elegant.heena said:
Hello Everybody
I also sent my application in may has been received by office (Hopefully everything is fine)....
can processing time be faster than 45+ days.....
does it depend on the file as well...
what do they really check in sponsorship evaluation....
will Processing time may come down near future....
Best of the best wishes to all of us......
you are quite a long way from getting your acknowledgement of receipt (AOR) and hearing about sponsorship approval (SA). CIC is currently working on applications received on/before April 4th. Currently, people from april 1 & 2 are receiving their AOR and SA. The actual processing time is actually been longer than the posted 47 days. Keep in mind, the date the application is "received" may or may not correspond with the date it was delivered. No one knows how it really works there, and the actual "received" date may be a bit later than you think.
The best way to know what dates they are working on is to go here:
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/inFORMation/times/perm-fc.asp
As for what they check for sponsorship approval, the 2 biggest concerns seems to be whether the sponsor has a criminal record (particularly against family members), as well as whether they have used social assistance (welfare) in the past 12 months. This does not include mat leave or EI benefits, only welfare.
You will most likely not be able to check your status in the online system called ECAS until at least receiving AOR. Even then, it's not guaranteed. The AOR will have the file and/or UCI number, and those are the numbers that work in the system. The receipt numbers do not work, even though the system suggests otherwise. For a majority of applicants, the online system does not start working until 2-3 days AFTER receiving SA. Most people get AOR & SA in email, though some have reported recently they are getting SA by regular mail. Again, CIC is a mystery, so it's never guaranteed what one person gets, the next person gets the same.
