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November 2018 Outland Applicants (Spousal Sponsorship)

chikki282

Star Member
Nov 13, 2018
159
223
Toronto, Ontario
Category........
FAM
Visa Office......
Sydney, NS
App. Filed.......
14-11-2018
Doc's Request.
28-03-2019
AOR Received.
16-01-2019
File Transfer...
27-02-2019
Med's Request
19-02-2019
Med's Done....
04-03-2019
Passport Req..
27-03-2019
VISA ISSUED...
05-04-2019
LANDED..........
21-06-2019
I got SA today! Now just waiting for the medical request and the holy trinity will be complete lol
 
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chikki282

Star Member
Nov 13, 2018
159
223
Toronto, Ontario
Category........
FAM
Visa Office......
Sydney, NS
App. Filed.......
14-11-2018
Doc's Request.
28-03-2019
AOR Received.
16-01-2019
File Transfer...
27-02-2019
Med's Request
19-02-2019
Med's Done....
04-03-2019
Passport Req..
27-03-2019
VISA ISSUED...
05-04-2019
LANDED..........
21-06-2019
Hi! We just did Biometrics in London this week. We showed up around 11am without an appointment. When you walk in there is a desk that you have to check in with. My partner showed them his Biometric Instruction letter and his passport, and then they printed off a slip of paper with a number on it and instructed him to go up to "level 2". We went up and waited for his number (on the slip of paper) to be called. When his number was called he went in the room, had finger prints taken and a photo which took about two minutes. Simple, and no questions asked! In total we waited around an hour, the office was quite busy. We wouldn't have done it any other way. No need for an appointment, just tell him to bring something to entertain himself while he waits :)
Thank you so much for that, my hubby was really stressing out about not being able to book an appointment. As mentioned, he's lurking on here so he'll know what to expect now! Thanks again!
 

Winner1021

Full Member
Jan 30, 2019
35
25
Toronto
Category........
FAM
Visa Office......
Kyiv
App. Filed.......
26-11-2018
AOR Received.
22-01-2019
File Transfer...
28-02-2019
Med's Request
19-02-2019
Med's Done....
21-02-2019
Passport Req..
23-05-2019
VISA ISSUED...
08-06-2019
LANDED..........
22-08-2019
Congrats, looking at the tracker we've had 3 people receive their SA today. :D

Out of interest, could you tell me what time GMT you received your biometrics request and was it via an email or in GCKEY?
8:43 AM (GMT -5). It was via GCKEY
 
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applefritter1

Star Member
Aug 23, 2018
68
98
UK citizen currently in Toronto
App. Filed.......
03-11-2018
AOR Received.
16-01-2019
Thank you so much for that, my hubby was really stressing out about not being able to book an appointment. As mentioned, he's lurking on here so he'll know what to expect now! Thanks again!
I'm going tomorrow ~ with an appointment as I only got back to the UK today, so I booked it a couple of weeks ago. Perhaps with an appointment there won't be an hour wait but we'll see :)
 
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Sulay8961

Hero Member
May 28, 2017
301
184
Visa Office......
London Visa office
Hi guys,

Quick question. Is there a time lag between when the status on Ecas changes to decision made for SA and when you get the official email confirmation? I have not received any email and nothing in my GCkey either
 

svilli

Hero Member
Jan 15, 2019
332
332
Hi guys,

Quick question. Is there a time lag between when the status on Ecas changes to decision made for SA and when you get the official email confirmation? I have not received any email and nothing in my GCkey either
I've got SA mail and in one hour ecas was DM for Sponsor (haven't checked it before)
GCkey stays:"Review of eligibility We are reviewing whether you meet the eligibility requirements" (4 hours after mail)
 

Sulay8961

Hero Member
May 28, 2017
301
184
Visa Office......
London Visa office
I've got SA mail and in one hour ecas was DM for Sponsor (haven't checked it before)
GCkey stays:"Review of eligibility We are reviewing whether you meet the eligibility requirements" (4 hours after mail)
Many thanks.

My Gckey had that status yesterday: Review of eligibility We are reviewing whether you meet the eligibility requirements"

Strange my ECAS was still in process yesterday for SA status.

Guess, process is different for everyone. I will wait for the email.

Thanks all
 
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chikki282

Star Member
Nov 13, 2018
159
223
Toronto, Ontario
Category........
FAM
Visa Office......
Sydney, NS
App. Filed.......
14-11-2018
Doc's Request.
28-03-2019
AOR Received.
16-01-2019
File Transfer...
27-02-2019
Med's Request
19-02-2019
Med's Done....
04-03-2019
Passport Req..
27-03-2019
VISA ISSUED...
05-04-2019
LANDED..........
21-06-2019
Hi guys,

Quick question. Is there a time lag between when the status on Ecas changes to decision made for SA and when you get the official email confirmation? I have not received any email and nothing in my GCkey either
My ECAS doesn't even say anything about any correspondence being sent to me, only "Decision Made" and then I was sent the email this morning. Definitely either the office attending to the application forgot to change the status or there is lag with their system.
 

JoshC

Hero Member
Nov 3, 2018
870
1,263
Canada
Category........
FAM
Visa Office......
Mississauga, ON
App. Filed.......
21-11-2018
AOR Received.
29-01-2019
File Transfer...
27-02-2019
Med's Request
19-02-2019
Med's Done....
25-02-2019
Passport Req..
14-05-2019
VISA ISSUED...
30-05-2019
My ECAS doesn't even say anything about any correspondence being sent to me, only "Decision Made" and then I was sent the email this morning. Definitely either the office attending to the application forgot to change the status or there is lag with their system.
ECAS is typically much quicker at updating than GCKEY.
 

Srinidhi D

Full Member
Dec 22, 2018
26
28
On ECAS it is showing Medical results have been received.
I have no account on gckey
What should I expect next on ECAS??
Does ECAS shows I passed medicals??
Or do I get any email from IRCC regarding medicals passed ??
 

karthik_kv

Full Member
Nov 29, 2014
37
22
Hi guys,

Quick question. Is there a time lag between when the status on Ecas changes to decision made for SA and when you get the official email confirmation? I have not received any email and nothing in my GCkey either
Yeah even I have same situation, in Ecas it says
"decision made" we sent correspondence regarding this.
This change happend on Feb1st but so far no email or postal mail or no message in signin partner also .