December 2011 Applicants - Join here!

[ocanadaguy]

They'll be updating it late April.. that's the next time.. Hopefully you'll see the days go down... The longest date they post is the amount of time it takes 80% of people to be processed through the V/O... I seen Vienna is at 8 months.. and i've seen some people to through in about 1 month... where others with military checks, they take much longer.

[lovehasnoboundaries]

They'll be updating it late April.. that's the next time.. Hopefully you'll see the days go down... The longest date they post is the amount of time it takes 80% of people to be processed through the V/O... I seen Vienna is at 8 months.. and i've seen some people to through in about 1 month... where others with military checks, they take much longer.

Thanks, yes I meant April. I guess it wouldn't be so bad if we got regular updates on ecas, I think someone applying at Manilla VO said they receive updates bi weekly, that's awesome!!

[kiwicanuck]

I 'landed' today by crossing the border.

For anyone else already living in Canada and planning to land in this way, this is how it worked:
We (my husband and I) drove across the Lewiston border to the States. I told the USA border control officer that our reason for crossing was to simply turn around again so I could land, and he was very nice and said I wasn't the first to land today! As usual though, I had to go into the USA border control office to get a temporary visa to enter the US. However, when called up to the front, the officer told me there were two options:

1) get the temporary visa to the US (a green piece of paper stapled to my passport), carry on across the border and then turn around once in the US;
or 2) be turned around right there, in a process called 'flagpoling' - this is essentially being refused admittance to the US, but the officer assured me this did NOT have to be declared on any questionnaire asking if I'd been refused admittance, since it was just for the processing of immigration documents.

The only reason to choose option 1 would be if we had planned to do some shopping or something in the US; so we chose option 2 and were immediately directed through a special route towards the Canadian border control office. We went inside and within ten minutes we were on our way again. The officer didn't ask any questions other than my Canadian address to send the PR card to. He checked my passport and the Confirmation of Permanent Residence document I received from Sydney, then tore out my Student Visa and stapled in my copy of the COPR. He explained the PR card would come in 6-8 weeks, gave me a print-out with some info on getting a new SIN, and said Congratulations!! Altogether a painless process, and not requiring an appointment, which landing at a CIC office would do.

The very best of luck to all of you!!!

Please feel free to update the spreadsheet with your own information as the process moves along.

[lovehasnoboundaries]

Welcome home kiwicanuck!

[-FIREFLY-]

I 'landed' today by crossing the border.

For anyone else already living in Canada and planning to land in this way, this is how it worked:
We (my husband and I) drove across the Lewiston border to the States. I told the USA border control officer that our reason for crossing was to simply turn around again so I could land, and he was very nice and said I wasn't the first to land today! As usual though, I had to go into the USA border control office to get a temporary visa to enter the US. However, when called up to the front, the officer told me there were two options:

1) get the temporary visa to the US (a green piece of paper stapled to my passport), carry on across the border and then turn around once in the US;
or 2) be turned around right there, in a process called 'flagpoling' - this is essentially being refused admittance to the US, but the officer assured me this did NOT have to be declared on any questionnaire asking if I'd been refused admittance, since it was just for the processing of immigration documents.

The only reason to choose option 1 would be if we had planned to do some shopping or something in the US; so we chose option 2 and were immediately directed through a special route towards the Canadian border control office. We went inside and within ten minutes we were on our way again. The officer didn't ask any questions other than my Canadian address to send the PR card to. He checked my passport and the Confirmation of Permanent Residence document I received from Sydney, then tore out my Student Visa and stapled in my copy of the COPR. He explained the PR card would come in 6-8 weeks, gave me a print-out with some info on getting a new SIN, and said Congratulations!! Altogether a painless process, and not requiring an appointment, which landing at a CIC office would do.

The very best of luck to all of you!!!

Please feel free to update the spreadsheet with your own information as the process moves along.

Thats such wonderful news! Thank you for the detailed account. Its nice to know what to expect and what our options are. Remember to  sign up for a care card too!

[disisme]

{{{We received your application to sponsor "disisme" on December 22, 2011.
 
 We started processing your application on February 13, 2012.

 We sent you a letter on February 14, 2012 about the decision on your application. Please consider delays in mail delivery before contacting us.}}}

Dear all, I check ecas almost everyday for an update and get the same thing. Am I getting over optimistic?? When do you think I shd get my PPR!!! pls advise

[CHANZ.DREW]

{{{We received your application to sponsor "disisme" on December 22, 2011.
 
 We started processing your application on February 13, 2012.

 We sent you a letter on February 14, 2012 about the decision on your application. Please consider delays in mail delivery before contacting us.}}}

Dear all, I check ecas almost everyday for an update and get the same thing. Am I getting over optimistic?? When do you think I shd get my PPR!!! pls advise

I got my approval on Feb 1, up to now I have not receive any news ....hopefully soon.....my ecas status haven't changed yet

[ksunny]

Hi guys,

Just an update!! My E-Cas got changed to "In Process" today!! Such exciting news for us!! This is what it says:

Permanent Residence
We received your application for permanent residence on December 30, 2011.
 
We started processing your application on March 16, 2012.
 
Medical results have been received.

Hopefully we get DM soon! Good luck to everyone else!

[srinivas.vadapalli]

Hi guys,

Just an update!! My E-Cas got changed to "In Process" today!! Such exciting news for us!! This is what it says:

Permanent Residence
We received your application for permanent residence on December 30, 2011.
 
We started processing your application on March 16, 2012.
 
Medical results have been received.

Hopefully we get DM soon! Good luck to everyone else!

Congrats Buddy

[JEFFandJANET]

Congratulations CanadiansWife!

I got my COPR today, dated March 5th. Didn't get a PPR at all!

We plan to drive over the Canada-Buffo border tomorrow so I can 'land'

Great - congratulations, welcome to Canada. Congrats to others making progress.

[JEFFandJANET]

I have a feeling that my hubby and I are going to receive an update next week. Lol! My instinct is telling me.

I also am watching these Dec applicants through Manila closely, I am only a few days behind you.

[Jenny parsely]

Hi all,


when I login to E-CAS using my application no, I get the message " application received". What does it mean by " application received"? Does that mean that my application is " In process" or they have just received my application and there is still the process needs to be started.

My processing centre is Buffalo,NY.

Please advise

[ksunny]

Hi all,


when I login to E-CAS using my application no, I get the message " application received". What does it mean by " application received"? Does that mean that my application is " In process" or they have just received my application and there is still the process needs to be started.

My processing centre is Buffalo,NY.

Please advise

It means your Application has been received by your VO. There should be another stage when your ecas will change to In Process and I think that is when they do the final review of the file before making a decision. This may be incorrect as we never know what they are really doing in immigration office but we can all make an educated guess.

[SBDelhi]

My Ecas say - IN PROCESS 

[ksunny]

My Ecas say - IN PROCESS 

Congrats SBDelhi!!!