Ombra's Last Time Here
Hey guys,
This is going to be my last post here on this forum.
Congrats to all of you who got your status changed -Application or Visa- and congrats to you guys whom just got your visas! Welcome to Canada in advance, you will LOVE it here!
My wife and I landed about 5 hours ago. They gave her a SIN number + the time frame for the PR - 2 months- and all the paper work for health card - which she can apply for 3 months after today- and lots more.
A few FYIs :
If you're going to bring something later make sure that you declare it once you get your SIN number. However it will take AT LEAST 1 hour of your time to go through this part of the process.
Your spouse doesn't need to go to other nationality passport check, they just need to go to the front of the line and they will be introduced to an officer to process the landing. During this process you will be speaking with 4 different people, passport control, PR processing which requires 6 signatures and 2 initials. Then the next person will be giving you information about the city you're staying in and then the last part is the SIN.
During the PR process your spouse will be answering 2 questions (have you been convicted of a crime anywhere in the world? Do you have any dependants?)
During the last part when you declare unaccompanied goods they will need one of the 2 things below:
1- Pictures of everything that you will be bringing
2- Receipt of the item that you bought, this one is a little tricky as you can only present the receipts that are AT LEAST one year old.
They then will stamp them and keep them in your spouses file for future visits.
Your spouse during the same process will be warned about having to be in ithe country 2 out of 5 years. Also if the relationship falls apart within the first 2 years your spouse will be kicked out of the country. And last, if within the First 2 months you require to leave the country you will need to obtain a visa.
Sorry if there are any spelling errors, I'm typing on my phone and I'm too tired to proof read it Lol.
Anyway, as this is my last reply, I wish you all a happy life with your spouse. My heart's with you guys and I know exactly how you all feel. Keep emailing the embassy -They won't respond but they WILL read your emails - while your application is in process and once your visa is in process keep emailing the VAC -the VAC will respond back within 24 hours-. This was my secret to get my wife's application approved in 6 months - against all odds-. Don't lose hope!
A few last FYIs,
1- For people who are in my shoes 6 months ago, when you email the embassy, make the emails personal, tell them what's in your heart.
2- You will get an automatic respond back from the embassy stating that due to the higher volume of emails they will only respond to the ones that are high priority.
3- Do NOT lose hope, it's going to be tough emotionally and physically, but keep the emails going.
4- Make sure that you email EVERY week.
5- Make sure that you BOTH email EVERY week.
6- Make sure that your spouse's email is close to yours in terms of working, it will look better
Keeponwaiting22, I got your number I'll call you once I wake up...
What a journey!
Thank you all for sharing your moments with me. Thank you of listening to my stories and complaints.
Stay Strong!
-Nima
