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Hello fellow Canadians :) I landed today and am so happy :P Wishing you all the best in this new country of ours, thank you all for your support and encouragement. :-* :-* :-*

Hey Guys, long time no see :) I received my landing date - February 24. Still looking for work, hopefully something will come up soon. Good luck everyone! :D

Hey guys, I just received my open work permit in mail today. Please add this info to the spreadsheet. Thanks :-*

OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!! I just got the email! THE EMAIL IS HERE!!!! Both me and my boyfriend got separate emails - his says that he's approved to sponsor me, mine say that processing of my pr application is approved and that Etobicoke office will contact me. Does this mean that we are both done...

IMM5481 Is a Sponsorship Evaluation Form meaning this one tells CIC about the sponsor (income and how many people he is sponsoring and/or how many people he's already responsible for). If the generic form states there are more than one person being sponsored they need to be included as well. Q4...

No, question 4 is filled out for you and it says 1 - him(or you) the sponsor. 5A is current undertaking - sponsored person (1) 5B are previous undertakings and you skip that completely or put in zeros. And there you go :) Also you skip Q6. This form is used for sponsor assessment, so if one...

There are allot of things you can do with your time, we all wrote about it. I know it's tough and the whole process is so long and painful, some would say maybe disrespectful, but you have to look at things from a brighter perspective, try to make most of it, learn new language, get into...

Most of us are applying through family sponsorship program. Meaning someone is sponsoring you to come and live here. If you are already in Canada that automatically means that your sponsor is responsible for you and you are living off of him/her. If I'm not mistaking sufficient funds are one of...

You are allowed to go to school for up to 6 months. I'm a chemist and I am currently taking a course in GMP/GLP @ University of Toronto. Find something that will help you when you start looking for a job. Learn French, lot's of libraries have free workshops. I took cake decorating classes too. I...

I will choose to be optimistic and have faith in CIC officers. I doubt there's any kind of conspiracy going on with "making up stories to shut us up when we call". That attitude will make me insane - it's not that I'm not impatient, I'm just trying to save my mental health here. It makes...

The processing times for initial assessment jumped from 6 months to 10. I was trying a stress relieve strategy by checking CIC website only Mondays. I'm so stressed out now I'm about to eat my left shoe. I'm in my early 30s with advance degree and I'm just sitting at home. I'm supposed to be...

Hallelujah!!!!! We moved from October 8th - to October 12th. If they were moving any slower I think the next update will say they work on applications from September 2012. Chisus H.

When we sent our application I think we paid $1,040.00 for sponsorship + $150 for my work permit. Sponsorship application - $75 Principal applicant - $475 Right of Permanent Residence Fee - $490 Work Permit - $150 Maybe you can pay for permanent residence after you get sponsorship approval...

Thank you computergeek. I'll try and pump up my post count so I get adult treatment too ;D Thank you wolanila for your reply, I'm looking forward to all of the PM's I'll get to send to you, hopefully in next few months. Cheers!

I have tried to PM Wolanila but unfortunately I can't. It says "You are not allowed to send personal messages". Does anyone know what's wrong? :( Wolanila can you please add me to your spreadsheet? Thank you. App received - Feb 25 Stage 1 in progress - Mar 8

Hello everybody, I love all the info here, really puts my mind at ease. Me and my boyfriend applied for common-law sponsorship and here are my stats: -App received on Feb 25 -Stage 1 in process - Mar 8 Now it's just waiting i guess. I sent application for open work permit too and I did...

Hello fellow applicants :-* Me and my boyfriend applied for family class sponsorship inside Canada (Vegreville), and we just got notified that our application is in progress. Thank you all for posting all these information, I find this forum extremely helpful. My data: App received on Feb...