Canada: IEC CANADA VISA WAITING TIMES **PLEASE READ**

clynch89

Apologies if there's another thread on this but I couldn't find it.

Just looking for anyone who's applied for the IEC Visa this year as to how long it took them to get the Visa (or if not received yet what stage they're at).

I applied through Go4less and my visa application was received by the Candian embassy on March 26th. I am due to be flying early June and now I'm starting to get the fear a little bit...

fc04

clynch89 wrote: »

Apologies if there's another thread on this but I couldn't find it.

Just looking for anyone who's applied for the IEC Visa this year as to how long it took them to get the Visa (or if not received yet what stage they're at).

I applied through Go4less and my visa application was received by the Candian embassy on March 26th. I am due to be flying early June and now I'm starting to get the fear a little bit...

11 weeks im waiting but there was a problem with the payment.It differs for people though some people applied after me and have their loi already.

NoelAPM

clynch89 wrote: »

Apologies if there's another thread on this but I couldn't find it.

Just looking for anyone who's applied for the IEC Visa this year as to how long it took them to get the Visa (or if not received yet what stage they're at).

I applied through Go4less and my visa application was received by the Candian embassy on March 26th. I am due to be flying early June and now I'm starting to get the fear a little bit...

You'll find countless accounts from people throught this forum stating there experiences and there timelines with regards to the IEC program of 2012. 3-4 months from sending to receiving it seems to be a rough guideline at the moment.

another_one

Hi Everyone,


For those of you who applied for the IEC Canadian working visa through London in the last few months- could you let me know how ye have got on, when ye applied, when ye heard back and when ye got the Visa??!

They received my application on Feb 20th 2012 and as of today I have only received my confirmation email which was 3 whole weeks ago. At this stage I am beginning to wonder if I will ever get it and whether or not I will be accepted.

Your feedback and experiences with this visa would be appreciated!

Thanks!

aidomckeown

im worried to i sent in all of my stuff 3 weeks ago and still havent heard anything from them! no confirmation e mail nothing

another_one

I was waiting a month for that so think you should get something in the next week or so

aidomckeown

i hope so! after that it takes 6 to 8 weeks to process that what it says on the site anyway

emfd

It took exactly five weeks for me to receive my email requesting payment!

scooby2791

Heres my timeline so far since:

Application Sent: 07/02/2012
Receipt of Application: 08/03/2012
Email requesting payment: 02/04/2012
Paid: 03/04/2012

Been taking in around a month inbetween emails for me so far. Me & four friends all applied around the same time and everyones waiting times have been very similar thus far. I'm just waiting for the email from the IEC confirming they received my money and then I'm in the clear!

rojorolo

another_one wrote: »

Hi Everyone,


For those of you who applied for the IEC Canadian working visa through London in the last few months- could you let me know how ye have got on, when ye applied, when ye heard back and when ye got the Visa??!

They received my application on Feb 20th 2012 and as of today I have only received my confirmation email which was 3 whole weeks ago. At this stage I am beginning to wonder if I will ever get it and whether or not I will be accepted.

Your feedback and experiences with this visa would be appreciated!

Thanks!

Well first thank you so much for starting this thread. I am trying to work out some sort of logic to this whole process also. I am regularly checking the 80+ page elsewhere to get some idea of what to expect because the IEC are so slow and difficult to get anywhere with.

My application was delivered on the 02/03/12 and I was lucky to only wait 3 weeks for the confirmation of receipt which I got the 23/03/12. I have heard nowt since then and its rolling on 4 weeks tomorrow despite the email I got saying it would be 2 weeks *sigh. My BF applied the 20/02/12 and got his confirmation email the same day I did despite sending his in 3 weeks before.

Fingers crossed i'll know where I stand soon.

emfd

rojorolo wrote: »

another_one wrote: »

Hi Everyone,


For those of you who applied for the IEC Canadian working visa through London in the last few months- could you let me know how ye have got on, when ye applied, when ye heard back and when ye got the Visa??!

They received my application on Feb 20th 2012 and as of today I have only received my confirmation email which was 3 whole weeks ago. At this stage I am beginning to wonder if I will ever get it and whether or not I will be accepted.

Your feedback and experiences with this visa would be appreciated!

Thanks!

