- Oct 28, 2015
- 11
- Category........
- Visa Office......
- Manila
- Job Offer........
- Pre-Assessed..
- App. Filed.......
- 16-Nov-2015
- AOR Received.
- 12-Jan-2016
- File Transfer...
- 19-Jan-2016
- Passport Req..
- 08-July-2016
- VISA ISSUED...
- VOH: 05-Aug-2016
Backstory:
I am a Canadian citizen, I moved to the Philippines to live with my at the time girlfriend. We got pregnant and this past July/2015 had our daughter, and we were married in August/2015. Fast forward a few months, we sent in our application for Family sponsorship for my wife and daughter. [I did not realize my daughter would be granted Canadian citizenship]. Yesterday I received communication from CPC-M that our daughter did not qualify to be sponsored since she may qualify for Canadian citizenship, and was thus removed from our application.
Now I realize I've put myself in this situation, but I'm hoping someone knowledgeable about this can help me out of it. I've received sponsor approval as of today and transfer of our file to the Manila VO. Judging by past processing times it looks like if all is well 4-6 months is entirely possible for our application to be approved. Looking at the processing times for 'Proof of Canadian Citizenship' its 5 months + add 3-4 months if applying out of Canada or the U.S.. If our spousal sponsorship goes through in 4-6 months I would hate to have to wait for an additional 3-5 months for the citizenship proof for our daughter.
Now I'm wondering how to proceed; can we simply return to Canada using our daughters Filipino passport, and showing her birth certificate listing me as the father? Or do we actually have to wait out the full 8-9 month processing time?
Thanks for the help
I am a Canadian citizen, I moved to the Philippines to live with my at the time girlfriend. We got pregnant and this past July/2015 had our daughter, and we were married in August/2015. Fast forward a few months, we sent in our application for Family sponsorship for my wife and daughter. [I did not realize my daughter would be granted Canadian citizenship]. Yesterday I received communication from CPC-M that our daughter did not qualify to be sponsored since she may qualify for Canadian citizenship, and was thus removed from our application.
Now I realize I've put myself in this situation, but I'm hoping someone knowledgeable about this can help me out of it. I've received sponsor approval as of today and transfer of our file to the Manila VO. Judging by past processing times it looks like if all is well 4-6 months is entirely possible for our application to be approved. Looking at the processing times for 'Proof of Canadian Citizenship' its 5 months + add 3-4 months if applying out of Canada or the U.S.. If our spousal sponsorship goes through in 4-6 months I would hate to have to wait for an additional 3-5 months for the citizenship proof for our daughter.
Now I'm wondering how to proceed; can we simply return to Canada using our daughters Filipino passport, and showing her birth certificate listing me as the father? Or do we actually have to wait out the full 8-9 month processing time?
Thanks for the help