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I’m the wife (Canadian citizen) sponsoring my husband from Pakistan .

Received Passport request today ! Application submitted in Mississauga : June 26, 2017 First medical done: August 30, 2017 File received at LVO: September 18, 2017 Processing started in LVO: September 22, 2017 Pre-arrival received: January 30, 2018 Background check started: January 30...

@nizwajaved Have you received any further updates after your remedical and additional document request ?

Congratulations. Can you please tell us what were the additional documents that were requested ?

Hello @legalfalcon In your post you mentioned to contact CSIS to inquire about the status of the application. Do we need to contact CBSA as well ? Since there both part of the security screening process ? Also I’ve read somewhere else that a complaint can be made to SIRC (Security...

You might have to wait awhile. Background checks are taking long for some applicants now. Did you receive your pre arrival letter yet ?

Have you ordered gcms notes ?

We’ve been stuck in background check for 8 months now. June 2017 Applicant

Is anyone on here still stuck in background check ?

When did you apply ?

We’re also waiting for our background check to end.

@legalfalcon Hello, June 2017 applicant here and we got our eligiblity approved January 2018 and ever since then we have been in background check. Our first medical is expired now, they haven’t requested us for a 2nd medical yet. Do you have any idea how long a background check typically takes ...

Yes it’s true, there are more and more people getting stuck in background checks. The 12 months timeframe is not guaranteed anymore and it clearly states that on there website. “From April 2017 to March 2018, the service standard of 12 months was met 73% of the time. 80% of all applications...

I would have to agree on the pregnancy thing. I was 5 months pregnant when I applied for my husband’s sponsorship and we even explained it to them multiple times in our application but no one cares... and here we are 1 year later, my son is almost 1 year old and our application is still in...

You applied June 28, 2017 and your background check started October 25, 2017 ??

I don’t know why there taking longer with background checks now for more and more applicants for no particular reason . Maybe their really busy processing all those files .

6 days left until our first medical expires. This is very frustrating

Hello @legalfalcon , I’ve been searching everywhere on the internet to get some help or advice on my case and I came across your posts here, it seems you can help. I’m a Canadian citizen and I applied in land for spousal sponsorship for my husband who lives in Pakistan. We applied June 2017...

You should contact your visa office for an update on your application. Is your background check started yet ?

Yah it’s a very confusing case . It’s the first time i’m hearing about someone having to do a 3rd medical .