Kingston,Jamaica

[AMANDAWOOD]

 
happy saturday allll
whooot whooot whooot
sorry i didn't even get to come back online yesterday when i get the call from my hubby all i could do was cry...who God bless no man curse
HUBBY GOT THE CALL YALL ..... passport, birth certificate and dhl slip required ........ thank you lord the end is near
bless up everyone

[Jamgirl]

Congrats Amanda! Now hubby will be home with you during your pregnancy and delivery!  So happy for you!

[CharlieD10]

Agree with suki, best wishes and thoughts going with your hubbies as they prepare for this important hurdle in your processing.  

Also, if I can be "facety" and give you guys some advice for the husbands when they go to the interviews.  Dress like this is a job interview.  Clean, collared shirts with neatly ironed pants (no jeans!) and polished footwear.  A tie would be nice,but I won't stress that, it is hot out these days.  Leave the cargo shorts, the "Vybz Kartel Fi Life" t-shirt, the Timberland boots, big gold chain etc etc at home.  I'm not saying there is anything wrong with this type of clothing, I am just saying it is inappropriate for going to a government office, and moreover one that holds the power to determine your future in its hands.  

You cannot imagine my dismay on both of my visits at how some of the people I saw presented themselves at the embassy.  Some were dressed in too tight, too revealing outfits (women) and some men were entirely too casually dressed for persons going to conduct business (yes, this is business!) with a foreign government.  I was not amused to stand in line behind a "gentleman" (I use the term very loosely) whose shorts were only held on to him by his belt somewhere below his hips, so when he was asked to remove the belt during the security inspection, I was treated to the full view of his underwear.  Please, make sure they wear properly fitting clothing that doesn't fall off if their belt must be removed!

How we project ourselves is very important, and you can bet the IOs conducting the interviews will be dressed in business wear, so it is a good thing for your husbands to meet them on their own level.  Not only will it give the IOs a positive image (they will see their own business-like manner and attire reflected at them, which is important in human reactions) but feeling that they are meeting the IOs on the same level will give your husbands a confidence boost.  

Just my tuppence!  I hope you guys have been preparing, and feel ready to move into the next stage!

OMG Congratulations and jubilations AMANDA, one update coming right up!!! 

[CharlieD10]

Happy Saturday to Amandawood, hubby is headed into the last lap!! 

STATUS UPDATES

2008
NAMES                 DATE FILED               LATEST UPDATES                                                   TOTAL TIME

Sheraig(Skilled Class) Nov 07              Doc requested and Submitted
Torontogirl               June 08             Husband Landed                                        20 months    
Maple                     Aug 08               HUBBY LANDED                                          23 Months
Missingmybaby         Oct 08               HUBBY LANDED                                         25 Months
Sassy                     Nov 08               Hubby Landed                                          18 Months
Junor                      Oct 08               Husband Landed                                       09 months
Faithhope                Nov 08               Hubby Landed                                          16 months
Workinprogress         Nov 08               Hubby Landed                                          16 months
Peaceloveunity         Dec 08               Hubby Landed                                          15 months
Mizzy                      Dec 08               Hubby Landed                                          15 months
Lonley                     Dec 08               Husband Landed                                       14 months

