I decided to post my timeline to help those in the process of spouse sponsorship.
Permanent Residence Application for my Ugandan Spouse (Visa Office Dar es Salaam).I am a Ugandan living in Canada and I sponsored my wife in Uganda for permanent residence (PR). Being Ugandans, the PR application was forwarded and processed from the Visa office in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Timeline
March 14, 2016: Applicant got her criminal record check (certificate of good conduct) from the National Central Bureau of Interpol located at Plot 12, Mabua Road, Kololo.She applied for it two weeks earlier.
March 21, 2016: Applicant undertook Medical examination at IOM Kampala starting on March 11, 2016. Fee paid approximately $160 American dollars. Tests Included chest x-ray, medical examination, syphilis test, and HIV test. The tests were submitted to CIC on March 21, 2016.
March 24, 2016: I sent completed PR documents by Canada Post (Express) to [CPC Mississauga, P.O. Box 3000, Station A, Mississauga, Ontario, L5A 4N6]: This included the receipts for Right of Permanent Residency Fee (Fee $490) and $550 for the application. Total of $ 1040 Canadian dollars.
March 30, 2016: PR documents were delivered to CPC Mississauga at 11:23 am.
April 22, 2016: CPC Mississauga started processing the sponsor’s application.
May 19, 2016: Sponsor of applicant was approved. Application forwarded to visa office in Dar es salaam for further processing.
May 24, 2016: Visa office started processing my wife's application. Application status on website indicated ‘in process’.
July 28, 2016: Online application updated to “Medical results have been received”.
July 28, 2016: Passport requested. Online status was, “We sent you correspondence on July 28, 2016. If you have not yet provided the information or the requested documents, please do so as soon as possible. Please wait until you receive the correspondence before sending us additional information, as the correspondence will outline all information that is required.”
August 5, 2016: My wife used the services of VFS Global Uganda at the Canada Visa Application Centre, Mackenzie Vale, Kololo, Kampala to submit her passport along with two passport photos and the passport request letter to the High Commission of Canada in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The visa application centre (VAC) passport courier fees totalled to 209,800 Ugandan Shillings. We were provided with the passport tracking number.
August 12, 2016: Online status updated to “Decision made”.
August 19, 2016: The processed passport was dispatched to the Canada Visa Application Centre in Kampala, Uganda.My wife picked up her passport with the permanent resident visa along with The Confirmation of Permanent Residence. The visa expiry date is in March ,2017.
Permanent Residence Application for my Ugandan Spouse (Visa Office Dar es Salaam).I am a Ugandan living in Canada and I sponsored my wife in Uganda for permanent residence (PR). Being Ugandans, the PR application was forwarded and processed from the Visa office in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Timeline
March 14, 2016: Applicant got her criminal record check (certificate of good conduct) from the National Central Bureau of Interpol located at Plot 12, Mabua Road, Kololo.She applied for it two weeks earlier.
March 21, 2016: Applicant undertook Medical examination at IOM Kampala starting on March 11, 2016. Fee paid approximately $160 American dollars. Tests Included chest x-ray, medical examination, syphilis test, and HIV test. The tests were submitted to CIC on March 21, 2016.
March 24, 2016: I sent completed PR documents by Canada Post (Express) to [CPC Mississauga, P.O. Box 3000, Station A, Mississauga, Ontario, L5A 4N6]: This included the receipts for Right of Permanent Residency Fee (Fee $490) and $550 for the application. Total of $ 1040 Canadian dollars.
March 30, 2016: PR documents were delivered to CPC Mississauga at 11:23 am.
April 22, 2016: CPC Mississauga started processing the sponsor’s application.
May 19, 2016: Sponsor of applicant was approved. Application forwarded to visa office in Dar es salaam for further processing.
May 24, 2016: Visa office started processing my wife's application. Application status on website indicated ‘in process’.
July 28, 2016: Online application updated to “Medical results have been received”.
July 28, 2016: Passport requested. Online status was, “We sent you correspondence on July 28, 2016. If you have not yet provided the information or the requested documents, please do so as soon as possible. Please wait until you receive the correspondence before sending us additional information, as the correspondence will outline all information that is required.”
August 5, 2016: My wife used the services of VFS Global Uganda at the Canada Visa Application Centre, Mackenzie Vale, Kololo, Kampala to submit her passport along with two passport photos and the passport request letter to the High Commission of Canada in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The visa application centre (VAC) passport courier fees totalled to 209,800 Ugandan Shillings. We were provided with the passport tracking number.
August 12, 2016: Online status updated to “Decision made”.
August 19, 2016: The processed passport was dispatched to the Canada Visa Application Centre in Kampala, Uganda.My wife picked up her passport with the permanent resident visa along with The Confirmation of Permanent Residence. The visa expiry date is in March ,2017.
