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[schweisy]

Do u think it is possible to add a column for the location of applicant?

I would love this, but unfortunately the spreadsheet is locked to whoever created it, so I can't change it. @JoshC has made a bunch of great changes to the 2019 one though.

 

[RoRo88]

No way! My spouse is in Lebanon where is you wife ?

Has your file been transferred to Beirut yet?

 

[svilli]

Hi everyone,
Congratulations to all lucky PPR and DM owners!

I have some updates that could be interesting for Quebec applicants.
Received a CSQ today (Certificat de sélection du Québec)

28 February - Docs were delivered to Quebec Ministry of Immigration
12 March - AOR form QC, fee charged 284 C$
21 March - CSQ issued
26 March - CSQ received (by Canada post)

Sorry for beeing offline.. Just started my first job in Canada

 

[schweisy]

Hi everyone,
Congratulations to all lucky PPR and DM owners!

I have some updates that could be interesting for Quebec applicants.
Received a CSQ today (Certificat de sélection du Québec)

28 February - Docs were delivered to Quebec Ministry of Immigration
12 March - AOR form QC, fee charged 284 C$
21 March - CSQ issued
26 March - CSQ received (by Canada post)

Sorry for beeing offline.. Just started my first job in Canada

Excellent news! Congrats on both the CSQ and the new job!!!

 

[kohman77]

For anyone else who is interested in the behind-the-scenes operations of IRCC and how applications are selected to stay in Mississauga, I came across an old post recently that provides some concrete information.

The poster, @SeineToHumber, used access to information laws to request an operational bulletin from IRCC that describes how the process works, which you can see here: https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-i...ard/threads/ob570-stream.513446/#post-6426449

Unfortunately, the government redacted the specific criteria used to triage applications, which is precisely what would be of most interest to applicants like us, though the OP provides a few extra bits of collected information in this post: https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-i...reads/ob570-stream.513446/page-4#post-6962297

Hope it sheds a bit of light, for those who share my nerdy interest!

The only thing I will add is that the additional information (2nd post) is not necessarily correct. They claim only PA from high approval rate countries are put into the Low risk stream. My PA is from Philippines and we were processed completely in Mississauga and total processing time was only 4 months. It was never transferred to the local VO. I am doubting Philippines made it onto that prestige list of countries
Although it does state their triage criteria is subject to change so maybe that list has relaxed since then.

I would speculate triage criteria may contain other things such as time spent living together, age gap, etc. My case was a very simple situation (I lived with my wife in her country for years and still lived with her at the time of the application, we are both young and close in age, etc).

 

[JonoKrause2018]

I am so jealous of most people here, medical passed back in 1 FEB and sent to VO Singapore (My Wife is Cambodian) and still on BGC with no answer and now with the new un-helpful status bar it remind me everyday I have 5 months left Hope I will get to hear something from them soon also it say They have not received biometrics even though on the page itself it show her biometric number and everything.....Hope no problems with the background just wish I could hear something from them soon, its so stressful as everyone can imagine

 

[starpanda]

I am so jealous of most people here, medical passed back in 1 FEB and sent to VO Singapore (My Wife is Cambodian) and still on BGC with no answer and now with the new un-helpful status bar it remind me everyday I have 5 months left Hope I will get to hear something from them soon also it say They have not received biometrics even though on the page itself it show her biometric number and everything.....Hope no problems with the background just wish I could hear something from them soon, its so stressful as everyone can imagine

If it makes you feel better, at least yours was sent to a VO, mine still sits in Sydney

 

[rbbt0824]

My wife is in Beijing...not a good location considering all the tensions between the two countries

Was your file transferred to HKVO or CPC-M? Do you think the tension could potentially prolong the background check processing time?
My rep said he helped two employees who worked at Huawei a while ago, the background took ages to finish

 

[JonoKrause2018]

If it makes you feel better, at least yours was sent to a VO, mine still sits in Sydney

How long did you apply? They received mine 31 Aug, I wish you good luck and hope everything will go well with you

 

[ryester]

Was your file transferred to HKVO or CPC-M? Do you think the tension could potentially prolong the background check processing time?
My rep said he helped two employees who worked at Huawei a while ago, the background took ages to finish

HKVO. I have no doubt it will take quite a while for my wife as well, sigh...

 

[ryester]

I am so jealous of most people here, medical passed back in 1 FEB and sent to VO Singapore (My Wife is Cambodian) and still on BGC with no answer and now with the new un-helpful status bar it remind me everyday I have 5 months left Hope I will get to hear something from them soon also it say They have not received biometrics even though on the page itself it show her biometric number and everything.....Hope no problems with the background just wish I could hear something from them soon, its so stressful as everyone can imagine

At least her BGC started, my wife's file sitting idly in HKVO now so I am jealous of you

 

[starpanda]

How long did you apply? They received mine 31 Aug, I wish you good luck and hope everything will go well with you

Thanks, they received mine Dec 19th. So it's not that long yet, I orginally applied in August but had it returned so it seems so much longer to me.

 

[ryester]

Sorry to hear that. She will get it all done I have seen a few people in other threads from there and they got the PR card. Best wishes

Thank you! And best wishes to you too.

 

[ryester]

Hi everyone,
Congratulations to all lucky PPR and DM owners!

I have some updates that could be interesting for Quebec applicants.
Received a CSQ today (Certificat de sélection du Québec)

28 February - Docs were delivered to Quebec Ministry of Immigration
12 March - AOR form QC, fee charged 284 C$
21 March - CSQ issued
26 March - CSQ received (by Canada post)

Sorry for beeing offline.. Just started my first job in Canada

Congratulations on the progress and your new job!

 

[rbbt0824]

HKVO. I have no doubt it will take quite a while for my wife as well, sigh...

I am originally from China too and been worried about this all the time. My file was transferred to Missisauga though but i doubt if it would make any difference since the background check will be done by other agencies than VO/CPC.