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**OCTOBER 2016 - OUTLAND SPOUSAL APPLICANTS**

MrLucky

Star Member
Nov 30, 2016
55
1
Category........
Visa Office......
HKVO
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
20-10-2016
AOR Received.
09-11-2016
Med's Done....
28-11-2016
Passport Req..
07-03-2017
VISA ISSUED...
17-03-2017
LANDED..........
23-03-2017
Yeah after the COPR was issued MyCIC updated and said approved. We're getting the passport today and my wife is landing Friday! The kids cant sleep theyre so excited.
 

BrookeTravels

Star Member
Jan 22, 2016
112
2
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
31-10-2016
AOR Received.
10-11-2016
File Transfer...
30-11-2016 (SA)
Med's Request
Upfront - Passed
Med's Done....
22-06-2016
Interview........
None
VISA ISSUED...
DM 3-3-17!
ScaMD said:
I finally got my PPR last night!!! over 5 weeks after decision made on ecas! It came as a message through myCIC instead of email.
Congrats!!! This gives me hope :) We are on week 3 of not hearing anything since receiving my sponsorship application approval email saying they would "be in touch soon". Haha.

*fingers crossed* something updates for us soon!
 

floribec

Star Member
Aug 23, 2016
66
1
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
25-10-2016
AOR Received.
14-11-2016
Med's Request
Upfront
Med's Done....
09-08-2016; Passed
Interview........
Waived; DM - 08-03-2017
Passport Req..
15-03-2017;
VISA ISSUED...
23-03-2017
BrookeTravels said:
Congrats!!! This gives me hope :) We are on week 3 of not hearing anything since receiving my sponsorship application approval email saying they would "be in touch soon". Haha.

*fingers crossed* something updates for us soon!
Brooke, are you still waiting for the PPR email? If so, check your spam. The email sent to me went to my spam and I didn't see it at first.
 

gamechef

Member
Jun 12, 2016
18
1
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
26-10-2016
AOR Received.
15-11-2016
File Transfer...
23-11-2016
Med's Done....
Upfront
Passport Req..
15-03-2017
VISA ISSUED...
27-03-2017
LANDED..........
22-04-2017
my passport copy was delivered in ottawa this morning and signed by "SCI SSCHUITEBOER". now, i hope, the final wait begins...
 

vip0086

Member
Mar 14, 2017
16
1
Visa Office......
OTTAWA
App. Filed.......
28-10-2016
AOR Received.
16-11-2016
File Transfer...
24-11-2016
Med's Done....
29-08-2016
Interview........
None.
Passport Req..
11-04-2017
VISA ISSUED...
15-05-2017
LANDED..........
17-05-2017
Still no PPR for us. :(

MyCIC background check status changed from "Your application is in progress. The next step is to conduct a background check" to "We are processing your background check. We will send you a message if we need more information" on Sunday March 19.

Do US applicants always get a PPR?

If they don't send PPR, do they just mail the COPR?
 

TN_Hibee

Star Member
Nov 25, 2015
70
0
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
02-11-2016
AOR Received.
18-11-2016
File Transfer...
25-11-2016
Med's Request
Upfront
Med's Done....
02-09-2016
Passport Req..
06-04-2017
VISA ISSUED...
22-04-2017
vip0086 said:
Still no PPR for us. :(

MyCIC background check status changed from "Your application is in progress. The next step is to conduct a background check" to "We are processing your background check. We will send you a message if we need more information" on Sunday March 19.

Do US applicants always get a PPR?

If they don't send PPR, do they just mail the COPR?
I'm waiting for the next update too. My BGC went in progress on the 18th and from other cases it looks like we could wait anywhere from a few days to a month for the next update. We should then see Decision Made on ECAS and afterwards (in most cases) we can expect to wait around a week or so to get the PPR mail. All US applicants get the PPR mail and inside will be a list of a few things we need to submit (more photos, fill out an additional form, send prepaid envelope, photocopy of passport, etc). There will be a detailed list but if you're curious what to expect go check out the US outland applicants thread because there's lots of information there. Good Luck!
 

ScaMD

Star Member
Oct 13, 2016
77
1
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
11/10/16
AOR Received.
20/10/16
File Transfer...
24/10/16
Med's Done....
27/06/16 DM: 06/02/17
Passport Req..
16/03/17
Hi!
My PPR documents were received by Ottawa VO yesterday and myCIC has updated this morning to 'your application has been approved'. Does the update mean that they are processing the PPR documents for COPR already??
 

