Process time....

[shanene]

When does the approximate process time officially start that is posted on the website for each country?......

• After the office receives first contact from you?
  After the date you receive your first letter for approval as a sponsor?
  Or after date that documents are sent to the 2nd visa office responsible for your spouses country???

Thank you....

[GK]

I believe it is calculated from the day it is received by CIC (doesn't mean they has started the process).  For us it was pretty much 90 days on the day calculated from the day they received it (based on the tracking number).

[torresandino]

I emailed the Los Angeles consulate and asked the same questio and was told that the processing time is from the time that the first office gets the application