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GISHA26

Star Member
Feb 5, 2013
52
1
Category........
Visa Office......
London
NOC Code......
3152
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
14 July 2011
AOR Received.
11 Oct 2011
IELTS Request
With Application
File Transfer...
No Idea
Med's Request
24 Sep 2012
Med's Done....
26 Oct 2012 and Third Line Nov 2012
Interview........
No Idea
Passport Req..
19/08/2013 and passport reached in LVO 23/08/2013
VISA ISSUED...
Decision Made E -Status 10/09/2013
LANDED..........
God Knows

GISHA26

Star Member
Feb 5, 2013
52
1
Category........
Visa Office......
London
NOC Code......
3152
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
14 July 2011
AOR Received.
11 Oct 2011
IELTS Request
With Application
File Transfer...
No Idea
Med's Request
24 Sep 2012
Med's Done....
26 Oct 2012 and Third Line Nov 2012
Interview........
No Idea
Passport Req..
19/08/2013 and passport reached in LVO 23/08/2013
VISA ISSUED...
Decision Made E -Status 10/09/2013
LANDED..........
God Knows
Hi,

I check with CIC ONline services , system not accepting my new number ... any reasons behind this , please clarify...

sha.
 

m.ibrahim

Hero Member
Nov 16, 2011
395
6
Qatar
Visa Office......
London
NOC Code......
1111
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
15-07-2011 received at NS
Nomination.....
PER 14-10-2011
File Transfer...
ecas 2nd line..started processing 16-08-2012
Med's Request
10-04-2013
Med's Done....
08-05-2013 Rcvd at LVO 15-05-2013 ecas 3rd line 07-06-2013
Passport Req..
09-07-2013 DM: 28-07-2013
VISA ISSUED...
25-07-2013
LANDED..........
29-11-2013
NN74 said:
Our landing experience!

Yesterday, finally we had landed at Toronto Pearson airport.

Lets start with few words about airline. Against the advises of all friends, we had chosen Egypt Air to travel due to cost (5 passengers US$4,100/- return). There were various opinions about Egypt Air; not good air line as per safety view, no good staff, no good handling during flight (one had told that there's always water shortage during flight etc.). However, we have a pleasant experience, new 777-300 ER planes from Dubai to Cairo (3hrs) and then Cairo to Toronto (11hr flight). They accepted 2 pieces of luggage (23kg each so total of 46 kg per pax) plus 8-10kg of hand bag incl children allowance. So as a family of 5 we carried 6 hand pcs. At Cairo, there was 8 hrs stay so Egypt Air provided a 4* star hotel (free visa on arrival) and hotel pick & drop along with good dinner; all inclusive in airline ticket with no extra charge. Ground staff insisted to take rest with great hospitality. The onboard staff was very cooperative and food, water, kids meal, juices, etc served thru all the 11 hrs duration without fail. So, over all its a pleasant experience (we thought of this as PIA of Egypt) but the service standard was as matching as UAE's Emirates! Only issue with ground staff was their English language skills, I hope that it would be improved in years to come but Egyptians are very soft & nice friendly people!

At Pearson, the process was very smooth. No need of filling PR card forms in advance. The immigration officer (a lady of hardly 24 years & Muslim) had guided to new immigration counter & there another lady (again very young) had done the paper work within 5-10 minutes (may be due to an infant with us) and completed our formalities quickly! She said, 'you will get your PR cards in 60 days!'

Another pleasant experience, was at with CBSA counter. With 9 pieces of 62" baggage and almost 8 hand carry bags on 3 trolleys, the CBSA officer while holding dual copies of B4A forms with printed lists, had asked us only about photos of jewelry that would be shipped later. We didn't had that, so he informed us that "Pl go ahead now and bring the photos later (say in next 10-11 months) and complete your customs process (means handing over the stamped form of GOODS TO FOLLOW) then." So in next 5 minutes, we were out of airport with pleasant surprise! No bag was touched by custom officer!!!!

Just out of airport, with so much baggage, we were not able to accommodated in our friend's car. Police man standing there came forward and asked a taxi driver to take all our luggage in one taxi (though as per law only limited bags are allowed) and hence just for CAD$45 he took all out stuff in one go to our friend's place close to Etobicoke! Thanks to Canada Police Officer!

As Egypt Air staff had given us good seats (helping us to get seats where no other was booked, so each took three seats to sleep peacefully), hence after keeping our luggage & kids at friend's place, we proceeded to Services Canada office and started working f or our SIN. Canadians appeared to be very friendly and hence the lady at SIN office, guided us to another lady where we completed our SIN (only passport & COPR stamped by immigration officer, is required) process. The lady also handed over printed material to get social benefits claims for kids, if we want to for which we are not interested in. So we politely refused that as of now we are not interested in any social benefits for kids.

