Thread for Acrra Ghana applicants

[Macworld]

Brother I think you should call ASAP...

AVO recommend using DHL in the PPR email they sent to us...

"You are asked to submit your passport(s) and documentation BY COURIER within 15 days. We recommend DHL courier, using a pre-paid return envelope."

A friend also warned me about using VFS, that they almost lost his passport.

why not call VFS, first ...

Thank you so much for the info "umuchima" I did called VFS this afternoon and they took me that my passport is in transit that it will be available b4 the week ends. But tracked it online, it said dispatched from Accra since last week Tuesday. I am confused at the moment, almost one full month.

 

[queenanetor]

We got our PPR request this morning!!!!!
They want police report, schedule A and passport photos on top of his medical! We have 15 days! Yay!!!!!!! Finally the journey has come to an end! 398 days or 13 months and 2 days!! Much love and luck to all those waiting!! Very soon all of this will end in happiness! I'm praying for you all always!!

Congratulations dear I tap into your blessing am next in line for that blessing..

 

[queenanetor]

Hey guys
It been long I comment
Congrats to those who received PPR
My husband and I welcome our first child just recently .

But my question is , a few month ago , a representative sent an email to Accra to get information on where our application is at but she never got a reply

But now we're scared that all the email we should be receiving will be going to her even tho she never got a reply .
If this is the case , what can we do to make sure we're receiving emails instead of the representative

Your advice is needed please

Also emailed my MP and he said we will wait till the end of this month and if nothing changed then he will send email to them . But I just emailed him coz we're going tol hit 14 month in in a couple days and nothing seems to change

Thank you

Congratulations to you and your husband on the new bundle of joy wishing you guys together soonest

 

[Mimikoms]

@waitingInTO , @Mimikoms and other October applicants. Has anyone heard from CIC yet?

No I haven't heard anything.

 

[becos]

@colmiz , @Pake, @MrsKoj , @tender , @Sugarcoconut , @ClassicD , @Ugoswife , @xls , @Cutie101, @Denne , @queenanetor, @peg204 @babajydo , @umuchima , @Mimikoms and everyone else who I am forgetting but have not truly forgotten! I want to say thank you for your love and support and congratulations! I couldn't have survived this without all of you! My husband and I are most grateful!

I wanted to write out our timeline as well as info on our interview (if anyone does get called for an interview, please feel free to reach out to me privately, and I can assist you).

Application Filed: August 23, 2016
Sponsorship Approval: September 28, 2016
Application Started Processing at AVO: October 6, 2016

Interview Request: September 15, 2017
Interview at AVO: September 21, 2017
Medical Request: September 21, 2017
PPR (+ Police Cert., Schedule A, Passport Photos): September 25, 2017

So 13 months and 2 days to PPR.

Interview: We anticipated we would be asked for extra docs concerning my husbands son, so I'm not surprised they asked for an interview and to bring documents regarding the son. My husband does not have a relationship, outside of paying school fees and support with his son. Him and his ex were never married, she has other children and a family and everyone gets along. My husband just doesn't have a relationship with his son because he lives with the mother. In our app we requested to remove the son as we never plan on him coming to Canada. So for the interview, they asked only for copies of the mother's signed ID and passport photos for the son.

Anyways, in addition to those documents my husband took along to the interview 167 pages of additional relationship proof from the last year (my flights over, photos of my and my families visit, whatsapp messages, facebook posts, phone logs, etc) to submit to them.

He got to the high commission 45 minutes beforehand, he was not allowed to take his phone or bag in with him. He was in there for 2 hours before he called me. They were very behind with interviews. He only ended up being in the interview for 30 minutes. He said he was feeling a little nervous initially but the lady was very nice, told him to let her know if he didn't understand something, that they just wanted to understand some of the aspects of our application, and that we must tell the truth or you can be banned from Canada for 5 years (pretty standard).

Okay so to be prepared for the questions, I looked at a lot of forums and interview questions lists. Reminder, we were only given 6 days to prep! So wee hustled! My husband said he felt super prepared, because she asked like all those questions we went over! Haha Remember if you find yourself in this situation, they are asking you things about your relationship, things you should know, it's good to go over the questions though so you can make your answers simple and straight to the point. Lots of us want to talk a lot to explain things, no, don't, just be straightforward. If they ask for more detail explain. You don't want to get lost in your words.

