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revenant

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Dec 21, 2017
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Its all done in tunis, if you drop it off at the vfs they will do quality control and courier to the embassy, but you may as well just take it to the embassy. the security officers will take your package and you will likely get the visa/copr the same day. they only offer this service on some days mind you. if I recall correct its only 9-10am on Mondays and Wednesdays. the ppr will say what days to do it.

Dear Jaywill,

Congrats on your Landed Immigrant status.

I believe you applied inland and you were living in Canada while your application was being processed. Also I believe that you did not have a representative who acted on your behalf and your application was linked so you could see all the process by logging into your account on My GIC.

Can you please answer a few questions?

Were you able to see the status below on your application whilst logged into your "MY GIC"?

1 - In Progress
2 - Application Received
3 - In Process
4 - Decision Made
5 - Complete

If so, could you Kindly reply with the date each status was updated?

How long were you living in Canada before submitting your application?
Where did you live before moving to Canada?
Did you submit your Medical along with your application or was it after the AOR1?
Did you submit an RCMP background check - and the countries you lived in before moving to Canada? If so, what date please?

Your signature shows that your Background check was initiated on Feb 15th while your status showed "In Process"! Am I right?
Is this Background check the one that is being conducted by CSIS or related to the schedule A/PCC check?

I have a representative and I am not able to link my application to see the exact status hence I would really appreciate if you could answer these questions so I know where I am with my application.

Kind regards

Revenant
 

cassandra10

Star Member
May 10, 2017
103
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My husband received pre-arrival letter last Feb.8, 2018 and no news since then.


VO-Manila
Sept 11, 2017 - received application
Nov 3 - medical exam
Jan.30, 2018 - submitted additional documents for background check
Feb. 8- received pre-arrival letter
March 20 - received email from canadian embassy manila about connecting to employers in Canada..

As of today, no update or news drom them, still waiting and praying for PPR to come..
 

psykonion

Newbie
Jan 11, 2018
7
1
Hi all. I have been a quiet lurker for a while on this forum but I am really thankful for all the advice that this forum has shared as it has helped with my application and eased my anxiety while waiting. While I was unable to contribute much, I realised I have come to depend on this forum whenever I felt anxious or had a question about my application. I have finally received my COPR and my application journey ends here. I look forward to landing in Canada soon and I wish you all the best with your applications. I am sharing my timeline here in hopes that it will be of help to others.

VO: Singapore
Application sent: 13/09/2017
Application received: 15/09/2017
AOR1: 27/10/2017
Linked: 03/11/2017
SA/PCC Request: 03/11/2017
SA Submission: 19/11/2017
ECAS IP: 08/12/2017
MVO: 24/11/2017
AOR2: 11/12/2017
Med Req: 15/01/2018
Med Done: 29/01/2018
Med Passed: 02/02/2018
Pre-arrival letter/Eligibility Passed: 08/03/18
BCP: 08/03/18
DM: 09/03/18
PPR: 12/03/18
Passport sent: 20/03/18
GCKey approved: 05/04/18
COPR: 09/04/18
 

revenant

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Dec 21, 2017
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Hi all. I have been a quiet lurker for a while on this forum but I am really thankful for all the advice that this forum has shared as it has helped with my application and eased my anxiety while waiting. While I was unable to contribute much, I realised I have come to depend on this forum whenever I felt anxious or had a question about my application. I have finally received my COPR and my application journey ends here. I look forward to landing in Canada soon and I wish you all the best with your applications. I am sharing my timeline here in hopes that it will be of help to others.

VO: Singapore
Application sent: 13/09/2017
Application received: 15/09/2017
AOR1: 27/10/2017
Linked: 03/11/2017
SA/PCC Request: 03/11/2017
SA Submission: 19/11/2017
ECAS IP: 08/12/2017
MVO: 24/11/2017
AOR2: 11/12/2017
Med Req: 15/01/2018
Med Done: 29/01/2018
Med Passed: 02/02/2018
Pre-arrival letter/Eligibility Passed: 08/03/18
BCP: 08/03/18
DM: 09/03/18
PPR: 12/03/18
Passport sent: 20/03/18
GCKey approved: 05/04/18
COPR: 09/04/18
______________________________________________________________________________________________
Hi there,

Good luck to you and thank you for sharing your timeline.
 

geografa

Hero Member
Apr 30, 2017
237
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Hi all. I have been a quiet lurker for a while on this forum but I am really thankful for all the advice that this forum has shared as it has helped with my application and eased my anxiety while waiting. While I was unable to contribute much, I realised I have come to depend on this forum whenever I felt anxious or had a question about my application. I have finally received my COPR and my application journey ends here. I look forward to landing in Canada soon and I wish you all the best with your applications. I am sharing my timeline here in hopes that it will be of help to others.

