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Hi mrsb, just wanted to say congrats on the twins! Hope all goes well in December. I am also pregnant, due date 3 weeks from now! Good luck with all things PR - Did they give you a receipt when you got your fingerprints done? At least that will prove the date you went in to do it. They gave me a...

From what I can gather, no, it is not standard that they request them. In fact it seems to be totally random. Some people get asked and others don't, regardless of how long they have been in Canada. That said, it might be a new thing they are doing? Who knows? It is only $50, so I guess you...

Hi SwedenCanada, I just got my fingerprints done here in Edmonton. They are sent immediately, electronically, to Ottawa. The address given on the letter is for police service centres that do not have the up-to-date machines that enable them to do this and they have to submit manually. But most...

Thanks again Andrew, I am going through the spreadsheet right now. It is so incredibly helpful, thank you so so much! :) Yes, we arrived back in Canada in March after one year backpacking around the world. So we were in Calgary 2012-2014, then travelling March 2014-March 2015. I had an IEC for...

That's awesome - do you know how long their wait time was after having fingerprints requested and getting their "Decision Made"? Only 3 had them requested? I wonder why they ask for them from some people and not others... Yes, hopefully it is the last step, but don't want to get too excited as...

Thanks Andrew! Sounds promising... Thanks for adding me to spreadsheet. Yes, I am in Edmonton. Previously we lived in Calgary and I held two consecutive IEC visa's (back when they were for two years.) Will definitely keep an eye out and see how others are getting on. And keep you posted. I am 37...

Hi all, Received an email from the London visa office today requesting I send fingerprints/RCMP background check from Canada within 30 days in order to finalise application. I applied Spousal sponsorship, outland. Hubby is a Canadian citizen. I am British. Application was received at...

Hi all, I got a request for fingerprints/RCMP background check today. Applied outland but am in Canada with my husband, going to get the fingerprints done right away today. Just wondering if anyone else has had this request and what the approx timeline was after submitting them? We sent the...

Thank you Polixenes, that's helpful to know your time lines and experience. Keep us posted and hopefully you receive something in the post very soon. And congrats on Decision Made. That's exciting news!

Thanks canuck_in_uk. Will check it out. I didn't think my pregnancy would make any difference myself. (Although it would be super convenient to have everything tied up before renewing my passport next May and getting babies passport as we plan to attend a wedding in England then, so part of me...

Hello, I am a British citizen currently in Canada with my Canadian husband. Applied for PR (spousal sponsorship, outland) on May 25th. Application was received in Mississauga May 27th. We received sponsor approval July 30th. The sponsor approval letter sent to my husband informed us that my...

Sent application May 25th, was signed for at Mississauga May 27th. First email from CIC was received by hubby (sponsor) on July 2nd to say they had begun processing. Sponsor Approval on July 20th. Called CIC to find out if my application has been forwarded to London office. It has. Was hoping...

Spoke to CIC (surprisingly quick to get to speak to someone!) Apparently when they say the letter has been 'sent' is doesn't actually mean its been sent, it just means the approval letter has been generated and is waiting in their outgoing mail, and can take up to four weeks to get here. Luckily...

I logged onto CIC today to check our application status for PR. It says a decision has been made on Sponsor Approval, and that correspondence was sent to us on 20th July. We have not yet received anything in the post, and neither have we had any email. (We also checked junk mail.) I thought...

Hello, Please can someone confirm the below address is the correct one which to send my PR application (spousal sponsorship, outland - although living in Canada with husband - outland is apparently faster)... CPC Mississauga P.O. Box 3000 Station A Mississauga, ON L5A 4N6

Thank you both so much. That's helpful. :) Yes, I thought the cover letter a good idea. I did them even when applying for my IEC visa before. Also, I heard a rumour that the most straight forward applications via the Outland route (London, UK) were being held in Missisauga for processing and...

Hello, I am a Brit married to a Canadian, applying for PR through spousal sponsorship under the Outland route (although we are currently in Canada.) Just waiting on the Option C print out to arrive in the mail and then we're ready to send everything. Are you allowed to use ring binders with...

Thank you both. I managed to make an appointment in Red Deer at the end of May. I will just have to wait until after then to submit my application. (So glad there is no time limit between paying the fee and sending the application. I hope that's definitely the case. As we paid the fee in...

I've been advised to apply through the Outland route for PR (spousal) as it is faster than Inland presently. My question relates to the medical. I am currently 9 weeks pregnant. The approved medical offices in Edmonton (where my husband and I are living) are only taking appointments for July...

Thanks for clarifying, Ponga. So I would send police certificates from just the UK and Canada as those are the only two countries I have resided in for 6 months or more since age 18. However, this is going to be very difficult to do as to get a UK police certificate you need at least two proofs...