1. How did you meet your wife?
2. Where did you meet? What were you doing at that time?
3. How did your relationship develop?
4. Why did you get married?
5. Why do you want to go to Canada?
6. Where does your wife live?
7. Where will you live?
8. Where does your wife work?
9. What does she do? Does she like her job?
10. What happens if your relationship doesn't work out?
11. What will you do in Canada?
12. What will you do if this application isn't accepted?

And then she asked questions about the son, like:
13. Why don't you want your son to come to Canada?, etc, more specifics.

My husband said that she would ask a question, he would answer, then she would ask another, he would answer, very few times did he need to really explain himself and if he did, to clarify something, she was like "oh okay, I understand".

She only flipped through our additional relationship proof and gave it back to my husband, she only kept the documents they requested. (FYI, my husband and I never submitted additional proof while our app was in process, we never submitted anything since our initial app.) At the end she said she would be in touch soon. My husband came out feeling really good and pleased with how well it went. Twenty minutes after the interview ended we got his medical request. That was Thursday last week and today we got PPR, police cert, Schedule A and passport photo request. We were given 15 days to submit.

We also reached out to our MP when our application hit 1 year of processing, they were helpful to look into our case, as we were unable to link our myCIC account to our application. One thing I want to mention is that we got a status update from our MP of our app the night before our interview. (We had gotten an update before but our MP could only say it was in process, so I asked them to get us more details and this is what they got). I was really shocked that it looked like nothing had been done on our app. So keep in mind that your myCIC definitely doesn't reflect what might actually be going on. Below is what our MP discovered:

• The responsible office has not yet reviewed the application and documents submitted to determine if your constituent’s spouse meet the eligibility requirements.

• The medical examination results have expired for ********. The medical examination for **son** has not been initiated as of yet.

• The criminality verifications have not been initiated yet.

• The security verifications have not been initiated yet.

• An interview has been scheduled for September 21, 2017

• The responsible office is still waiting for a copy of the dependent’s mother signed photo identification.

• If and when anything else is required after the interview, the applicant will be contacted by the responsible office with further instruction.

I hope that this info can help people. If anyone has any questions about our app or needs assistance, I'm always available and will help provide advice as best I can. I'm praying for you all. I believe AVO is hustling at this point, there is so much to be done, and I think the pressure is on. I also think this experience, especially with the interview, has made me realize how diverse all of our situations are. We all have little bumps in our app, and that's okay, we are all human with unique stoires, we just need to face them head on and believe all will be alright.

That is all for now.
Stay strong everyone, your day is coming. Much love.

 

[Mimikoms]

We got our PPR request this morning!!!!!
They want police report, schedule A and passport photos on top of his medical! We have 15 days! Yay!!!!!!! Finally the journey has come to an end! 398 days or 13 months and 2 days!! Much love and luck to all those waiting!! Very soon all of this will end in happiness! I'm praying for you all always!!

Congrats @becos , thank God it's finally over. Extremely happy for you.

 

[ClassicD]

@colmiz , @Pake, @MrsKoj , @tender , @Sugarcoconut , @ClassicD , @Ugoswife , @xls , @Cutie101, @Denne , @queenanetor, @peg204 @babajydo , @umuchima , @Mimikoms and everyone else who I am forgetting but have not truly forgotten! I want to say thank you for your love and support and congratulations! I couldn't have survived this without all of you! My husband and I are most grateful!

I wanted to write out our timeline as well as info on our interview (if anyone does get called for an interview, please feel free to reach out to me privately, and I can assist you).

Application Filed: August 23, 2016
Sponsorship Approval: September 28, 2016
Application Started Processing at AVO: October 6, 2016

Interview Request: September 15, 2017
Interview at AVO: September 21, 2017
Medical Request: September 21, 2017
PPR (+ Police Cert., Schedule A, Passport Photos): September 25, 2017

So 13 months and 2 days to PPR.

Interview: We anticipated we would be asked for extra docs concerning my husbands son, so I'm not surprised they asked for an interview and to bring documents regarding the son. My husband does not have a relationship, outside of paying school fees and support with his son. Him and his ex were never married, she has other children and a family and everyone gets along. My husband just doesn't have a relationship with his son because he lives with the mother. In our app we requested to remove the son as we never plan on him coming to Canada. So for the interview, they asked only for copies of the mother's signed ID and passport photos for the son.