Around 12:30 CAD time, we moved to TD bank office to open our account. TD is offering new account (maintaining CAD5,000 average balance monthly) holders with a Samsung 7" tablet, so me & my husband had opened our account in 30 minutes, our debit card, cash deposit, locker, cheque book request (will get in next 7 working days) all done during that time even we were given preference to deposit cash though there were many standing in a que! Very friendly staff and nice experience there but that time were we tired!

My husband wanted to go back home but I insisted to talk to Estate Agent to complete the flat renting process, means signing the lease/contract. Before, arrival, we had (with the help of our friend plus Internet surfing) had chosen the flat (our friend had shown us the live photos of flat thru Skype) and deposited a bank's Pay Order to book the flat. The lady over there was very friendly, with our passport & COPR copy, she has handed over the lease contract (2 bed ground floor apt in Etobicoke for CAD$ 950/- month incl of hydro) and thats it, she gave us the flat keys and walked with us towards flat to inspect if anything further is required as part of flat maintenance. That's all with keys, we have our flat on our first day in Canada! Thanks to Canadian system its very friendly, smooth, & helping to newly landed immigrants!

Again, I wanted to take a SIM card, so we visited nearby shopping mall, Wall Mart, to get Chatr SIM. Their new offer is $20 pm with Ontario wide calls/text free and we have our new phone SIM in next 15 minutes.

I hope that we had done many things on our first day, so we returned back to our friends' place. Overall, weather is too good unlike UAE. It's like Dec or Jan UAE's weather, nice cool breeze and cloudy sky; a time to sit out side in lawn and enjoy! Canada is a lovely place, lush green parks, wide roads, organized system, no humidity, and friendly people! 'Thank you' and word of 'my apology' often used!

The only thing we missed is our Roza, as it is Ramadan, but we were passengers and in Dubai it was hot summer with 50 deg centigrade and handling of luggage, kids, and transportation was little difficult with fasting. Inshallah from tomorrow onward we will start fasting as we have visited the nearby Mosque to send our two kids for Holy Quran learning's!

While moving out of Dubai's home, I had prayed to Allah that 'O Lord! please make our this journey as easy as possible -as I have 3 kids- and successful as leaving our Dubai home is a tough decision (as my husband is leaving a good lucrative VP level bank job in Dubai but ready to do any sort of job without ego, after all Rizk is given by Allah, salary or job is only a mean) because we had spend 10 years of our sweet life here in this city!' I think Allah has listen to my prayers!

I'd be happy if our landing experience might help others in any way!
+1 for you.
First time I found someone shared about kids Quran learning. I was little tensed with this.

Thank you,
Ibrahim
 

qt

Full Member
Mar 24, 2013
36
1
rejis said:
Nicely written...
I am one among the unfortunates who decided not to fly with Egypt air and paid double for Emirates :(
hi nn74,

congrats and good luck in your new life in canada.

if you dont mind, i would like to ask a question...where did you obtain the pr card application forms? upon landing?

we just received our passports along with the coprs..no forms for the pr card application.

thanking in advance.
 

NN74

Hero Member
Jun 8, 2013
200
17
Category........
Visa Office......
London
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
Though we had printed PR cards form (available thru CIC web site) but immigration officer did not ask for that. With her pen had written down our Canada's home address and that it!

qt said:
hi nn74,

congrats and good luck in your new life in canada.

if you dont mind, i would like to ask a question...where did you obtain the pr card application forms? upon landing?

we just received our passports along with the coprs..no forms for the pr card application.

thanking in advance.
 

msaleem216

Champion Member
Mar 4, 2010
1,484
27
Category........
Visa Office......
london
NOC Code......
2281
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
10-05-2007
Doc's Request.
10-03-2009
Med's Done....
11-03-2013
Passport Req..
05-11-2014
VISA ISSUED...
22-11-2014
LANDED..........
3rd December,2014 INSHA ALLAH
@nn74

thank u for sharing information two questions please reply

1- whether officer asked u for POF(proof of fund)
2- kids school in ur area

ur flat rent is affordable as compared other areas
 

NN74

Hero Member
Jun 8, 2013
200
17
Category........
Visa Office......
London
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
msaleem216 said:
@ nn74

thank u for sharing information two questions please reply

1- whether officer asked u for POF(proof of fund) - NO QUESTION ASKED
2- kids school in ur area - STILL SEARCHING AS NOW A DAYS SCHOOLS IN ONTARIO ARE CLOSED DUE TO ANNUAL VACATION

ur flat rent is affordable as compared other areas
 

msaleem216

Champion Member
Mar 4, 2010
1,484
27
Category........
Visa Office......
london
NOC Code......
2281
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
10-05-2007
Doc's Request.
10-03-2009
Med's Done....
11-03-2013
Passport Req..
05-11-2014
VISA ISSUED...
22-11-2014
LANDED..........
3rd December,2014 INSHA ALLAH
thank u nn74. hopefully u will share further ur experiences
saleem
 

humsafar

Hero Member
Jun 2, 2010
617
47
Category........
Visa Office......
London
NOC Code......
1233
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
11-01-2011
Doc's Request.
Sent with initial application
IELTS Request
Sent with initial application
File Transfer...
IN PROCESS 19-10-2011
Med's Request
20-07-2012
Med's Done....
25-08-2012 received in London 31-08-2012
Salam, NN74

Congratulations on your successful landing, Can you please share the details of person or procedure through which you have found the apartment, and where the apartment is located any number or area ?

