Thread for October 2010 Applicants

[Alex121]

THANK YOU I know me too, my husband could have left but he needs to settle thing here first and 4 days to travel is not enought time especially with our son, but at least we know we are near the end

[vt]

Question for the group:

It was my understanding that once the embassy issued the visa you had a year to land. But i have been reading our last posts and it looks like you have to land before your medicals expire. Is this correct?

[Rinnerz]

Question for the group:

It was my understanding that once the embassy issued the visa you had a year to land. But i have been reading our last posts and it looks like you have to land before your medicals expire. Is this correct?

You have to land before your visa expires. The expiry date normally coincides with EITHER the 1 year anniversary of your medicals OR your passport's expiry date, whichever comes first. In rare cases, the visa office SOMETIMES extends the medicals' validity so that they can give you a later visa expiry date, so you have more time to land. But often, they just make you redo the medicals before issuing the visa.

[jiyamano]

Hi,

At last i landed today at Pearson airport. It was great and very simple Immigration process. It hardly took me max. 2 mins. to clear immigration and 5 mins in custom.

I thank all the forum members to help me out in this whole process. I wish all the best to the rest who are still in process.

Keep smiling

Cheers,   

[mrandmrsromero]

Jiyamano congrats on landing!

[zubee]

just to put on my updates.....

Name     App Filed            VO           Decision Made        InProcess         AOR      PPR/AIP        LANDED
BonBon9      15/09           Mexico      14/10-29d      22/12      02/12      23/02      17/05
lee_rockz18      01/10           Manila      01/11-31d         14/12      14/12   
Katie87      01/10           London      24/11-55d               14/02   
CANenforcer      04/10           Singapore      13/11-39d            
Latvian      04/10           Inland         18/11         
Spacey       05/10           London           04/11-30d       25/11               27/01         24/02
Zubee      05/10           Inland      14/08/11      
NiHao      05/10           Beijing      02/11-28d      16/11      16/11      19/01   
QCSunshine      05/10           Buffalo      04/11-30d      18/11      18/11      04/05      24/05
malaika      05/10           Nairobi      01/12-57d      23/12      14/01      09/02   
mrandmrsromero      05/10           Mexico DF      03/11-29d            04/02      
watnxt      05/10       Colombo      05/11-31d         17/11 (eCAS)      
KelKel      06/10           Buffalo      04/11-29d      17/11      26/11      28/02      03/03
funkygunner      06/10           London      17/10-12d      25/11            19/01   
TimeToGo      06/10           London      04/11-29d      24/11            19/01   
motul2000      06/10           London      04/11-29d            27/01   
hello-kitty      07/10           Singapore      04/11-28d      02/06      12/11         
Rinnerz      12/10           Buffalo      09/11-28d      06/12      14/12      08/07   
richie4U      12/10           Accra      15/11-34d      15/11         03/02      08/02
Saisn      13/10           Islamabad      02/12-50d            
waitingforwife      13/10          New Delhi      09/11-27d      10/01      22/11      25/01      12/04
Rola14      13/10           Damascus      10/11-28d      24/11         11/05   
Dmitri      14/10           Moscow      14/11-31d      01/02      01/02      17/06      09/07
Millu      14/10           London      22/11-39d            28/02      23/04
MDU      14/10           London      12/11-29d            28/02   
vt      15/10           Buenos Aires      15/11-31d         23/11      
rhythmic_snow      18/10           Singapore      16/11-29d            
zehra      15/10           Inland               
jacquevw   rsb-18/10           Pretoria      18/11-29d      01/12      02/12      08/03      06/04
loc213      18/10           Tokyo      26/11-39d            11/04      02/05
Kingqatar      19/10           Singapore      17/11-29d            
Lizet      19/10           Inland               
d-tilley592      19/10           London      23/11-34d            18/02      22/03
x5-452      21/10           Buffalo      30/11-40d          27/01      07/04   
jiyamano      21/10           Tokyo      18/11-28d         28/11      
canda      21/10           Mexico City      19/11-29d            08/03   
ftgpmb      21/10           London      18/11-28d      28/01      25/11      04/02      16/04
MandiF      22/10           London      19/11-28d            05/01      25/02
Baukjebecka      22/10           Berlin      22/11-31d      20/12      02/12      26/01   
MisplacedBrit      25/10           Inland               
Annabruce      25/10           Inland               
MikeUK      26/10           London      23/11-28d      01/02      02/12      10/02      20/04
juljud      26/10           London      23/11-28d      07/02      02/12      10/02      03/04
carlyee      27/10           Inland               
jhjeppe      27/10           Inland         08/12         
Filipina      27/10           Manila      23/11-27d      20/01         04/01      18/02
TheHal      28/10           Buffalo/Detroit      24/11-27d      13/01         03/06      06/06
westofherspine      29/10           London      30/11-32d      11/02      09/12      15/02   
JMA      01/11           Nairobi      01/12-30d      05/01      13/01      10/06      ??/06
medellinguy      03/11           Bogota      03/12-30d         07/04      07/07   
coldgirl      04/11           Inland               

