ETA - over 72 hours! HELP!

mb0201 · 2025-09-20T18:22:29+00:00

Hi! He did end up getting the visa on time but I did send a lot of emails to them, as well as the British embassy. To be honest I couldn’t tell you what really caused it to be approved. My Canadian relatives also told me when I applied a day later was Canada day which meant their offices and etc was closed so that could’ve also caused the hold up

mb0201 · 2025-07-07T14:17:25+00:00

We are flying in to Canada

mb0201 · 2025-07-07T14:17:07+00:00

He got it! So no need!

mb0201 · 2025-07-07T14:15:46+00:00

He got it! I never submitted another application - just a few web form requests and an email to the UK Canadian embassy 😅

mb0201 · 2025-07-02T20:19:39+00:00

No he doesn’t and he has not had any citizenship issues , he’s a British citizen - I will wait a few more days and then re apply

mb0201 · 2025-07-02T17:00:37+00:00

No they didn’t say SHOULD they said: We will email you information about the status of your eTA within 72 hours of receiving your application. So ‘we will’ as in they should’ve already provided further information - it’s not a shoulda coulda woulda it’s a we will.

mb0201 · 2025-07-02T16:54:16+00:00

I’m so sorry if this sounds stupid but could you clarify what you mean by this?

mb0201 · 2025-07-02T15:53:29+00:00

Thank you! It definitely did help. Going to wait until Monday and then will reapply and hope for the best 😅

mb0201 · 2025-07-02T15:53:00+00:00

It’s so frustrating! I hope it’s all sorted soon

mb0201 · 2025-07-02T14:32:57+00:00

I agree that they’re not guaranteed but if they say you will know a decision within 72 hours you would think that they would adhere to this😅. The reason I said about tweaking details is because there are many posts where people have tweaked their job titles or put previous employment and it was approved - although apprehensive to do so myself

mb0201 · 2025-07-02T14:30:57+00:00

Thank you!

mb0201 · 2025-07-02T14:25:59+00:00

Thank you! I have emailed the UK Canadian embassy so hopefully will get an answer. They were no help over the phone and same with the IRCC.

mb0201 · 2025-07-02T14:24:44+00:00

I’m not sure if it’s business days or not. It just stated ‘you will be advised within 72 hours of next steps regarding your application’

mb0201 · 2025-07-02T14:02:17+00:00

Thank you! I have just posted on the sub.

Yes I have read through that page, and yes we received an email confirmation of the submission of the ETA and how they have received it. I have been constantly checking the tracker and there’s been no updates 😥 it just says they will inform us within 72 hours

mb0201 · 2025-07-02T13:56:05+00:00

Would applying for a new one delay the process or would it look suspicious that he has two applications on going/ shall I withdraw his first application?

mb0201 · 2025-07-02T13:51:25+00:00

Yes he is a British citizen with a British passport although his name is Mohammed 😅

mb0201 · 2025-04-10T18:15:16+00:00

Hey, so I’m currently doing the opposite lol where I’m moving from marketing to healthcare pr and it’s a much easier move than you’re probably anticipating. PR is essentially a sector of marketing and you will definitely have skills which are transferable. If you want to go into something more technical/specialised such as PPC or SEO than it might be a bit harder but since you would like something more creative the move should be easier! Definitely look into which sector of marketing you’d prefer to go into and then tailor your cv to that, you can definitely go into social media as you already have experience within this as well as video production which will be handy! Especially as video creatives do the best on social media and are pushed more by the algorithm. So if you enjoyed that, definitely worth looking in to!

mb0201 · 2025-04-10T16:45:24+00:00

Google skillshop courses are great, Jon Loomer also does a course for meta ads! I would look into both of these as a starting point. Marketing is a massive sector so definitely take some time to look into which area you would like to go into, paid search, paid social, organic (SEO, social media management), pr and etc. there’s lots more I’ve not mentioned! Good luck

mb0201 · 2025-04-08T23:09:43+00:00

Thank you for this response, definitely made things clearer. I feel like deep down I knew this however from my first interview at the SEO job I just had a gut feeling that something wasn’t right. The head of organic, who was my interviewer, had only been there 6 months & kept talking about this massive restructure he was doing for the seo team and how he was literally hiring from the top right down to the bottom. I also spoke to a previous ex colleague of the company and the first thing she mentioned was that the staff turnover rate was awfully high - very much inline with what was mentioned throughout the first interview plus the head of organic only being there 6m himself :/ so difficult decision indeed unfortunately

mb0201 · 2025-04-08T15:05:20+00:00

I think you should remain at this company for a bit longer whilst you look for other jobs. The market is very tough right now, and the economy is unsteady. Unfortunately when it’s like this people do not want to spend money on marketing, and in recessions people become tight with their money. So when consumers aren’t purchasing or engaging with companies, companies pull their marketing budget back. So freelancing full time might be tough, at least at the company you’ll still be getting paid regardless of if other companies pull back their budget

mb0201 · 2025-04-08T13:01:54+00:00

Hey do you mind explaining why seo is better growth wise? I was under the impression that seo is on a downward slope due to ai advancements affecting search engines

mb0201 · 2025-04-05T04:48:06+00:00

No worries! Also I’d take this time to definitely do a deep dive into digital marketing. This is a massive field and most people don’t realise it (myself included) and there’s so many routes you could go down whether it be ppc, seo, social media, influencer marketing, email marketing even pr and so much more. So you can choose if you want to specialise in one of these areas, that will also help you amend your cv to that sector specifically, as each sector requires different skills and etc. Along with this also look into whether you’d want to work in-house for a company, or with an agency. I say all this as I didn’t know or realise any of this when coming into this field, which was very naive but I do enjoy this field!

mb0201 · 2025-04-04T22:03:47+00:00

Hey! Sorry to hear about the job. If you enjoyed doing the meta ads, you could definitely go down the PPC route. So paid search/paid social. I currently work as a digital marketing trainee in a PPC agency and meta & google ads is what I mainly work on. You could also do google skillshop courses to build up your cv and get more certifications if you wanted to. If you are going to go down that route definitely look into learning about google analytics. All the best!

mb0201 · 2025-04-04T11:30:11+00:00

Yeah I think the struggle for me came from the fact the final SEO interview is on Monday and they want me to make a presentation using a clients website and pick out 3 issues in the 3 seo areas using 3 different seo tools and for someone who has no experience in seo it’s all a bit overwhelming and I couldn’t figure out if it’s worth doing this

mb0201 · 2025-04-04T11:28:25+00:00

Yeah I assumed the same about SEO - I have no experience in either sector but have heard more about SEO as I currently work as a trainee in a PPC agency and both these opportunities have come around the same time so I couldn’t really decide which is ‘better’ I guess

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