I posted this in a separate thread but thought it might get a good response here! Thanks if so.
I received my first set of GCMS notes recently, all of which seems promising in terms of the overall progress of my application.
It says that my eligibility and medical were both passed, with Criminality and Info Sharing In Progress. Am I correct in thinking this is relatively normal? I applied at the start of May.
Here's my main issue:
I got married after I had submitted my application, informed IRCC in December and uploaded the requested documents associated with this and my wife just over a week ago on the 4th February. However, due to the file size constraints on the IRCC secure portal I couldn't upload all the requested documents and forms. I provided a cover letter explaining the situation, and that I would be submitting the missing documents via the webform. That actually took a couple of days, because a fault with the webform (acknowledged by IRCC) meant that it was impossible to upload documents. The IRCC sent me a receipt to say they had received my documents on the 5th February and I eventually managed to upload the rest of the documents on the same day. However, on the following day I received another letter from IRCC noting that there were missing documents, and requesting that I upload them. As I had already submitted the webform request I am assuming this is just a result of the delay between a webform submission and those documents being transferred to my application. The letter from the IRCC on the 6th regarding the missing documents didn't explain where or how these should be submitted, but I'm assuming they intend for it to be via the webform as that seems to be the only option. Given that I have already done it, is it safe to say I can relax? The second letter I received from the IRCC on the 5th February said I had 30 days to provide the documents, so this should cover me from the time it takes for webform submissions to be processed. Previously it took exactly a month between me submitting my change of martial status in December, and it showing up on my GCMS notes in January.
My other point of confusion is in the GCMS notes, the officer has mentioned in regards to the missing documents that 'many essential documents are missing, such as IMM008, Spouse PPT and other documents'. This came before I managed to submit some of these documents, as I'm assuming Spouse PPT refers to my wifes passport, which was one of the things that I uploaded on the webform. HOWEVER, the IMM008 form was one of the things that I DID upload via the IRCC secure portal, and I can see that the updated version of that form is included at the end of my GCMS notes, alongside everything else that I submitted via the portal. Is this likely just a case of the officer not checking over my documents properly? Is there anything I should do?
Thanks for any help you're able to give! I feel reassured that the rest of my application seems to have progressed without too many hitches, but it's easy to worry about these things (hence my username lol).