Anyways, in addition to those documents my husband took along to the interview 167 pages of additional relationship proof from the last year (my flights over, photos of my and my families visit, whatsapp messages, facebook posts, phone logs, etc) to submit to them.

He got to the high commission 45 minutes beforehand, he was not allowed to take his phone or bag in with him. He was in there for 2 hours before he called me. They were very behind with interviews. He only ended up being in the interview for 30 minutes. He said he was feeling a little nervous initially but the lady was very nice, told him to let her know if he didn't understand something, that they just wanted to understand some of the aspects of our application, and that we must tell the truth or you can be banned from Canada for 5 years (pretty standard).

Okay so to be prepared for the the questions, I looked at a lot of forums and interview questions lists. Reminder, we were only given 6 days to prep! So wee hustled! My husband said he felt super prepared, because she asked like all those questions we went over! Haha Remember if you find yourself in this situation, they are asking you things about your relationship, things you should know, it's good to go over the questions though so you can make your answers simple and straight to the point. Lots of us want to talk a lot to explain things, no, don't, just be straightforward. If they ask for more detail explain. You don't want to get lost in your words.

1. How did you meet your wife?
2. Where did you meet? What were you doing at that time?
3. How did your relationship develop?
4. Why did you get married?
5. Why do you want to go to Canada?
6. Where does your wife live?
7. Where will you live?
8. Where does your wife work?
9. What does she do? Does she like her job?
10. What happens if your relationship doesn't work out?
11. What will you do in Canada?
12. What will you do if this application isn't accepted?

And then she asked questions about the son, like:
13. Why don't you want your son to come to Canada?, etc, more specifics.

My husband said that she would ask a question, he would answer, then she would ask another, he would answer, very few times did he need to really explain himself and if he did, to clarify something, she was like "oh okay, I understand".

She only flipped through our additional relationship proof and gave it back to my husband, she only kept the documents they requested. (FYI, my husband and I never submitted additional proof while our app was in process, we never submitted anything since our initial app.) At the end she said she would be in touch soon. My husband came out feeling really good and pleased with how well it went. Twenty minutes after the interview ended we got his medical request. That was Thursday last week and today we got PPR, police cert, Schedule A and passport photo request. We were given 15 days to submit.

We also reached out to our MP when our application hit 1 year of processing, they were helpful to look into our case, as we were unable to link our myCIC account to our application. One thing I want to mention is that we got a status update from our MP of our app the night before our interview. (We had gotten an update before but our MP could only say it was in process, so I asked them to get us more details and this is what they got). I was really shocked that it looked like nothing had been done on our app. So keep in mind that your myCIC definitely doesn't reflect what might actually be going on. Below is what our MP discovered:

• The responsible office has not yet reviewed the application and documents submitted to determine if your constituent’s spouse meet the eligibility requirements.

• The medical examination results have expired for ********. The medical examination for **son** has not been initiated as of yet.

• The criminality verifications have not been initiated yet.

• The security verifications have not been initiated yet.

• An interview has been scheduled for September 21, 2017

• The responsible office is still waiting for a copy of the dependent’s mother signed photo identification.

• If and when anything else is required after the interview, the applicant will be contacted by the responsible office with further instruction.

I hope that this info can help people. If anyone has any questions about our app or needs assistance, I'm always available and will help provide advice as best I can. I'm praying for you all. I believe AVO is hustling at this point, there is so much to be done, and I think the pressure is on. I also think this experience, especially with the interview, has made me realize how diverse all of our situations are. We all have little bumps in our app, and that's okay, we are all human with unique stoires, we just need to face them head on and I believe all will be alright.

That is all for now.
Stay strong everyone, your day is coming. Much love.

I am so happy for you and your family 'cos it felt your spouse application was gonna be out of the ordinary especially when Aug 2016 applicants got responses except yours. We thank God there is light at the end of the tunnel. We have all endured the pain of the separation, waiting more than 1 year and so its about that time for sure. You have helped lots of people with your comments and sharing advise and so I appreciate you. God bless you!!!

 

[Cutie101]

@colmiz , @Pake, @MrsKoj , @tender , @Sugarcoconut , @ClassicD , @Ugoswife , @xls , @Cutie101, @Denne , @queenanetor, @peg204 @babajydo , @umuchima , @Mimikoms and everyone else who I am forgetting but have not truly forgotten! I want to say thank you for your love and support and congratulations! I couldn't have survived this without all of you! My husband and I are most grateful!