2009
NAMES                  DATE FILED                 LATEST UPDATES                                               TOTAL TIME
whydotheykeep                                   Hubby Landed                                         13 Months
Peni                         Feb 09                Wife and Child Landed                               12 Months
Hatewaiting               Feb 09                Hubby Landed                                          16 Months
Longdistance             Feb 09                Hubby Landed                                          12 Months                                                  
Kc416                      March 09             Husband Landed                                        7 Months  
Frequent                  March 09             Husband Landed                                        6 Months
Soso                        April 09               Husband Landed                                        7 Months
Glogirl                      April 09                HUSBAND LANDED                                     19 MONTHS
Missinghubby             April 09               Hubby Landed                                           13 Months
Stressed                   May 09               Hubby Landed                                           12 Months
soanxiouswifey           May 09               LANDED                                                    22 Months
Cmom (dependant)      May 09              Sponsorship approved & PR App sent
Confusedandscared     June 09              LANDED                                                    26 MONTHS
Rosemel (Quebec)       June 09              HUBBY & GIRLS LANDED                             18 MONTHS                                                          
Homesoon(ARC)          July 09               Hubby Landed                                            9 Months
Helpmeplease             Aug 09               Hubby Landed                                            5 Months
Chelley                      Sept 09             Hubby Landed                                            4 Months
Missingmyboo             Sept 09             HUBBY LANDED      17 MONTHS                                                          
Jamwifey                   Oct 09               LANDED                                                     13 Months
Ash                          Oct 09               AOR received(Conjugal spn)
Siron                        Oct 09                LANDED                                                     9 MONTHS
Anxiouslyawait            Nov 09               HUBBY LANDED                                        7 MONTHS
Kimore                       Nov 09              HUBBY LANDED                                           17 MONTHS
Yardie                       Dec 09                HUBBY LANDED                                           20 MONTHS
M.A.L                        Dec 09               HUBBY LANDED                                           13 MONTHS
highlyfavoured(familyclass)  Dec 09     LANDED                                                     19 MONTHS
2010

NAMES                     DATE FILED                    LATEST UPDATES                                               TOTAL TIME
Highlyflavoured             Jan 10                 HUBBY LANDED                                         5 Months
Angella                       Jan 10                  HUBBY LANDED                                         9 months                                                      
Miracle44                    FEB 10                  LANDED                                                    3 MONTHS                                                            
Canuck                       Feb 10                  WIFE LANDED                                           9 MONTHS            
Waiting-for-a-star        Feb 10                  Interview March 30, 2011          
KMC                           MAR 10                 HUBBY LANDED                                         8  MONTHS
Virtuous                      MAR 10                 HUBBY LANDED                                         7 MONTHS
KensWife                     MAR 10                 HUBBY LANDED                                         7 MONTHS    
Mylilangel                    APR  10                 HUBBY LANDED                                         16 MONTHS
jesusgirl                      APR 10                   VISA ISSUED                                             15 MONTHS
Mika & sick                  May 10                  LANDED                                                   7 MONTHS
MommyT (dependent)    MAY 10                 SON LANDED                                             7 MONTHS
NaeNae                       MAY 10                 HUBBY LANDED                                          7.5 MONTHS
Child of the king           MAY 10                 HUBBY LANDED                                          8 MONTHS
LifeSoonSortOut           MAY 10                 VISAS ISSUED                                          18 MONTHS  
Iambless                     June 10                LANDED                                                    15 MONTHS
Godblesswife               June 10                    LANDED                                               7.5 MONTHS
KIDD                          June 10                   HUBBY LANDED                                      7.5 MONTHS
Chantol                      June 10                  DOC REQUESTED
MrsLonely                   June 10                  Sponsorship approved
lonely_wife                 June 10                  HUBBY LANDED                                           10 MONTHS
Masskendawta            June 10                 LANDED                                                      16 MONTHS
Ramdont                    June 10                 HUBBY LANDED                                           10 MONTHS
ebonyshine                June 10                  ORIG. DOC REQUESTED
kuma                        June 10                  HUBBY LANDED                                           15 MONTHS
brownsuga                  July 10                  HUBBY & SON LANDED                                 8 MONTHS
chukie                        July 10                  HUBBY LANDED                                           8 MONTHS
ladyposh                    July 10                   HUBBY LANDED                                          10 MONTHS
ABA                           Aug   10                VISA ISSUED                                              11 MONTHS
Sanchester                 Sept  10                 VISA ISSUED                                               9 MONTHS
Reema                       Sept  10                 HUBBY LANDED                                            8 MONTHS          
butterfly10                 Sept  10                 Hubby LANDED
Togirl2011                  Sept  10                HUBBY LANDED                                             9 MONTHS
jahlove                       Sept 10                  LANDED                                                    14 MONTHS
Can-Indy-Jam             Oct 10                   HUBBY & CHILD LANDED                              7 MONTHS
LMF2011                    Oct 10                    PPR
Lonely Wifey               Oct 10                   HUBBY LANDED                                         10 MONTHS
Randysgirl                   Nov 10                   HUBBY LANDED                                          14 MONTHS
proper                        Nov 10                    LANDED                                                  11 MONTHS
spiritrac                      Nov 10                   WIFE via Buffalo - LANDED, SON via POS - App received
Lostwithoutu               Nov 10                    Interview scheduled for Apr 26, 2012
Lilmaya                       Dec 10                    eCAS Updated to "Medicals Received"
BBBB                          Dec 10                    Application received by KG

