Great news! Let us know if you get anything else soon, I applied from the US too, on Dec 9th, so not too far behind you.
December 2025 - Outland Spousal Sponsorship
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Applied 23rd April 2025. Refused October 21st 2025. Reapplied December 16th 2025. Submission confirmation December 19th. Eligibility moved to reviewing December 20th. Ghost update on March 2nd 2026 another 2 ghost updates on March 5th 2026. Webform reply April 13th saying my file is in queue for Officer Review
Lol same timeline
Applied April 20, refused October 1 (wrong application class), reapplied Dec 4
How’s it going for you now?Lol same timeline
Applied April 20, refused October 1 (wrong application class), reapplied Dec 4
Timeline in my signature
So far - complete silence since Feb (biometrics), one ghost update in March (BGC in GCKey went to n/a which AFAIK means some parts have been cleared).
As I understand, this is pretty common for outland VOs, I expect everything to be cleared at once. Not sure what will happen with medical though - the one from April application expires May 28, so two possible scenarios - re-med request or 1 year extension.
You might get a medical request again. I never did medicals
Application submitted December 23rd. Hi. Here is break down of my case. On October 17th I recieved a ready for visa email, and on November 28th, I got married to my girlfriend of 9 months, applied to add her to my application and I got a PFL with a section 40 warning on Wednesday 6th may. The officer raised four Issues, 1) that I had met my partner in person for the first time in August and that we had only lived together for 2 weeks in October. 2). That my wife's medical was completed 8 days before our wedding ceremony, 3) that only 5 persons attended the registry ceremony, Just five friends who were all pharmacists, Also that I cited insecurity as the reason family didn't travel. 4). That all submissions indicate that I and my spouse continue to live several hours apart. I responded to the PFL by citing that although we indeed did meet in August 2025 for the first time due to work related constraints that our relationship had already turned romantic since March 2025. I attached a photo of telegram conversation in April where we discussed that spending 12 hours on the road to just spend a night together was not the best. We waited six more months when we saw there was not going to be a better time than what we had we settled to meet that way in August. I showed a history of our conversation from march till August. I also indicated that the following month from September 7th to October 27th I was in my wife's city for official purposes and of course we spent a lot of time together, several nights at where I was staying, meal planning, sex the whole 9 yards. This was initially at my hosts residence in Lagos. When I was done I moved closer to her residence and stayed at a hotel because of lack of consistent utilities at her residence for 2 weeks. So I guess I am trying to say we spent 7 weeks together, not 2 weeks we only cohabited for two weeks in the hotel. I had a plethora of chats to show this and one photo dated September 22nd or so. Then on medical being completed before her marriage ceremony while that is true, I cited that we applied for marriage on November 13th, with Receipts. Waited for the registry to do it's due diligence and approve the application which they did on November 18th. Only after we got the approval email that we went ahead to book the medicals in order to use time efficiently. I cited that I used this approach because I wanted us to land together as a couple ahead of winter as well as to see the world cup together as a couple. I showed a Whatsapp chat where I was discussing accomodation plans with a friend ahead of landing in July. As well as my accomodation preference as a "married man". Then on the size of the wedding I showed that I invited at least 16 of my peers. 8 said they were going to come and on that day only 5 showed up. I corroborated the security situation that I cited in my questionnaire that made I and my wife decide to not risk our families and friends travelling long distances with a presidential nation wide security emergency declaration that happened just 2 days to our wedding. I also added the updated Canadian and British travel advisory to show that the security concerns were real. To show this I attached news headlines from the presidential state house villa as well as other reputable news agency to go. In addition to that I also mentioned that although our parents were not at that ceremony, that they met in my hometown which is just 40 mins away from my spouses home town on November 22nd 6 days to the wedding. To prove this, I showed a chat where I was giving my wife directions to my hometown for her father's use on November 16th saying remember to tell him to visit on a weekend, and I got an affidavit from both parents confirming that they met on November 22nd and that they didn't attend due to insecurity along inter state routes. On his final point that we weren't living together, I confirmed that at the time of submission that we weren't. This was only because we decided for her to wrap up the year at her current work place. The reason for this strategy was to give me time to leverage my contacts to get a suitable role for her in my city. I showed two Whatsapp messages where I enquired about the availability of a role for my wife. And where I was sharing her CV. On December 18th and December 30th. I added that regardless of this decision we looked forward to our first Christmas together as a couple, however a few weeks to Christmas, my wife got instructions from her superiors to transfer to a branch that meant she would have to work through the holidays. She rejected that transfer and came to spend the Christmas holiday with Me. I attached evidence like bus tickets and photos showing we spent the Christmas together. Unfortunately her refusal to accept that transfer led to her termination on December 31st. I attached the termination letter because it corroborates this and the termination email time stamp. Ever since she lost her Job she has been living with me and I have been supporting her financially. I showed pictures of our married life together in our home and transfer receipts of various amounts for groceries and other things. This was my honest submission but I think I need an expert eye.
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