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August 2012 Applicants Thread =)

kyc221

Hero Member
Feb 20, 2012
255
4
Santiago, Chile
Category........
Visa Office......
Santiago, Chile
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
29-08-2012
AOR Received.
11-10-2012
Med's Done....
25-05-2012
Passport Req..
26-04-2013
VISA ISSUED...
02-05-2013
LANDED..........
20-05-2013
tink23 said:
My husband finally went to the embassy and handed in his passport this morning. He is returning at 3pm to pick it up with the PR visa inside!!!!!! YIPPIEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'll post again when it's officially in his hands! :D
Congrats!! Any idea when he could be landing?
 

NS021

Star Member
Oct 15, 2012
51
1
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
Hi all !

Just so share some awesome news with you - my husband got his visa on November 22nd, and he landed in Canada just 2 days ago, December 2nd ! ;D
Immigration officer only asked him to confirm the address where they will send his PR card, and he had to sign on few spots, and off he went :) !
I wish all of you good luck with your applications, and speedy completion of those! :)


P.S. louie_ann, please update the spreadsheet - thank you!
 

MissDominica

Champion Member
May 21, 2012
1,190
25
Category........
Visa Office......
POS
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
(13-08-2012) 21-08-2014
Doc's Request.
...
AOR Received.
(28-11-2012)
File Transfer...
(22-10-2012) 10-10-2014
Med's Request
...
Med's Done....
(30-05-2012)
Interview........
(24-10-2013)
Passport Req..
04-11-2014
VISA ISSUED...
24-11-2014
LANDED..........
05-12-2014
tink23 said:
Yes, very fast. The embassy is going crazy there. They are approving people like mad. I don't know if something is brewing (like maybe a big change), or if they're just finishing before Christmas, or maybe they're getting all the applications out of the way that don't involve the new conditional status... who knows! But I hope everyone else will have the same quick processing as us!
Thank you!
I've "heard" that the offices have a certain quota of applications to process (either approve or deny) per year. December is getting close... could be the reason for the speed up.

HUGE CONGRATS on the super super fast processing. I'm soooooo jealous. Wish u the best!!!
 

kyc221

Hero Member
Feb 20, 2012
255
4
Santiago, Chile
Category........
Visa Office......
Santiago, Chile
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
29-08-2012
AOR Received.
11-10-2012
Med's Done....
25-05-2012
Passport Req..
26-04-2013
VISA ISSUED...
02-05-2013
LANDED..........
20-05-2013
NS021 said:
Hi all !

Just so share some awesome news with you - my husband got his visa on November 22nd, and he landed in Canada just 2 days ago, December 3 rd ! ;D
Immigration officer only asked him to confirm the address where they will send his PR card, and he had to sign on few spots, and off he went :) !
I wish all of you good luck with your applications, and speedy completion of those! :)


P.S. louie_ann, please update the spreadsheet - thank you!
Awesome! Congrats!!

MissDominica said:
I've "heard" that the offices have a certain quota of applications to process (either approve or deny) per year. December is getting close... could be the reason for the speed up.

HUGE CONGRATS on the super super fast processing. I'm soooooo jealous. Wish u the best!!!
I think we can say jealousy is a natural thing to feel, under the circumstances :p :p
 

Shylox

Hero Member
May 22, 2012
531
8
Vancouver, BC/Pittsburgh, PA
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
August 13th 2012
AOR Received.
N/A
File Transfer...
October 22nd 2012
Med's Done....
June 7th 2012
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
Never got one
VISA ISSUED...
February 21st, 2013
LANDED..........
February 28th, 2013
Yayy congrats everyone!! =D What a great present to get right before the holidays!
 

tink23

Champion Member
Apr 23, 2011
1,598
36
Category........
Visa Office......
Santo Domingo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Aug 23, 2012
File Transfer...
Oct 9, 2012
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
Nov 26, 2012
VISA ISSUED...
Dec 4, 2012
Yes, he has the visa in his hands now!

Not sure when he'll land but we're aiming for January 17th. In the next few days we'll discuss the things he needs to tie up and hopefully that should be enough time so I can purchase the flight!
 

tink23

Champion Member
Apr 23, 2011
1,598
36
Category........
Visa Office......
Santo Domingo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Aug 23, 2012
File Transfer...
Oct 9, 2012
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
Nov 26, 2012
VISA ISSUED...
Dec 4, 2012
Please update the spreadsheet to say visa issued on December 4th.

