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Güzelyol

Hero Member
Aug 24, 2012
207
2
Sweden said:
Congrats, great to see that your file is moving along! hopefully you'll be done shortly after that - ANkara requests the pp when they're ready to issue the visa, or do you still have a few steps ahead of you? In any case - good luck!
Sweden
They only request the passport when they are ready to issue the visa. My husband will drop his passport on Monday morning and will get his visa the next day.
 

Sweden

VIP Member
Mar 31, 2012
4,186
178
Category........
Visa Office......
London
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
12/04/2012
File Transfer...
13/07/2012
Med's Done....
02/02/2012
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
Exempt
VISA ISSUED...
05/11/12, received in Canada 19/11/12
LANDED..........
24/11/12, PR card received 30/01/12
Güzelyol said:
They only request the passport when they are ready to issue the visa. My husband will drop his passport on Monday morning and will get his visa the next day.
yeah!!! that's excellent news, congrats! nice to see that it's almost over for you, and despite the 16 months posted for Ankara, you got done before that! End of the road, have you booked a ticket for him already?
 

Güzelyol

Hero Member
Aug 24, 2012
207
2
Sweden said:
yeah!!! that's excellent news, congrats! nice to see that it's almost over for you, and despite the 16 months posted for Ankara, you got done before that! End of the road, have you booked a ticket for him already?
I'll book the ticket when he'll have the visa in his passport. Wow! How can I go to bed now?
 

Sweden

VIP Member
Mar 31, 2012
4,186
178
Category........
Visa Office......
London
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
12/04/2012
File Transfer...
13/07/2012
Med's Done....
02/02/2012
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
Exempt
VISA ISSUED...
05/11/12, received in Canada 19/11/12
LANDED..........
24/11/12, PR card received 30/01/12
Güzelyol said:
I'll book the ticket when he'll have the visa in his passport. Wow! How can I go to bed now?
indeed it must be quite a shock, but I'm glad it went so well for you! :)
 

Güzelyol

Hero Member
Aug 24, 2012
207
2
Sweden said:
indeed it must be quite a shock, but I'm glad it went so well for you! :)
By the way, he would have never been able to get a police certificate from Afghanistan. After we've explained the situation over and over, we've been asked to write and sign a statement about the situation and they accepted it. I wrote this statement by hand in the visa office, just after the interview. I even had to ask them for some paper and a pen!
 

Sunshine87

Hero Member
Apr 13, 2011
316
6
124
Calgary
Category........
Visa Office......
LA
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
April 3, 2012
AOR Received.
July 5, 2012
File Transfer...
July 6, 2012
Med's Done....
Dec 10, 2011
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
Oct 25, 2012
VISA ISSUED...
Nov 30, 2012
LANDED..........
Dec 30, 2012
Caught up on all the spreadsheet updates. Been so busy moving my husband to Calgary. He's finally here!

We're at the one year mark.. I'm hoping we get some more green and pink news this month! :)
 

Güzelyol

Hero Member
Aug 24, 2012
207
2
Sunshine87 said:
Caught up on all the spreadsheet updates. Been so busy moving my husband to Calgary. He's finally here!

We're at the one year mark.. I'm hoping we get some more green and pink news this month! :)
Thanks for the update, I feel much better in green than in blue :D
 

Sweden

VIP Member
Mar 31, 2012
4,186
178
Category........
Visa Office......
London
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
12/04/2012
File Transfer...
13/07/2012
Med's Done....
02/02/2012
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
Exempt
VISA ISSUED...
05/11/12, received in Canada 19/11/12
LANDED..........
24/11/12, PR card received 30/01/12
Sunshine87 said:
Caught up on all the spreadsheet updates. Been so busy moving my husband to Calgary. He's finally here!