Hi there, I received an email stating my application was received on Feb 27th & it told me I would receive another email in two weeks! Exactly FIVE weeks later I received the payment request email on Apr 2nd, I paid the money & sent back my work permit on the same day & I have heard nothing since. My boyfriend received his payment request email on Apr 1st, paid on Apr 2nd & received his second stage email on Apr 4th, now he's just waiting for his LOI! There doesn't seem to be any logic or order to it! Very frustrating!

marzmurphy

scooby2791 wrote: »

Heres my timeline so far since:

Application Sent: 07/02/2012
Receipt of Application: 08/03/2012
Email requesting payment: 02/04/2012
Paid: 03/04/2012

Been taking in around a month inbetween emails for me so far. Me & four friends all applied around the same time and everyones waiting times have been very similar thus far. I'm just waiting for the email from the IEC confirming they received my money and then I'm in the clear!

Hi,

Im in the same boat as you! I made my payment on 02/04/2012. However I havn't received any notice that they have gotten this payment... is this just part of their delays or does it mean they havnt received it..(reference number not showing up their end etc) My 12 days are up tomorrow and still no confirmation so am worried it will be rejected on grounds of non payment...anyone have any similar experience?

Thanks for any insights!

coll123

Hi

I got receipt email on 6th Feb, payment email 22nd Feb (paid same day) and got LOI on 12th March. 5 weeks in total but from reading other people's responses it seems they have been much slower in the past few weeks.
Hope u don't have to wait too much longer

another_one

here is a timeline from cookiexx which I found on another thread on this topic::


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It can be done! Got my LOI last night

I'm in Canada since August 2010, so almost 20 months now. Sent off my application back in January and when I got the Receipt Notice on Feb 21st, I was flirting dangerously close to the 18-month mark...and a lot of my friends who are in Canada for a similar length of time have been refused...so I was understandably relieved to see it in my Inbox last night!

Here's my timeline:

17 January: Sent off application
21 February: Notice of Receipt
13 March: Payment request
16 March: Paid
27 March: IEC Eligible, sent to CIC
11 April: Received LOI

rocky66

hi
I was sent to the cic on 4/4/12 just waiting on LOI now; th waiting driveing me nuts

another_one

that is crazy over 4 months. what are they doing over there like?!

MavisDavis

Getting really freaked out now. Sent my application on 26th March and haven't gotten a receipt of application.

Meant to be going back to Canada at the end of May for work and seriously scared it's not going to come in time.

Last year it took a week to get conditional acceptance and a month to get an LOI!

Bebop and rocksteady

me so far

sent 5th march.

notice of receipt 20th march.

accepted request payment 4th April.

paid 5th April in bank.

eligible, sent to cic 17th April.

waiting on loi (email says within next 6 weeks, hope it will be within 2) fingers crossed

another_one

Is this your second time applying Bebob and Rocksteady? You are getting done much quicker than most people?!

Bebop and rocksteady

no this is my first time.
i have included a job offer with my application which may have sped it up a bit

another_one

that must be it bebob! well done hopefully I will see some movement in mine soon

Bebop and rocksteady

hopefully you will. best of luck

emfd

Something must be wrong with mine, I've heard nothing since I paid on Apr 2nd... surely this is too long to get confirmation of payment & passed to 2nd phase!

scooby2791

emfd wrote: »

Something must be wrong with mine, I've heard nothing since I paid on Apr 2nd... surely this is too long to get confirmation of payment & passed to 2nd phase!

Took bout 3 weeks from the day I paid until I received the payment confirmation email.

emfd

scooby2791 wrote: »

emfd wrote: »

Something must be wrong with mine, I've heard nothing since I paid on Apr 2nd... surely this is too long to get confirmation of payment & passed to 2nd phase!

Took bout 3 weeks from the day I paid until I received the payment confirmation email.

Thanks for that reply, that puts my mind at ease to know someone else took as long as mine! Do you have your LOI now?

coolikerane

hey lads did ye have to do a medical for the IEC for canada?

illegalmidget

hey guys here my time line

Notice of Receipt: 7th of Feb
Accepted and Payments requested the 29th of Feb
I sent payment and the email version of the form of the 5th of March
passed to the 2nd phase on the 12th March
Received Visa on the 15th March


Did you guys Email the Email version on the application??

also im going on the 28th of April (yay!)
but my friend who is coming with me hasn't got her visa yet!! she was requested to pay 2 weeks ago and she did so on that day? mine only took 3 days to get my visa after i paid??
what are the odds she will get it in the next week??
and if she doesn't can she just say shes on holiday?? she will only have a 1 way flight ?

emfd

illegalmidget wrote: »

hey guys here my time line

Notice of Receipt: 7th of Feb
Accepted and Payments requested the 29th of Feb
I sent payment and the email version of the form of the 5th of March
passed to the 2nd phase on the 12th March
Received Visa on the 15th March


Did you guys Email the Email version on the application??

also im going on the 28th of April (yay!)
but my friend who is coming with me hasn't got her visa yet!! she was requested to pay 2 weeks ago and she did so on that day? mine only took 3 days to get my visa after i paid??
what are the odds she will get it in the next week??
and if she doesn't can she just say shes on holiday?? she will only have a 1 way flight ?