I wanted to write out our timeline as well as info on our interview (if anyone does get called for an interview, please feel free to reach out to me privately, and I can assist you).

Application Filed: August 23, 2016
Sponsorship Approval: September 28, 2016
Application Started Processing at AVO: October 6, 2016

Interview Request: September 15, 2017
Interview at AVO: September 21, 2017
Medical Request: September 21, 2017
PPR (+ Police Cert., Schedule A, Passport Photos): September 25, 2017

So 13 months and 2 days to PPR.

Interview: We anticipated we would be asked for extra docs concerning my husbands son, so I'm not surprised they asked for an interview and to bring documents regarding the son. My husband does not have a relationship, outside of paying school fees and support with his son. Him and his ex were never married, she has other children and a family and everyone gets along. My husband just doesn't have a relationship with his son because he lives with the mother. In our app we requested to remove the son as we never plan on him coming to Canada. So for the interview, they asked only for copies of the mother's signed ID and passport photos for the son.

Anyways, in addition to those documents my husband took along to the interview 167 pages of additional relationship proof from the last year (my flights over, photos of my and my families visit, whatsapp messages, facebook posts, phone logs, etc) to submit to them.

He got to the high commission 45 minutes beforehand, he was not allowed to take his phone or bag in with him. He was in there for 2 hours before he called me. They were very behind with interviews. He only ended up being in the interview for 30 minutes. He said he was feeling a little nervous initially but the lady was very nice, told him to let her know if he didn't understand something, that they just wanted to understand some of the aspects of our application, and that we must tell the truth or you can be banned from Canada for 5 years (pretty standard).

Okay so to be prepared for the questions, I looked at a lot of forums and interview questions lists. Reminder, we were only given 6 days to prep! So wee hustled! My husband said he felt super prepared, because she asked like all those questions we went over! Haha Remember if you find yourself in this situation, they are asking you things about your relationship, things you should know, it's good to go over the questions though so you can make your answers simple and straight to the point. Lots of us want to talk a lot to explain things, no, don't, just be straightforward. If they ask for more detail explain. You don't want to get lost in your words.

1. How did you meet your wife?
2. Where did you meet? What were you doing at that time?
3. How did your relationship develop?
4. Why did you get married?
5. Why do you want to go to Canada?
6. Where does your wife live?
7. Where will you live?
8. Where does your wife work?
9. What does she do? Does she like her job?
10. What happens if your relationship doesn't work out?
11. What will you do in Canada?
12. What will you do if this application isn't accepted?

And then she asked questions about the son, like:
13. Why don't you want your son to come to Canada?, etc, more specifics.

My husband said that she would ask a question, he would answer, then she would ask another, he would answer, very few times did he need to really explain himself and if he did, to clarify something, she was like "oh okay, I understand".

She only flipped through our additional relationship proof and gave it back to my husband, she only kept the documents they requested. (FYI, my husband and I never submitted additional proof while our app was in process, we never submitted anything since our initial app.) At the end she said she would be in touch soon. My husband came out feeling really good and pleased with how well it went. Twenty minutes after the interview ended we got his medical request. That was Thursday last week and today we got PPR, police cert, Schedule A and passport photo request. We were given 15 days to submit.

We also reached out to our MP when our application hit 1 year of processing, they were helpful to look into our case, as we were unable to link our myCIC account to our application. One thing I want to mention is that we got a status update from our MP of our app the night before our interview. (We had gotten an update before but our MP could only say it was in process, so I asked them to get us more details and this is what they got). I was really shocked that it looked like nothing had been done on our app. So keep in mind that your myCIC definitely doesn't reflect what might actually be going on. Below is what our MP discovered:

• The responsible office has not yet reviewed the application and documents submitted to determine if your constituent’s spouse meet the eligibility requirements.

• The medical examination results have expired for ********. The medical examination for **son** has not been initiated as of yet.

• The criminality verifications have not been initiated yet.

• The security verifications have not been initiated yet.

• An interview has been scheduled for September 21, 2017

• The responsible office is still waiting for a copy of the dependent’s mother signed photo identification.

• If and when anything else is required after the interview, the applicant will be contacted by the responsible office with further instruction.

