VIENNA OFFICE

[Monikita]

Hello Bobbi and all,

I haven't got a status inquiry response so far. The computer-generated reply suggests I should get a reply within 28 days. However, I found this on Vienna office website under the "contact us" section:

If a request concerns an application already being processed in our office we will answer only if the processing time is longer than announced or if there is a problem. Otherwise, the correspondent must assume that we have noted his/her message and that processing of his/her application is proceeding normally.

It has been more than 3 months and half that I haven't been contacted by VO...

 

[Tipha]

Hello Bobbi and all,

I haven't got a status inquiry response so far. The computer-generated reply suggests I should get a reply within 28 days. However, I found this on Vienna office website under the "contact us" section:

If a request concerns an application already being processed in our office we will answer only if the processing time is longer than announced or if there is a problem. Otherwise, the correspondent must assume that we have noted his/her message and that processing of his/her application is proceeding normally.

It has been more than 3 months and half that I haven't been contacted by VO...

I guess all together it means your file is processed normally, they havent requested anything in this 3 months from you....so i would say you should get your visa soon!

 

[Mirjana85]

Yeah but the thing is why on notes they dont show they even start processing those applicants from January ? Thats strange, and normally without delays it was 5 months tops from sponsorship till COPR

 

[Tipha]

The people that had AOR's in january have their COPR/visa already which didnt take too long, they got it between 1-4 months, and theres Gemini1 that had AOR in march and he seems to wait still unless he didnt update his info.....so now monikita and bobbi are next who had AOR in may and june.

 

[Tipha]

Yeah but the thing is why on notes they dont show they even start processing those applicants from January ? Thats strange, and normally without delays it was 5 months tops from sponsorship till COPR

I dont know what you mean with notes though....you mean the website? Thats usually never really reliable. And i think you need to count the process from the day you get AOR from vienna.

 

[Tipha]

Actually gemini1 received his visa in april, i check the january spreadsheet and i added it now to our spreadsheet, he just didnt update on here. ocanadaguy never updated anything since his sponsor approval, so marked him as inactive for now, so we dont get confused about him waiting still.

 

[montrealsnow]

Actually gemini1 received his visa in april, i check the january spreadsheet and i added it now to our spreadsheet, he just didnt update on here.

Ah, that's good to know. I guess the bottom line is still: no real progress since April.

Small update from me: I received my CSQ yesterday. Another little step...

 

[Tipha]

Ah, that's good to know. I guess the bottom line is still: no real progress since April.

Small update from me: I received my CSQ yesterday. Another little step...

A little step is better than nothing
I hope they pick it up again like they did before april, cause there applicants got their visas quiet fast after AOR.

 

[Bobbi]

Congrats montrealsnow!
Let's hope in September, Vienna starts sending out those PPR emails

 

[montrealsnow]

A little step is better than nothing

Yeah, it's actually nice to have a bunch of (failsafe) little things that keep trickling in. Better than sitting in front of the black hole, waiting for months while not having any new information.

 

[nole73]

It's great to see some movement in Vienna... let's all hope for the best!!!

 

[Bobbi]

Does anyone see 'In Process' under Principal Applicant? Or is it still 'Application Received'?
Our file is still 'Application Received' since Sponsorship Approval, May 9, 2012.

 

[Tipha]

Does anyone see 'In Process' under Principal Applicant? Or is it still 'Application Received'?
Our file is still 'Application Received' since Sponsorship Approval, May 9, 2012.

No, no change for me, i checked now pretty much every day since AOR, its still "App. received/Med. received". But since i heard so often about them not updating it well anyway, i dont give it too much thought.

 

[Franzi]

Just curious, do you guys log in with the sponsor's or the applicant's information? I can log in with my husbands info (sponsor), using the UCI from the approval letter, but I still can't log in with my info. Is that normal? Funny thing is, when we called cic to inquire about the status of our application, they asked to key in UCI + year of birth, so we used mine, and that worked..

 

[Bobbi]

You can use either, both Sponsor and Principal Applicant show the same information; only difference is the mailing addresses.
Tipha, you're right. I don't pay much attention to e-cas. It hasn't proven to be very reliable in Stage 2 of this process.
I was just curious to know if anyone does see 'In Process' .