Family Sponsorship

What Happens After You Submit a Spousal Sponsorship Application Submitting a spousal sponsorship often feels like the end of a long process. Couples spend weeks collecting documents, filling in forms, writing relationship histories and choosing photos, and then the application is gone. What follows is usually months of waiting, with only brief status updates in the online account. Many couples have no idea what’s happening behind the scenes, and the silence can be stressful, especially when partners live in different countries. Knowing the order of the steps makes the wait easier to manage and helps couples respond quickly when IRCC asks for something. Completeness and the first acknowledgement The first review checks that the application is complete. There isn't yet a judgment on whether the relationship is genuine or the sponsor is eligible. It’s a check that the package has the right forms, the required documents for both partners, signatures where needed, and proof that …