2011
NAMES                 DATE FILED                    LATEST UPDATES                                                                     TOTAL TIME
Irving                  Jan 2011                       LANDED                                                 8 MONTHS
Charlie D              Feb 2011                      VISA ISSUED                                         14 MONTHS
JAHBee                Feb 2011                     VISA ISSUED                                          11 MONTHS
Sassyoneil            Feb 2011                      HUBBY LANDED                                      13 MONTHS
MrsW                  Feb 2011                      eCAS Updated to "Medicals Received"
Canhubtor11        Feb 2011                      WIFE LANDED                                          13 MONTHS
Needmyhusband   Mar 2011                      PPR
Psalm75              Mar 2011                      HUBBY LANDED                                         11 MONTHS
Island_girl           Mar 2011                      VISA ISSUED                                              4 MONTHS
witty                 Mar 2011                      LANDED                                                     8 MONTHS
SmoothiesQueen  Apr 2011                      HUBBY & DAUGHTER LANDED                          7 MONTHS
Megscominhome  Apr 2011                      MED RE-DO REQ'D TO ISSUE COPR                   8 MONTHS
JAMinCAN          Apr 2011                        LANDED                                                     7 MONTHS
JoyVine1309       May 2011                       HUBBY LANDED                                           7 MONTHS
Neika                 June 2011                      eCAS Updated to "In process Feb 28, 2012", Docs req'd Apr 2012
suki                   Aug 2011                       PPR
green1074          Aug 2011                       Application received by KG, eCAS Updated to "Medicals Received"
Icesfluffy           Aug 2011                       Application received by KG
Kedeisha            Sep 2011                        Waiting for sponsor approval
Kym                  Sep 2011                       PPR
Tintin79              Oct 2011                        eCAS Updated to "In process Apr 5, 2012"
Jamgirl                Oct 2011                        Application received by KG, eCAS updated to "Medicals Received"
Bling                  Oct 2011                        VISA ISSUED                                            5 MONTHS
MrsLWSN           Nov 2011                         VISA ISSUED                                            4 MONTHS
Bestisyettocome Nov 2011                         eCAS updated to "Medicals Received", additional information requested
Road2Calgary     Nov 2011                         PPR
Lovehasnoboundaries  Dec 2011                  In process per email from KG
AmandaWood     Dec 2011                         PPR
BASHA              Dec 2011                         eCAS Updated to "In process" Apr 1, 2012

2012
NAMES                 DATE FILED                    LATEST UPDATES                                                                     TOTAL TIME
AliCatShaw         Jan 2012                         Interview scheduled for Apr 26, 2012
Chickie72           Feb 2012                        Waiting for sponsor approval
Ready_fi_move_on  Mar 2012                     Waiting for sponsor approval
georgee (conjugal)                                    Waiting to send app off        
melmel                                                    Waiting to send app off
Nufflove                                                   Waiting to send app off
danielle902                                               Waiting to send app off
Sammystorm19                                          Getting married in July
Channy                                                    Getting married in June
               

IF I MISSED ANYONE PLEASE LET ME KNOW!

[suki]

M I S S.  A M A N D A   W O O D ...GET IT GIRL....C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S.....Girl, I am so Happy for you, doing a lil' happy dance ....
back it up, back it up, back it up!
 

[Mrslwsn]

Awesome news Amanda!!! just Awesome!!! god is good!

[AMANDAWOOD]

thanks sooo much everyone
i am still trying to calm my self how happy i am .
I tell you my birthday is in a little over a month and i could not ask for a better gift
thanks Kgn 
BLESS UP EVERYONE THANKS SOOOO MUCH FOR THE GOOD VIBES AND THE GREAT ADVICE
Lawd i can't contain myself how happy i feel .....

[BASHA]

Amanda Congrats!!! YES! YES! YES! All I can say. Thank you Jesus. You will have ur hubby here to go through all that is to come. Wonderful news.

