Damascus/Spousal since Jan 2010 or late 2009

[imatra]

hi imatra i believe the same!!!!! and i feel sad for those who cannot do that; hope no one will force us to do differently and Missisauga will easily process our files; let us both have a speedy sponsor approval good luck!! don't know if u said, didn't pay attention sorry but where were u living before in Canada? for me it's Montreal

Always in Toronto. Even though I travelled to Montreal a couple of times, around 10 years ago and fell in love with this vibrant city. I hope you don't mind me asking, where are you right now? With your love one or are you back home in Montreal?

[missmini]

Always in Toronto. Even though I travelled to Montreal a couple of times, around 10 years ago and fell in love with this vibrant city. I hope you don't mind me asking, where are you right now? With your love one or are you back home in Montreal?

i'm with the loved one and that's my plan until we can move to Montreal together....but i miss my family and friends a lot a lot and i don't like Middle East too much (no offense to anyone)...i believe like u that my place is next to him no matter what, no matter where...i have friends in Toronto and i visited them a few years ago...i enjoyed the beach, cruise to some island, it's nice place too

[mousdewaga]

Bonsoir tout le monde (^_^)

in one month it will be 1 year that my wife and I are apart, so i decided to go to Lebanon and visit for 2 weeks, it is inhumane to keep someone from living a normal descent married life.I know they can do better in improving the process. While Emailing and calling wont help in speeding up the process all we can do is wait and hope the situation in Syria gets better so that the FM wont close the embassy. Because then we all will have to wait longer.
Does anyone know what happens to the files and to where they are transferred if the embassy closes in Syria ?

[ddobro2]

Well at least they follow guides and checklists, unlike it seems at my VO where following the rules seems to get you nowhere. But the 2 sets of medicals issue - that I really think is unfortunate for you guys at Damascus. I've been around on different threads and everyone is upset. You guys are upset, we're upset at Buffalo, the people with Islamabad are upset in part because they see the huge discrepancy between them and New Delhi, the other big-delay VOs like Singapore have people that are upset. I don't know either if there's really anything that can be done about it besides continuing to be patient. I know there is a forum member going through Singapore,   @  bangkokcanuck, who has a link to a petition to the Canadian High Commission in Singapore in his signature - I noticed it got 85 signatures. Maybe someone might want to contact him and see how that's going for them.

there's no rationale!! they r either just too busy to change - guides, checklists, etc or they don't really care...i heard that abu-dhabi embassy still sends letter saying the process is 6-12 months (as it was maybe 3 years ago) when now it's 27months!!! it's not only time and money: why should anyone take yearly unnecessary x-ray and get radiated without any use?

also, i don't think the MP's care either we just had elections last year, the government has majority and probably there's no elections for other 3-4 years

yeah siavashf stay strong; it will pass!!

[ddobro2]

I just wanted to mention that as far as the issue of living with your foreign national spouse while the application is being processed is concerned, there's nothing wrong with that as long as you are a Canadian citizen and not a PR, in which case you must be in Canada while the processing is taking place. If you recall filling out the Sponsor Questionnaire, IMM5540, question 11 asks whether you are currently living in Canada, and if you check "no," it asks when you plan to return to Canada to resume residency and where you will plan to live. It also asks to provide proof of your intention to resettle in Canada when you begin that sponsorship undertaking for your spouse, and that proof may include photocopies of the following: job offer in Canada, property rental agreement, employment contract in Canada, property deed, mortgage on property, or a letter of acceptance at a Canadian educational institution. It also asks you to give details of your plans to re-establish yourself in Canada. Incidentally, the very next question asks if you live with someone and who, so CIC is well-aware of situations in which Canadian citizens are residing with their foreign national spouses abroad (sometimes for years before they even file for the PR application). I don't know if the visa office will assess this information as well, but apparently Mississauga has a chance to assess this information at the time it gives sponsorship approval. I personally think that living with one's spouse abroad is powerful proof of a genuine relationship that would alleviate alot of doubts that an immigration officer might otherwise have about strong ties between the spouse and principal applicant. There have been women whose husbands are being processed in Rabat who have been able to financially afford to do this (or to take several trips of a month each) and it has made a difference in the way that Rabat judged their relationship or it's helped them win an appeal when Rabat denied the visa because they suspected the intentions of the husband.

