BOGOTA Visa Office 2012 applicants

[julycathe]

Hi guys! ;D

Well somtime this week or next week its going to be 24 long months since we applied to Misssga , 21 months since arrived to Bogota. patience has been the key! fortunately we have been able to see each other a few times here and there, and we gonna see each other in about 12 days to spend the holidays here in Colombia. Sometime last week I received an email from the VO and they requested an updated IMM0008, IMM5406E and the payment for the risk management, again. I paid this back in April 2011 but it was 35 thousand pesos back then, now is 60 thousand! anyways I made the payment and submitted the requested documents on the same day, the IMM008 looks a bit different to the one we submitted to Misssga. I guess the ARC was approved and they just have to make the police background checks one more time, I guess they expired, they take 4 to 6 weeks to process. anyways we are hoping to receive the visa in January so we can go back together, It will be great! ;D

 

[ccunnington]

Hi guys! ;D

Well somtime this week or next week its going to be 24 long months since we applied to Misssga , 21 months since arrived to Bogota. patience has been the key! fortunately we have been able to see each other a few times here and there, and we gonna see each other in about 12 days to spend the holidays here in Colombia. Sometime last week I received an email from the VO and they requested an updated IMM0008, IMM5406E and the payment for the risk management, again. I paid this back in April 2011 but it was 35 thousand pesos back then, now is 60 thousand! anyways I made the payment and submitted the requested documents on the same day, the IMM008 looks a bit different to the one we submitted to Misssga. I guess the ARC was approved and they just have to make the police background checks one more time, I guess they expired, they take 4 to 6 weeks to process. anyways we are hoping to receive the visa in January so we can go back together, It will be great! ;D

Well even though you've had a very long wait, it appears you're getting close to the end of the journey! There must be some way to re-vamp the system to make the process faster. I mean seriously...does it take 2 years of work to process an application? It would be interested to know the exact amount of man-hours it takes to process an application compared to the processing time. 24 months works out to 4160 working hours (based on 40 hours a week.) You can't tell me that it takes that many hours to make a decision!!!!

 

[doorsopen]

Hi guys! ;D

Well somtime this week or next week its going to be 24 long months since we applied to Misssga , 21 months since arrived to Bogota. patience has been the key! fortunately we have been able to see each other a few times here and there, and we gonna see each other in about 12 days to spend the holidays here in Colombia. Sometime last week I received an email from the VO and they requested an updated IMM0008, IMM5406E and the payment for the risk management, again. I paid this back in April 2011 but it was 35 thousand pesos back then, now is 60 thousand! anyways I made the payment and submitted the requested documents on the same day, the IMM008 looks a bit different to the one we submitted to Misssga. I guess the ARC was approved and they just have to make the police background checks one more time, I guess they expired, they take 4 to 6 weeks to process. anyways we are hoping to receive the visa in January so we can go back together, It will be great! ;D

24 months? And the passport was requested in March 2012? Do you know what caused the delay?

We applied 12 months ago, had a letter in April 2012 saying "processing time should be another 10 months" (which will put us at February 2013) and the passport was requested July 2012.

 

[julycathe]

24 months? And the passport was requested in March 2012? Do you know what caused the delay?

We applied 12 months ago, had a letter in April 2012 saying "processing time should be another 10 months" (which will put us at February 2013) and the passport was requested July 2012.

Well is not a routine case, a departure order became a deportation order so we had to apply for an Authorization to Return to Canada (ARC). Looks like its done, only a couple of things to process as I mentioned earlier.

 

[doorsopen]

Well is not a routine case, a departure order became a deportation order so we had to apply for an Authorization to Return to Canada (ARC). Looks like its done, only a couple of things to process as I mentioned earlier.

Thanks. Good luck!

 

[ccunnington]

Still no instructions from bogota to get the police checks!

 

[p.angie]

ok so I'm getting a little concerned/worried... they start counting the 16 months from the date the "application was received" according to ecas, correct? Or do they count it from the time the application was "in process" ?

 

[Ibague]

My wife has just recieved passport request this morning
Good Day,

This refers to your application for a Canadian Permanent Resident Visa. We are now ready to issue your Permanent Resident visas. Please note that the visa will be valid only until 2013/11/xx .

it looks like she is pretty much ready to recieve the visa. she just redid her medicals about 4weeks ago. As i speculated we are now looking at January or February 2013. We are getting there bit by bit. We are now in the final push zone!

 

[ccunnington]

ok so I'm getting a little concerned/worried... they start counting the 16 months from the date the "application was received" according to ecas, correct? Or do they count it from the time the application was "in process" ?

It starts from the date received by the embassy...which is usually 2-3 weeks after your sponsorship approval

 

[ccunnington]

My wife has just recieved passport request this morning
Good Day,

This refers to your application for a Canadian Permanent Resident Visa. We are now ready to issue your Permanent Resident visas. Please note that the visa will be valid only until 2013/11/xx .

it looks like she is pretty much ready to recieve the visa. she just redid her medicals about 4weeks ago. As i speculated we are now looking at January or February 2013. We are getting there bit by bit. We are now in the final push zone!

Thats awesome! Congrats! You're a lot farther through the process than we are, and we only applied 2 weeks later than you did! Where is the consistency!

 

[sridoy]

And my wife did her re-medicals like 6 weeks ago and still no news.....

 

[ccunnington]

And my wife did her re-medicals like 6 weeks ago and still no news.....

Again, its the consistency...and there doesn't seem to be any

 

[Ibague]

Thats awesome! Congrats! You're a lot farther through the process than we are, and we only applied 2 weeks later than you did! Where is the consistency!

Thanks so much Ccunnington. I dont think you are far behind. You should be hearing something from them pretty soon. Just dont call them or email them. I heard phone calls and emails can add to the delay a bit. i dont know how far true it is. My wife was pushing me to call and email and i never contacted them unless they contacted us first. I wish all of us the best!!

 

[Ibague]

And my wife did her re-medicals like 6 weeks ago and still no news.....

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It looks like we recieved medical request on the same day 10/22/12. when did your wife do her medicals? my wife went on the 30th of October. I am quite positive you will get some mail from them soon. You had a Passport request before a new medical request? You are almost there be happy

 

[sridoy]

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It looks like we recieved medical request on the same day 10/22/12. when did your wife do her medicals? my wife went on the 30th of October. I am quite positive you will get some mail from them soon. You had a Passport request before a new medical request? You are almost there be happy

My wife did here re-medicals 24th October, Ottawa received them on 31st October. Yes passports were requested way before the request for re-medicals (July 31st). I hope we get some news soon.....