Blessing!

[CharlieD10]

  Enjoy the emotions Amanda, celebrate every ounce of rush you are feeling right now! 

[AMANDAWOOD]

evening all
you would never know how happy i am right now hubby and step daughter will be here soon
ohhh thank you lord thank you lord.... still so happy jesus still high off the news

[tintin79]

 
happy saturday allll
whooot whooot whooot
sorry i didn't even get to come back online yesterday when i get the call from my hubby all i could do was cry...who God bless no man curse
HUBBY GOT THE CALL YALL ..... passport, birth certificate and dhl slip required ........ thank you lord the end is near
bless up everyone

Congrats AW,

You are so lucky, that was nice and quick.

[tintin79]

Agree with suki, best wishes and thoughts going with your hubbies as they prepare for this important hurdle in your processing.  

Also, if I can be "facety" and give you guys some advice for the husbands when they go to the interviews.  Dress like this is a job interview.  Clean, collared shirts with neatly ironed pants (no jeans!) and polished footwear.  A tie would be nice,but I won't stress that, it is hot out these days.  Leave the cargo shorts, the "Vybz Kartel Fi Life" t-shirt, the Timberland boots, big gold chain etc etc at home.  I'm not saying there is anything wrong with this type of clothing, I am just saying it is inappropriate for going to a government office, and moreover one that holds the power to determine your future in its hands.  

You cannot imagine my dismay on both of my visits at how some of the people I saw presented themselves at the embassy.  Some were dressed in too tight, too revealing outfits (women) and some men were entirely too casually dressed for persons going to conduct business (yes, this is business!) with a foreign government.  I was not amused to stand in line behind a "gentleman" (I use the term very loosely) whose shorts were only held on to him by his belt somewhere below his hips, so when he was asked to remove the belt during the security inspection, I was treated to the full view of his underwear.  Please, make sure they wear properly fitting clothing that doesn't fall off if their belt must be removed!

How we project ourselves is very important, and you can bet the IOs conducting the interviews will be dressed in business wear, so it is a good thing for your husbands to meet them on their own level.  Not only will it give the IOs a positive image (they will see their own business-like manner and attire reflected at them, which is important in human reactions) but feeling that they are meeting the IOs on the same level will give your husbands a confidence boost.  

Just my tuppence!  I hope you guys have been preparing, and feel ready to move into the next stage!

OMG Congratulations and jubilations AMANDA, one update coming right up!!! 

Well said Charlie, I personally think this is common sense however some people have to be told, which is really sad.

[Bling]

Congrats to Everyone!!!!! It's been awesome to see so many updates but so many pages to read through OMG     although it takes a long time its well worth it to hear about everyones good news.

I've only got a couple days of freedom left before the hubby comes.  Its been nice to read see what the vets did in preperation and after their spouses arrived.

Last full week of April and we will be officially quarter of the way through 2012!!! GO KINGSTON GO

[CharlieD10]

Good morning and hooray, BLING, only two more sleeps until hubby's homecoming!      Relax and enjoy your last couple days of "freedom", may I recommend a spa day, get nice and pretty for meeting the Mister at the airport!   

I hope everyone has a great Sunday, it is pouring rain here today, making a very interesting proposition out of doing the laundry, haha! 

[SmoothiesQueen]

Hey guys  I need your help. I have a friend who immigrated to Canada before us..I think he's been there just over a year now. Anyways everything was great, but upon arriving in Canada his wife decided he wasn't the rough tough type of Jamaican bad boy she wanted and didn't like that he was a clean cut family man..despite knowing this all already. Perhaps the being in Jamaica with him..the environment kept her from seeing what kind of good man he really was..and that he was not the ghetto thug type which apparently is what she wants. So now he's been sticking it out despite feeling decieved about who he thought his wife was...she completly has stopped being a wife..spends all her time out at clubs..stopped wearing her ring etc. He is at a point now where he's tried everything and probably needs to get his own place. However...I told him to wait till I could find out if this would affect his status in Canada. I would hope it wouldn't since this is a case of the sponser being the bad egg so to speak! Can anyone tell me what happens in these cases?  Does it affect his status or being able to get citizenship?