Thread for Outland LONDON, UK Applications!

[Sweden]

I googled XXXXX police certificate (XXXXX being the country name) and found the right forms that way.

There is also a list on CIC website with details for each country, when available... http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/security/police-cert/index.asp their list and recommendation is pretty accurate most of the time (had to provide 7 different police certificates, so I can understand how painful it is!)
Good luck,
Sweden

 

[chopsticks]

I googled XXXXX police certificate (XXXXX being the country name) and found the right forms that way.

Oh ok I thought there was a standard application you sent.
thanks though

 

[chopsticks]

There is also a list on CIC website with details for each country, when available... http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/security/police-cert/index.asp their list and recommendation is pretty accurate most of the time (had to provide 7 different police certificates, so I can understand how painful it is!)
Good luck,
Sweden

Thank you Sweden, we are following that link from CIC as well

 

[johare12]

Toronto is a great place to be, and if you look in the right areas its definitely affordable If you need any advice on neighbourhoods etc just let me know

I think padmapper is my new fav too! lol have fun

Thanks, as soon as I get my COPR I will start applying for jobs and if I get one in Toronto we will definitely think about moving into the city

 

[R151NG5UN]

Has 'sem' received COPR? There cells/line is red but there is no information....

Yes Sem has received COPR. I have a really old print out and the last bit of his info should read 80 days Sponsor approval-COPR and 168 days total process.

 

[Forester2000]

I am the queen of apartment searching in Toronto haha.

My favs are:

Kijiji
viewit.ca - really good
padmapper - a new website which is good as it takes ad's from every website and lists them here on a map. At the bottom of the page it says more filters, and u can choose to display places only with pics.
urbanrenters - quite good, but seemed to have slowed down a lot on their listings lately.

If you are looking for condo's in particular, MLS.ca is sometimes worth a try, but not always that great.

Good Luck!

Thanks!! Just dl padmapper app...awesome!!

 

[scottishmaple]

Yes Sem has received COPR. I have a really old print out and the last bit of his info should read 80 days Sponsor approval-COPR and 168 days total process.

Thanks! Just curious, not that it would make much difference to the average...lol

 

[Canuckwannabe]

I don't know if this will be helpful for anyone else to know, but I thought I would post my update just incase it helps anyone else. As I mentioned before my status on ecas states "application received" and hasn't changed since April 27th and I know that some other people have also had no update on ecas. So I decided to take a chance and call the Mississauga call centre today and spoke to a really nice guy who took a good ten minutes to look in to our file. I explained that ecas hadn't provided an update and that for peace of mind I was hoping that he could tell me if London had received our application. Although I had read that Mississauga can't provide details or updates for individual visa offices, he was in fact able to tell me that London have created their own file for our application, and he gave us that reference number. This may be old news to some of you, but for anyone else who just wants confirmation that London has received your application then knowing that a file number exists is a good start, and apparently in order for London to respond to query emails they prefer to search by their own reference number. The guy from the call centre is going to email me some additional contact information for London which may or may not help (I will check emails shortly and see if there is anything useful). He also said that they are in the process of sending London the last of the September applications and are getting through October pretty quickly... fingers crossed London picks up the pace too!

 

[frege]

I don't know if this will be helpful for anyone else to know, but I thought I would post my update just incase it helps anyone else. As I mentioned before my status on ecas states "application received" and hasn't changed since April 27th and I know that some other people have also had no update on ecas. So I decided to take a chance and call the Mississauga call centre today and spoke to a really nice guy who took a good ten minutes to look in to our file. I explained that ecas hadn't provided an update and that for peace of mind I was hoping that he could tell me if London had received our application. Although I had read that Mississauga can't provide details or updates for individual visa offices, he was in fact able to tell me that London have created their own file for our application, and he gave us that reference number. This may be old news to some of you, but for anyone else who just wants confirmation that London has received your application then knowing that a file number exists is a good start, and apparently in order for London to respond to query emails they prefer to search by their own reference number. The guy from the call centre is going to email me some additional contact information for London which may or may not help (I will check emails shortly and see if there is anything useful). He also said that they are in the process of sending London the last of the September applications and are getting through October pretty quickly... fingers crossed London picks up the pace too!

Hi Canuckwannabe,

How did you get through to the call centre? Every time I've called lately, it's said they can't transfer my call because they're receiving a high volume of calls. I didn't have this problem before. Is there a trick to it, like selecting certain options?

Thanks.

 

[Canuckwannabe]

Hi Canuckwannabe,

How did you get through to the call centre? Every time I've called lately, it's said they can't transfer my call because they're receiving a high volume of calls. I didn't have this problem before. Is there a trick to it, like selecting certain options?

Thanks.

I wish I could remember what option I selected, but I don't sorry! I just remember it repeatedly gave warnings about not being able to give advice concerning visa offices and that they were experiencing higher than normal call volumes (but then they always say that) I continued to hold for a few minutes before it asking me to enter my UCI number and it then said the wait time was six minutes. So I guess I was just really lucky! I called them at 15:00 their time, so I don't know if that made a difference or not? Fingers crossed you get through soon though!

 

[frege]

I wish I could remember what option I selected, but I don't sorry! I just remember it repeatedly gave warnings about not being able to give advice concerning visa offices and that they were experiencing higher than normal call volumes (but then they always say that) I continued to hold for a few minutes before it asking me to enter my UCI number and it then said the wait time was six minutes. So I guess I was just really lucky! I called them at 15:00 their time, so I don't know if that made a difference or not? Fingers crossed you get through soon though!

Okay, I'll keep trying. Thanks!

 

[nmford]

Hi Canuckwannabe,

How did you get through to the call centre? Every time I've called lately, it's said they can't transfer my call because they're receiving a high volume of calls. I didn't have this problem before. Is there a trick to it, like selecting certain options?

Thanks.

If there are too many people on hold already, it just hangs up. If you get lucky, you get put on hold

 

[Laurenhannah]

Has anyone who had more than one login for ECAS noticed an update on one but not the other?

What i'm trying to say is, we have three login's; a UCI number for myself, a UCI number for my boyfriend and the Immigration File Number. If an update changes on one, does anyone know if it will automatically update all 3? I keep checking all three login's!! lol

 

[johare12]

Has anyone who had more than one login for ECAS noticed an update on one but not the other?

What i'm trying to say is, we have three login's; a UCI number for myself, a UCI number for my boyfriend and the Immigration File Number. If an update changes on one, does anyone know if it will automatically update all 3? I keep checking all three login's!! lol

I'd love to know this too as I'm doing the exact same thing and feeling like a crazy person! (more so!)

 

[ldjames]

What i'm trying to say is, we have three login's; a UCI number for myself, a UCI number for my boyfriend and the Immigration File Number. If an update changes on one, does anyone know if it will automatically update all 3? I keep checking all three login's!! lol

This may not be entirely correct but from what I've seen other people say and what I can see for myself:

Sponsor UCI- relates to stage 1- so mine says decision made- and no updates expected after that.

Applicant UCI/File Number/ Receipt Number- All bring up the same info and this relates to stage 2 process- changes only expected to occur on this one.

I know the VO prefers contact to be made using their file number rather than UCI but otherwise I don't see any difference in the info.