Medical results received

ECAS has been updated and our record now says:

We received [my name]'s application for permanent residence on July 11, 2011.

Medical results have been received.

I can breathe a sigh of relief – even though the GP wrote Tim’s details as the Principal Applicant, they’ve managed to match my records with the application. Not sure if the wee note I included explaining all this was needed, but it certainly calmed my nerves while we’ve been waiting!

P.S. Happy BC Day for yesterday!

Application received in London!

I was planning to write a post tomorrow about it being one month since Tim was approved, but I thought I’d quickly check the CIC website...

Permanent Residence Application Status – Application Received

We received [my name]'s application for permanent residence on July 11, 2011.

Woo, things are definitely moving forward!

• 25th May – Paperwork received in Mississauga
• 28th June – Sponsor approved (34 days – CIC estimates 40)
• 11th July – Paperwork received in London (13 days – very slow postman!)

Going by the CIC website, this next step could take 9 months. However, the British Expats timeline thread and the Trackitt spreadsheet both seem to be showing around 3 months from this point.

Obviously, all I want is to actually get approved, rather than pushing for a quick turnaround, but it would be great if our planned holiday later this year could be a landing trip too. Fingers crossed for 11th October :)

Happy Canada Day!

For your viewing pleasure, William Shatner sings 'O, Canada!'

Online tracking too

And that’s our application appearing on ECAS now – still only under Tim’s name, not mine, but I’m not complaining!

I could be worried that they’ve spelled my middle name wrong, but it’s correct on the actual email and I’m more concerned about the official correspondence than the online tracking.

In case you’re interested, the text on the website reads...

Approved as a sponsor!

Step 1 completed - Tim has been approved as a sponsor!

I've been counting down the days to Monday 4th July, as that'll be 42 days since our application was received by CIC, which was the processing time listed on the website (it's now dropped to 40 days). However, we got home from work tonight and, while we were preparing to go out to my mum's 60th birthday party, Tim got his approval email.

This is really exciting - I can't believe we're actually moving forward! Although, it does mean that if anything mucks up now, it'll probably be part of my forms :)

The text of the email from CIC is below, in case you're interested...

Go Canucks Go!

I've really surprised myself by watching the Stanley Cup finals and loving it! So much so, that I'm showing my support for the Canucks on my nails...

Go Canucks Go!

Nothing more to report about our application, but I'm spending tons of time looking at Vancouver websites and blogs :)

Delivered

According to the DHL tracking website, our paperwork was received on Wednesday 25th May at 12pm, signed for by "Borsha", which is an awesome name :)

We should find out by 6th July if Tim is approved as a sponsor, then it's the long wait for my part - could be as soon as October, but could be up to March.

Keep your fingers crossed for us!