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Can we speed up sponsorship process if we have a reason.

Waiting_man_007

Star Member
Feb 10, 2013
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This is for one of relative.
1. Husband, wife and three kids move to Canada two years ago.
2. Wife went to see her very ill mom for a couple of days back home.
3. Wife died in a car accident back home.
4. 3 kids ( 5 years, 3.5 years and 2 years) are with father and other family members in Canada.
5. Got married 3 months ago so that some one must be there to take care of kids while he can work full time.
6. Wants his wife to come as soon as possible to take care of kids.
7. At the moment, kids are with dad, uncle, aunts and their kids.
8. Send his sponsorship application to Mississauga office nearly a months ago.
9. Wrote to local MP but MP said that they have no such authority to ask CIC to speed up the process.

Should he write to Mississauga office or should wait and once, his application moved to London or Islamabad office, then he can request the visa officer to consider his case on priority bases as for a father to take care of three kids and then working for living is not an easy task.

Any advice to speed up the process will be highly appreciated.
Regards.
 

SchnookoLoly

Champion Member
Mar 5, 2012
1,147
78
Category........
Visa Office......
London
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
25 Jan 2012
File Transfer...
24 Apr 2012
Passport Req..
26 Jun 2012
VISA ISSUED...
21 Aug 2012
LANDED..........
08 Dec 2012
He'll have to wait. There's no way to speed up the process.
 

fruitball4u

Star Member
Dec 6, 2014
172
14
Vancouver, BC
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
NOC Code......
6474
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
20-05-2015
Doc's Request.
23-11-2015
AOR Received.
23-06-2015
File Transfer...
31-07-2015
Med's Done....
20-04-2015
Interview........
DM: 21-12-2015
VISA ISSUED...
COPR: 17-12-2015
LANDED..........
03-01-2016
It's a sad story, and I'm sorry to hear that his wife passed, but unfortunately SchnookoLoly is correct. There is no way to speed up an application - there are likely hundreds if not thousands of other people in similar situations, and they all have to follow the same process. They will not make special exceptions for some applications but not others - this way it is fair to everyone who is waiting.
 

Luna21

Star Member
Nov 18, 2014
161
4
Category........
Visa Office......
Mexico
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
13-03-2015
AOR Received.
21-04-2015..........SA email 21-05-2015
Med's Request
Upfront
Med's Done....
25-02-2015
Interview........
Waved
Passport Req..
12/22/2015
VISA ISSUED...
01/15/2015
I think the only way a process can be speeded up is when the country of the sponsored person goes into war or something like that :( but again it would apply to all applicants from that country.
 

bigredmoose

Hero Member
Dec 6, 2014
473
41
Category........
Visa Office......
Sydney, AUS
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
30-10-2014
AOR Received.
24-12-2014
File Transfer...
06-01-2015
Med's Done....
07-10-2014
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
31/03/2015
VISA ISSUED...
27/04/2015 (COPR)
LANDED..........
08/07/2015
Luna21 said:
I think the only way a process can be speeded up is when the country of the sponsored person goes into war or something like that :( but again it would apply to all applicants from that country.
Do you have anything that would support that? I would expect the opposite, war would bring extra scrutiny and the ability to get information from governments would be severely impacted.
 

keesio

VIP Member
May 16, 2012
4,795
396
Toronto, Ontario
Category........
Visa Office......
CPP-O
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
09-01-2013
Doc's Request.
09-07-2013
AOR Received.
30-01-2013
File Transfer...
11-02-2013
Med's Done....
02-01-2013
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
12-07-2013
VISA ISSUED...
15-08-2013
LANDED..........
14-10-2013
Waiting_man_007 said:
5. Got married 3 months ago so that some one must be there to take care of kids while he can work full time.
6. Wants his wife to come as soon as possible to take care of kids.
I hope that is not the main reason why he got married to his wife. Otherwise it just sounds like he wants a full-time live-in nanny. And I'm not sure CIC will be satisfied with just that reason either.
 

keesio

VIP Member
May 16, 2012
4,795
396
Toronto, Ontario
Category........
Visa Office......
CPP-O
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
09-01-2013
Doc's Request.
09-07-2013
AOR Received.
30-01-2013
File Transfer...
11-02-2013
Med's Done....
02-01-2013
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
12-07-2013
VISA ISSUED...
15-08-2013
LANDED..........
14-10-2013
bigredmoose said:
Do you have anything that would support that? I would expect the opposite, war would bring extra scrutiny and the ability to get information from governments would be severely impacted.
CIC will prioritize applicants in hazardous situations. It happened after the Nepal earthquake and the typhoon in the Philippines. I think applicants from Syria are also prioritized because of all the conflicts.

Example of this:
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/manuals/bulletins/2009/ob158.asp
 

Majromax

Hero Member
Nov 19, 2014
312
18
Category........
Visa Office......
CPC-Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
2014-10-21
AOR Received.
2015-01-11 [Inland AOR rec'd 2014-11-19, corrected]
File Transfer...
2015-01-20 [CSQ applied Feb 9, issued Feb 19]
Passport Req..
[IP: 2015-06-10; DM: 2015-06-30]
VISA ISSUED...
2015-07-20
LANDED..........
2015-07-27
keesio said:
I hope that is not the main reason why he got married to his wife. Otherwise it just sounds like we wants a full-time live-in nanny. And I'm not sure CIC will be satisfied with just that reason either.
That's a good point. If this comes through in the application, CIC will possibly look at it closely for signs of this being a relationship of convenience. It's not obvious how a "normal" courtship (suitably defined with respect to the unspecified cultural norms) would have happened with the father in Canada and only a widower for less than two years.
 

bigredmoose

Hero Member
Dec 6, 2014
473
41
Category........
Visa Office......
Sydney, AUS
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
30-10-2014
AOR Received.
24-12-2014
File Transfer...
06-01-2015
Med's Done....
07-10-2014
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
31/03/2015
VISA ISSUED...
27/04/2015 (COPR)
LANDED..........
08/07/2015
keesio said:
CIC will prioritize applicants in hazardous situations. It happened after the Nepal earthquake and the typhoon in the Philippines. I think applicants from Syria are also prioritized because of all the conflicts.

Example of this:
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/manuals/bulletins/2009/ob158.asp
Thank you and +1 for the info!