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Ineffable

Hero Member
Jan 12, 2015
349
27
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
May 5, 2015
Doc's Request.
October 23, 2015
AOR Received.
June 3, 2015
File Transfer...
July 7, 2015
Med's Request
Upfront
Med's Done....
March 21, 2015
Interview........
IP: Oct. 9, 2015
VISA ISSUED...
Nov. 14, 2015
LANDED..........
Nov. 28, 2015
Illiasnie said:
I'm /thinking/ that they called because my husband was in Canada for three years and they wanted to verify that he was back in Canada. They would have had his bosses contact information as we included it with the file simply because he'd been in Canada. But I find it really strange that they've already called. I ordered the case notes to check into it after he told me.
Hey, I'd take it as a good thing no matter what. They've at least looked at your file, and haven't found anything missing/wrong in the process. Silver lining: your application isn't buried like most of ours. Whether it's IP or not, you've at least got confirmation that someone's seen it. :p
 

missmegan

Star Member
Sep 30, 2014
54
1
NY/Calgary
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
26-01-2015
Doc's Request.
Up front
AOR Received.
23-04-2015
Med's Done....
Up front
Interview........
N/a
Passport Req..
N/a
VISA ISSUED...
In Process: 19-08-2015
Ugh this is killing me! It's been 6 weeks since IP. I know you can't go off of how long it took for others, but let's get this show on the road! Where the heck is everyone's DM?!?
 

gooh

Hero Member
Jul 20, 2014
291
8
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
17-3-2015
AOR Received.
23-4-2015
File Transfer...
29-4-2015
Med's Done....
5-2-2015
Passport Req..
In Process: 14-8-2015 DM: 15-12-2015
LANDED..........
21-12-2015
Tell me about it..
 

jamsham12

Hero Member
Jan 6, 2015
590
17
124
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
01/19/2015
AOR Received.
03/16/2015
File Transfer...
04/21/2015
Passport Req..
In Process: 08/06/2015 DM: 10/31/2015
VISA ISSUED...
11/16/2015
LANDED..........
12/30/2015
missmegan said:
Ugh this is killing me! It's been 6 weeks since IP. I know you can't go off of how long it took for others, but let's get this show on the road! Where the heck is everyone's DM?!?
Yea its been like 8 weeks for me. LOL bet you the application is still collecting dust. :-X
 

ChellyCat

Hero Member
Jan 8, 2015
274
14
Mississauga, ON
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
04-Feb-2015
Doc's Request.
30-July-2015 (Proof of sponsor's Canadian residence)
AOR Received.
06-April-2015
Med's Done....
27-April-2015
Passport Req..
IP: August 6. DM: Sept 26
VISA ISSUED...
25-Sept-2015
LANDED..........
05-Oct-2015
I hope you guys get it soon :( I know nothing I can say will make the wait any more bearable; it's a lot easier to offer reassurance on this side of having a DM. I too felt hopeless like it would never come but it finally did, so hang in there. I'm an early February applicant so your guys' just has to come soon.
 

Edin2Van

Star Member
Jun 24, 2015
84
11
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
28-02-2015
Doc's Request.
20-08-2015
AOR Received.
SA 15-04-2015
missmegan said:
Ugh this is killing me! It's been 6 weeks since IP. I know you can't go off of how long it took for others, but let's get this show on the road! Where the heck is everyone's DM?!?
I'm still clinging onto the hope we're going to see an absolute bundle of DM's all of a sudden.

Obviously CIC moves in mysterious ways but I just can't see the logic in seemingly moving a load of folk towards the latter stages of processing in the last 6-8 weeks (all the doc requests, etc) and then leaving them sitting in a pile somewhere.
 

missmegan

Star Member
Sep 30, 2014
54
1
NY/Calgary
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
26-01-2015
Doc's Request.
Up front
AOR Received.
23-04-2015
Med's Done....
Up front
Interview........
N/a
Passport Req..
N/a
VISA ISSUED...
In Process: 19-08-2015
Edin2Van said:
I'm still clinging onto the hope we're going to see an absolute bundle of DM's all of a sudden.

Obviously CIC moves in mysterious ways but I just can't see the logic in seemingly moving a load of folk towards the latter stages of processing in the last 6-8 weeks (all the doc requests, etc) and then leaving them sitting in a pile somewhere.
I'm totally expecting a bunch of us getting DM together. I just hate seeing people get it under a month from IP and we're going on 6 weeks as well. Hopefully we hear something before Thanksgiving! And I'm not buying the whole Tuesday thing, I've seen others have their status change on other days.

Well, tomorrow's another day I suppose! Positive thoughts!
 

