August 2011 applicants lets get the waiting game started :)

[mjbezanson]

The Embassy sent us a letter asking for us to submit the representative form once again on Friday. Then today, my wife received several phone calls from the embassy. The first one confirming her birth date and her name. The second phone call was to ask where she wanted her 'visa package' to be sent to, either the agency or to her home address. My wife asked what was in the package, but they did not respond. I went on-line and it says that decision was made and her address was changed to Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada. Does this mean that her visa has been approved? My wife does not want to get too excited until she gets the visa in her hand, but I am very excited!!!!

 

[Rouge]

PPR!

 

[lucky rain]

congrats rouge !!

 

[Kata]

hello senior members! i'm new in this forum and i got excited to see this thread where i belong... i also filed my application last year - august. as of now, i only had AOR from CIO dtd march 7. could u more or less give me an estimate on when my visa could be approved? i am praying that we could land at the most july this year so my children would be able to enroll for the opening of classes on september. many thanks in advance. by the way, here's my info:

MPNP-Family stream
VO-Manila

 

[yenyen]

Hello is there any questions ask regarding money when ask from the customs in either Vancouver or Toronto entry point?

 

[Marty11]

Hi Everybody,

I was watching this forum for quite sometime now, and tons of very good information here, from which I got inspired and fuelled my patience. Thank you so much guys.

However, I thought I should share my timeline, information and experience here.
I met my wife in November 2010, on line.
I went to HK in Jan. 2011 for 1 week, when we first met.
I went to China in July 2011, for 3 weeks, during which period we got married there.
I went to China in january 2012, to spend the Chinese New Year with her.
Will fly again to HK in June 2012 to be with her at her interview.

My wife lives in Guangzhou, which is 1 hour drive from HK.

- Medicals done when I was in China, after our marriage, at the end of July (20 ? or so)
- Submitted to CIC the Spusal Sponsorship on Aug.03, 2011.
- E-mail form CIC on Oct. 18, stating "You have met the requirements for eligibility as a sponsor. Accordingly, the Application for Permanent Residence for your relative(s) has been forwarded to a visa office abroad for further processing." I guess this meant that I have been approved as sponsor, although on e-cas does not say that.
- E-mail form V.O. HK on Nov.22 to my wife that her file is there for processing.
So, I thought 19 months waiting time started from there.
In January 2012, my wife's address dissapeared from e-cas.
-E-mail from HK V.O. on March 21, to my wife, scheduled for interview on June 20, 2012.

e-cas for my wife still shows: "Application received" and medicals received. For me, as sponsor, still shows "In Process".

The funny thing is that exactly in the week when she received the interview e-mail, I was planning to notarize an invitation letter to send her for a visitor visa to come here in July for 2 weeks. I know that in 99% of the cases, it is rejected, but I thought, hey...maybe we are the 1%....We were thinking meeting like every 6 months until summer of 2013 when she would come here, after the 19 months HK processing time. I intended to apply for a multiple visitor visa for her, for 2 weeks in July and 2 weeks in December, for Christmas. Then, after another 6 months, is summer of 2013, ...but with God's help, maybe we will be 1 year earlyer together...

I will keep posting.

 

[lesley]

Did anyone know what happen when landing, if the sponsor accompany his/her spouse/common-law partner, does the sponsor needs to also declare any household goods with their partner/spouse? (if the sponsor was a resident of other country for 15 years) Does sponsore and applicant need to fill out B4 form separately?

 

[Shiny88]

SIGN IT !!WE NEED SUPPORT!

http://www.change.org/petitions/minister-of-citizenship-immigration-and-multiculturalism-improve-cic-s-poor-practice-in-dealing-with-immigration-applications-2

 

[aug2611]

finally got ppr last 27-mar-12.
got the letter picked up from post office yesterday as i was not around on delivery date.
included on pkg are our pics, postcards/cards, phone bills returned.
the rest of the documents i guess stays at vo until application is completed.
filling up forms for sg police cert and appendix a for submission tomorrow.
on e-cas no update: still "in process" since 05-dec-11.
address missing since 28-jan-12.

 

[smokijoe]

UPDATE......UPDATE
Just checked eCAS as my status has changed to IN PROCESS. I dont know from what date as I had not checked recently and the status has nothing else to give me an idea when.
Just happy to see the change.

 

[suki]

Hello everyone, just wanted to let you know Hubby Got his PPR, In the form of a letter-no phone call! so he sent in his passport on Friday...he's comin home soon!!

 

[mjbezanson]

Can you please update the spreadsheet? Visa received on March 23 2012. Flight booked for landing in Canada on May 27 2012.

Thank God that the wait is almost over.

 

[Ryffa_Q]

Hi everyone..it's good to read most have had their visa and for those still waiting, hang in there...I know it's tough, it's tougher when you have a PR but still have to be apart

Update: Finally got my PR card last month, hating the picture but every details was correct so i'll just have to bear with it for the next 5 years! all in all it took them 3 months to process and issue, but it's looks so nice and shiny, i guess it's worth it.

 

[Rouge]

Congrats Ryffa_Q!

I am no longer able to login to E-CAS with my info, although I still can login with my sponsor's info.

 

[rah]

I am an August 2011 applicant and I received my AOR in october and a letter that my file will be transfered to Damascus. However, my file was not transfered to visa office until March 2012( 8 months after applying) due to situation in Syria. Now my file is instead is transfered to ANKARA. After 8 months I have not even got a file number. How long usually takes for VO to send you a file number?
Anybody here in the same situation as me?
Thanks