1) I and my family applied for private sponsored refugee in Dec,2016 and till now we did not get any interview.
its been 16 months and the processing time in the website says 20 months for the country we are in now.
So does the processing time include the entire process till we get the visa or its the time it takes to be called for the interview ??
2) We applied as a family but now one of my kids wants to withdraw as she has different application because she is above 18. Will this effect the entire family application or not ??
I have some encouraging news for you, you can expect that they will call you soon
I'm Nov-2016 applicant we have just received the call, and the interview is the next month (assuming you are in Lebanon)
processing time are calculated from the date of receiving the complete application till the decision making date , you can add one or two months after that for visa issuing (the processing times are calculated depending on the recently finished cases and may be changed frequently)
about your daughter I have no Idea ,but I don't think that the withdrawal will affect anyone other than her.
Ahh thank you for the great news ....... I thought there was a problem with our application thats why its late.
Well no we live in saudi arabia and the processing time here is 21 month
I would suggest you not to withdraw your daughter because IRCC locks the age for dependents from the time the sponsorship was originally filed. She should be fine.
(assuming you are in Lebanon)