Damascus/Spousal since Jan 2010 or late 2009

[leojordan]

Here's my timeline:

Application sent to Miss: 17-DEC-2009
Approved and forwarded to Damascus: 11-JAN-2010
Damascus Processing started: 01-FEB-2010
Requested more documents: 22-JUN-2010
Documents sent back: 25-JUN-2010

In the queue to be processed after multiple emails to them.

Good luck to all.

[patrick81]

Name              Received by             strated processing      Interview?              Docs Requested        Docs sent     PP request    Landed
                   CIC  Mississauga              Damascus        
1.Mingus         (after appeal)              10  Nov    2009                                  22 march 2010         few days after                        
2.Jalalk                                           17    Nov   2009    Bierut June 10/2010    8 Jan     2010          9  Feb  2010
3.Iraqia                                          11   Jan     2010                                  23 April   2010          19 May  2010
4.leojordan         17 Dec 2009             1    Feb    2010                                  22 June   2010          25 June  2010
5.ambar             22 Jan 2010            3    March  2010                                  15 June   2010          22 June 2010
6.kamal225                                     29   March 2010                                   9 June    2010         few days after
7.Eli1985            24 Feb  2010           30  March 2010
8.Zohreh.ty        5 march 2010          6    April    2010
9.patrick81         8 march 2010          6   April     2010                                   22 June 2010          14 Aug  2010
10.smajd56                                   19   April     2010                                   28  Apr  2010                                              
11.bantaloni        9  April 2010          1   June     2010                                   18  July  2010          25 July  2010
12.Kokobsb                                    16  June    2010                                   26  July  2010
13.Rezan                                       17  June    2010                                   28  July  2010          3 august 2010
14.Tbone           30  April 2010         17  June    2010                                    26  July  2010          28 July   2010
15.Iheartcanada 25  June 2010         3   August  2010
16.YayaMarie      1  Aug   2010

Welcome LeoJordan to the list, we are probably from the same country.

[rezan]

Welcome leojordan
what types of documentation did they ask you to provide?

[kamal225]

Hello Patrick and all,
Thanks for updating the list
again there is no progress for any of us
 tomorrow my lawyer is sending an inquiry for status to damascus
I cant wait to hear some good news.
Patrick, we are 16 members so far and i am sure there is a lot more along with other threads
looking at our thread which is mingus on top of the list, they started nov of last year  which total to 10 months so far it should have been finalized by now
on CIC website it is stating that within 8 months  file shoud be completed which is not applicable in our thread
to compare jalalk case it is different becasue the lawyer forget to do her work and take care of her client to complete file or to update the client  and she requested file transfer to beirut which has casue an extra delay although i am sure she will not forget to ask for her fee and got paid for work more than half of it was done by the client/jalal

I am trying to see what damascus answer will be tomorrow when we send an inquiry, I am in process for almost 5 months and does that mean another longer wait like our friends.
anyway i will let you know what happen after my inquiry
good luck to all of us

[kokobsb]

thank you for the list everyone
i want to update my section too,requested documents sent on august 30
thank you ,if anything i keep you guys posted good luck to everyone .

[patrick81]

Name              Received by             strated processing      Interview?              Docs Requested        Docs sent     PP request    Landed
                   CIC  Mississauga              Damascus        
1.Mingus         (after appeal)              10  Nov    2009                                   22 march 2010         few days after                        
2.Jalalk                                           17    Nov   2009    Bierut June 10/2010     8 Jan    2010          9  Feb  2010
3.Iraqia                                          11   Jan     2010                                   23 April  2010          19 May  2010
4.leojordan         17 Dec 2009             1    Feb    2010                                   22 June  2010          25 June  2010
5.ambar             22 Jan 2010            3    March  2010                                   15 June  2010          22 June 2010
6.kamal225                                     29   March 2010                                    9 June  2010           few days after
7.Eli1985            24 Feb  2010           30  March 2010
8.Zohreh.ty        5 march 2010          6    April   2010
9.patrick81         8 march 2010          6   April    2010                                   22 June 2010          14 Aug  2010                          
10.bantaloni        9  April 2010          1   June    2010                                   18  July 2010          25 July    2010
11.Kokobsb                                    16  June   2010                                   26  July 2010          30 August 2010
12.Rezan                                       17  June    2010                                  28  July 2010          3 august  2010
13.Tbone           30  April 2010         17  June    2010                                  26  July 2010          28 July    2010
14.Iheartcanada 25  June 2010         3   August  2010
15.YayaMarie      1  Aug   2010


Thank you kokobsb for the update,

Dear kamal, I am looking forward to see their reply, yet I dont think its going to be very satisfying.they are taking very long to process things here, you can probably notice that counting from mingus processing start date until now is more than 8 months, taking in consideration recently published processing times, they didnt finalize any in the list , when 80% should be finalized, at least 11 of us should have got their visas, thats why I am so mad.

they sent most of us inquires to submit further docs, and gave us that short 60 days notice for no obvious reason, the only thing that might justify all this delay is children school vacation in canada in july and august, the officers should be in offices today, because today is schools opening in canada, and I know that most canadian employees take thier vacations during this time of the year, regardless  their work and duties, so spoiled yes.

I dont expect anything before they start working on the backlogged files and updates, 2 or 3 weeks from now.

keep us all updated especially kamal, we have exactly the same timeline.

regards  

[jalalK]

hey guys, take it easy
the time between your first post and your last counts in months not days
so be patient

[leojordan]

Dear Rezan,

They requested the original marriage certificate issued by the Ministry of Interior / Civil Status & Passports with certified translation into English or French.

[leojordan]

Dear Patrick,

I am Canadian/Jordanian and my wife is Jordanian. Application is very straight forward. I am very surprized about the delay.

Every time I send them an email I get the same reply that the application is in the queue and they'll contact us if needed.

[rezan]

dear leojordan

Have you previously paid the right of permanent residence fee ?? ( 490$ )
it is very very strange that they asked your original passports !!!! maybe they want to issue visas. are you in canada ? If yes, how did you send them your passport ?! you'll need it to leave canada. sounds strange to me !! Please explain a bit more about your case.
hope all best circumstances for you

[leojordan]

Rezan,

They requested for the Original marriage certificate issued from the "Ministry of Interior / Civil Status & Passports" Department.

I actually thought they were asking for the passport too once we got the email.

[leojordan]

And yes the landing fee was paid with the submitted application.

[patrick81]

Hi leo

The embassy should have asked you for the original marriage certificate long time ago, I mean when they first reviewed the file, and not 5 months after receiving the file, its easy for them to notice the absence of such document, and they know that you have always to submit the original marriage certificate.

processing cases where both spouses are from the same background, and especially when sponsoring a wife, who doesnt need lengthy  background check usually takes no time.

  (They are not working on our files) 

[leojordan]

I know they're not working on my file. I guess it is just my luck.

I am on standby until they do. Will send them another email once it reaches the 8 months mark.

[kamal225]

Hi Patrick and all,
for the last 2 weeks i have been noticing changes on my ecas not that of much info or changes but each day the address or contact person info or mail address has been changing at least twice a week
 my mailing address beside my name was changed 2 days ago and today it disappeared
i wondered what has happened and figure it out may be some one is working on my file
however, many applicants on other threads have been reporting changes in their mail address or addresses disappearing from ecas beside their names
can you check yours and let me know what it is
just concerned what is happening

please can you check your ecas and kindly let me know if you have the same issue
thanks