missha
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Category........: FAM
Visa Office......: Vegreville, Alberta
App. Filed.......: 03/18/2011
AOR Received.: 04/12/2011
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« Reply #1905 on: January 25, 2012, 04:17:42 pm » |
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Alright! Let's defer these questions to Leon!  I would recommend you from my experience not to change your address and residency till you get approved. Just wait till you get ur first stage approved. Otherwise,It gets complicated. |
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sievo
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Posts: 27
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Category........: FAM
Visa Office......: Vegreville
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« Reply #1906 on: January 25, 2012, 04:26:04 pm » |
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That's what I'm thinking too. As a canadian I assume I'm allowed to go live in Quebec whenever I want, and she doesn't have the right to work/study until AIP anyway, so she's almost like a tourist there. I think CSQ is irrelevant anyway. From http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/france/visas/immigrate-immigrer_faq.aspx: If I wish to immigrate to the province of Quebec, why do I have to apply to the Quebec government as well as to the Canadian government?
The province of Quebec is responsible for the selection of applicants for immigration who wish to establish in that province and who are economic applicants (skilled workers or business applicants). Never hurts to have a second opinion though, and we will for sure call CIC also (without giving our application #, naturally) |
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09/20/2011 - Application Received
01/03/2012 - In Process
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canadiancitizen
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Posts: 327
Ratings: +5
Category........: FAM
Visa Office......: Vegreville, Alberta
App. Filed.......: May 10-2011
Doc's Request.: July 8, 2011
Med's Done....: April-26-2011
LANDED..........: 10-04-2012
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« Reply #1907 on: January 25, 2012, 04:33:49 pm » |
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That's what I'm thinking too. As a canadian I assume I'm allowed to go live in Quebec whenever I want, and she doesn't have the right to work/study until AIP anyway, so she's almost like a tourist there. I think CSQ is irrelevant anyway. From http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/france/visas/immigrate-immigrer_faq.aspx: Never hurts to have a second opinion though, and we will for sure call CIC also (without giving our application #, naturally) Yes, you are right, Im also a Canadian, but your wife is not, my husband either, CIC sent us a letter mid September (I believe) asking to fill up some forms because Quebec needs to approve me as a sponsor... so you need to find out with Leon, ok... hope you dont have to change or revised anything that might delay your process.. :-) |
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MICC: Oct. 13.2011
CSQ: Nov.09.11
AIP: March 17.2012
Decision Made: Mar 17.2012
Landing: April 10, 2012 - Montreal
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sievo
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Visa Office......: Vegreville
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« Reply #1908 on: January 25, 2012, 04:41:12 pm » |
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Maybe I can wait until CIC accepts me as a sponsor before notifying them that we moved  Thanks for adding your experience to the discussion! We really want to leave Winnipeg, preferably before she gets AIP... |
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Foofy
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« Reply #1909 on: January 25, 2012, 04:47:11 pm » |
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That's what I'm thinking too.
As a canadian I assume I'm allowed to go live in Quebec whenever I want, and she doesn't have the right to work/study until AIP anyway, so she's almost like a tourist there.
I think CSQ is irrelevant anyway.
Never hurts to have a second opinion though, and we will for sure call CIC also (without giving our application #, naturally)
As it is true you can study wherever u want, if u study in quebec and own a CSQ (Which u probably wont be able to get after ur PR) you can study french for free and also u get a very low price to study in the universities. Also i dont think it is a good idea you do not tell them.. It is kidna of misleading and if they find out you might get into trouble. If i were you i would notify them of every step you do. |
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DeporteQuestion1
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« Reply #1910 on: January 25, 2012, 04:47:50 pm » |
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Good luck everyone in here. I just applied for January of this year (2012). Let me know how everything end up going for all of you this year.
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sievo
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« Reply #1911 on: January 25, 2012, 04:54:25 pm » |
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As it is true you can study wherever u want, if u study in quebec and own a CSQ (Which u probably wont be able to get after ur PR) you can study french for free and also u get a very low price to study in the universities.
Also i dont think it is a good idea you do not tell them.. It is kidna of misleading and if they find out you might get into trouble. If i were you i would notify them of every step you do.
We both speak fluent french and neither of us is studying anymore. I don't see any reason we would need a CSQ. Although I agree that it is preferable to tell them everything, sometimes we overthink things because the process is kind of obscure. I will let everyone know what CIC says about this. It really is a simple change of address and shouldn't affect anything. Unless the province of Quebec then needs to approve me as a sponsor which would delay things. |
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09/20/2011 - Application Received
01/03/2012 - In Process
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Serendipity
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Posts: 92
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Category........: FAM
Visa Office......: Vegreville
App. Filed.......: 21-01-2011
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« Reply #1912 on: January 25, 2012, 05:34:43 pm » |
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Dear all, Just wanted to let you guys know of some good news. Today we received in the mail my wife's landing interview letter!!!! OMG!! The wonderful thing is that it has been scheduled for Feb. 2nd, which is less than a month after she got both AIP & DM. We are extremely happy about it, which also evidences that CIC has become much more efficient. This should be encouraging for all! Best wishes to all. S.  |
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INLAND!
January 21st, 2011: Application Received.
January 5th, 2012: AIP.
January 5th, 2012: Decision Made.
