We are sponsoring (G5) a refugee from Pakistan to come to Canada. He is now in Thailand. His interview was successful (it seems), and his bio-metric data was taken. The immigration officer told him that he would now need to wait for his background check done, and then he would be called by IOM for the medicals. We have already been waiting for the results of the background check around 9 weeks. I am dying out of stress for him, as keeping him safe in Thailand is a daily struggle (Thai immigration not too kind to UNHCR refugees). Do you think, it will still take a long time? What is it that they are checking so much? What is this background check about? Are they talking to Thai authorities? He has never been anywhere else in his life except his native Pakistan, and now Thailand (where his rights are severely limited and abused). Thanks for your tips... I am so worried!