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WeegieInOttawa

Champion Member
Jun 11, 2017
1,126
372
Ottawa
Category........
FAM
Visa Office......
London (UK)
App. Filed.......
24-10-2017
AOR Received.
08-12-2017
File Transfer...
24-01-2018
Med's Request
11-12-2017
Med's Done....
02-01-2018
MyCIC shows my medical exam passed today - Jan 17th. Medical was done on 2nd Jan and the doctors office only sent them the results yesterday so a quick turnaround there.

ECAS still shows nothing except them receiving my application on 25th Oct.
 
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Alex54321

Hero Member
Jul 28, 2017
513
127
USA
Category........
FAM
App. Filed.......
20-10-2017
AOR Received.
01-12-2017
Thank you.
Today January 16, 2018 got an official email with attached letter of SA.
Things suddenly speed up.
Went to do medical on Saturday, Jan 13, 2018; I was able directly to browse lab results online on Jan 16, 2018, but doctor told to contact him in a week as far as to check the date when he files e-medical, and today, on January 17, 2018:

- GCKey account shows "Review of medical results - You passed the medical exam"
- ECAS system shows for PA - "In Process"; Medical results have been received.
- Got email with attached letter stating that Application has been forwarded to the VO.
 
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Kishaloy_Paul

Star Member
Dec 4, 2017
174
67
What a fast case! Congrats!
@cango2017 Friend, do you know how days visa office generally takes for making a decision or giving any update? My file is processing in Singapore VO and they have informed us on January 03, 2018. After that there is no update, even they didn't ask for medical & PCC yet? Don't know what is going over there...........
IT'S STRESSFUL!!!
 

Kishaloy_Paul

Star Member
Dec 4, 2017
174
67
Is there a difference between the sponsor's ECAS and that of the principle applicant? I haven't yet succeeded in logging into the principal applicant's ECAS but am have no issues logging into the sponsor's ECAS. It always says that it is unable to identify us using the information that I provided when I try.
There is no big difference between the two ECAS accounts. PA's ECAS account only shows his/her information and sponsor's ECAS account shows the information for both people.
 

yukkiRN

Star Member
Nov 30, 2017
58
66
Nova Scotia
Category........
FAM
App. Filed.......
19-10-2017
Med's Done....
22-12-2017
Things suddenly speed up.
Went to do medical on Saturday, Jan 13, 2018; I was able directly to browse lab results online on Jan 16, 2018, but doctor told to contact him in a week as far as to check the date when he files e-medical, and today, on January 17, 2018:

- GCKey account shows "Review of medical results - You passed the medical exam"
- ECAS system shows for PA - "In Process"
- Got email with attached letter stating that Application has been forwarded to the VO
I thought your application would stay in Mississauga as both of you reside in the US. Which VO are they forwarding to?
 
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rikta92

Star Member
Nov 29, 2017
77
29
Bosnia
Category........
FAM
App. Filed.......
18.20.2017
Is it possible that they dont update BGC started processing on GCkey? I see a lot of people get processing already for month even more.
 

posse

Champion Member
Oct 1, 2017
1,683
587
Category........
FAM
Visa Office......
London, UK
App. Filed.......
17-10-2017
Doc's Request.
06-12-2017
AOR Received.
07-12-2017
File Transfer...
17-01-2018
Med's Request
06-12-2017
Med's Done....
13-12-2017
Got an email yesterday that the file has been transferred to London visa office
 

drewssp

Full Member
Dec 3, 2017
39
28
Thank you all who answered my question about the difference in ECAS accounts. Very helpful. I still haven't succeed in logging into the PA's ECAS account and I don't think it's even worth trying.

In other news, I just got my the file transfer email. October 26th applicant going to the London VO. I was curious which VO it would go to since the PA is Chinese but living in the UAE and the sponsor is canadian but living in China. I guess they go by whichever VO services the country that the applicant is currently residing in.
 
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WeegieInOttawa

Champion Member
Jun 11, 2017
1,126
372
Ottawa
Category........
FAM
Visa Office......
London (UK)
App. Filed.......
24-10-2017
AOR Received.
08-12-2017
File Transfer...
24-01-2018
Med's Request
11-12-2017
Med's Done....
02-01-2018
Ecas now showing that my medical results have been received.

My GCKEY changed to medical passed yesterday though so not new news!

But good to see they are updating both!
 

Khadija87

Member
Jun 3, 2017
17
0
CSQ and Medical Exam are required for the second time
please I need your help, I am a us citizen and my husband is a Canadian permanent resident, so we applied our family class sponsorship the end of September , our application was received on September 29, we got a letter that has the application number and they as me to link my application online, so I did and they ask me to provide schedule A and medical exam, I tried send schedule A trough my online account but it keep saying not submitted to IRCC, so I decided to send all my documents by mail to this address since I am Outland applicant:
  • Application for spouses, common-law partners or conjugal partners and dependent children (currently living outside Canada):
    CPC Mississauga
    P.O. Box 3000, Station A
    Mississauga, ON
    L5A 4N6
    and it showed me it was delivered December 8, then I send my medical exam and it was delivered in December 14, I also send it prove that I am waiting for my background checks, and I send two from tow different countries to the same address. Then my husband got a letter from them saying that he is approved to sponsor me and they ask him "de présenter une demande d'engagement " and at the same time they ask me to fill out CSQ Certificat de selection du Quebec, so my husband send the Agreement and Undertaking (demande d'engagement) with the CSQ and it was received on January 4, 2018. But today they send me a letter saying in order to continue the processing of your application we require the following documents
    .CSQ
    .Medical exam
    But we already send them
    Do you guys have any idea why they are asking me to provide these documents again? Is it possible that they didn't receive them?
    Did I sent them to the wrong address?
    I am really lost , please any advice I don't know what happened
 

Christine M

Star Member
Oct 5, 2017
89
69
Our file processing has started in Singapore VO on January 03, 2018 and now there is no update yet. May be its to early to get any update but still its stressful!!

In which VO is processing your file?
It’s Manila Visa office. Almost two months now and no update yet
 

cango2017

Star Member
Aug 13, 2017
78
11
@cango2017 Friend, do you know how days visa office generally takes for making a decision or giving any update? My file is processing in Singapore VO and they have informed us on January 03, 2018. After that there is no update, even they didn't ask for medical & PCC yet? Don't know what is going over there...........
IT'S STRESSFUL!!!
We actually don't have a clue either. I think there should be a request letter from your VO office (AOR2) which confirms your app and requests your documents, this just happened to us. And we are waiting for multi PCC at the moment. I guess after we mail all the requested docs it gonna take 2 more months to do background check and so on. Just be patient and see what happens... Good luck!
 

likaagb

Star Member
Sep 23, 2017
61
5
Manila Visa Office is very slow when it comes to processing papers. I have 3 friends here who also sponsor their spouses and it took 10 months before MVO request their passport. They complained it to CIC Canada then days after they received an email requesting for passport.