Hurlabrick

Champion Member
Sep 4, 2016
2,358
575
Ottawa, ON
Visa Office......
London
App. Filed.......
23-06-2016
AOR Received.
12-07-2016
File Transfer...
23-08-2016
Med's Done....
08-06-2016
Passport Req..
21-12-2016
VISA ISSUED...
24-12-2016
LANDED..........
11-04-2017
ScaMD said:
Hi!
My PPR documents were received by Ottawa VO yesterday and myCIC has updated this morning to 'your application has been approved'. Does the update mean that they are processing the PPR documents for COPR already??
Very probably! Congratulations!
 

ScaMD

Star Member
Oct 13, 2016
77
1
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
11/10/16
AOR Received.
20/10/16
File Transfer...
24/10/16
Med's Done....
27/06/16 DM: 06/02/17
Passport Req..
16/03/17
Hurlabrick said:
Very probably! Congratulations!
Thanks! Just checked myCIC out of habit, wasn't expecting a change yet!
 

Lady_Ashka

Hero Member
Apr 21, 2015
616
12
Category........
Visa Office......
Warsaw
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
07-10-2016
AOR Received.
03-11-2016, AOR2 24-11-2016
File Transfer...
15-11-2016
Med's Done....
upfront (03-06-2016)
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
16-03-2017
VISA ISSUED...
24-03-2017
LANDED..........
11-04-2017
For those of you using Canada Post Xpresspost, how quickly were you able to track the self-addressed returned envelope that you sent with your passport copy and photos? I sent them my PPR package on Fr 16th, they received it on Monday 20th (Ottawa), and I am now checking the Canada Post tracking to see if they mailed my COPR yet, but no luck so far :(
 

danawhitaker

Hero Member
Aug 4, 2016
702
34
United States
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
28-09-2016
AOR Received.
21-10-2016
File Transfer...
28-10-2016
Med's Request
Upfront
Med's Done....
22-07-2016
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
14-02-2017
VISA ISSUED...
02-03-2017
LANDED..........
05-03-2017
Lady_Ashka said:
For those of you using Canada Post Xpresspost, how quickly were you able to track the self-addressed returned envelope that you sent with your passport copy and photos? I sent them my PPR package on Fr 16th, they received it on Monday 20th (Ottawa), and I am now checking the Canada Post tracking to see if they mailed my COPR yet, but no luck so far :(
We mailed everything on the 16th of February, it arrived on the 17th, and we were able to start tracking on February 28th. It seems people lately have been having quicker turnaround than that, however.
 

Lady_Ashka

Hero Member
Apr 21, 2015
616
12
Category........
Visa Office......
Warsaw
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
07-10-2016
AOR Received.
03-11-2016, AOR2 24-11-2016
File Transfer...
15-11-2016
Med's Done....
upfront (03-06-2016)
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
16-03-2017
VISA ISSUED...
24-03-2017
LANDED..........
11-04-2017
Thanks Dana! Was just worried that maybe there was something wrong with the package I sent! (but, I suppose they'd let me know if they needed me to re-send it, right?)
 

ryan8437

Newbie
Mar 8, 2017
6
0
Lady_Ashka said:
For those of you using Canada Post Xpresspost, how quickly were you able to track the self-addressed returned envelope that you sent with your passport copy and photos? I sent them my PPR package on Fr 16th, they received it on Monday 20th (Ottawa), and I am now checking the Canada Post tracking to see if they mailed my COPR yet, but no luck so far :(
Our's was received on Friday and Canada Post indicates that we're receiving the COPR today - very fast turnaround...maybe we were lucky. But I knew it was coming as MyCIC changed to approved (yesterday morning), before the return tracking number was activated (occurred later last night). Hopefully your's comes soon!
 

molly mae

Member
Apr 30, 2014
19
0
Lady_Ashka said:
For those of you using Canada Post Xpresspost, how quickly were you able to track the self-addressed returned envelope that you sent with your passport copy and photos? I sent them my PPR package on Fr 16th, they received it on Monday 20th (Ottawa), and I am now checking the Canada Post tracking to see if they mailed my COPR yet, but no luck so far :(
I sent mine on Friday, too, and I just got COPR this morning. I'm in Toronto. Yours will probably come soon!
 

Lady_Ashka

Hero Member
Apr 21, 2015
616
12
Category........
Visa Office......
Warsaw
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
07-10-2016
AOR Received.
03-11-2016, AOR2 24-11-2016
File Transfer...
15-11-2016
Med's Done....
upfront (03-06-2016)
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
16-03-2017
VISA ISSUED...
24-03-2017
LANDED..........
11-04-2017
molly mae said:
I sent mine on Friday, too, and I just got COPR this morning. I'm in Toronto. Yours will probably come soon!
Hey there!

Thanks - I'm in Toronto too, so hope they send it out quick (or let me know if there was a problem - my worst nightmare is that they will not let me know there was a problem, 30 days pass, and they refuse because I didn't comply with their regulations... I am panicking maybe I made a mistake in address/didn't address the envelope properly, or something!)