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Adding spouse after AOR

Pratik65

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timeline:
March 2020 - AOR
June 2022 - request sent for spouse addition
July 2022- PPR for PA
August 2022 - sent webform to let them know spouse is still not added
October 2022- submitted all docs for spouse
October 2022- Spouse reflected in cic application
October 2022 - BIL request letter

does anybody have any idea how much time for new PPR post spouse Biometric?
also, since i am here in canada and my spouse is back home so how does the PPR will workin our case?
@legalfalcon Please advice
 
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Knoxxavier

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how much time after biometric submission for PPR?
Nobody can say.
About a little over a month ago I received a flurry of ADRs for myself and my spouse which I believed should be the last time IRCC will need to ask something from me. Now 2 days ago, I received a remedical request for my spouse which they could've just as easily asked then itself so as to make it easier for us to submit all the requirements at the same time. idk if this is their new strategy of stalling or it's just their pure incompetency.
 

maghool71

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Nobody can say.
About a little over a month ago I received a flurry of ADRs for myself and my spouse which I believed should be the last time IRCC will need to ask something from me. Now 2 days ago, I received a remedical request for my spouse which they could've just as easily asked then itself so as to make it easier for us to submit all the requirements at the same time. idk if this is their new strategy of stalling or it's just their pure incompetency.
OMG exactly!!!!
 
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baryonix

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Nobody can say.
About a little over a month ago I received a flurry of ADRs for myself and my spouse which I believed should be the last time IRCC will need to ask something from me. Now 2 days ago, I received a remedical request for my spouse which they could've just as easily asked then itself so as to make it easier for us to submit all the requirements at the same time. idk if this is their new strategy of stalling or it's just their pure incompetency.
I share the same sentiments. They ask for ADR, then stalling to review until the ADR is almost expired, then request new ADR again. What's the point of that if they don't review right away? -.-
 
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Naynah

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So guys, on 3rd November 2022, Ghana High Commission sent a message through VFS saying your decision envelope has been prepared... In the afternoon if the same day they sent that they have sent same to vfs global Accra-Ghana. Before dispatching to VFS Ghana, I called VFS Lagos to find out how soon the decision packet will get to Lagos Nigeria, they said they couldn't say but that I was going to receive 4emails from vfs about the decision envelope(for my spouse and for myself) before it would reach them. So on getting all 4emails which last two was from Accra vfs we booked our ticket for Canada for this Sunday :cool:. So we figured it would reach Lagos latest Tuesday but we hoped for monday(yesterday).
Guys it did not come until this afternoon after we were already scared that plans could change and all...


So tomorrow morning we are going to pickup our decision envelopes.





P.S:
On Saturday, our profile updated to show our status has approved and also showsys spouse and I's temporary or card number (I guess that's what those ID numbers stand for).
 

Naynah

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I can wait for you all to be as happy as I am now.... @bayronix @maghool71 @Knoxxavier !!our journeys were similar... Hope IRCC behaves themselves.


The hint I got from the office of the IRCC minister is that if you know certain documents like PCCs, Medicals are expired just renew them
Thought I hit send on this referenced message. Responding from Toronto Airport right now
 
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Viney

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ITA: FEB 2020

COR: Nigeria

Application submitted: 22mar.2020

AOR: 22mar 2020

BioReq: 22May2020

Bio done: 7 Oct. 2020

Married:April&May 2021

Add-on request:30th April 2021

Received email for forms from ircc: May 2021

Submitted forms(via Web forms): 7 June 2021

IRCC email saying webforms 4 kit not received: Aug. 2021

Resent kit via webforms to Accra, cpc Ottawa: Aug. 2021

Email 4rm IRCC that they hadn't forgotten me: 5oct. 2021

Birthday present request 4 remedy 4 me(PA): 23Nov,2021

Remed done: 20 December 2021

1st Request letter(ADR 2 add spouse):22 Dec 2021
  • Questionnaires for me and spouse
  • All kit forms (minus one or two from prev. kit forms
  • Pictures evidence
  • Spouse Medicals, PCCS (Nigeria & FBI), birth certificate
  • Marriage certificate
  • Other personal documents etc
Submitted vide webforms: several times within Jan. 2022 but none acknowledged (couldn't send through my cic account cos of their tech. issues)

Remed passed: 1st January, 2022

RFV email: 11th February (did not yet have spouse added to account but sent several Web forms to address this)
IRCC response email that they had not received webforms of ADR Dox in request letter: 26 Jan. 2022 (NOTE: Saw this after RFV email because I missed it because of their numerous automated responses to my webforms. Do the email said to send documents again to responsible office (Accra was identified as that office) it send all documents vide postal mail to Accra Canada High commission.

Sent webforms to Accra: Mid-february 2022
Sent the adr documents physically to accra Canada High commission: 28 February, 2022

Sent spouse's passport & mine through vfs (Lagos) : 1st March, 2022 (Lagos doesn't process so vfs Lagos Nigeria truncates it to Accra Ghana)

Spouse added to my cic account: 13th May, 2022

Ghost update: reviewing add. Doc. status read " 26 July 2022 We are reviewing the additional documents you provided".

Upfront med for spouse: 2nd September 2022

Spouse med passed: 21st September 2022

Biometrics Collection Letter 4 spouse: 21st Sept. 2022

2nd Request Letter: 21st September, 2022
They asked for the following
  • Schedule A form for me, PA (must include residential address of anytime in the US)
  • POF (6months)
  • Updated PCC Nigeria for PA
  • Original PCC USA (FBI) for PA
  • Additional Family information 4 spouse (must include original signature)
  • Updated PCC (Nigeria) for spouse
  • Updated PCC (USA - FBI) for spouse
Biometrics 4 spouse done: 28th September, 2022. (NOTE: Passports are still with Accra since March, 2022)

Submitted docs & firms as per 2nd request letter: 6th October, 2022.

IRCC Acknowledged by email all docs and forms submitted: 6th October, 2022

3rd Request letter: 6th October, 2022. They asked for an updated Schedule A for spouse. Realised that the schedule A I downloaded from IRCC's site for my own Schedule A form (as per the 2nd request letter was outdated when I downloaded a new one was downloaded for my spouse on the same IRCC site, so I have filled another one for myself and sent on 8th October, 2022)

Submitted spouse Schedule A(as per 3rd request letter): 7th October, 2022.

Funny update: today 9th October, 2022 I see that reviewing add. Doc. status now reads " 7th October 2022 We are reviewing the additional documents you provided". The thing is I was on IRCC's my cic portal a lot yesterday and in the morning of today, and no such update was there... Its funny they now say this started on the 7th of October, 2022. ... They should just give us a good thanksgiving gift....

Hi Naynah,

What do you mean when you say submitted spouse schedlue A. Did you fill out only spouse information in IM0008 Scedule A? or added spouse as dependent in form ?
 
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