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MARCH 2017 *OUTLAND SPOUSAL APPLICANT*

BlueGreen

Star Member
Mar 13, 2017
75
28
Category........
FAM
Visa Office......
Ottawa
App. Filed.......
14-03-2017
AOR Received.
23-03-2017
File Transfer...
01-05-2017
Med's Done....
17-11-2016
Passport Req..
19-10-2017
VISA ISSUED...
07-11-2017
LANDED..........
13-12-2017
Has anyone whose file has been sent to the Ottawa visa office tried calling or emailing them for a status update? The immigration web site states that the Ottawa visa office will not provide routine status updates, but I am curious if anyone has had any success in contacting them.
 

xrubanx

Star Member
Feb 28, 2017
64
31
Visa Office......
Mississauga
App. Filed.......
31-03-2017
AOR Received.
01-08-2017
Med's Done....
28-09-2017
Passport Req..
24-10-2017
LANDED..........
06-06-2017
Just a note about a few things with my application. We submitted on March 31st and had SA fairly quickly. We never had any request for PCC and schedule A, so I submitted them over email and mailed in hard copies. Since that time, we have been contacted twice to clarify a few gaps in the schedule A and provide an address for secondary school. Those requests came 2 weeks ago, and I was able to upload schedule A through the system. I have not heard anything since. Nothing to say the file is being transferred or anything to say the background check has started.

Also to add that we have now relocated to Canada, so that I could start work (I am a citizen and the sponsor). We had 1 way tickets and stated on our customs documents that husband and child would be staying for 6 months. We had to go through several people to explain the situation at the border, and speak with the supervisor. I had my employment letter and proof of medical insurance for 6months. The border agents were very friendly, and basically said Husband and child were fine to enter as long as he did not work, and as long as we were aware that they must leave the country when 6 months had lapsed if a visa was not confirmed.

So now we just keep on waiting. I think our file will be difficult as my son is a NZ/US citizen and my husband is English. We were PR in New Zealand prior to moving to Canada, so I have no idea which office our application will be outsourced to.
 

Cdnpr2017

Hero Member
Dec 31, 2016
467
13
Has anyone whose file has been sent to the Ottawa visa office tried calling or emailing them for a status update? The immigration web site states that the Ottawa visa office will not provide routine status updates, but I am curious if anyone has had any success in contacting them.
I emailed them several times. I always get a response within 2-3 hours
 

HBPATEL

Full Member
Feb 8, 2015
21
0
Category........
FAM
Visa Office......
NDVO
App. Filed.......
28-03-2017
Doc's Request.
Not Yet
AOR Received.
SA approved 23-04-2017, no updates after
File Transfer...
not yet
Med's Request
waiting
Just a note about a few things with my application. We submitted on March 31st and had SA fairly quickly. We never had any request for PCC and schedule A, so I submitted them over email and mailed in hard copies. Since that time, we have been contacted twice to clarify a few gaps in the schedule A and provide an address for secondary school. Those requests came 2 weeks ago, and I was able to upload schedule A through the system. I have not heard anything since. Nothing to say the file is being transferred or anything to say the background check has started.

Also to add that we have now relocated to Canada, so that I could start work (I am a citizen and the sponsor). We had 1 way tickets and stated on our customs documents that husband and child would be staying for 6 months. We had to go through several people to explain the situation at the border, and speak with the supervisor. I had my employment letter and proof of medical insurance for 6months. The border agents were very friendly, and basically said Husband and child were fine to enter as long as he did not work, and as long as we were aware that they must leave the country when 6 months had lapsed if a visa was not confirmed.

So now we just keep on waiting. I think our file will be difficult as my son is a NZ/US citizen and my husband is English. We were PR in New Zealand prior to moving to Canada, so I have no idea which office our application will be outsourced to.



silimar case here.
28th March
NO Sch A PCC request

which email ID you sent the documents? how did you get that email id?
 

HBPATEL

Full Member
Feb 8, 2015
21
0
Category........
FAM
Visa Office......
NDVO
App. Filed.......
28-03-2017
Doc's Request.
Not Yet
AOR Received.
SA approved 23-04-2017, no updates after
File Transfer...
not yet
Med's Request
waiting
No, you need to mail the original.

hi,
i think copies should be fine. Reason is, if they can work with scan copy, copies should also be fine.
Feel free to correct me if i am wrong.
 

gamzenoakes

Star Member
Feb 27, 2017
86
47
Turkey
Visa Office......
Ankara
App. Filed.......
09/03/2017
AOR Received.
13/03/2017
File Transfer...
24/05/2017
Med's Request
27/03/2017
Med's Done....
04/04/2017
My background check has been in progress since May 26, 2017, with no updates or requests since then.
Hi there,
How do you know "your background check is in progress" ? Does it say in your Gckey account?
Or your ECAS is in process?
Or is there any other way to check that?
 

gamzenoakes

Star Member
Feb 27, 2017
86
47
Turkey
Visa Office......
Ankara
App. Filed.......
09/03/2017
AOR Received.
13/03/2017
File Transfer...
24/05/2017
Med's Request
27/03/2017
Med's Done....
04/04/2017
No, you need to mail the original.
the scanned or the copy are fine. I uploaded the scanned police check onto Gckey, and it was accepted.
 

yoge

Hero Member
Feb 11, 2017
916
392
canada
Category........
FAM
Visa Office......
colombo
App. Filed.......
07-02-2017 app return 21-02-2017 resubmit 29-03-2017 citizenship app filled online 2023-Apr-10
Doc's Request.
Sch a and pcc uploaded via gc key 17/05/2007
AOR Received.
21-04-2017
File Transfer...
29-05-2017
Med's Request
01-09-2017 Re-medical Request 30-Jul-2019
Med's Done....
20-09-2017 Re-Medical Done 05th-Aug-2019
Interview........
13-03-2018 Ecas in process 05/26/2017 Aor2 05/29/2017 Ecas Changed To DM 31-Mar-2018
Passport Req..
Application Refused 2018-04-11 appeal file 2018-apr-20 Iad Confirmation May-09-2018 full hearing 23 rd may 2019 @edmonton Appel Won 14-june-2019 Additional Document Request 30-Jul-2019 doc send 13-Aug-2019 Bio metric req 13-aug-2019 Bio Completed 15-aug-2019 PPR 01-Nov-2019
VISA ISSUED...
13-11-2019
LANDED..........
26-11-2019

preity

Hero Member
Jun 25, 2012
269
28
Visa Office......
Mississauga/NVDO
I received AOR2 from NDVO on June 19th. The background check status says "Not Applicable". Is that normal ? At what point would it to change to background check in progress ?