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Congratz to you and your esposo KJG! :D I hope the process to get his PRE is smooth and swift and that he arrives in Canada super pronto! And shuster, I hope your hubby gets a call from the embassy ASAP. I've got my fingers crossed for you. Looking at ECAS, I'm a little bit concerned ??? We...

I believe Labatt is a partial owner of Cristal...

Congratz KJG! This is awesome! And a pretty reasonable timeline I think, making the call to Yoani about 2 months after Havana would have received your application. Hopefully they will issue the visa same day as the interview :D and then shortly after that welcome to Canada Yoani ;D

KJG, your positive thoughts brought good news my way today :D At long last, we finally received the magical email today of sponsorship approval. No AOR, just the approval email. We're thrilled to have this news before the weekend. So our application will be in the diplomatic canoe enroute to...

It's backflip and happy dance time ;D ;D ;D At long last, we finally received the magical email today of sponsorship approval. No AOR, just the approval email. It came from the Ottawa pilot office. We're rooting for all the May applicants still waiting for approval. It's coming soon.

johare12, I cringed a little when I saw the June 15th approval. Wonderful for that applicant, but what about us ??? ??? ??? I would really appreciate some good news from CIC before the weekend.

Thanks for thinking about me KJG. Still nada from CIC. We're getting very anxious and would love to hear good news before the weekend, but who knows with this crazy process. A June 15th applicant got approval today...good for them, but what about the May applicants who are still waiting ??? ...

I really hope so, Sariss :) Spouse and I are really getting ansty.

The 1,2,1,2,1,0 is to talk to a rep. I don't have a UCI, so I have to go that route. I am not sure what the shortcut is to get to the menu where you input a UCI.

Just got off the phone with CIC call centre to check in on the status of our file. Sadly, nada :( The agent advised me that perhaps CIC would begin processing our application late next week. I'm not getting my hopes up.

Just got off the phone with CIC call centre to check in on the status of our file. Sadly, nada :( The agent advised me that perhaps CIC would begin processing my file late next week. For those interested, the agent clarified that it is not 86 days processing from when CIC opens an application...

I am deliberately tracking what CIC has been posting on its website (http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/perm-fc.asp) over the last few months, and not actual processing times for applicants as is already captured in the spreadsheets that forum members have made for the respective months.

I have been tracking sponsorship processing (Stage 1) times going back to the end of January 2012, but have been a little haphazard recently and am missing some values for late June and July 2012. Can anyone help me fill in the blanks? The missing values are highlighted in yellow. Many thanks...

I am ready to cry :'(

Thanks, KJG :D Much appreciated. My husband and I are really hoping to have good news from CIC this week. I'll keep you posted. Meantime, I'm rooting for everyone with files in Havana that the VOs process them lightning fast.

Fingers crossed! Toes too! Thanks for this, KJG :) It is a bit of a reassurance to know that CIC is at least working on some applications from earlier in May. As more and more June apps received sponsorship approval, I was starting to wonder if early and mid May apps got lost or buried. There...

I've had the same issue these past few days with texting. I've been receiving husband's texts, but he is only receiving mine sporadically. Husband asked someone who works at Cubacel, and he advised that this could be the case through Monday. Esposo mio is in Matanzas too, KJG, so we are waiting...

And thanks for the support KJG. I don't expect anything today, but am really hoping to have sponsorship approval by August 15, 2012. I am trying to buck up for the weekend. I've got a phone date with the esposo ;D

I've heard nothing :( I have to say, this whole process is very disheartening. Good for June applicants who are getting speedy approvals, but so frustrating for us April and May applicants who are still waiting. I know this happened to Feb/March applicants too. I'm sure we all have extra grey...

Wouldn't it be lovely if we could all have holidays until July 30th too? Hopefully CPC-M and CPC-O will keep churning out stage 1 approvals in the meantime. Still waiting on sponsorship approval :(