I hope that this info can help people. If anyone has any questions about our app or needs assistance, I'm always available and will help provide advice as best I can. I'm praying for you all. I believe AVO is hustling at this point, there is so much to be done, and I think the pressure is on. I also think this experience, especially with the interview, has made me realize how diverse all of our situations are. We all have little bumps in our app, and that's okay, we are all human with unique stoires, we just need to face them head on and believe all will be alright.

That is all for now.
Stay strong everyone, your day is coming. Much love.

Congrats again hun... very well deserved you guys can now relax and enjoy your conversations much more....

 

[waitingInTO]

@waitingInTO , @Mimikoms and other October applicants. Has anyone heard from CIC yet?

@Ugoswife, we haven't heard anything.

 

[waitingInTO]

I'm wondering if there is anyone here whose account was affected when CIC had that system glitch in July who has now truly heard from CIC with the same instruction that their account showed at that time?

it's hard to tell @Ugoswife, because some of us have sent unsolicited additional documents. We won't know if they would have asked for it had we not.

 

[waitingInTO]

We got our PPR request this morning!!!!!
They want police report, schedule A and passport photos on top of his medical! We have 15 days! Yay!!!!!!! Finally the journey has come to an end! 398 days or 13 months and 2 days!! Much love and luck to all those waiting!! Very soon all of this will end in happiness! I'm praying for you all always!!

Congratulations @becos! you can finally rest and prep for the hubby

 

[waitingInTO]

the open Monday to Thursday from 8am to 3pm you can walk in. the don't open Fridays and or weekends

bring the form the letter from CIC

@Cutie101, what is this message referring to? was it meant for me?

 

[waitingInTO]

Hey guys
It been long I comment
Congrats to those who received PPR
My husband and I welcome our first child just recently .

But my question is , a few month ago , a representative sent an email to Accra to get information on where our application is at but she never got a reply

But now we're scared that all the email we should be receiving will be going to her even tho she never got a reply .
If this is the case , what can we do to make sure we're receiving emails instead of the representative

Your advice is needed please

Also emailed my MP and he said we will wait till the end of this month and if nothing changed then he will send email to them . But I just emailed him coz we're going tol hit 14 month in in a couple days and nothing seems to change

Thank you

you can change the representative by completing the Use of a Representative form and submitting it via the IRCC Web form and making you the sponsor a representative or you can simply remove the representative using that form. That way the emails will go to the principal applicant. @peg204

 

[Pake]

@colmiz , @Pake, @MrsKoj , @tender , @Sugarcoconut , @ClassicD , @Ugoswife , @xls , @Cutie101, @Denne , @queenanetor, @peg204 @babajydo , @umuchima , @Mimikoms and everyone else who I am forgetting but have not truly forgotten! I want to say thank you for your love and support and congratulations! I couldn't have survived this without all of you! My husband and I are most grateful!

I wanted to write out our timeline as well as info on our interview (if anyone does get called for an interview, please feel free to reach out to me privately, and I can assist you).

Application Filed: August 23, 2016
Sponsorship Approval: September 28, 2016
Application Started Processing at AVO: October 6, 2016

Interview Request: September 15, 2017
Interview at AVO: September 21, 2017
Medical Request: September 21, 2017
PPR (+ Police Cert., Schedule A, Passport Photos): September 25, 2017

So 13 months and 2 days to PPR.

Interview: We anticipated we would be asked for extra docs concerning my husbands son, so I'm not surprised they asked for an interview and to bring documents regarding the son. My husband does not have a relationship, outside of paying school fees and support with his son. Him and his ex were never married, she has other children and a family and everyone gets along. My husband just doesn't have a relationship with his son because he lives with the mother. In our app we requested to remove the son as we never plan on him coming to Canada. So for the interview, they asked only for copies of the mother's signed ID and passport photos for the son.

Anyways, in addition to those documents my husband took along to the interview 167 pages of additional relationship proof from the last year (my flights over, photos of my and my families visit, whatsapp messages, facebook posts, phone logs, etc) to submit to them.

He got to the high commission 45 minutes beforehand, he was not allowed to take his phone or bag in with him. He was in there for 2 hours before he called me. They were very behind with interviews. He only ended up being in the interview for 30 minutes. He said he was feeling a little nervous initially but the lady was very nice, told him to let her know if he didn't understand something, that they just wanted to understand some of the aspects of our application, and that we must tell the truth or you can be banned from Canada for 5 years (pretty standard).