Thanks so much sohrab919 for the reply. I figured that there should not be a problem with staying with my husband for the whole process. A couple of friends advised that me staying here might postpone our application. Now I am thinking that other than the couple being together, there might have been other factors involved.

[imatra]

I just wanted to mention that as far as the issue of living with your foreign national spouse while the application is being processed is concerned, there's nothing wrong with that as long as you are a Canadian citizen and not a PR, in which case you must be in Canada while the processing is taking place. If you recall filling out the Sponsor Questionnaire, IMM5540, question 11 asks whether you are currently living in Canada, and if you check "no," it asks when you plan to return to Canada to resume residency and where you will plan to live. It also asks to provide proof of your intention to resettle in Canada when you begin that sponsorship undertaking for your spouse, and that proof may include photocopies of the following: job offer in Canada, property rental agreement, employment contract in Canada, property deed, mortgage on property, or a letter of acceptance at a Canadian educational institution. It also asks you to give details of your plans to re-establish yourself in Canada. Incidentally, the very next question asks if you live with someone and who, so CIC is well-aware of situations in which Canadian citizens are residing with their foreign national spouses abroad (sometimes for years before they even file for the PR application). I don't know if the visa office will assess this information as well, but apparently Mississauga has a chance to assess this information at the time it gives sponsorship approval. I personally think that living with one's spouse abroad is powerful proof of a genuine relationship that would alleviate alot of doubts that an immigration officer might otherwise have about strong ties between the spouse and principal applicant. There have been women whose husbands are being processed in Rabat who have been able to financially afford to do this (or to take several trips of a month each) and it has made a difference in the way that Rabat judged their relationship or it's helped them win an appeal when Rabat denied the visa because they suspected the intentions of the husband.

Hi ddobro2. Thanks for your very thorough explanation. As you said cases are different. But your explanation was quite helpful.

[samira12]

Hi ddobro2. Thanks for your very thorough explanation. As you said cases are different. But your explanation was quite helpful.

I think this week the office hasn't done  any thing for our files!!!
tomorrow is Thursday  and they ll go for weekend

[Zainiraq]

If the status change from file receive. To processing in e-case Does that mean anything I'm hoping.

[Arezou]

If the status change from file receive. To processing in e-case Does that mean anything I'm hoping.

at least now you are sure that they are working on your file and have not forgotten yours. Be hopeful.

[Arezou]

If the status change from file receive. To processing in e-case Does that mean anything I'm hoping.

What is your exact time line?

[Zainiraq]

What is your exact time line?

.     File was received by dimscus apr27 2011

[Zainiraq]

at least now you are sure that they are working on your file and have not forgotten yours. Be hopeful.

.  Ya true that...let's hope so !!! Such paiiiiiiiin

[siavashf]

I think this week the office hasn't done  any thing for our files!!!
tomorrow is Thursday  and they ll go for weekend

To hell with them!
Seriously, does anyone know how to start a petition?? Lets do something, what if 2 weeks from now Damascus extends the processing time from 13 months to 15 months?!!!?

[nairyd]

To hell with them!
Seriously, does anyone know how to start a petition?? Lets do something, what if 2 weeks from now Damascus extends the processing time from 13 months to 15 months?!!!?

Well lets not think of that, lets think positive And to tell you the truth, the embassy has been working hard this week, for example sending some people emails, and also we have to remember, there is only a quarter of people that have applied that post in this forum, there are many other people that are applying (may have received an email or visa this week) that do not post on this forum.

A petition wont do anything, i am sure they know we are all upset by not being with our loved ones, but it's just the way it is, if anything it may aggrivate them. 

Good luck to all

[aaa2012]

Well for 1 it's the enormous number of applications they're dealing with but also the slow down does have to do something with all the fraud that's happening...