Yes, I'm the sponsor and the representative.
Thank you! I'll wait for more inputs from other members.
November 2018 Outland Applicants (Spousal Sponsorship)
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Thank you! I'll wait for more inputs from other members.
Hello, I am very worried because since March 14 I passed the medical exams and my application was not transferred and did not start the background check. I see a lot of people around here have the application stopped, too.
I'm from Brazil. What logic will they have to make the queue walk? Is it by country of origin? Will it be by medical examination approval date? I just wanted the background check to start, my application has been stopped for 2 months.
I'm from Brazil. What logic will they have to make the queue walk? Is it by country of origin? Will it be by medical examination approval date? I just wanted the background check to start, my application has been stopped for 2 months.
There's nothing to worry about. There is no standard processing or flow of the steps. Long periods of silence are common and expected. Try not to worry!
Yes that is the case with a lot of us and we dont have any info as to why there is a period of silence
Easier said than done
I just checked my gckey and something is different before it was you may not hear from us for a liitle while etc.. And now it's like "make sure u read all the messages we sent to u" something like that what's that supposed to mean?
Apparently mine has been stopped for more than 3 months
.Yeah I agree with this.
I noticed that December applications are being transferred faster than August - November applications; transfers are mostly to local visa offices other than Mississauga. So hopefully our applications will be processed within one year from date of receiving, and will be processed either in Mississauga or Sydney NS itself. Good luck to all of us
I just wonder that my medical results were uploaded on 10th Feb 2019 and hopefully when the file is processed within the given time then I would need to land before Feb 2020 because medical results are valid for one year only. Isn't it so?
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Yes that is the case with a lot of us and we dont have any info as to why there is a period of silence
Easier said than done
Easier said than done - trust me, I went through it myself. I get it. It sucks when you're going through it but it's worth it in the end!Apparently mine has been stopped for more than 3 months
Yeah I agree with this.
I noticed that December applications are being transferred faster than August - November applications; transfers are mostly to local visa offices other than Mississauga. So hopefully our applications will be processed within one year from date of receiving, and will be processed either in Mississauga or Sydney NS itself. Good luck to all of us
I just wonder that my medical results were uploaded on 10th Feb 2019 and hopefully when the file is processed within the given time then I would need to land before Feb 2020 because medical results are valid for one year only. Isn't it so?
They consistently are changing the flow internally on how they process.
There is no info to give on why there's silence. It's either because it's in progress and they're waiting on information from other entities, or because they are working on other applications. They are not dedicated to one application at a time.
The variations in processing are completely normal and it's always been this way with spousal sponsorship.
Medicals are only valid for one year. If you have not finished the process by then they will either extend the validity of the medical or ask for a new one.
True ! i think they update background check started when they finish the criminal check!
I'm applying outbound from the US to live in Montreal and the CSQ process is slowing down my application considerably (first my credit card got rejected, and now it's just moving through at a snail's pace). I've had to request an extension at CIC once already, and just requested another since MIDI says my application will likely take another 2-4 weeks. Overall, I'm still not too worried, by my move date to Montreal is fast approaching for late June. My wife and kids are all Canadian citizens, so getting them moved isn't a problem. I just wanted to get it reiterated here that my understanding is correct--that as a US citizen I can stay in Canada for 6 months without a visa and that will have no affect on my outbound application. Is that right? And do I have to have a US address to send communication to? Can it be a PO Box if that's all that remains of my footprint in the US?
I don’t quite understand you
And what’s the indicator of bgc started? Line 2 on ecas or the status on gckey?
What i meant was, in my case the background processing has not started. It looks like the folks whose background process has not started have not received the transfer email.
Yes, i think that is the case! my Bgc shows in process since the day i linked by application and no transfer yet!