We're at the one year mark.. I'm hoping we get some more green and pink news this month! :)
thanks for that - the spreadsheet looks great! I'm pretty sure some of the London applicants have already landed but didn't come back to "report"... in my signature you have the London spreadsheet but we don't track when people land, only when they get their COPR, as quite a few people are already in Canada waiting for the PR - so they land just the same day, or the next day they receive the COPR in the mail...
Congrats on getting your husband settled in Canada! :)
Sweden
 

Sweden

VIP Member
Mar 31, 2012
4,186
178
Category........
Visa Office......
London
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
12/04/2012
File Transfer...
13/07/2012
Med's Done....
02/02/2012
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
Exempt
VISA ISSUED...
05/11/12, received in Canada 19/11/12
LANDED..........
24/11/12, PR card received 30/01/12
Indeed - today marks exactly 1 year my application was received by CIC! :)
 

fireluck

Star Member
Apr 20, 2012
94
2
Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Category........
Visa Office......
MNL
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
11-04-2012
AOR Received.
10-07-2012
File Transfer...
25-09-2012
Med's Request
18-04-2013
Passport Req..
18-04-2013
VISA ISSUED...
18-07-2013
LANDED..........
August or September 2013
Hi Steph C congrats!... I wonder what happened to our papers... do I need to do something or what? Please advise guys. It has been a year yesterday!
 

BCgirl2012

Hero Member
May 15, 2012
716
26
Category........
Visa Office......
Ankara
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
28-05-2012
AOR Received.
03-07-2012
File Transfer...
04-07-2012
Med's Done....
16-12-2011
Passport Req..
18-04-2013
VISA ISSUED...
01-05-2013
fireluck said:
Hi Steph C congrats!... I wonder what happened to our papers... do I need to do something or what? Please advise guys. It has been a year yesterday!
Two things that come to my mind:

-Send a brief case specific enquiry to you VO
-Apply for the GCMS notes if you haven't done so already. It takes up to 30 calendar days to arrive, but will give you a good insight


You can also try your local MP, especially if you're over your VOs announced processing times for 80% of the cases. I think Manilla is 12 months, so you still have a couple months before then.
 

fireluck

Star Member
Apr 20, 2012
94
2
Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Category........
Visa Office......
MNL
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
11-04-2012
AOR Received.
10-07-2012
File Transfer...
25-09-2012
Med's Request
18-04-2013
Passport Req..
18-04-2013
VISA ISSUED...
18-07-2013
LANDED..........
August or September 2013
how do i apply for the notes? and it is 12 months from the time they received it in manila right? baby is turning a year old in 2 months and my hubby still has no word... and i can't start work yet because of baby.

BCgirl2012 said:
Two things that come to my mind:

-Send a brief case specific enquiry to you VO
-Apply for the GCMS notes if you haven't done so already. It takes up to 30 calendar days to arrive, but will give you a good insight


You can also try your local MP, especially if you're over your VOs announced processing times for 80% of the cases. I think Manilla is 12 months, so you still have a couple months before then.
 

BCgirl2012

Hero Member
May 15, 2012
716
26
Category........
Visa Office......
Ankara
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
28-05-2012
AOR Received.
03-07-2012
File Transfer...
04-07-2012
Med's Done....
16-12-2011
Passport Req..
18-04-2013
VISA ISSUED...
01-05-2013
This is the link

https://atip-aiprp.apps.gc.ca/atip/welcome.do?lang=en

Yes, unfortunately it's from the time Manilla received it.

What does your eCAS say? It must be really tough with a baby and not having your partner with you. I hope all goes quickly from this point on.
 

BCgirl2012

Hero Member
May 15, 2012
716
26
Category........
Visa Office......
Ankara
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
28-05-2012
AOR Received.
03-07-2012
File Transfer...
04-07-2012
Med's Done....
16-12-2011
Passport Req..
18-04-2013
VISA ISSUED...
01-05-2013
BTW, if you're applying on behalf of your husband, you will need his consent. He needs to sing and scan it for you. At least it used to be like this till last week when we applied for ours. It costs 5 bucks.
 

fireluck

Star Member
Apr 20, 2012
94
2
Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Category........
Visa Office......
MNL
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
11-04-2012
AOR Received.
10-07-2012
File Transfer...
25-09-2012
Med's Request
18-04-2013
Passport Req..
18-04-2013
VISA ISSUED...
18-07-2013
LANDED..........
August or September 2013
im the sponsor so it is his file in Manila. so does it mean im applying in his behalf?

BCgirl2012 said:
BTW, if you're applying on behalf of your husband, you will need his consent. He needs to sing and scan it for you. At least it used to be like this till last week when we applied for ours. It costs 5 bucks.