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Is it possible for my second cousin to come finish her high school (grade 12) here in Canada (Manitoba)? She is Colombian, would be living with us and she will finish Grade 11 this year. Can she do this on a visitor visa or would she need a student visa?

You don't need to translate the whole entire thing. Just the actual Escritura. It comes with photocopies of all the documents you submitted as well but it's not necessary. We had the same question and my wife phoned someone at one of the offices in Colombia to confirm and this is what they...

try buying a round trip ticket. it might actually be cheaper than buying a one way ticket. I know it's counter-intuitive, but sometimes one way tickets are more expensive than round trip tickets!

Hi Everyone, 1.) Landing went relatively smoothly. She was bringing her dog and had to pay $30 for an inspection (which never happened the last time she brought it). The guy was scolding her a bit because she told him she had an apple with her to eat and he was saying how it's an $800 fine...

Hi guys, just to let everyone know that my wife is flying to Canada today with her COPR. So hopefully everything goes smoothly and quickly at customs as there is only 1.5 hours between her connecting flight! When we sent the passport in about a month ago, we got it back super fast. like 4...

Yeah, the whole process in Bogota took just under 8 months for us, which was decent. I've heard of other people getting it even sooner like 5 or 6 months even. I think ours may have took a little longer because we also needed to get a criminal record check from Mexico which I've heard takes a...

Also just to let everyone know, the embassy in Bogota sent us an email last Thursday asking us to send in my wife's passport. She just got an email today (three days later!) saying the visa is ready for pick up tomorrow morning. So that only took three days! Anyways, pretty exciting! I know...

Actually it went super fast. We sent the passport in and it arrived last Friday and we got an email today saying that it is ready for pick up tomorrow morning. So that was only three days!

I'm not sure if you figured this out, but if you haven't served in the military or anything, you wouldn't need to provide this. My wife never served in the military and we never provided anything like that. So you should be good.

yeah i've read a few stories of people who had to wait forever to get theirs for some reason. i'm hoping that's the minority of cases and we can escape that!

Thanks so much for looking into that for me! I very much appreciate it! I'm going to hope it's sooner rather than later!

We are sending it to the visa office in Bogota, Colombia. My wife is currently in Bogota.

Sweet! That's great to hear :D Hopefully it comes super fast. Any idea how long it usually takes to come back? I imagine each country office would be different though.

Hi guys, on the website it still says background check is "in progress" and final decision says "not made", but we received this email asking us to send in my wife's passport. Does this mean we are going to get the PR?? Dear Madam: This refers to your application for Permanent Residence in...

My wife applied back at the end of June for her spousal visa and she just got an email today asking her to send her passport in. So hopefully we get it back quickly! So that was about 8 months for us. It will be a bit more once she finally she receives her passport back. Actually, she was...

On MyCIC account beside Review of Submitted Documents, it is blank. Even though they requested additional documents twice(beginning of October and beginning of November) which we both sent it. It is does say that Review of Eligibility is in Process. When it's blank does this just mean they...

How long does it take to process a Mexican criminal background check when outside of Mexico? My wife had lived in Mexico for a year so we had to apply for a criminal background check in Mexico. The instructions for applying when outside of the country were to send the items for the criminal...

Thanks for the link! I tried again using the "application number and family name" that was suggested in the post, and that worked for the linking the app.

Hi, I've been reading about the new application form. We've already submitted our form and Canada immigration has been in contact with us via email requesting additional documents, etc. But I've noticed today that there was a new app as well as an online account which they use to keep in...

I thought though that if she changed her address to Canada, that that wouldn't be the right thing to do, as she applied outland and her residence is still technically in Colombia as she is just visiting me in Canada. I thought that if we changed her address to my apartment in Canada, that that...