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Manila's posted timeline guideline is: Spouses/Common-law Partners/Dependant Children Within 6 months from receipt of a completed application from the Case Processing Centre in Mississauga (Canada). Recently, many cases are coming out of Manila completed in 4 months...it's hard not to be...

Does anyone know for sure whether further background/criminal checks are done on the sponsor after the file has begun being processed in the overseas visa office? Or is that all done in Mississauga before it's sent to the overseas visa office? I would think this would all be complete before...

Updated April 3rd, 2009 - Application Fedexed to CPC Mississauga April 7th, 2009 - Application Received by CPC Mississauga April 28th, 2009 - “Decision Made” and file sent to Manila according to e-CAS. April 29th, 2009 - First able to logon to e-CAS. May 1st, 2009 - Received sponsorship...

hm....maybe I should have married a Moroccan. The Moroccan thread is miles long! LOL

The guide indicates that paying the Right of Permanent Residence Fee when you submit your application may decrease your processing time by 2 months. Does anyone believe that? I suppose it's one less thing they have to ask for but I dunno.

Hi All.....my wife has a 3 year old daughter. I want to sponsor her also to join me in Canada. The child is illegitimate and the father left after she was pregnant. She has had no contact with him and has no idea of his whereabouts. He's a deadbeat. He is not record on the birth record...

Section E Question 16 asks "Have you been charged with an offence under an Act of Parliament punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of at least 10 years?" I have read in the IP 2 manual that if this were the case your application would be suspended. I understand this question to mean...

I get the impression from the reading I've done that applications for PR that are submitted by couples who are living in the same country tend to be processed slower than ones in which the couple is separated. Is this correct? There are couples here who have waited a few years. That's...

I met my wife on May 11th, 2008. We chatted every day through audio/video chat and during this time we fell in love. I understand that this is sometimes viewed as suspect, and this is really unfortunate because I'm sure it's happened to others and I don't see anything wrong with it in this day...

I noticed that the sponsorship application asks if I have been charged with an offense punishable by a term of at least 10 years. If the answer to this question is "yes", does that prevent me from sponsoring my wife? It was an aggravated assault charge; I acted in self-defense against 5 men...