They must be having problems with some payments, I paid on April 2nd & haven't heard anything since. My boyfriend paid on the same day & he got his LOI today! Where's mine!? Even a confirmation of payment would do!!!

coolikerane

hey do u have to do a medical for the IEC if your from ireland

illegalmidget

coolikerane wrote: »

hey do u have to do a medical for the IEC if your from ireland

yep its just a medical declaration i think, i just had to sign it stating i had no Medical conditions

illegalmidget

emfd wrote: »

They must be having problems with some payments, I paid on April 2nd & haven't heard anything since. My boyfriend paid on the same day & he got his LOI today! Where's mine!? Even a confirmation of payment would do!!!

i know its so annoying i thought it was fist come first serve obviously not!! i had mine 3 days after the receipt she is waiting nearly 3 weeks now since she got her receipt

did you email the email version of the application??

I heard there was problems with the WAN number not fitting into the reference box when transferring money

emfd

illegalmidget wrote: »

emfd wrote: »

They must be having problems with some payments, I paid on April 2nd & haven't heard anything since. My boyfriend paid on the same day & he got his LOI today! Where's mine!? Even a confirmation of payment would do!!!

i know its so annoying i thought it was fist come first serve obviously not!! i had mine 3 days after the receipt she is waiting nearly 3 weeks now since she got her receipt

did you email the email version of the application??

I heard there was problems with the WAN number not fitting into the reference box when transferring money

I made both my payment & my boyfriends, I called the bank & the confirmed the reference is correct & fits on the IEC bank statement! If they got his then they have mine! We both emailed the IMM1295 work permit the same way & we both got emails to say it had been received in the correct email inbox! Still nothing for me, very frustrating as he has his LOI & is ready to go but I'm still waiting !

I've been emailing them all week but they don't reply! Stuck in limbo!

doneill85

emfd wrote: »

I made both my payment & my boyfriends, I called the bank & the confirmed the reference is correct & fits on the IEC bank statement! If they got his then they have mine! We both emailed the IMM1295 work permit the same way & we both got emails to say it had been received in the correct email inbox! Still nothing for me, very frustrating as he has his LOI & is ready to go but I'm still waiting !

I've been emailing them all week but they don't reply! Stuck in limbo!

Hi,

Myself and my girlfriend are in the exact same situation as you. Paid on April 1st, i hve been passed onto the second phase but my girlfriend hasnt heard anything since. she paid aib online while i used tsb online... Did you and you boyfriend both use aib online using the swift/iban method?? Thanks..

emfd

doneill85 wrote: »

emfd wrote: »

I made both my payment & my boyfriends, I called the bank & the confirmed the reference is correct & fits on the IEC bank statement! If they got his then they have mine! We both emailed the IMM1295 work permit the same way & we both got emails to say it had been received in the correct email inbox! Still nothing for me, very frustrating as he has his LOI & is ready to go but I'm still waiting !

I've been emailing them all week but they don't reply! Stuck in limbo!

Hi,

Myself and my girlfriend are in the exact same situation as you. Paid on April 1st, i hve been passed onto the second phase but my girlfriend hasnt heard anything since. she paid aib online while i used tsb online... Did you and you boyfriend both use aib online using the swift/iban method?? Thanks..

Hi there,
I used AIB Internet banking. I paid both mine & my boyfriends from my account on April 2nd. I used their NSC & Account number. My boyfriend received his payment confirmation on April 4th & he got his Letter of Introduction on April 19th. I still haven't received an email to say if I have been passed onto second phase or not & he has his VISA! I have emailed them everyday but no reply! Has your girlfriend emailed them?

Lf2012

MavisDavis wrote: »

Getting really freaked out now. Sent my application on 26th March and haven't gotten a receipt of application.

Meant to be going back to Canada at the end of May for work and seriously scared it's not going to come in time.

Last year it took a week to get conditional acceptance and a month to get an LOI!

Hey im n da same situation as u applied for my visa two weeks ago headin away in june.. Dont knw wat i can everyones waitin time is different

emfd

It finally came... I got my LOI in my email this morning! So they missed a step, I never got an email confirming payment had been received & I was going to second phase but I got the LOI today! All in all it took 8 weeks from the date they received the documents! Canada, here I come!:D

doneill85

emfd wrote: »

Hi there,
I used AIB Internet banking. I paid both mine & my boyfriends from my account on April 2nd. I used their NSC & Account number. My boyfriend received his payment confirmation on April 4th & he got his Letter of Introduction on April 19th. I still haven't received an email to say if I have been passed onto second phase or not & he has his VISA! I have emailed them everyday but no reply! Has your girlfriend emailed them?