VO: Singapore
Application sent: 13/09/2017
Application received: 15/09/2017
AOR1: 27/10/2017
Linked: 03/11/2017
SA/PCC Request: 03/11/2017
SA Submission: 19/11/2017
ECAS IP: 08/12/2017
MVO: 24/11/2017
AOR2: 11/12/2017
Med Req: 15/01/2018
Med Done: 29/01/2018
Med Passed: 02/02/2018
Pre-arrival letter/Eligibility Passed: 08/03/18
BCP: 08/03/18
DM: 09/03/18
PPR: 12/03/18
Passport sent: 20/03/18
GCKey approved: 05/04/18
COPR: 09/04/18
Congrats, enjoy the next chapter!
 

p_sana@87

Newbie
Apr 15, 2018
4
1
Hello Experts,

Can someone help? I am permanent resident sponsoring my wife from India. Our application was transferred to NDVO on 23rd November 2017 and there is no update on since then. I see most of the September Applicant has status Background Check started. But in our case it is "Your application is in progress, We will send you a message when we start your background check." How long it generally takes after file is transferred to VO to start Background Check? Appreciate your help.
 

revenant

Hero Member
Dec 21, 2017
203
81
Hello Experts,

Can someone help? I am permanent resident sponsoring my wife from India. Our application was transferred to NDVO on 23rd November 2017 and there is no update on since then. I see most of the September Applicant has status Background Check started. But in our case it is "Your application is in progress, We will send you a message when we start your background check." How long it generally takes after file is transferred to VO to start Background Check? Appreciate your help.


Hi there,

Does it say "Your application is in progress OR process"?

Where do you see this update? On ECAS?

Where have you seen "most of September applications are in background check"?

Can you share your timeline please?
 
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Cupthehand

Member
Apr 16, 2018
15
12
Ireland
Category........
FAM
Visa Office......
London
Hi all, newbie here but long time lurker!!!

Outland Ireland applicant thru London Visa Office with Vancouver as my destination city in Canada and my timeline is as follows:

  • Application sent - September 1st 2017
  • Text acknowledgement of receipt of application - September 6th
  • Sponsor Approval - October 20th
  • Request to link account - October 20th
  • Medical Request - October 20th
  • Medical Done - October 23rd
  • Schedule A Request - October 26th
  • AOR2 - December 21st
  • Processing Started - December 29th
  • Background Check Started - March 22nd 2018
  • Pre-Arrival Services Email - March 22nd
  • Request for further PCC (Australia & New Zealand) - March 23rd
:)
 
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Miraclejj

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Mar 10, 2017
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Hello Experts,

Can someone help? I am permanent resident sponsoring my wife from India. Our application was transferred to NDVO on 23rd November 2017 and there is no update on since then. I see most of the September Applicant has status Background Check started. But in our case it is "Your application is in progress, We will send you a message when we start your background check." How long it generally takes after file is transferred to VO to start Background Check? Appreciate your help.
Unfortunately NDVO is among the slowest VOs in the whole system. You should expect a 9 -10 months for the whole processing of your case. It could be shorter and it could be much longer, depending on your case.
 

revenant

Hero Member
Dec 21, 2017
203
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Hi all, newbie here but long time lurker!!!

Outland Ireland applicant thru London Visa Office with Vancouver as my destination city in Canada and my timeline is as follows:

  • Application sent - September 1st 2017
  • Text acknowledgement of receipt of application - September 6th
  • Sponsor Approval - October 20th
  • Request to link account - October 20th
  • Medical Request - October 20th
  • Medical Done - October 23rd
  • Schedule A Request - October 26th
  • AOR2 - December 21st
  • Processing Started - December 29th
  • Background Check Started - March 22nd 2018
  • Pre-Arrival Services Email - March 22nd
  • Request for further PCC (Australia & New Zealand) - March 23rd
:)


Hi there,

Welcome aboard!

Pretty good timeline!
Seems like your application is moving forward smoothly which is great. You are almost done.
How do you know your VO is London, UK? did you receive a file transfer email?

Regards

Revenant
 
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Cupthehand

Member
Apr 16, 2018
15
12
Ireland
Category........
FAM
Visa Office......
London
Hi there,

Welcome aboard!

Pretty good timeline!
Seems like your application is moving forward smoothly which is great. You are almost done.
How do you know your VO is London, UK? did you receive a file transfer email?

Regards

Revenant
Thanks, it's very reassuring to hear that we're almost done! Yes, there was a file transfer email, my sponsor received an email on December 21st stating that our application was being transferred to London for further processing.

Am I right in guessing that my file is sort of on hold at the moment because they gave me until April 23rd to upload the requested PCC's from Australia and New Zealand so I am thinking even though I sent them within minutes of them being requested they probably won't revisit our file until that deadline has passed not knowing that they are already uploaded hence Im not expecting any developments for at least another few weeks
 
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kcward7

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May 4, 2017
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Thanks, it's very reassuring to hear that we're almost done! Yes, there was a file transfer email, my sponsor received an email on December 21st stating that our application was being transferred to London for further processing.

Am I right in guessing that my file is sort of on hold at the moment because they gave me until April 23rd to upload the requested PCC's from Australia and New Zealand so I am thinking even though I sent them within minutes of them being requested they probably won't revisit our file until that deadline has passed not knowing that they are already uploaded hence Im not expecting any developments for at least another few weeks
Correct, it's called a Bring Forward Date.
 
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