[mrandmrsromero]

Any more news for the October group?

[Latvian]

Here is my timeline, looks NICE, isn't it? 

We received your application for permanent residence on September 30, 2010.
 
We started processing your application on November 18, 2010.
 
A decision has been made and you will be contacted.
 
Medical results have been received.
 
We sent you a letter on July 22, 2011 to xxx Nova Scotia, Canada, B4A 4E3 about the decision on your application. Please consider delays in mail delivery before contacting us. If we have sent the letter to the wrong address, please contact us.
 
You entered Canada at the Halifax office on August 17, 2011 and became a Permanent Resident.

[medellinguy]

Here is my timeline, looks NICE, isn't it? 

We received your application for permanent residence on September 30, 2010.
 
We started processing your application on November 18, 2010.
 
A decision has been made and you will be contacted.
 
Medical results have been received.
 
We sent you a letter on July 22, 2011 to xxx Nova Scotia, Canada, B4A 4E3 about the decision on your application. Please consider delays in mail delivery before contacting us. If we have sent the letter to the wrong address, please contact us.
 
You entered Canada at the Halifax office on August 17, 2011 and became a Permanent Resident.

congratulations!!!!!

[mrandmrsromero]

You entered Canada at the Halifax office on August 17, 2011 and became a Permanent Resident.

YAY!

[amberrojas]

Hello, I'm new to this thread. I think. Looking for advice here too.

We just heard today that they received the dhl shipment from Guatemala in Costa Rica and my husbands passport wasn't one of the lucky ones..AGAIN.  Now, his medicals and criminal check expire next week and the week after.  Should he just go re-do them, or should we wait till they request them? I am just wondering if the paper work will be different than when it was the original medicals etc.  They haven't sent a letter requesting them since as of today they are still valid. Only for 1-2 more weeks though.  By the time the next shipment goes to Costa Rica approx Sept. 15, they will already be expired.  I want to get on top of this right away. 

Thanks.

[mrandmrsromero]

Should he just go re-do them, or should we wait till they request them

From what I've read elsewhere on this forum, it is better to wait until they request them.  Anyone else have thoughts on this?

My husband will be in the same boat, medicals expiring soon.

[Latvian]

As to medicals you better wait until they request to re-do them. I had the same thing and asked CIC what to do so they've advised me not to rush and wait. That's from my experience...

[amberrojas]

i received this yesterday FINALLY! and it explains why we have been waiting longer than others who applied after us even:

Thank you for your electronic message.
 
We have reviewed in our system the application for Mr. ***** and we found that to be able to continue with his process, the results of the verification of the fingerprints with the RCMP are pending.  This is a process that takes 4 to 6 months to receive back a reply. We have sent the fingerprints for verification with the RCMP on April 07.   We have sent a message to the RCMP requesting information about the fingerprints
 
The medical exams may be required since are valid until September 09. As soon as we have new information, you will be contacted and informed about the medical exams and the Police Certificate.

[vt]

uu yeah uuu yeah uu yeah.....this is me singing and doing my celebration dance hahahah

WE GOT PPR!!!! so happy !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I want to thank this wonderful forum for the information and emotional support you provide through this nerve wracking long experience!!!!

Soooo happy!!!!! This same time last year I was preparing to mail the package and thinking ufff should I put more info, how long will this take, should we sell the house now or later, etc... wow  and now we are days away to be all together and start a new chapter in Ohhh Canada!!! So grateful!!!

Good Luck to all
VT