponsor will be able to see both "halves" of the sponsorship process, the sponsor part and the PR part. The Applicant will only be able to see the second half.

Shoshannah

Hello All,

An update for the spreadsheet.

My documets arrived yesterday and I am now waiting for an appointment with the CIC to stamp them as I am not able to leave the country and re-enter. It's 6 weeks for them to call me with an appointment, but I think I'll be able to handle that after two years of waiting

I'll let you know how that goes.

SchnookoLoly

Awesome, huge congrats and glad it's finally over! Hopefully you hear back from them soon!

English Timbit

Hello!

Can anyone guide me on some options? My other half has to head back to Canada on September 1st due to her UK visa expiring. We have called the UK Visa people and also the border control, and her entering again as a visitor is a bit of a grey area since she has been here on a 2 year working visa.

Our application was received back in November, and SA was given in January. Since then we have heard nothing back at all.

Does anyone have any advice on how we could do this without having to be apart for an extended period of time? Or is it just a case of sucking it up and waiting for DM?

SchnookoLoly

Honestly, no one can give you a guarantee one way or the other. If she tries to re-enter the UK, she'll have to show proof that she is only entering as a visitor. She can say that she was on a work visa but it's expired, she's applied for sponsorship for you in Canada (show proof), she's wanting to wait in the UK with you until you have approval and then oyu'll both be moving, she should show other ties to Canada as much as she can... all you can do is put together the best case you possibly can and see what happens.

English Timbit

Thanks for the reply,

Is it much the same if I was to enter Canada as a visitor whilst waiting for approval?

SchnookoLoly

Pretty much. It's a bit different in Canada particularly if you've already got an application filed with CIC, that's why it's called 'dual intent'... you clearly are intending to stay permanently, but you have taken legitimate and demonstrable steps to acquiring legal status in Canada. So CBSA will nearly always let in someone who has a PR application on file.

Whether the UK is okay with that or not is another story, though.