July 2012 Forms - NEW

[CharlizeRai]

Hello,

Does anyone have any idea how long CIC will still accept the February 2012 sponsorship forms?

I noticed that when they changed the forms February 2012 (from July 2011), they still accepted old forms until March 31 2012.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/notices/notice-newform.asp

July 2012 forms are up (posted after July 20 2012), so I don't know what their policies are.

 

[motorcyclerider]

Re: July 2012 Forms

Can't find any major changes to the forms. Wish they would put the version number on their form titles so people can tell the difference right away on the cic website.

 

[CharlizeRai]

Re: July 2012 Forms

Ya, I looked as well. Not many changes at all, and none of them that important. Not like the July 2011-February 2012 change.

 

[CharlizeRai]

Ok. I spoke with 3 different government agents, and all 3 told me that they would still accept February 2012 forms (in case anyone else is curious). I don't know for how long though.

 

[Luckyman]

Their policy is.......DON"T EVEN CHANCE IT!

Always have updated forms....as an example, we applied in May, They looked at it late July and returned to me with notice of form revisions out of date...

So modified application, re typed, needed new Option C, sent for sigs to wifey, re organized and sent. They now received Aug. 14.

This has wasted as you can see almost 3 months as we could be in the home stretch right now.

So advise to anyone that had been working on forms for a while is CHECK revision dates before sending. Hope this, has I don't want this to happen to anyone else.

Cheers!

 

[motorcyclerider]

Curious, which forms did you have to retype Luckyman? Were they the one's that need the barcode pages? And how long was it from them receiving your package to them returning it back to you?

 

[CharlizeRai]

Their policy is.......DON"T EVEN CHANCE IT!

Always have updated forms....as an example, we applied in May, They looked at it late July and returned to me with notice of form revisions out of date...

So modified application, re typed, needed new Option C, sent for sigs to wifey, re organized and sent. They now received Aug. 14.

This has wasted as you can see almost 3 months as we could be in the home stretch right now.

So advise to anyone that had been working on forms for a while is CHECK revision dates before sending. Hope this, has I don't want this to happen to anyone else.

Cheers!

That's my fear! I entirely agree, update them now if you haven't already sent off your application package. But, according to the three people I spoke to, in theory, you should be fine.

Unfortunately, call agents cant speak entirely to visa officers desires!