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[alish]

I know what u mean!!! The economy is so bad ... We are both working and the money in Iran has nooooo value for us here .. Khoda bekheir kone as the new sanctions are starting today in Iran :-s I hope things get better.. It's really hard being far from a loved one.. Especially with the government and economy in Iran u don't know what will become of tomorrow :-s
Good luck and hopefully u and ur wife and daughter will soon be back in Toronto and start to enjoy ur life at home ..

I'm Torontonian . Richmond hill area .
I just don't wanna be apart from my wife and daughter , even short period of time .
hopefully I get the visa soon cause the economy in Iran s going down bigtime.

[alish]

Thank you BCgirl2012
I guess for people with a PR they can't be out too long because of citizenship reasons they must fill their days to apply for their citizenship I guess
If u don't mind me asking what country is your spouse in?!?

Good luck and hopefully soon all of us will start to enjoy our new lives with our spouses

Yes, citizens can be outside of Canada when they apply, but make sure you have enclosed enough evidence that you will return to Canada once your partner's visa is issued. Otherwise, the case can be refused. If you look in form IMM5540 question 11.

P.S. Travelling is fine for both citizens and PRs. PRs must be careful with the duration. There's no set number of days as for how long they can visit. But I've heard it's suggested not longer than a few weeks/ a month.

[BCgirl2012]

Thank you BCgirl2012
I guess for people with a PR they can't be out too long because of citizenship reasons they must fill their days to apply for their citizenship I guess
If u don't mind me asking what country is your spouse in?!?

Good luck and hopefully soon all of us will start to enjoy our new lives with our spouses

Well, it's because of filling their days to be citizens. Rather, it's because CIC wants PR to be resident in Canada when they apply. There is a certain definition as to what it means to be a resident in Canada. Having a place, bank accounts, assets, etc are one part of it. But the person must also be living in Canada, and no other country to be eligible to sponsor their partner as a PR.

My husband is from Georgia. He is in Tbilisi right now, so we are separated and it's really hard. I'm gonna go for a visit in a month though

Good luck to you, too. I wish us all a very speedy process!

[kamelia]

Hi
i sent my application on June 2012 ... and i just see that website changes our 5 months  to 6 
and i find out something !! all embassy works 8.00 to 16.30 or 16.... embassy in Ankara works 8.30 to 11 ?!?!?!
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/offices/missions/ankara.asp
why is that ?!?! they work 3 hours in a day ??
and I'm sorry for next sentence 
khoshhalam ke ozve irooni ham has ... ta alan toye in forum ehsase ghorbat mikardam ... ishala ke kheeeyli zoood hame kenare hamsaramon hastim

sheyda jan,
for ur information, most of us (iranian sponsors) are in Damascus forum, and we still make our comments and put our news on that forum ( we haven't changed our room yet) and u can find more information regarding to your case there. c u in the Damas forum

[sheyda]

sheyda jan,
for ur information, most of us (iranian sponsors) are in Damascus forum, and we still make our comments and put our news on that forum ( we haven't changed our room yet) and u can find more information regarding to your case there. c u in the Damas forum

ooo ok thanks

[alish]

any good news here for anyone?

[sheyda]

Hi
 BC girl got her AOR 2 days ago ... she filled her application 28th May !!!!
she is soooo lucky ... i dont know if her application transfer to ankara or not ?

[vivi2]

Just wanted to mention something about the number of employees discussed earlier!
In July 2011, Ankara visa office only had 11 officers AND staff:
-3 CBOs (including one migration integrity officer [MIO])
-2 locally engaged program officers
-6 locally engaged staff
Unless suddenly after the transfer of files from Damascus and Tehran they hired 190 more officers and staff then I don't think 200+ employees is a true number.
For anyone interested here is the link:
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/audit/ankara.asp

[alish]

Hi Galip, if you go to page 2 and 3 of this thread... you will see i was not making up the 200+ employees.... here is a quote from mehdiR....



Quote from: mehdiR on June 12, 2012, 05:55:13 am
I agree with u 100% , and I think I mentioned that if one's case is complicated they should consider a consultant however, one who's REALLY experienced and truthful .

Ankara has been great and it has around 260 people working on the cases so speedy process is expected/ what I'm praying for.

cheers

I don't know you created this but Ankara does not have 200+ employees for immigration purposes They moved to a big building from their old location but they don't have +200 immigration employees.  If you count every employee in the embassy , including the driver of ambassador, security guards at the door and cleaners etc.  maybe you hit this number

Beside the joke,  Ankara it's one of the fastest visa processing centres overall. They issue tourist visas for Turkish citizens in 24 hours. You could send all documents by courier and if your application is OK then the next day they send your passport via courier to your home address. If you are not a Turkish citizen then your processing times for any type of visa is longer.

In Spousal Sponsorships their avarage processing time is 6 months. It's the shortest time overall again if you check other visa centres.

However if you are not a Turkish Citizen or a person not holding residential permit in Turkey then your waiting time is different for backgorund and security check purposes. If your file already transferred from Damascus office to Ankara again your waiting time is different for the same purposes above.

[alish]

anything new from Ankara?? has anyone yet gotten approved from Anakara recently from the people who's files were sent directly to Ankara not transferred from Damascus?

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Hi
 BC girl got her AOR 2 days ago ... she filled her application 28th May !!!!
she is soooo lucky ... i dont know if her application transfer to ankara or not ?

[alish]

Nothing new this week from Ankara?

[BCgirl2012]

Hopefully we will have someone posting something from Ankara soon!

[Galip]

A March 2012 applicant has received the PR visa from Ankara Visa Office.
It's incredible fast.

[alish]

WOW thats amazing news!!
how long was their entire process??

Go ANKARA GO !!!!

A March 2012 applicant has received the PR visa from Ankara Visa Office.
It's incredible fast.

[Galip]

WOW thats amazing news!!
how long was their entire process??

Go ANKARA GO !!!!

That was the applicant's timeline:

Visa Office: Ankara
Application Filed: sent March 16th / received March 19th
AOR Received: June 22nd
File Transfer/Sponsor Approval: June 27th
Passport Requested: July 11th
Visa Received: July 18th!!!