Hi both,
once online application submitted, you get new message in your e-mail from "donotreply" with following subject "You have a new message in your MyCIC account for application: S300------", which would mean confirmation on successful submission of online application. Normally on the same date or next you get another message from "donotreply" with following subject "Your application(S300------) has been updated" which would mean that your application processing has been started.
If you log into your "mycic account", go to the submitted application, and click on "check status and messages", on the right side of of application statuse you will interrogative mark, and by clicking on that button you will read following info:
Your application may be open, closed, or cancelled.
If the status is open, it means that we have received your application. When we begin to process your file, you will be notified of a change in your application status through your account.
If the status is closed, it means that a final decision has been reached on your application.
If the status is cancelled, it means that before a final decision was made, CIC determined that we did not need to process the application. This could be due to:
an administrative error and your application needs to be re-created by CIC,
an extension of status is required before a permit application can be processed, and/or
CIC determined you do not need what you applied for.
Hope this was of help.