From the date to CIC received his app to when the vo approved it, was 3 months and 3 days!
 

kyc221

Hero Member
Feb 20, 2012
255
4
Santiago, Chile
Category........
Visa Office......
Santiago, Chile
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
29-08-2012
AOR Received.
11-10-2012
Med's Done....
25-05-2012
Passport Req..
26-04-2013
VISA ISSUED...
02-05-2013
LANDED..........
20-05-2013
tink23 said:
Please update the spreadsheet to say visa issued on December 4th.

From the date to CIC received his app to when the vo approved it, was 3 months and 3 days!
Those are amazing numbers. Your office usually takes around 14 months, right?

I was reading the stats for Santiago office, and we have a 1 in 2 chance of getting my PR approval in April. Can't wait!!
 

tink23

Champion Member
Apr 23, 2011
1,598
36
Category........
Visa Office......
Santo Domingo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Aug 23, 2012
File Transfer...
Oct 9, 2012
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
Nov 26, 2012
VISA ISSUED...
Dec 4, 2012
kyc221 said:
Those are amazing numbers. Your office usually takes around 14 months, right?

I was reading the stats for Santiago office, and we have a 1 in 2 chance of getting my PR approval in April. Can't wait!!
Yes Cic says 14 months, but when I got aor from the visa office that letter said 6-12 months for second stage.

Hopefully yours is April or earlier!
 

CharlizeRai

Hero Member
Apr 1, 2012
359
16
Category........
Visa Office......
Bucharest
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
08-08-2012
AOR Received.
06-09-2012
File Transfer...
14-09-2012
Med's Done....
13-04-2012
Interview........
WAIVED :)
Passport Req..
28-01-2013
VISA ISSUED...
6-02-2013
LANDED..........
APRIL 9 :)
Amazing Tink23!!!! SOOO envious. But so happy for you!!
 

tink23

Champion Member
Apr 23, 2011
1,598
36
Category........
Visa Office......
Santo Domingo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Aug 23, 2012
File Transfer...
Oct 9, 2012
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
Nov 26, 2012
VISA ISSUED...
Dec 4, 2012
Thank you everyone :D I hope you all have the same luck soon!

Seriously, when I first submitted the application I thought that I would be one of the last ones here waiting because my visa office was one of the longer ones compared to the majority here (obvi not including singapore or islamabad), but it feels good to be finished! I'll definitely be sticking around here to see how everyone else does. I've been reading about this immigration process for easily over 2 years and I find it very interesting. I don't think I could give this website up!
 

dj88

Hero Member
Nov 15, 2012
435
1
philippines
Category........
Visa Office......
manila
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
June 16 2012
AOR Received.
July 27 2012
VISA ISSUED...
January2013
LANDED..........
March 2013
good for you coz you have already youre visa,,untill now here in phils we dont have yet our ppr request,,i hope this december we can have it..:)congratulations to you once again tink23.:)
 

tink23

Champion Member
Apr 23, 2011
1,598
36
Category........
Visa Office......
Santo Domingo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Aug 23, 2012
File Transfer...
Oct 9, 2012
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
Nov 26, 2012
VISA ISSUED...
Dec 4, 2012
Thank you!

OOoooo, Ecas changed this morning. It now include my husband's home address as my address in Canada. Before it only said the mailing address. Still says In Process though. Silly Ecas!
 

kyc221

Hero Member
Feb 20, 2012
255
4
Santiago, Chile
Category........
Visa Office......
Santiago, Chile
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
29-08-2012
AOR Received.
11-10-2012
Med's Done....
25-05-2012
Passport Req..
26-04-2013
VISA ISSUED...
02-05-2013
LANDED..........
20-05-2013
tink23 said:
Yes Cic says 14 months, but when I got aor from the visa office that letter said 6-12 months for second stage.

Hopefully yours is April or earlier!
:eek: my office takes 14 months too, and my VO AOR email said the exact same thing.
Is it too naïve to be optimistic? :p

ps: hubby said he'd rather get the PR around March next year, so that he can avoid winter in its entirety ::) lol, priorities!!
 

hereforu

Full Member
Sep 8, 2012
45
0
Category........
Visa Office......
Paris
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
13-08-2012
AOR Received.
18-10-2012
File Transfer...
19-10-2012
Med's Request
PR In Process: 29-11-2012
Passport Req..
March 7, 2013
LANDED..........
April 4, 2013
They started processing our application in Paris On Nov 29 please can u update :)