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We tried and we were told to just follow CIC's instructions. But it's Victoria Day, so we are going to call them Tuesday morning. We hope to receive an email response from the VO as well by then.

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We got a weird email today. CIC and the Singapore VO has requested my wife send her passport for a permanent residence visa. The problem: She's American, and hence from a visa-exempt country. We are currently residing in Vietnam but she is an American Citizen with an American passport. We have...

We got a weird email today. CIC and the Singapore VO has requested my wife send her passport for a permanent residence visa. The problem: She's American, and hence from a visa-exempt country. She was processed in Ottawa. Her notes say a counterfoil is not required. We are currently residing...

Hi, We got a weird email today. CIC and the Singapore VO has requested my wife send her passport for a permanent residence visa. The problem: She's American, and hence from a visa-exempt country. We are currently residing in Vietnam but she is an American Citizen with an American passport...

I asked almost the exact same questions in 2013: http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/-t155221.0.html

We're almost the exact same story, but we live in Vietnam. Common-law wife from USA, we've been here for 3 years. She just got her acceptance. Send it to Ottawa, as an Outland common-law application. That's what we did and it worked. It's based on her American citizenship, not her...

We got Decision Made today. We checked on Friday night (Asia) and we were still IP, but this Sunday afternoon we were DM. Sent an email double-checking on if CIC had received our new medical on Friday night. I guess they did. Good luck to everyone. The process took us 10 months. Application...

We got Decision Made today. We checked on Friday night (Asia) and we were still IP, but this Sunday afternoon we were DM. Sent an email double-checking on if CIC had received our new medical on Friday night. I guess they did. Good luck to everyone. 10 months (with 3-4 months of document...

From my understanding, security is a background check done by Canada (ie. RCMP, CIC, and/or CSIS) that is beyond the criminal check(s) you sent to CIC. This is the last step before DM. Criminality is the police clearances you sent. Related but different. How long a security check takes...

We got our notes today. They had requested a medical renewal in March and we've done it already. We have ***Officer Review*** file pending meds only, but we assume the notes are from before the receipt of Meds by CIC, so we are not too concerned. It said in mid-March that Security was not...

Did anybody see any ECAS updates this Tuesday? Or are we waiting until Wednesday due to Easter? Thanks! Good luck to everyone.

Anybody see any ECAS updates on Tuesday?

We just received a request for a second medical. Good news or bad news, who knows! requesting the notes as well.

Hi all, No updates from us but thought I would join in the generally painful crawl that are these Ottawa June applications. We are CIC-Ottawa, common-law sponsorship of a US citizen. No children. We have managed to get to "in processing", but as another Tuesday has come and went, we haven't...

Thanks, asking for the GCMC notes tomorrow. @ KarlR, I found the spreadsheet and you're right, it seems to come quick. A few days in some cases. Seems impossible to imagine it could happen that quickly now after waiting patiently (well not so patiently, already emailed and had the MP...

Hi all, I am sponsoring my common-law american wife for PR, outland through Ottawa-CPC. Good news! After no updates forever, the ECAS finally updated to "We started processing your application on February 23, 2015." Woot! ECAS now reads: We received your application for permanent residence...

Thanks That's the root of the issue. The Ethiopian authority would only have a record of her arriving and departing - if that. There are no housing leases, legal agreements, or tax systems for which she took part. We are emailing the Ethiopian consulate in China for more information. Any...

Hello, My common-law wife and I lived in Ethiopia doing charity work. She lived there for 7 months and I lived there for one year. I am a Canadian citizen Of course, because she was there for 7 months, she needs a police check as part of the process of me sponsoring her to Canada. We do...

Hello, Thank you for all the wonderful advice. We are going to wait until Sept to make our application. Really impressed with all the helpful information and will certainly return with more questions in the future.