April 2011 Applicants share their views here

[uccemebug]

Hi All!!
just wanna let you know that I just arrived in Canada 3days ago....
the landing process was very nice, fast, smooth...and the officer said Welcome to Canada
Success and speedy on all your application ;D

Thanks for stopping by! And indeed, "Welcome to Canada".

 

[cbennett]

Great news on the job offer. I'm amazed that they put in a request for a session of six months duration twenty years ago. Well, amazed probably isn't the right word. Annoyed? Good luck!

Whoo hoo!!! I received my clearance today in the mail from France!! That took only a week. Smiley I'm fedexing it tomorrow to Buffalo. Fingers crossed I'm near the end of this process.

 

[cbennett]

Bump!

 

[dyj2010]

Hopefully a new week with good news will start! :

 

[enna00]

Hopefully a new week with good news will start! :

yes hopefully keep our fingers crossed a lot of April applicants still waiting and waiting....

 

[baboo_2008]

just landed yesterday!!!

 

[dyj2010]

just landed yesterday!!!

Congrats! Welcome home

 

[uccemebug]

just landed yesterday!!!

Yay! Welcome to life in Canada.

 

[uccemebug]

I've just heard back from CIC on the CAIPS/GCMS request from some weeks back. It confirms that my wife's application has been approved and that the file is closed.

In the notes, it states in support of our application:
"Photos and other evidence of relationship provided - detailed and credible narrative of relationship submitted."

I should hope so, it was about twenty pages long!

Now the drama continues .. my wife is pregnant though we hadn't planned on it since she doesn't have health care. If anyone knows a way of accelerating an OHIP application due to pregnancy I'd love to hear it.

 

[dyj2010]

It confirms that my wife's application has been approved and that the file is closed.

How can the file be close and she doesnt have PR yet?

 

[uccemebug]

How can the file be close and she doesnt have PR yet?

The system is opaque to me. The documents (a scan of a printed hard copy, sadly) lists the Application # and the Status as "closed".

 

[dyj2010]

The system is opaque to me. The documents (a scan of a printed hard copy, sadly) lists the Application # and the Status as "closed".

weird.. hope you hear something very soon!

 

[cbennett]

Whoo hoo!!! Medical results have been received!! I can't wait for PPR!!!

 

[uccemebug]

Whoo hoo!!! I received my clearance today in the mail from France!! That took only a week. Smiley I'm fedexing it tomorrow to Buffalo. Fingers crossed I'm near the end of this process.

You're on a roll, cbennett! Sounds like you'll be on this side of the 49th in no time.

 

[uccemebug]

Today, I popped by my MP's office with the GCMS data and a form authorizing their access to our application.

They said that they'd follow up with the visa office, and according to the protocols the visa office would have to respond within two business days. I don't know if that'll help us get our passport back any quicker (applying when we received the request for the passport instead of waiting for two weeks would have helped! >_< ) but I thought I'd pass on word about that two day rule. Also, the MP's going to contact the MPP and see what they can learn about getting the OHIP application sped up, if anything.

So helpful!