Tier 1 (General) Processing Times

[jadezia]

Since i am a Canadian resident, I need to apply from Canada unfortunatly.

By the way, little event in my day, by bank won't give me a letter of authentification for my internet bank statements. Great.

Good luck to you Famous and congratulations to you atb. Lucky you! (even if I doubt luck has anything to do with it)

[iancanton]

neither my fiancée nor i supplied certification for our respective internet bank statements that supported our successful application for a fiancée visa via the toronto vac, so i presume that it's not absolutely necessary.

ian.

[brit1980]

We also applied through Ottawa 2nd week of September and it took 16 business days from their first notification email (thanks to atb above for letting us know about the timeline, I was starting to get worried!)
The wait was unbearable but I guess it was in line with the expected 5 to 15 business days. I read somewhere on their website that ALL tier 1 migrant applications are considered non-straightforward and thus take longer than the minimum 5 days.

Hope this helps anyone else wondering about how long it takes.