I sent my application to vegreville on June 23rd 2010 as common law sponsorship. I still can't log on to ecas to check my application but I received a letter from Immigration last month asking for more information. They wanted to know where I've been working since June 2010 (probably because they wanted to make sure I was still working for the same employer - which I am.) They also wanted to know where I've been living since June 2010 (I phoned the call center in November as we had moved - we bought our first house together!! They probably just wanted a signed document with my new address.) I was already planning to send another package to vegreville with updated photos showing what we've been doing since June, and also bills and bank statements addressed to our new house to show we are living there together. I ended up sending back the form they sent me with my new package of photo's etc... I'm not on the mortgage yet as the bank wont allow it till I have a residency card and can build up some credit, but I am on the property insurance so I sent them a copy of that (and explained why I wasn't on the mortgage).
I'm getting sooooo worried about it now. i've been ok so far, because I knew it was such a long process I had lots of time with him. But now that we've bought a house I'm getting more worried everyday. What if they decline us? We'd have to sell our house and all of our posessions so that we can move to England together. we'd have to get our 2 cats and puppy ready to fly (which takes 6 months!!). It's going to be so hard, but if Canada wont let us be together there's still a chance that England will! My parents are coming to visit in May (haven't seen them in nearly 18 months) and I'm panicing now because it means we have to decorate our spare room and buy a new bed for them, we dont want to keep buying furniture if we will just have to sell it and move to England!!
I did phone the call center to ask why i dont have access to ecas and they said it's for online applications only.
The other thing I'm worried about is my sponsor's criminal record. He's been to court numerous times, most were youth courts so he was always let off with warnings, not serious crimes either. Just kids stuff. He had a DUI when he was 19 (he's now 38), but he was let off, he didnt even go to court for that and he didnt lose his licence! The last thing he did was 6 years ago, he punched his ex's boyfriend and they charged him with assult but he got off with probabion. his ex then took him to court again for uttering death threats but she dropped the charges IN COURT. So he was never convicted for that either. he's been to jail once when he was 17 and that was for starting a riot (150 kids involved and they arrested him!) My criminal record is totally clean, not one thing on there.
Grrrrr everything seems to scare me and I hate the fact that our future is in their hands. We want to start a family but ideally we should hold off till we know where we stand. but my partners not getting any younger!!
I'm getting sooooo worried about it now. i've been ok so far, because I knew it was such a long process I had lots of time with him. But now that we've bought a house I'm getting more worried everyday. What if they decline us? We'd have to sell our house and all of our posessions so that we can move to England together. we'd have to get our 2 cats and puppy ready to fly (which takes 6 months!!). It's going to be so hard, but if Canada wont let us be together there's still a chance that England will! My parents are coming to visit in May (haven't seen them in nearly 18 months) and I'm panicing now because it means we have to decorate our spare room and buy a new bed for them, we dont want to keep buying furniture if we will just have to sell it and move to England!!
I did phone the call center to ask why i dont have access to ecas and they said it's for online applications only.
The other thing I'm worried about is my sponsor's criminal record. He's been to court numerous times, most were youth courts so he was always let off with warnings, not serious crimes either. Just kids stuff. He had a DUI when he was 19 (he's now 38), but he was let off, he didnt even go to court for that and he didnt lose his licence! The last thing he did was 6 years ago, he punched his ex's boyfriend and they charged him with assult but he got off with probabion. his ex then took him to court again for uttering death threats but she dropped the charges IN COURT. So he was never convicted for that either. he's been to jail once when he was 17 and that was for starting a riot (150 kids involved and they arrested him!) My criminal record is totally clean, not one thing on there.
Grrrrr everything seems to scare me and I hate the fact that our future is in their hands. We want to start a family but ideally we should hold off till we know where we stand. but my partners not getting any younger!!
