how long did it take for you?

[MapleOakLife]

How long did the background check and eligibility check take for you personally? Mines been on both of those forever..

 

[Omegabyte]

My wife received her sponsor approval on Oct 3, 2016. My application started processing in Ottawa a week later (10/10/2016 - according to ECAS). I first noticed my background check was "In Progress" on 01/20/2017, and my ECAS account shows "Decision Made" as of today, 02/07/2017.

I'm assuming there was some delay due to the Christmas holiday, and there are rumors that IRCC/CIC reached their 2016 spousal quota in early December.

 

[maledil]

My wife received her sponsor approval on Oct 3, 2016. My application started processing in Ottawa a week later (10/10/2016 - according to ECAS). I first noticed my background check was "In Progress" on 01/20/2017, and my ECAS account shows "Decision Made" as of today, 02/07/2017.

I'm assuming there was some delay due to the Christmas holiday, and there are rumors that IRCC/CIC reached their 2016 spousal quota in early December.

So what does that mean that they filled the quota? Does that mean no one would be approved between then and the start of the new year?

 

[Omegabyte]

So what does that mean that they filled the quota? Does that mean no one would be approved between then and the start of the new year?

Yes. The Canadian gov't sets a limit to the total number of immigrants approved for PR in each classification. In all likelihood, IRCC reached that limit for Spousal Outland applications in early December. Many applicants that would be considered "routine" had their background check start in late Nov/early Dec, and take up to 8 weeks. With the new year comes a new quota, so IRCC is actively processing PR apps again. My background check took slightly more than two weeks, and I received "Decision Made" on ECAS today.

 

[fjay]

How long did the background check and eligibility check take for you personally? Mines been on both of those forever..

Background check has been going on for 5 months.
I filed to sponsor my husband in 2015 March. It has been two years.It's so long
How long have you been waiting?

 

[Lashen]

Yes. The Canadian gov't sets a limit to the total number of immigrants approved for PR in each classification. In all likelihood, IRCC reached that limit for Spousal Outland applications in early December. Many applicants that would be considered "routine" had their background check start in late Nov/early Dec, and take up to 8 weeks. With the new year comes a new quota, so IRCC is actively processing PR apps again. My background check took slightly more than two weeks, and I received "Decision Made" on ECAS today.

Are you guys applying through outland or inland?

 

[MapleOakLife]

Background check has been going on for 5 months.
I filed to sponsor my husband in 2015 March. It has been two years.It's so long
How long have you been waiting?

I applied inland 2014 and background and eligibility have been going on for almost 8 months maybe

 

[Lashen]

I applied inland 2014 and background and eligibility have been going on for almost 8 months maybe

2014 is too much. Did you try to order for visa officer's note?