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Smooth Landing! Hi, It's been a while since I posted here, but I just wanted to let everyone know that my wife happily landed in Calgary on March 28. We decided to take our two daughters to Disney California Adventure to celebrate her approval and COPR after a long (and I mean LONG) wait. The...

Hi Cruise! My wife is visa exempt (Japan) so she did not have to submit her passport.

Thanks, Ikon. COPR arrived 2 days after DM. We are planning to land next month after a family trip to California. Scosan

Thanks Gooner. COPR arrived at our door in Calgary from Manila by DHL 2 days after decision made. That's the only time anything about this process has been speedy. Big, big stress reliever!

I agree with Step. Wait until the 15th month before asking your MP to inquire. Mine told me that CEM won't even return their emails if the application is within current processing times.

Hi Maradhen I guess the only way I will know for sure is when I receive the case notes. They did request an additional document in May of 2013 but it was only a secondary document and should not have changed the timeline as primary proof was already included. I sent it Fedex and they received...

I put most of the blame on CIC directly, Tony Clement and the Treasury Board who's tactics needlessly prolonged the strike and a Government that uses the public's negative perception of immigration and the public service to win future votes. Closing the visa offices in Tokyo and Seoul did not...

Thank you, JGM. The only response I ever received from all the emails, letters, case specific inquiries and complaints was 4 weeks ago when my MP's office received a note from CEM saying my file was in queue for final review. Pretty lousy service. I feel really let down by this whole process...

Thanks JeepGuy. You're right, it is BS. I have been at the end of my patience this past couple of weeks!

Congrats, Alathas!

Thanks Step, I appreciate it. I plan to stick around on this forum and share what I have learned from going through this process. I wish you good luck in your journey! Scosan

Congratulations! Still nerve wracking waiting for the letter but at least our cases our resolved!!

Thanks Waiting, and same to you!!!

Well, after 16 months and 8 days my Ecas finally changed to DM last night! I made a joke in another thread that hopefully yesterday's maintenance included some DM's, ha ha. This past 2 weeks I have ordered my case notes, complained to my MP twice, sent a case specific enquiry to Manila and wrote...

Mine was too. I'm actually in shock considering my comment above was just a joke!!!

Thanks! hopefully the maintenance includes a few more DM's!!! :)

Really nice couple! Beautiful pictures and I wouldn't hesitate to approve you based on these!!! We had about the same number of people at our wedding - only my sisters and a couple of friends. Of course we've been married 12 years now (with 2 young kids) so there should be no doubts about our...

Gee, not too much smiling in my Japanese wedding photos - such a serious moment! (The photographer scared the crap out of me) Of course in our Las Vegas wedding pictures, there was lots of smiling! (We got married in the US and had the reception in Japan.) I never really noticed that no one was...

Anyone else having trouble logging in? It was the same last weekend! Scosan

Alathas, Definitely contact your MP. Yours is one of the few now older than mine. 80% of the spousal applications in Manila are completed in 13 months or less according to their own stats. That puts ours in the bottom 20% - absolutely unacceptable. I just ordered my case notes (should have done...