Tuesday, May 08, 2007

Spouse Outside Canada - Updated Timeline

09/29/06 - Got fingerprints done
09/30/06 - Mailed paperwork to FBI and California DOJ
10/03/06 - FBI received fingerprints
10/04/06 - Received DOJ police clearance letter
01/25/07 - Received FBI clearance
02/19/07 - Got fingerprints re-done for DOJ
(they're nearly 5 months old)
02/22/07 - Medical exam
02/22/07 - Received 2nd DOJ police clearance letter
02/23/07 - Mailed application to CPC-Mississauga
03/07/07 - CPC-M received application
03/28/07 - Sponsorship decision made and letter sent
04/04/07 - Received letter - sponsorship approved
04/12/07 - Buffalo started processing Immigrant portion
05/01/07 - Received letter - Buffalo acknowledgement of receipt (mistakenly sent to our old address)
05/08/07 - Received letter - file sent to Los Angeles Consulate (also mistakenly sent to our old address)

Status of application can be checked online at e-Client Application Status (e-CAS).

Incidentally, our moving out of state in mid-March doesn't seem to have affected the processing time at all. The sponsorship approval letter arrived just as fast as it did for others going through the same process on this forum.

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