Sponsorwhip application status?

I think you dont need to worry about that. All what they need to know is if you travelled in another country and you lived there for more than 6 months. If you lived somewhere else for more than 6 month then they will be likely to ask you to produce a police clearence from that country so you dont need to worry.

Congrats, shamama! Glad to hear that you got past the first hurdle! I am still not in ECAS but I likely won't see anything for at least a couple more weeks since my app was received on Nov 19th. Keeping fingers crossed!

And dpenabill...glad to see you on here!

Ok, so checked status with eCAS - I'm the sponsor living outside Canada and didn't realise that I had to enter MY name, DOB and country of birth - anyway, it said decision was made and letter sent Nov 27 so fingers crosses!

App receieved: Nov 6
decision mailed out: Nov 27
Recieved: ??

The posted timelines are based on historical data and thus not a prognosis (let alone a promise) but more of a guide, a relative range of reasonable expectation. But, of course, every app, including the sponsorship approval itself prior to the PR app being sent to the appropriate Visa Office to be processed, is individual and subject to all the vagaries of bureaucratic processes. Including, of course, mistakes and omissions made by the applicants, which can cause delays ranging from brief to more extended ones during which requests for addtional info or docs is made and must be responded to. To be sure, most applicants make some mistakes: my wife and I worked diligently on our application, and went over things multiple times, checking and re-checking checklists, but not too long after sending the whole thing off I started recognizing some mistakes, and just recently, well over a year since my PR visa was issued, I noticed another significant omission (a query posted in another forum alerted me to something I had overlooked). So the thing is to be patient, to relax if you can, maybe review your copy of the paperwork to reassure yourself that you submitted a strong, convincing application, and don't get too worried about the minutia -- there is quite a bit of flexibility written into the process, which works in favor of most applicants (recognizing the exceptions, the painful exceptions).

Thanks, mitamata!!