November 2011 applicants

[ps3playa]

My status on Thursday last week was ‘Application Received' but on Friday it was changed to ‘Decision made'. When I clicked on it, it says:

We received your application to sponsor [NAME] on November 23, 2011.
We sent you a letter on January 24, 2012 about the decision on your application. Please consider delays in mail delivery before contacting us.

I am still waiting for my approval letter. Hopefully I am going to get it on Monday. Fingers crossed.

Good luck to everyone.

This is exactly what my e-Cas says (different dates ofcourse). I chose to have my updates sent to me via email, hence, I got mine right away. Perhaps, you have yours setup via conventional mail, so your approval should be with you soon

[EagerFever]

Hi I wanted to ask how many more steps are left

- application received by CIC
- sponsor approved
- ?
- ?
- ?

also, is AOR the same as sponsor approval letter.

I received a letter stating I qualify as a sponsor and application has been sent to Buffalo.

What will happen after?

What timelines am I looking at? Does it really take 11 months?

[san360]

This is exactly what my e-Cas says (different dates ofcourse). I chose to have my updates sent to me via email, hence, I got mine right away. Perhaps, you have yours setup via conventional mail, so your approval should be with you soon

I hope so ps3playa. I can't wait to see it.
I am a Canadian too sponsoring my wife in India. I don't remember the option I chose. But I have got my AOR through email though.
I just checked my e-Cas and there is no change in the status. 

[pelipeli]

Hi I wanted to ask how many more steps are left

- application received by CIC
- sponsor approved
- ?
- ?
- ?

also, is AOR the same as sponsor approval letter.

I received a letter stating I qualify as a sponsor and application has been sent to Buffalo.

What will happen after?

What timelines am I looking at? Does it really take 11 months?

Congrats! next steps are Passport request, then VISA (if no interview request) From what Ive been reading, some have separate AOR aside from sponsorship approval.

[EagerFever]

Thanks!

So if that email notified me of my number, confirmation of approval as a sponsor and indicated the file has been sent to Buffalo that would be my AOR?

[pelipeli]

Thanks!

So if that email notified me of my number, confirmation of approval as a sponsor and indicated the file has been sent to Buffalo that would be my AOR?

im not so sure but some that receive AOR say it only states that their app has been received on a particular date. but hey, u have been approved already so don't fret =) maybe those who have received AOR can clarify? Ive seen several from the November spreadsheet who received AOR's.

[EagerFever]

Could be then.

I got my approval letter via email and it read if you received it via email you will not receive one via snail mail..

[mumbles]

Thanks!

So if that email notified me of my number, confirmation of approval as a sponsor and indicated the file has been sent to Buffalo that would be my AOR?

The AOR is when you get an email after sponsorship approval...most of the time the Spomsorship email goes to the sponsors email and then the AOR is sent to the applicants email....so your Sponsorship approval is not the same as your AOR....even though it is transferred right away..

Cheers

[ps3playa]

I hope so ps3playa. I can't wait to see it.
I am a Canadian too sponsoring my wife in India. I don't remember the option I chose. But I have got my AOR through email though.
I just checked my e-Cas and there is no change in the status. 

Form IMM 1344, page 2 Box 1 reads:
-all correspondence with go to this address, unless you indicate an e-mail address below
-indicating an email address will authorize all correspondence, including file and personal information, to be sent to the e-mail address you specify

So if you entered an email address for yourself in the application (and you probably did, since you got your AOR on it), CIC is only going to email you with updates/documents. This also means that your approval should have been emailed to you as a PDF. e-Cas would still read that we have sent you a letter as it is a generic status. So if you don't see the letter by Feb 4th, call them and ask. Also, check your junk folders and such.

[pelipeli]

Could be then.

I got my approval letter via email and it read if you received it via email you will not receive one via snail mail..

yep ive heard of that too, once u select email, no more snail mail. Ive been reading December batch thread and some few people got AOR 3 weeks from filing , which is different from sponsorship approval.

[EagerFever]

Yes, I had included my email and I did receive a PDF version of the letter

I was wondering if that letter is what an AOR is if it states I qualify to sponsor and file has been sent to Buffalo.

Also, I checked the status online it has 2 hyperlinks.

1 reads: Sponsorship Application Status - Decision made
2 reads: Sponsor's - PR Application Status - File and medical received on Nov 24, 2011.

Does not indicate In Process or something. So the next step would be they either call for interview or something?

[san360]

Form IMM 1344, page 2 Box 1 reads:
-all correspondence with go to this address, unless you indicate an e-mail address below
-indicating an email address will authorize all correspondence, including file and personal information, to be sent to the e-mail address you specify

So if you entered an email address for yourself in the application (and you probably did, since you got your AOR on it), CIC is only going to email you with updates/documents. This also means that your approval should have been emailed to you as a PDF. e-Cas would still read that we have sent you a letter as it is a generic status. So if you don't see the letter by Feb 4th, call them and ask. Also, check your junk folders and such.

Thank you. I checked the copy of my application and yes I gave my email address for all the correspondances. I have been checking the junk mail folders as well. I will check my mails next week. If I don't get it, I will call them by end of next week.

[jax2k3]

hey everybody,
so my wife came to canada in aug, 2011 and we got married here. and i submitted my application in nov 25, 2011. and i recieved an email from cic on jan 23 saying they recieved my application. on jan 24 got another email saying i have been approved and transferred to new delhi office for processing. how much longer til it is approved from india side?

also can someone add me to the nov 2011 spreadsheet?

[StateOfConfusion]

Can someone add my sponsor approval date to the spreadsheet?  It was January 20, I am guessing it got missed in the hubbub of the weekend .  Thanks

[caninfoseeker]

HI to every one, Wife sponsoring me. Please include my name in the list to see what luck unfolds in time to come.
Application sent: 23 November 2011
acknowledgement received: 21 January 2012
Approved and transferred to visa office:24 January 2012
PR fees: not paid with application. Is there any way to pay it now?
Waiting period at Visa office Islamabad: 26 months
Good Luck to every one on the board.