ChellyCat

Hero Member
Jan 8, 2015
274
14
Mississauga, ON
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
04-Feb-2015
Doc's Request.
30-July-2015 (Proof of sponsor's Canadian residence)
AOR Received.
06-April-2015
Med's Done....
27-April-2015
Passport Req..
IP: August 6. DM: Sept 26
VISA ISSUED...
25-Sept-2015
LANDED..........
05-Oct-2015
missmegan said:
I'm totally expecting a bunch of us getting DM together. I just hate seeing people get it under a month from IP and we're going on 6 weeks as well. Hopefully we hear something before Thanksgiving! And I'm not buying the whole Tuesday thing, I've seen others have their status change on other days.

Well, tomorrow's another day I suppose! Positive thoughts!
Mine changed on a Saturday. The Tuesday thing is crap.

I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for everyone.
 

Edin2Van

Star Member
Jun 24, 2015
84
11
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
28-02-2015
Doc's Request.
20-08-2015
AOR Received.
SA 15-04-2015
Yeah Sunday-Tuesday seems to be a dead zone for updates but I've seen folk report ECAS changing on every single other day of the week so goodness knows what the "we update on a Tuesday" thing is all about
 

Illiasnie

Star Member
Oct 28, 2014
65
1
123
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
July 24, 2015
AOR Received.
August 26, 2015
File Transfer...
September 18, 2015
Med's Request
Up front
Med's Done....
July 6, 2015
VISA ISSUED...
March 17, 2016
LANDED..........
Planning for May 14
I read somewhere on here recently that they update ecas every day following a business day. So Tuesday through Saturday we could see potential case status updates.
 

c_page

Newbie
Sep 30, 2015
4
0
Hey guys,

New to the forum! Long time reader, first time poster! ;)
Going through this process with my husband (an American).

We just submitted our application in July. We received our SA on Sept. 22. Today I logged into our account to check our status. It states:

1. We received ***'s application for permanent residence on July 21, 2015.
2. We started processing ***'s application on September 28, 2015.

I know this is WAY to soon to start thinking positive.. but why is it saying his application is already being processed? From what I read in the past this is typically a good sign, and something I was expecting way down the road. I'm assuming this is a false alarm and I should keep my expectations low and my patience high? Any other July applicants receiving the same status?

Cheers,
 

canameraduo

Member
Aug 6, 2015
19
3
Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
03-11-2014
AOR Received.
13-01-2015 (but did not show that date/line until 06-08-2015
Interview........
IP: 06-08-2015
VISA ISSUED...
Please be soon
c_page said:
Hey guys,

New to the forum! Long time reader, first time poster! ;)
Going through this process with my husband (an American).

We just submitted our application in July. We received our SA on Sept. 22. Today I logged into our account to check our status. It states:

1. We received ***'s application for permanent residence on July 21, 2015.
2. We started processing ***'s application on September 28, 2015.

I know this is WAY to soon to start thinking positive.. but why is it saying his application is already being processed? From what I read in the past this is typically a good sign, and something I was expecting way down the road. I'm assuming this is a false alarm and I should keep my expectations low and my patience high? Any other July applicants receiving the same status?

Cheers,
I don't want to bring you down, but we are still stuck on IP and our line says:

We started processing ***'s application on January 13, 2015.

That line appeared on August 6th when we got changed to IP along with a bunch of others.

That being said, we are Nov 2014 applicants and many that applied after us have already got a DM so maybe we are just unlucky :(

Good luck, and welcome to the horrid waiting game, keep us updated eh
 

jamsham12

Hero Member
Jan 6, 2015
590
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124
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
01/19/2015
AOR Received.
03/16/2015
File Transfer...
04/21/2015
Passport Req..
In Process: 08/06/2015 DM: 10/31/2015
VISA ISSUED...
11/16/2015
LANDED..........
12/30/2015
canameraduo said:
I don't want to bring you down, but we are still stuck on IP and our line says:

We started processing ***'s application on January 13, 2015.

That line appeared on August 6th when we got changed to IP along with a bunch of others.

That being said, we are Nov 2014 applicants and many that applied after us have already got a DM so maybe we are just unlucky :(

It seems like they Ottawa overhauled what IP really stands for which is when the file was actually transferred to Ottawa, does not mean any processing has started on the application, I think May,June,July applicants are reading too much into this status. Likely there were pressured from outside sources to update ECAS more frequently which is why a ton of people saw "IP" on august 6th and are continuing to see it going forward but in reality it means absolutely nothing.

Good luck, and welcome to the horrid waiting game, keep us updated eh
 

TJ_TO

Full Member
Sep 25, 2015
22
2
I have only recently realized that it is possible to register as a non-client of Canadavisa on this forum. Reading posts in the forum have proven to be hugely informative, while it provides valuable shared experiences in the process of waiting for DM. We applied in Feb 2015 and received IP on Aug 25. Fortunate to be in Canada on a PGWP while waiting.