Outland (living in Canada) sponsor app. transferred to our country VO. Good or bad things to expect?

[anthonyjr]

My application to sponsor my wife (with 2 dependents, both are our children) received an update after half year idling. The update said our application will be transferred to our home country Ho Chi Minh City Consulate General of Canada, Visa Section. This is not a global VO, only for applications from Vietnam.

Here is our timeline.
Submitted: Sep 2025
AOR: Oct 2025
Sponsor Eligible: Nov 2025 from CPC Mississauga
BIL & MIL: Dec 2025
Applicant Eligibility changed from Not Started to In Progress on Jan 2026 (few days before tracker down)
Open Work Permit approved Jan 2026.
No update since then.
GCMS note received July 2026, nothing special.

Until few days ago I received an update on GCKey saying the application is being transferred.

Not sure what to expect here. Is that a normal procedure for outland? Or they need to look further at something?

 

[canuck78]

My application to sponsor my wife (with 2 dependents, both are our children) received an update after half year idling. The update said our application will be transferred to our home country Ho Chi Minh City Consulate General of Canada, Visa Section. This is not a global VO, only for applications from Vietnam.

Here is our timeline.
Submitted: Sep 2025
AOR: Oct 2025
Sponsor Eligible: Nov 2025 from CPC Mississauga
BIL & MIL: Dec 2025
Applicant Eligibility changed from Not Started to In Progress on Jan 2026 (few days before tracker down)
Open Work Permit approved Jan 2026.
No update since then.
GCMS note received July 2026, nothing special.

Until few days ago I received an update on GCKey saying the application is being transferred.

Not sure what to expect here. Is that a normal procedure for outland? Or they need to look further at something?

Assume this is due to your complex application.