Okay so to be prepared for the questions, I looked at a lot of forums and interview questions lists. Reminder, we were only given 6 days to prep! So wee hustled! My husband said he felt super prepared, because she asked like all those questions we went over! Haha Remember if you find yourself in this situation, they are asking you things about your relationship, things you should know, it's good to go over the questions though so you can make your answers simple and straight to the point. Lots of us want to talk a lot to explain things, no, don't, just be straightforward. If they ask for more detail explain. You don't want to get lost in your words.

1. How did you meet your wife?
2. Where did you meet? What were you doing at that time?
3. How did your relationship develop?
4. Why did you get married?
5. Why do you want to go to Canada?
6. Where does your wife live?
7. Where will you live?
8. Where does your wife work?
9. What does she do? Does she like her job?
10. What happens if your relationship doesn't work out?
11. What will you do in Canada?
12. What will you do if this application isn't accepted?

And then she asked questions about the son, like:
13. Why don't you want your son to come to Canada?, etc, more specifics.

My husband said that she would ask a question, he would answer, then she would ask another, he would answer, very few times did he need to really explain himself and if he did, to clarify something, she was like "oh okay, I understand".

She only flipped through our additional relationship proof and gave it back to my husband, she only kept the documents they requested. (FYI, my husband and I never submitted additional proof while our app was in process, we never submitted anything since our initial app.) At the end she said she would be in touch soon. My husband came out feeling really good and pleased with how well it went. Twenty minutes after the interview ended we got his medical request. That was Thursday last week and today we got PPR, police cert, Schedule A and passport photo request. We were given 15 days to submit.

We also reached out to our MP when our application hit 1 year of processing, they were helpful to look into our case, as we were unable to link our myCIC account to our application. One thing I want to mention is that we got a status update from our MP of our app the night before our interview. (We had gotten an update before but our MP could only say it was in process, so I asked them to get us more details and this is what they got). I was really shocked that it looked like nothing had been done on our app. So keep in mind that your myCIC definitely doesn't reflect what might actually be going on. Below is what our MP discovered:

• The responsible office has not yet reviewed the application and documents submitted to determine if your constituent’s spouse meet the eligibility requirements.

• The medical examination results have expired for ********. The medical examination for **son** has not been initiated as of yet.

• The criminality verifications have not been initiated yet.

• The security verifications have not been initiated yet.

• An interview has been scheduled for September 21, 2017

• The responsible office is still waiting for a copy of the dependent’s mother signed photo identification.

• If and when anything else is required after the interview, the applicant will be contacted by the responsible office with further instruction.

I hope that this info can help people. If anyone has any questions about our app or needs assistance, I'm always available and will help provide advice as best I can. I'm praying for you all. I believe AVO is hustling at this point, there is so much to be done, and I think the pressure is on. I also think this experience, especially with the interview, has made me realize how diverse all of our situations are. We all have little bumps in our app, and that's okay, we are all human with unique stoires, we just need to face them head on and believe all will be alright.

That is all for now.
Stay strong everyone, your day is coming. Much love.

Thank u so very much for this.i was waiting for it.i most say u almost got crazy with this expérience. U will never forget this and im sure it will be a story u will tell your children one day.i wish u all the best and im sure mine is not far.

 

[Ugoswife]

@colmiz , @Pake, @MrsKoj , @tender , @Sugarcoconut , @ClassicD , @Ugoswife , @xls , @Cutie101, @Denne , @queenanetor, @peg204 @babajydo , @umuchima , @Mimikoms and everyone else who I am forgetting but have not truly forgotten! I want to say thank you for your love and support and congratulations! I couldn't have survived this without all of you! My husband and I are most grateful!

I wanted to write out our timeline as well as info on our interview (if anyone does get called for an interview, please feel free to reach out to me privately, and I can assist you).

Application Filed: August 23, 2016
Sponsorship Approval: September 28, 2016
Application Started Processing at AVO: October 6, 2016

Interview Request: September 15, 2017
Interview at AVO: September 21, 2017
Medical Request: September 21, 2017
PPR (+ Police Cert., Schedule A, Passport Photos): September 25, 2017

So 13 months and 2 days to PPR.

