Damascus/Spousal since Jan 2010 or late 2009

[athab]

nasal lil viza wa m7ada adna ya 3ami.
li natar sani bintor 45 days.god help us with this process.! dont believe that it will end la yetalolna rouhna

 

[nagz2207]

nasal lil viza wa m7ada adna ya 3ami.
li natar sani bintor 45 days.god help us with this process.! dont believe that it will end la yetalolna rouhna

lol akid tala3oule rou7e already ... la kan azde lama byeb3ato warak ade by3atouk wa2t la trou7 t2adem el passport tab3oulak lal visa. khalid 3am y2ele 45 days, I heard 10 days.

english : i said that I was asking how much time do they give you to submit your passport for stamping

 

[KhalidIraq]

lol akid tala3oule rou7e already ... la kan azde lama byeb3ato warak ade by3atouk wa2t la trou7 t2adem el passport tab3oulak lal visa. khalid 3am y2ele 45 days, I heard 10 days.

english : i said that I was asking how much time do they give you to submit your passport for stamping

NAGZ;
What I understand from your question: How much time does an applicant have to submit his/her passport to the embassy to have the visa attached on it? Am I right?
If so, then when the embassy officers request a passport to attach a visa on it, they tell the applicant that your original passport must be received by our office within 45 days. Usually the applicant receives it back after two weeks.

 

[KhalidIraq]

"Usually the applicant receives it back after two weeks" this time period is true if and only if every thing has been done and received previously.

 

[hibz]

when they issue u the visa how much time do you have to submit your passport

Nagz, I think this really depends on how much time you have before your visa expires.
For instance, if someone's meds were going to expire within 10 days then they will require you to send your passport in less than 10 days.
I had a friend who sponsored her husband from Abu Dhabi and the embassy there literally required him to submit his passport and leave to Canada within 5 days because his meds were just about to expire.
In your case however, you've done your meds recently, so i think they will give you 30 - 45 days to send your passport.
Again, though that's just my thinking... god only knows what kind of procedure they have in place for things....

 

[A+M]

I read an interesting article that may explain why the wait times have gone up. I will try to find the link for it but I found it on the CIC website. It was an audit done on the Embassey in Syria. It mentioned that the immigration department was in need if renovations and these renovations would affect processing of applications. I believe the audit was dine in February. I will try to post a link.... but it could be that our files are shoved into a corner while they renovate?????

 

[KhalidIraq]

Nagz, I think this really depends on how much time you have before your visa expires.
For instance, if someone's meds were going to expire within 10 days then they will require you to send your passport in less than 10 days.
I had a friend who sponsored her husband from Abu Dhabi and the embassy there literally required him to submit his passport and leave to Canada within 5 days because his meds were just about to expire.
In your case however, you've done your meds recently, so i think they will give you 30 - 45 days to send your passport.
Again, though that's just my thinking... god only knows what kind of procedure they have in place for things....

No way, when the medical (or the passport) expires in 60 days, you'll be required to redo it (or have it extended); unless otherwise you have a special case.

 

[Ali_M3]

I read an interesting article that may explain why the wait times have gone up. I will try to find the link for it but I found it on the CIC website. It was an audit done on the Embassey in Syria. It mentioned that the immigration department was in need if renovations and these renovations would affect processing of applications. I believe the audit was dine in February. I will try to post a link.... but it could be that our files are shoved into a corner while they renovate?????

found the link

http://www.cic.gc.ca/English/resources/audit/damascus.asp

 

[A+M]

found the link

http://www.cic.gc.ca/English/resources/audit/damascus.asp

Thx Ali_M3 The part I was talking about is 1.1.2. The whole article is iterating though, kind of gives an inside view of what's happening at the embassy. Hoping for some PPR this week

 

[A+M]

oops that is supposed to say "interesting"... silly autocorrect!

 

[bash]

lol akid tala3oule rou7e already ... la kan azde lama byeb3ato warak ade by3atouk wa2t la trou7 t2adem el passport tab3oulak lal visa. khalid 3am y2ele 45 days, I heard 10 days.

english : i said that I was asking how much time do they give you to submit your passport for stamping

nagz, when they sent the ppr for my wife the email said" you have 30 days to submitt your passport, and you must enter canada before the expiration of your medical exam.
good luck

 

[nagz2207]

nagz, when they sent the ppr for my wife the email said" you have 30 days to submitt your passport, and you must enter canada before the expiration of your medical exam.
good luck

thanks bash !! always helpful ! so who's the lucky ppr of the week?

 

[nath18]

come on guys!!!any PPR?? i just hope the forum will be optimistic today
ps: it's the influence of vivi she gave me some of her attitude ;D

 

[nagz2207]

oops that is supposed to say "interesting"... silly autocorrect!

Lol i read some of it . particularly enjoyed the part abt internal controls.

"We expected to find that application decisions were adequately documented, that processes and procedures complied with applicable legislation and policies, that sufficient controls were in place to ensure that admissibility requirements were met, and that designated and delegated authorities for decisions were appropriate and complied with departmental policy."

ya so the fact that they acknowledge te receipt of files and documents then pretend like they've not received them is a big problem in their internal control systems ...

 

[nagz2207]

moreover....

"The mission did not periodically perform a physical inventory of controlled forms to validate its paper records; and
Electronic tools used to track the use of controlled documents had errors due to incorrect formula referencing, and numbers were not periodically reviewed or verified for accuracy. These were corrected immediately and, consequently, we were able to reconcile to the corrected figures.
"