Did all July and August applicants get "medical received' yesterday??

[jamsham12]

You do realize just because it said Medicals received it does not correlate to decision made unless you are talking about SA which would have no impact if your Medicals were received or not as the first stage is strictly evaluating the sponsor, it's at the discretion of the VO how often they want to update Ecas some people like me have seen this line once the file was transferred from Mississauga to Ottawa while others had it get updated months later. I would not look into this as a sign your application is being worked on, it is standard batch operating procedure by the VO's.

 

[Beaverdiva]

Yes I think most of us realise that being IP and having MR on eCAS counts for nothing in terms of the progress on our applications.

Some haven't received SA yet and seeing MR on there caused confusion.

I think at first a few of us got a bit excited because we saw Medicals have been Received and thought that it meant our applications had been looked at.

Seeing how many got the same status has made us realise that this isn't as significant as we might have first thought.
Most of us are relatively new to whole process, so you can understand why it caused a bit of premature excitement ;D

 

[Shwemir]

Yes even our ecas got updated with medical received yest despite no SA yet. Aug 27 applicant..
But seeing something there makes me feel better than having nothing at all after all these days of wait ;D

 

[MapleBacon]

Thanks for your response Kangamoose, I was unsure if we would need to send her passport to the Sydney Office at some stage so that is great news.

CIC received our application on the 9th July and I was approved as the Sponsor on the 9th Sept. Once the file arrived in Sydney things seem to have moved fairly quickly. Best of luck and fingers crossed you move through quickly.

 

[chilkootcee]

After writing a letter to a number of people about how CIC should improve its communication and consistency in updating ECAS I finally received a reply. Unfortunately, it seemed that the person who replied didn't even read my original letter as he basically just confirmed that my husband's application was in the visa office and went on to explain about the processing times. I wasn't asking for information about my case. Anyways, so I wrote him back re-iterating my concerns about communication, giving applicants timely updates, being consistent, etc....maybe he read it this time

C.

 

[kangamoose]

Thanks for your response Kangamoose, I was unsure if we would need to send her passport to the Sydney Office at some stage so that is great news.

CIC received our application on the 9th July and I was approved as the Sponsor on the 9th Sept. Once the file arrived in Sydney things seem to have moved fairly quickly. Best of luck and fingers crossed you move through quickly.

Thanks I'm almost exactly a month behind you!

After writing a letter to a number of people about how CIC should improve its communication and consistency in updating ECAS I finally received a reply. Unfortunately, it seemed that the person who replied didn't even read my original letter as he basically just confirmed that my husband's application was in the visa office and went on to explain about the processing times. I wasn't asking for information about my case. Anyways, so I wrote him back re-iterating my concerns about communication, giving applicants timely updates, being consistent, etc....maybe he read it this time

C.

Sounds like they didn't, even if they did they may not be able to do anything. I worked customer service for a telecommunications company (vastly different I know haha) and I would get great suggestions on how to improve communication with customers and I'd pass them on all the time. They were always met with a 'meh' like attitude. Front line people that deal with/reply to our inquiries are probably aware of the failures but are powerless to help..

 

[chilkootcee]

Thanks I'm almost exactly a month behind you!

Sounds like they didn't, even if they did they may not be able to do anything. I worked customer service for a telecommunications company (vastly different I know haha) and I would get great suggestions on how to improve communication with customers and I'd pass them on all the time. They were always met with a 'meh' like attitude. Front line people that deal with/reply to our inquiries are probably aware of the failures but are powerless to help..

I know what you mean...but this was a response to my letter to the PMO...who then forwarded it to CIC..anyways...every step helps

C.