Interview: We anticipated we would be asked for extra docs concerning my husbands son, so I'm not surprised they asked for an interview and to bring documents regarding the son. My husband does not have a relationship, outside of paying school fees and support with his son. Him and his ex were never married, she has other children and a family and everyone gets along. My husband just doesn't have a relationship with his son because he lives with the mother. In our app we requested to remove the son as we never plan on him coming to Canada. So for the interview, they asked only for copies of the mother's signed ID and passport photos for the son.

Anyways, in addition to those documents my husband took along to the interview 167 pages of additional relationship proof from the last year (my flights over, photos of my and my families visit, whatsapp messages, facebook posts, phone logs, etc) to submit to them.

He got to the high commission 45 minutes beforehand, he was not allowed to take his phone or bag in with him. He was in there for 2 hours before he called me. They were very behind with interviews. He only ended up being in the interview for 30 minutes. He said he was feeling a little nervous initially but the lady was very nice, told him to let her know if he didn't understand something, that they just wanted to understand some of the aspects of our application, and that we must tell the truth or you can be banned from Canada for 5 years (pretty standard).

Okay so to be prepared for the questions, I looked at a lot of forums and interview questions lists. Reminder, we were only given 6 days to prep! So wee hustled! My husband said he felt super prepared, because she asked like all those questions we went over! Haha Remember if you find yourself in this situation, they are asking you things about your relationship, things you should know, it's good to go over the questions though so you can make your answers simple and straight to the point. Lots of us want to talk a lot to explain things, no, don't, just be straightforward. If they ask for more detail explain. You don't want to get lost in your words.

1. How did you meet your wife?
2. Where did you meet? What were you doing at that time?
3. How did your relationship develop?
4. Why did you get married?
5. Why do you want to go to Canada?
6. Where does your wife live?
7. Where will you live?
8. Where does your wife work?
9. What does she do? Does she like her job?
10. What happens if your relationship doesn't work out?
11. What will you do in Canada?
12. What will you do if this application isn't accepted?

And then she asked questions about the son, like:
13. Why don't you want your son to come to Canada?, etc, more specifics.

My husband said that she would ask a question, he would answer, then she would ask another, he would answer, very few times did he need to really explain himself and if he did, to clarify something, she was like "oh okay, I understand".

She only flipped through our additional relationship proof and gave it back to my husband, she only kept the documents they requested. (FYI, my husband and I never submitted additional proof while our app was in process, we never submitted anything since our initial app.) At the end she said she would be in touch soon. My husband came out feeling really good and pleased with how well it went. Twenty minutes after the interview ended we got his medical request. That was Thursday last week and today we got PPR, police cert, Schedule A and passport photo request. We were given 15 days to submit.

We also reached out to our MP when our application hit 1 year of processing, they were helpful to look into our case, as we were unable to link our myCIC account to our application. One thing I want to mention is that we got a status update from our MP of our app the night before our interview. (We had gotten an update before but our MP could only say it was in process, so I asked them to get us more details and this is what they got). I was really shocked that it looked like nothing had been done on our app. So keep in mind that your myCIC definitely doesn't reflect what might actually be going on. Below is what our MP discovered:

• The responsible office has not yet reviewed the application and documents submitted to determine if your constituent’s spouse meet the eligibility requirements.

• The medical examination results have expired for ********. The medical examination for **son** has not been initiated as of yet.

• The criminality verifications have not been initiated yet.

• The security verifications have not been initiated yet.

• An interview has been scheduled for September 21, 2017

• The responsible office is still waiting for a copy of the dependent’s mother signed photo identification.

• If and when anything else is required after the interview, the applicant will be contacted by the responsible office with further instruction.

I hope that this info can help people. If anyone has any questions about our app or needs assistance, I'm always available and will help provide advice as best I can. I'm praying for you all. I believe AVO is hustling at this point, there is so much to be done, and I think the pressure is on. I also think this experience, especially with the interview, has made me realize how diverse all of our situations are. We all have little bumps in our app, and that's okay, we are all human with unique stoires, we just need to face them head on and believe all will be alright.

That is all for now.
Stay strong everyone, your day is coming. Much love.

You are extremely helpful as always. Im glad your husband prepared for a full blown interview. Interviews are dreadful especially such an important one that can make or ruin your life. congratulations again!