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MARCH 2014 OUTLAND APPLICANTS

O_guy

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Aug 11, 2013
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Grum said:
Woot! In Process starting working on it 21st Oct.

1 x big smile on my face
Congratulations. The spreadsheet is updated for you.

Keep that smile going until DM comes.
 

agarand8

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Aug 21, 2013
579
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Regina, Saskatchewan
Category........
Visa Office......
Mexico City
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
28-03-2014
Doc's Request.
10-06-2014
AOR Received.
21-05-2014...#2 - 10-06-2014
File Transfer...
22-05-2014
Med's Request
Additional tests requested on 05-06-2014
Med's Done....
Feb. 2014 & August 5th 2014
Interview........
24-FEB-2015
Passport Req..
24-MAR-2015...received at VO 6-APR-2015
Just wondering... You guys all check ecas everyday and that's how you know what date you have for medicals received and in progress, etc?
 

O_guy

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agarand8 said:
Just wondering... You guys all check ecas everyday and that's how you know what date you have for medicals received and in progress, etc?
Yes, that is the only way to know which date your exas changed to medical a recieved, in process, DM, etc.
 
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mikeymyke

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Yeah have to check once a day on ecas. I've always been told by others that ecas is very slow to update, but for myself, the updates were right on time.
 

Gumby749

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Jan 18, 2014
122
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New Brunswick
Doc's Request.
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Nomination.....
NA
I'm curious where those of you who have received the passports back with the visas in them got the notification as to how they were coming? Was it on ECAS or in emails? We got DM on the 17th, and so far we have no idea how/when the passport will be returned from Manila.
 

ComeHomeAlready

Full Member
Oct 14, 2014
28
1
Category........
Visa Office......
Paris
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Mar 27, 2014
AOR Received.
May 13, 2014
File Transfer...
May 23, 2014 Add Doc Req..: May 28, 2014
Interview........
Sept 29, 2014 In Progress.....: Oct 1, 2014
Passport Req..
Oct 16, 2014 Decision Made.: Oct 19, 2014
VISA ISSUED...
Oct 22, 2014 (dropped off at VAC in Algiers Oct 19, 2014)
LANDED..........
Oct 30, 2014
We took the passport directly to the VAC.
They gave us a number so we could track the passport and sent the same updates through mobile text
If you received any kind of code you can track it on the VAC website for the office it was sent to.. if you sent it to one.
Nothing showed up on our ecas about the passport being requested or anything about the passport actually.
Just Decision Made and that someone would be in contact.
 

O_guy

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Gumby749 said:
I'm curious where those of you who have received the passports back with the visas in them got the notification as to how they were coming? Was it on ECAS or in emails? We got DM on the 17th, and so far we have no idea how/when the passport will be returned from Manila.
I recently read a post that someone recieved the CORP 8 days after DM appeared on ECAS. So I think your passport will come this coming week.
 

Gumby749

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Jan 18, 2014
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ComeHomeAlready said:
We took the passport directly to the VAC.
They gave us a number so we could track the passport and sent the same updates through mobile text
If you received any kind of code you can track it on the VAC website for the office it was sent to.. if you sent it to one.
Nothing showed up on our ecas about the passport being requested or anything about the passport actually.
Just Decision Made and that someone would be in contact.
What is a VAC??
 

Mrs.KOR

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Feb 22, 2014
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It's called the "Visa Application Center", you can read more on the link below. Some Visa Offices use the VAC to collect the passports from the applicants.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/offices/vac.asp?utm_source=slash-vac&utm_medium=short-url&utm_campaign=generic

Gumby749 said:
What is a VAC??
 
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mikeymyke

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VACs are well worth it. The service fee you pay is the same as the shipping cost if u had sent it in yourself, but you get the added benefit of tracking the processing of the passport.
 

Gumby749

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Jan 18, 2014
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New Brunswick
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Ah, no, didn't have anything like a VAC - just dropped the passport in a DHL envelope and asked that they send it collect back to our address.
 

March2014apply

Star Member
Mar 21, 2014
116
2
Category........
Visa Office......
Abu Dhabi
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
17-03-2014
AOR Received.
17-04-2014
Med's Done....
23-02-2014
Passport Req..
14-10-2014
VISA ISSUED...
27-10-2014
So I've not been in this thread since I got my sponsorship approval all the way back in April, but thought I might give everyone an update in case they want to update the excel sheet...

We didn't get an AOR 2 from Abu Dhabi at all...We directly got a passport request...

ECAS was updated to in process on 10th September 2014.
Passport Request was made 14th October 2014
ECAS was updated to Decision Made on 15th October 2014
Visa Received on 27th October 2014
 

agarand8

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Aug 21, 2013
579
25
Regina, Saskatchewan
Category........
Visa Office......
Mexico City
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
28-03-2014
Doc's Request.
10-06-2014
AOR Received.
21-05-2014...#2 - 10-06-2014
File Transfer...
22-05-2014
Med's Request
Additional tests requested on 05-06-2014
Med's Done....
Feb. 2014 & August 5th 2014
Interview........
24-FEB-2015
Passport Req..
24-MAR-2015...received at VO 6-APR-2015
mikeymyke said:
VACs are well worth it. The service fee you pay is the same as the shipping cost if u had sent it in yourself, but you get the added benefit of tracking the processing of the passport.
Oh that's cool. We have a VAC in Costa rica here. My husband used it a couple of years ago when we applied for a visitors visa, I didn't realize they did extra stuff like that though.
 

Calgary_Man

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Dec 28, 2011
203
2
Calgary
Category........
Visa Office......
CPC-M/New Delhi
NOC Code......
SPOUSAL VISA
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
21-MARCH-2014
Doc's Request.
NONE
AOR Received.
AOR1- 23-JUNE-2014, AOR2 - 02-JULY-2014, IP - 19-SEPT-2014
IELTS Request
N/A
File Transfer...
23-JUNE-2014
Med's Request
FILED WITH APPLICATION
Med's Done....
21 FEB 2014
Interview........
INTERVIEW - WAIVED, DM - 14 OCT, 2014
Passport Req..
13 OCT, 2014
VISA ISSUED...
OCT 21, 2014
LANDED..........
NOV 10, 2014
Congratulations to all landed folks and soon landing. :)
Good luck to others waiting patiently :)
 

O_guy

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March2014apply said:
So I've not been in this thread since I got my sponsorship approval all the way back in April, but thought I might give everyone an update in case they want to update the excel sheet...

We didn't get an AOR 2 from Abu Dhabi at all...We directly got a passport request...

ECAS was updated to in process on 10th September 2014.
Passport Request was made 14th October 2014
ECAS was updated to Decision Made on 15th October 2014
Visa Received on 27th October 2014
Congratulations. I updated the spreadsheet for you. The only thing left for you is Landed.