February 2020 Spousal sponsorship Outland

[vvenancio]

Congratulations!
Next step is passport request (If PA is from visa required country)
Once you get the request, you may have to send passport to VO. They will stamp visa and send it back along with COPR.

May I ask what is your timeline? And which country PA is from?

Hello! I'm the PA, I'm from Portugal, Sponsor is my wife (Canadian Citizen), so I'm Visa exempt.

And I'm currently in Canada visiting, do you know if it's possible to finish my process without living Canada?

Application received 03-02-2020
AOR1 15-02-2020
Sponsor Aproved 26-02-2020
Biometric Request 21-02-2020
Biometric Passed 04-03-2020
Medical Request 24-02-2020
Medical Passed 14-03-2020
Moved to CPC-M 27-02-2020
Decision Made on ECAS seen today, maybe it was on 16-10-2020

 

[vvenancio]

Congratulations!
I think next will be the passport request.
Do u mind sharing which country your PA is from and which VO your application was sent? And timline as well. Thank you in advance.

Thank you! Already replied to someone else, you can check it.

 

[Ammy7009]

OUTLAND FEBRUARY APPLICANT

FEB 11-Aor
Feb 27-Biometrics request
Feb 28-Medical request
March 04-Medical done
March 04-File transferred to CPCM
March 05-Biometrics done
March 17-Medical passed
!arch 17-Oct 14 covid- complete silence
October 15- ghost update (morning)
October 15- DM on both sides

How you got Ghost update? Mine is almost same timeline. File transferred to CPC-M on Feb. 6 and last update is medical approved on March 17.
I saw notification as Application/Profile updated on friday. Opened it and no update. Now it went back to Submitted.

 

[ph2020]

How you got Ghost update? Mine is almost same timeline. File transferred to CPC-M on Feb. 6 and last update is medical approved on March 17.
I saw notification as Application/Profile updated on friday. Opened it and no update. Now it went back to Submitted.

That is the ghost update. Once you check your account using online tool, you can see "Account/Profile updated" then once you log out and log back in, it will go back to "Submitted"

Check your account tonight or within this week and check if you'll see any changes.

 

[Svd130]

Hello! I'm the PA, I'm from Portugal, Sponsor is my wife (Canadian Citizen), so I'm Visa exempt.

And I'm currently in Canada visiting, do you know if it's possible to finish my process without living Canada?

Application received 03-02-2020
AOR1 15-02-2020
Sponsor Aproved 26-02-2020
Biometric Request 21-02-2020
Biometric Passed 04-03-2020
Medical Request 24-02-2020
Medical Passed 14-03-2020
Moved to CPC-M 27-02-2020
Decision Made on ECAS seen today, maybe it was on 16-10-2020

Sorry, I do not know on how to proceed on this scenario.
Probably, someone else in the group can advise you or else you can try calling IRCC.

 

[bluffmaster88]

Hello! I'm the PA, I'm from Portugal, Sponsor is my wife (Canadian Citizen), so I'm Visa exempt.

And I'm currently in Canada visiting, do you know if it's possible to finish my process without living Canada?

Application received 03-02-2020
AOR1 15-02-2020
Sponsor Aproved 26-02-2020
Biometric Request 21-02-2020
Biometric Passed 04-03-2020
Medical Request 24-02-2020
Medical Passed 14-03-2020
Moved to CPC-M 27-02-2020
Decision Made on ECAS seen today, maybe it was on 16-10-2020

You don't have to leave Canada to complete landing. Once you received PPR, send a web form query regarding your situation, they will guide you with new procedure.

 

[Phalos]

You don't have to leave Canada to complete landing. Once you received PPR, send a web form query regarding your situation, they will guide you with new procedure.

Yeah I think its called a soft landing, like you just jump up and when you land, you are now PR, something like that...they will tell you what to do exactly.

 

[aj065]

How you got Ghost update? Mine is almost same timeline. File transferred to CPC-M on Feb. 6 and last update is medical approved on March 17.
I saw notification as Application/Profile updated on friday. Opened it and no update. Now it went back to Submitted.

Mine is also almost the same timeline but i have not recieved any mail

 

[armoured]

Hello! I'm the PA, I'm from Portugal, Sponsor is my wife (Canadian Citizen), so I'm Visa exempt.

And I'm currently in Canada visiting, do you know if it's possible to finish my process without living Canada?

Application received 03-02-2020
AOR1 15-02-2020
Sponsor Aproved 26-02-2020
Biometric Request 21-02-2020
Biometric Passed 04-03-2020
Medical Request 24-02-2020
Medical Passed 14-03-2020
Moved to CPC-M 27-02-2020
Decision Made on ECAS seen today, maybe it was on 16-10-2020

Yes but you should update your address to in Canada so that they know. Recently they've been dealing with such cases by having you send passport to Ottawa I think. Then they send you copr and I believe pr card directly.

You don't mention but how long have you been in Canada? Still well under the six months given at entry? You may have to look at extending your stay.

 

[Preenamit]

We got the PPR about ten days after the pre-arrival. But I wouldn't count on that, it seems to vary a lot by region and country, and previous experience here was that PPR was mre directly linked to decision made. (We didn't see decision made so I can't say in our own case)

Hey! Would you please like to share your timeline?

 

[Svd130]

Hi,
Does anyone know how the biometrics are used in application processing?
Is it possible for them to make final decision without biometrics?

The reason I ask this is, when I became PR back in 2018, I was never asked for biometrics. Why wont they make an exception and collect biometrics at port of entry during this pandemic?

 

[KADER9297]

File gone to Applicant's VISA office, they take 6 to 8 months depending which country some do even faster

Thanks for your reply

Do you have any experience when the letter (SA) saying "The Application for Permanent Residence for your relative(s) will be forwarded to the visa office in London for further processing." is this normal? I think they did not send yet cuz if they sent it should be "has been forwarded to the...etc"

appreciate if anyone can share their experience.

 

[Ammy7009]

Mine is also almost the same timeline but i have not recieved any mail

I haven’t received any mail either. It is just showing on GClogin as Application/Profile updated.

 

[Ammy7009]

That is the ghost update. Once you check your account using online tool, you can see "Account/Profile updated" then once you log out and log back in, it will go back to "Submitted"

Check your account tonight or within this week and check if you'll see any changes.

I checked today and it again was showing Application/Profile updated and when i opened again nothing . Hope i get some update soon.

 

[Elliotm1]

I called IRCC again today, they said that my application was received on Feb 13th and that they had started looking at it BEFORE covid hit, but that it hasn't been picked up again. I was given a temporary application number and told I could contact IRCC again through webform to request an update, but that I might just get another generic response. I sent the webform explaining my situation but am not feeling hopeful. I think somehow my application got lost in the grey area between covid shutdown and things starting back up..