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[Melsi]

I'm dependent outside Canada
Waiting for medical request
22 February 2023 applicant

Hi any news on your application, dependent overseas?

 

[canuck78]

Friend,

I wrote a letter to my MP and to Immigration Minister Marc Miller to voice my support for reuniting refugee families.

While many will celebrate with their loved ones on February 17, huge delays in refugee family reunification will continue to prevent thousands of people across Canada from doing the same.

This Family Day, the CCR calls for urgent action to reunite refugee families.

Whether we were born here or came to Canada seeking refuge, we all want the same for our families: to have them safe and close by. This is true for particular reasons for refugees, who have experienced traumatic events and been forced to flee their homes. Even with refugee status in Canada, they can’t start rebuilding their lives when their spouse and children are far away, often themselves in precarious situations, perhaps in a war zone.

It is unconscionable that as a country we are making refugees wait more than 4 and a half years to be reunited with their immediate family, and this is after they have been accepted as refugees.

Canadians overwhelmingly support welcoming refugees and want better for our friends and neighbours waiting to be reunited with their families. Our government’s actions must reflect this support.

Can you join me and write a letter? Click here: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/this-family-day-lets-reunite-refugee-families?source=email&

Thanks!

This was from last year. Our immigration minister is MIA but she is definitely not Marc Miller.

 

[Melsi]

Hi guys is that normal that my dependent received documents requeste for second time asked,
Please provide an up-to-date CV from dependent overseas


- Please provide a copy of all pages of your marriage certificate with a translation.



-Please provide recent proof of your ongoing relationship from July 2022 till present (e.g., photos, communications, visits, etc.).

Has anyone had same thing!!! As a refugee without passport how can we re translate and nothorized marriage!!!
Could someone guide me

 

[Canadian_rainbow]

Hi guys is that normal that my dependent received documents requeste for second time asked,
Please provide an up-to-date CV from dependent overseas


- Please provide a copy of all pages of your marriage certificate with a translation.



-Please provide recent proof of your ongoing relationship from July 2022 till present (e.g., photos, communications, visits, etc.).

Has anyone had same thing!!! As a refugee without passport how can we re translate and nothorized marriage!!!
Could someone guide me

Can’t you just translate it if it’s not English or French? Why you have to nothorized?
They asked for us for proof of relationship too. Months ago. My partner in Canada with me and we got married here.

 

[zaheed]

I am currently sponsoring people through group of 5. Can someone let me know, if they have done their interview, should that be reflected on the client application status? Like should it show something like "On November 15, 2025 applicants were called in and did an interview?" Thanks!

 

[saksham36]

hi i got uci number of dependents of protected person how can i track dependent of protected person application

 

[saksham36]

hi is marriage certificate is mandatory for prooving the relationship i do not have a marriage certificate will ircc accept other proof
is there any one whose file is processed without marriage certificate?

 

[Melsi]

Thanks for replying sure my time line

PR submit in July 20-2023
Biometric done ,eligibility letter and pre arrival received on Oct-2024.

My dependants overseas done biometric and medical as well pre arrival letter was on Feb-2025

I am not in pilot program

Thanks

Can I ask you what was the next steps for your dependent after pre- arrival? And almost how long does it take please?

 

[Sammi0048]

Can I ask you what was the next steps for your dependent after pre- arrival? And almost how long does it take please?

Hi Melsi. I also submitted my PR application in March 2023 and received my ecopr in November. My daughter submitted her medical exams last year and this year, but there haven't been any updates since.

 

[Melsi]

Hi Melsi. I also submitted my PR application in March 2023 and received my ecopr in November. My daughter submitted her medical exams last year and this year, but there haven't been any updates since.

Thank you for your response, we are in same boat i think, I submitted my pr march 2023, and I got my pr card December 1st, and today I received the pre arrival for my overseas dependent, so I don't know what is the next steps and how long would be taken to get the pass request, so fingers crossed

 

[Sammi0048]

I am the principal applicant in Canada and received my EcoPR on November 14th. Since I only have one minor daughter in the country of origin, I wrote to the IRCC last night requesting expedited processing, and fortunately, I received her PPR today.

 

[Cambie]

I am the principal applicant in Canada and received my EcoPR on November 14th. Since I only have one minor daughter in the country of origin, I wrote to the IRCC last night requesting expedited processing, and fortunately, I received her PPR today.

question, is your daughter in another country other than canada? also, what PPR stand for?

 

[Sammi0048]

question, is your daughter in another country other than canada? also, what PPR stand for?

Yes, my daughter is in Singapore. My husband and I are in Canada, so as a minor separated from her parents, she can apply for expedited processing. PPR stands for Passport Request; she can come once she submits her passport for visa stamping.

 

[Wz.C]

Yes, my daughter is in Singapore. My husband and I are in Canada, so as a minor separated from her parents, she can apply for expedited processing. PPR stands for Passport Request; she can come once she submits her passport for visa stamping.

When you received medical request for your minor? After ecopr or Final decision

 

[Sammi0048]

When you received medical request for your minor? After ecopr or Final decision

I submitted my family's PR application in March 2023. I didn't receive my final decision until October 2025. Prior to that, I received my daughter's first medical examination request in July 2024 and a second medical examination request in June 2025.