2024 Update?

[AnnieC]

Hi all. Anyone applied Outland Spousal Sponsorship in Nov/Dec 2024 and got approval recently?
Its so weird to see so many approvals of applicants who applied 3 or 4 months ago and we who applied in Dec 24 are here languishing with no updates from IRCC. Its true every application is different, but ours is a routine one; simple with no known complications, but here we are with no updates since February. Anybody else in the same boat?

 

[sgsmrp]

We applied December 6th 2024 and our last (ghost) update apart from updates caused by us submitting extra documents was January 2nd when the tracker marked Eligibility as completed. Radio silence since then because of the background check, no request for medical yet either. Also a fairly straightforward application for the most part.

I know it's frustrating but trust the process! It will be fine, we just need to wait.

Edit: Just realized that the last real update was actually on February 4th when my spouse got her sponsor eligibility email. Not sure if this is usually the case but the tracker didn't update to reflect this.

 

[Alex0924]

my wife is the same but worse than yours, we applied Sep,2024, when she passed medical exam and finger print request in Feb,2025 and no update anymore, i sent webform in June they asked me to wait .i am very frustrated and mad comparing others passed with only 4 month as our case is very simple and i am working for health authority in Canada, my wife is an accountant in a private company in China, our marriage is true. I am getting lost and big concern my family

 

[MARIE43]

Hi all. Anyone applied Outland Spousal Sponsorship in Nov/Dec 2024 and got approval recently?
Its so weird to see so many approvals of applicants who applied 3 or 4 months ago and we who applied in Dec 24 are here languishing with no updates from IRCC. Its true every application is different, but ours is a routine one; simple with no known complications, but here we are with no updates since February. Anybody else in the same boat?

Hi AnnieC,

Don't get discouraged, according to what I can see from this forum, applications from the Caribbean and South America take longer to process than applications from other places like India.

I applied since July, 2024 and I am still waiting. If it's any encouragement to you, the last update on our file was December 9th, then we had to wait 8 months for an interview request. The background check apparently takes a long time so just keep the faith. The waiting is agonizing I know.

After the interview according to the visa officer, we should hear back about an approval anytime soon. Hope this helps.