Yeah she has emailed them alright, to no avail!! Glad to see you got yours. Im sure my girlfriend will get her LOI without the second phase email.. Fingers crossed!

Thanks..

colinmoroney

By comparison my timeline isn't as bad as a lot of peoples but it's still so frustrating. I'm not heading over til October but would be nice to know one way or the other if I'm going to get the thing or not.

30th Jan - Sent application
24th Feb - Email confirming application received
28th Mar - Email requesting payment

Haven't heard anything since. I made the payment on AIB internet banking using the IBAN and Swift Code cos the reference field wasn't long enough using the NSC route. Payment was confirmed immediately by AIB.

Has anyone gotten any bad news??

Lf2012

Just got an email sayin dey recieved my visa nly sent it two weeks ago ow long r people waitin to recieve der visas hate all the waitin

Elena Martin

Hi guys, I recieved my payment request today and I am trying to send off my Imm1295 form to the email address iec-london-application@international.gc.ca but the mail keeps bouncing back :mad:, I was just wondering if anyone else had the same problem??

Donkey16

marzmurphy wrote: »

Hi,

Im in the same boat as you! I made my payment on 02/04/2012. However I havn't received any notice that they have gotten this payment... is this just part of their delays or does it mean they havnt received it..(reference number not showing up their end etc) My 12 days are up tomorrow and still no confirmation so am worried it will be rejected on grounds of non payment...anyone have any similar experience?

Thanks for any insights!

What bank did you pay through do u mind me asking? Im worried about mine aswell, hope the no. shows up and they can recognise it soon.

Donkey16

colinmoroney wrote: »

By comparison my timeline isn't as bad as a lot of peoples but it's still so frustrating. I'm not heading over til October but would be nice to know one way or the other if I'm going to get the thing or not.

30th Jan - Sent application
24th Feb - Email confirming application received
28th Mar - Email requesting payment

Haven't heard anything since. I made the payment on AIB internet banking using the IBAN and Swift Code cos the reference field wasn't long enough using the NSC route. Payment was confirmed immediately by AIB.

Has anyone gotten any bad news??

Its not an International payment, from AIB to AIB or any bank a/c in Ireland is domestic. I never used the Swift or BAN.

JonSnuuu

My timeline so far:

Application sent: March 12th
Reciept of Application: April 12th
Payment Request: April 25th

Heading in to the bank tomorrow to send the money, then hopefully on to Toronto at the end of May!

colinmoroney

Donkey16 wrote: »

Its not an International payment, from AIB to AIB or any bank a/c in Ireland is domestic. I never used the Swift or BAN.

Yea I know it's only a domestic transfer but my reference number was too long to fit in the ref field in the domestic transfer option. It shouldn't make a difference (well I hope not anyway).

Still waiting to hear back. It is an annoyingly slow process.

emigrate2012

Howyez,same old story wait,confirm,paid today,ref. num didn't fit,so got the teller to leave out the WTN bit and the dashs.does anyone know if that will make a difference?don't want to get caught on de 12 day siht.

DaveDaRave1

Dont think so. everyone has had to leave out the dashes. the last 5 digits are the important part as they are unique to you

eimead

Hi Guys, new on here, actally my first post but I'm looking for some idiot proof advice on the visa application process...any help is much appreciated... basically I'm looking for the link where I can apply independently for my visa cause the idea of giving usit another penny of my money after past experiences is too much. I can see from reading this thread that it definitely takes a while... fortunately I'm not planning on going til October so hopefully I've enough time now. Anyone whose done this independently could you throw a few pointers at me, and most importantly, the link to application?

Many Thanks.

DaveDaRave1

Vast majority of people on here have done it throught the IEC.

All the info is here http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/ireland-irlande/experience_canada_experience/application_guide-guide_demande.aspx?view=d

There were only 461 places a week ago and theyr'e going really fast. If you havent already go down to your local garda station and apply for your Garda cert.

Then when you're waiting on that fill out the forms in full and get your pictures taken. if you have an specific questions about the forms theres loads of people on here happy to help.

eimead

Thanks a million Dave.. I didn't realize there were so few left, i'll get my application in straight after work today.

DaveDaRave1

No problem.

The amount of places can be found here http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/ireland-irlande/experience_canada_experience/index.aspx?lang=eng&view=d

On the right hand side.

eimead

Thanks a million. To be honest, hearing there were so few places left got me into a much required panic so I'm balls deep in these forms now.