alijumani said:
Great! Really happy for you. Can you please give us more insight regarding application. Was it for parents or spouse and timeline?
It was for parents.
online application submit end of Jan
contacted MP office last week of april and was told visa approved
got letter 1st week of May
got visa 3rd week of May.
So took around 4 months from application submission to getting visa in hand. OFficial time on website was 37 working days. So clearly took way longer.
Iqra Khalid MP office was really helpful and super fast in response. (elect more well-educated pakistani girls to office. no more real estate uncles anymore)
Passport expiry was 5 years later but they gave multi entry visa valid for next 1.5 years only (which was a disappointment).
In the application I wrote we expecting a baby and want parents around to help with stuff.
Parent's are 60+ and got no job. One of them has been here once before the other one got no travel history whatsoever. They dont have any job or property or bank balance back home, so I showed my salary and property in canada and said I will support them and pay for their tickets. They have dependents who are studying and/or working back home.