February 2nd, 2012: Landing Interview, Scarborough.
Processing time: 12 months and 12 days.
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sievo
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Visa Office......: Vegreville
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« Reply #1913 on: January 25, 2012, 05:43:40 pm » |
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That Great!! Congrats!
I have a feeling we will see the wait time decrease soon, once the backlog is taken care of!
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09/20/2011 - Application Received
01/03/2012 - In Process
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peanutbrittle
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Category........: FAM
Visa Office......: Vegreville
AOR Received.: 31-10-2012
Med's Request: 30-08-2012
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« Reply #1914 on: January 25, 2012, 05:44:26 pm » |
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Hi everyone! I'm a new poster, but I've been lurking here for a while. Was wondering if I can be added to the Inland Application 2011 Chart? App was received October 31, 2011. Started processing January 16, 2012. Also, I had a question regarding medical exams. I had my original medical exam done in April 2011 (took us a long time to get our application together!). I'm worried that it will have expired by the time CIC even gets around to first stage approval. I'm thinking about getting another exam and sending it in to be added to my file, just to be safe. Do you guys think it would be worth it? Thanks in advance! Really grateful for these forums! |
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Serendipity
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Posts: 92
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Category........: FAM
Visa Office......: Vegreville
App. Filed.......: 21-01-2011
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« Reply #1915 on: January 25, 2012, 05:54:51 pm » |
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Hi everyone! I'm a new poster, but I've been lurking here for a while. Was wondering if I can be added to the Inland Application 2011 Chart? App was received October 31, 2011. Started processing January 16, 2012. Also, I had a question regarding medical exams. I had my original medical exam done in April 2011 (took us a long time to get our application together!). I'm worried that it will have expired by the time CIC even gets around to first stage approval. I'm thinking about getting another exam and sending it in to be added to my file, just to be safe. Do you guys think it would be worth it? Thanks in advance! Really grateful for these forums! Your medicals will, indeed, expire before you get AIP given that they are only valid for one year. By all means get another set of medicals done ASAP so to guarantee that by the time the examining officer grants you AIP, he/she may find valid medicals in your file which may help you get DM sooner, or even right away. That is, in fact, exactly what we did, and my wife got both AIP & DM granted on the very same day. S. |
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INLAND!
January 21st, 2011: Application Received.
January 5th, 2012: AIP.
January 5th, 2012: Decision Made.
February 2nd, 2012: Landing Interview, Scarborough.
Processing time: 12 months and 12 days.
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peanutbrittle
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Posts: 26
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Category........: FAM
Visa Office......: Vegreville
AOR Received.: 31-10-2012
Med's Request: 30-08-2012
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« Reply #1916 on: January 25, 2012, 05:58:58 pm » |
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Thanks Serendipity! Didn't even think to get my medicals redone until reading your earlier posts. So helpful! Congrats on all your good news, must be such a huge relief! |
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604gtir
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« Reply #1917 on: January 25, 2012, 07:27:37 pm » |
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I don't know how much of an effect the expiry's of medicals and police certificates play in their decision
The police certificates and medicals for my wife expired long before our app was processed
peru, japan police certs arrived october 2010 and medical done in December of 2010
App received Jan 28, 2011
DM Jan 17, 2012
Letter Jan 20, 2012
Landing Jan 23, 2012
At least it didn't matter in our case, i think it was more of how we packaged our application and the proof we sent.
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visita44
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Posts: 202
Ratings: +5
Category........: FAM
Visa Office......: Vegreville
App. Filed.......: Mar 4, 2011
Med's Done....: Jan 27, 2011
Interview........: Mar 13, 2012
LANDED..........: Mar 13, 2012
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« Reply #1918 on: January 25, 2012, 08:26:12 pm » |
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Hi, I am trying to reply to a personal message but I get an error saying that I am not allowed to send personal messages.
Do any of you have the same problem and do you know how to fix it?
Thanks!
PS: By the way, I did not send the RCMP background checks with my application
You have to reach certain number of posts to be able to use personal messaging... I just don't know how many posts... Anybody? |
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karma123
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Visa Office......: Vegreville
App. Filed.......: 30-03-2011
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« Reply #1919 on: January 25, 2012, 08:43:53 pm » |
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Hello, I'm in Montreal too, and in Quebec you need to apply for SCQ, what I don't know if once you started your sponsorship application you have to change it, or not, maybe you should ask it to a lawyer. I knew a girl who came from Toronto, she couldn't study during 6 months because she wasn't a Quebec permanent resident and she hadn't worked here. So she was told that she needed to work al least during six months to get her SIN and to be able to study, I have no details at all, but that's what I can tell you, so maybe you should ask an expert. Misha you're right, but I think in Montreal if people want to get a good job, they need to speak both, french and english. In my case is the opposite, my english is not fluently and not as good either. That's why I come to this forum, to learn by reading what you guys write. hey missha,
My ecas says that they received our application on September 20th, 2011 and then that they started processing our application on January 3rd 2012. I'm the sponsor and my fiance's ecas does not state that they've started processing yet, so I'm not sure if that's just the sponsorship?
Also, we're thinking of moving to Montreal soon. I guess it's important that we update our address with CIC as soon as we move because that will affect the landing office? Does it change the process to immigrate to Quebec vs other provice |
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