SEPTEMBER 2016 - OUTLAND SPOUSAL APPLICANTS >>>>>>>

[Landagirl]

Got confirmation over the phone this morning that we have sponsor approval. The call centre agent checked to make sure my husband's e-mail address and mailing address were correct. Just waiting for the actual e-mail at this point.

That's great news!

 

[ejac09]

Anyone got the passport req?

 

[Landagirl]

Hi everyone !

I am a september applicant too. I sent my file to missisauga september 19. I receive AOR1 october 14 and the SA october 24!
My husband is in Jamaica and our visa office is kingston.... I live in Quebec so we are now waiting for the Quebec SA.

Can someone tell me how to link MyCIC? i only know about the Ecas....

If you go back and read through all the pages in this post you will learn how to do it and all the tips and tricks we tried. I would give you step by step but what worked for some didn't work for others. Good luck!

 

[CaroM8]

Anyone got the passport req?

It's a little too early to be talking PPR right now.. Give it a few months.

 

[sweethunkUSman]

Hi everyone !

I am a september applicant too. I sent my file to missisauga september 19. I receive AOR1 october 14 and the SA october 24!
My husband is in Jamaica and our visa office is kingston.... I live in Quebec so we are now waiting for the Quebec SA.

Can someone tell me how to link MyCIC? i only know about the Ecas....

There is a tab on the September spreadsheet (see my signature) with the most successful instructions for linking to myCIC

 

[sweethunkUSman]

Anyone got the passport req?

Nice one

I'm going to bet on Decisions Made from Ottawa VO in June...anyone else wanna make a bet for their respective VO? we can at least try and have some fun too!

 

[SnakePlissken]

Nice one

I'm going to bet on Decisions Made from Ottawa VO in June...anyone else wanna make a bet for their respective VO? we can at least try and have some fun too!

Hey Usman, my best guess is, folks who have their VO as Ottawa should be getting their DMs towards the end of the 4 month mark, based on Ottawa VO trends from the previous months applicants stats. Ottawa VO is among the fastest in terms of processing. So my bet for this group: Ottawa VO -> DMs late December (Probably the first of DMs) to January. But then of course, there maybe those complicated applications that could take a bit longer to process.

 

[sweethunkUSman]

Hey Usman, my best guess is, folks who have their VO as Ottawa should be getting their DMs towards the end of the 4 month mark, based on Ottawa VO trends from the previous months applicants stats. Ottawa VO is among the fastest in terms of processing. So my bet for this group: Ottawa VO -> DMs late December (Probably the first of DMs) to January. But then of course, there maybe those complicated applications that could take a bit longer to process.

Ottawa has certainly been speedy over the summer, but I'm not sure that it isn't because of the backlog push from June. Looking at the August spreadsheets, I'm not certain they are running quite as quick. But if that's my Christmas present, I'll know Santa has my back!

 

[akreturns]

The government of Canada has released its widely anticipated immigration plan for 2017, and the news looks good for individuals looking to immigrate to Canada through one of the economic or family sponsorship programs.

Key highlights:

Target number of newcomers through Federal Skilled Worker Class, Federal Skilled Trades Class, and Canadian Experience Class increases by 23 percent.
Government aims for 51,000 new immigrants to come through the Provincial Nominee Programs.
Quebec aims to welcome more than 29,000 through economic programs, including the Quebec Skilled Worker Program.
Economic immigration to make up a larger share of overall immigration than in 2016.
More spouses, partners, children, parents and grandparents to arrive through Family Class sponsorship programs.

Although the plan targets an increase in economic immigrants and sponsored persons, the target figures for the Refugees and Protected Persons immigration categories are down compared to the 2016 plan. However, the overall target for these programs, set at 40,000, remains far higher than at any time during the previous Conservative government’s tenure.

Overall, Canada may welcome as many as 320,000 new immigrants over the calendar year of 2017. The increased scope presented by the government — the plan for 2016 allowed for up to 305,000 newcomers — is likely reflective of a desire to increase immigration over the coming years in order to respond to labour shortages and demographic challenges. Earlier this year, Immigration Minister John McCallum said that “there’s a significant feeling that Canada does need more immigrants, partly because we have an aging population, and so we need more young blood to keep our economies going.”

Before announcing the plan on October 31, 2016, Minister John McCallum met with stakeholders across the country. In a statement, he said that “the 2017 levels plan will put Canada in a strong position for the future and support our overall economic and social development as a country.”

Immigration Category

2017 Target

2016 Target

Percentage Difference, 2016 to 2017

Economic Total

172,500

160,600

+7.41%

Family Total

84,000

80,000

+5%

Refugee and Humanitarian

43,500

59,400

-26.77%

Target range

280k–320k

280k–305k

+4.92% (higher range)

Target

300,000

300,000

No change

To view a full breakdown of the various immigration programs under each of these categories and the target immigration numbers for 2017, click here.

http://www.cicnews.com/2016/10/immigration-plan-2017-canada-increased-immigrants-through-economic-family-sponsorship-programs-108621.html

 

[sweethunkUSman]

One more thought before bedtime, since I'm linked at myCIC I will receive email alerts of any requests and/or important changes on the status, correct? So if for my mental health I decide to only log in once per week, I shouldn't miss anything important, correct?

I think for my mental health I should live a normal-ish life through this process...

 

[akreturns]

One more thought before bedtime, since I'm linked at myCIC I will receive email alerts of any requests and/or important changes on the status, correct? So if for my mental health I decide to only log in once per week, I shouldn't miss anything important, correct?

I think for my mental health I should live a normal-ish life through this process...

yes for any changes or updates in mycic you get an email

 

[danawhitaker]

One more thought before bedtime, since I'm linked at myCIC I will receive email alerts of any requests and/or important changes on the status, correct? So if for my mental health I decide to only log in once per week, I shouldn't miss anything important, correct?

I think for my mental health I should live a normal-ish life through this process...

It seems like there's a 24 hour gap between when a change occurs and when you get an e-mail, just based on the two times I've gotten alerts and when I've noticed the change first occur. But you should get an e-mail, yes.

 

[CaroM8]

I'm going to bet on Decisions Made from Ottawa VO in June...anyone else wanna make a bet for their respective VO? we can at least try and have some fun too!

I'm gonna take you up on that bet! I had a really weird dream some weeks ago about how June 18th 2017 was going to be a really important date for us. I took it as our PPR day or landing day, something of that sort. I am not expecting anything before that, Mexico VO has an average of 10-12 months processing. SO slow!

 

[sweethunkUSman]

I'm gonna take you up on that bet! I had a really weird dream some weeks ago about how June 18th 2017 was going to be a really important date for us. I took it as our PPR day or landing day, something of that sort. I am not expecting anything before that, Mexico VO has an average of 10-12 months processing. SO slow!

Cool, interesting we both have feelings about June...

 

[emira]

Cool, interesting we both have feelings about June...

For me, it's been February. From what I've seen on previous threads, Vienna has a 6-8 month processing time. I hope February works out because March 1st is 6 months since hubby did his medical.