We have also landed on 23rd and at the moment staying in a hotel, looking for a house, either a basement or and apartment in Etobicoke or Mississauga

Me and my wife will really appreciate your help.
 

SMSH

Champion Member
May 21, 2012
2,077
103
Mississauga, Canada
Category........
Visa Office......
London UK
NOC Code......
1111
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
11-06-2010
Doc's Request.
19-10-2010
Nomination.....
19-10-2010
AOR Received.
11-06-2011
IELTS Request
11-06-2010
File Transfer...
11-06-2011
Med's Request
01-10-2013
Med's Done....
07-10-2013 valid until 09-07-2014
Interview........
Exempted
Passport Req..
24-01-2014
VISA ISSUED...
04-02-2014
LANDED..........
28-06-2014 Alhamdulillah
m.ibrahim said:
+1 for you.
First time I found someone shared about kids Quran learning. I was little tensed with this.

Thank you,
Ibrahim
It is the sign of very strong iman of Akhirat that's why from day one they are thinking about Quran...
Masha Allah...May Allah keep your family iman safe & stronge...Amen.
 

bombastic4ever

Full Member
Jul 20, 2013
27
9
Vancouver
Visa Office......
LVO
NOC Code......
2131
App. Filed.......
31-07-2013 sent application
Doc's Request.
Sent with application
AOR Received.
31-10-2013
IELTS Request
Sent with package
File Transfer...
17/06/2014, file started processing
Med's Request
24/7/2014
Med's Done....
13/8/2014
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
19/08/2014
VISA ISSUED...
25/08/2014
LANDED..........
05/04/2015 YVR
Today Inshallah Ill send my Full package to CIC, it took me 2 months to get the file ready :(. I cant believe am doing this, I feel my heart will jump out of my chest. WISH me LUCK :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
 

nekeol

Champion Member
Nov 7, 2012
2,507
135
Waterloo region, Ontario
Category........
FSW
Visa Office......
London/Abu Dhabi
NOC Code......
1111 Accountant
App. Filed.......
25/9/2011
Doc's Request.
21/11/12
Nomination.....
Not Applicable
IELTS Request
Submitted with Application
Med's Request
19/12/2013, after BGC
Med's Done....
7/1/2014
Interview........
Exempt
Passport Req..
02/02/2014 - DM 11/2/14
VISA ISSUED...
14/02/2014
LANDED..........
Alhamdolillah Landed July 2014/Citizenship Applied in JAN 2018
bombastic4ever said:
Today Inshallah Ill send my Full package to CIC, it took me 2 months to get the file ready :(. I cant believe am doing this, I feel my heart will jump out of my chest. WISH me LUCK :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
visit this new forum as well
http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/index.php?action=post;quote=2440916;topic=146774.14040;num_replies=14050;sesc=963c3aac77d34002395c82d319357c88
 

misspepper

Full Member
May 1, 2013
47
1
Hello everyone!

For the payment of visa application fees (TRV) in Abu Dhabi, I was tring to request online from my bank (ENBD) but there is a section for IBAN. I have researched and it seems that Canadian banks don't use IBAN?

Could someone please, please,please help me on what information should I write on the demand draft other than the beneficiary? Which bank did you use?

I really need help please!!! :(
 

smikri

Star Member
Jun 21, 2011
76
3
124
Dubai, ME
Category........
Visa Office......
London
NOC Code......
0213
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Feb 2010
Doc's Request.
7 May 2010
AOR Received.
Oct 2010
IELTS Request
sent with initial docs
File Transfer...
May 2010
Med's Request
1 May 2013
Med's Done....
15 Jun 2013
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
25th July 2013
VISA ISSUED...
Not yet
LANDED..........
TBD
Dear Qorax , seniors & other applicants in waiting,

Finally I received the passport request for self & family via email.What can I say!!! I am in 7th heaven. I completed my medicals on the 23rd of June and was looking forward to an updated status. Till last evening there was no update on the online status. Just the usual we have begun processing your application so wasn't expecting anything soon.

I thank the almighty for this as he thinks I deserved this at this stage of my life. I am sure all of you too shall be blessed with good news soon. Because just as misery spreads misery happiness does spread happiness. For those who will be wanting to know my time line I would like to say it is already on the spread sheet.

Good luck to all of you.

Regards,
Smikri
 

genona

Hero Member
Apr 29, 2011
237
1
Uae
Category........
Visa Office......
CSQ - sub to montreal FEDERAL - sub to VO ABUDhabi
NOC Code......
3152
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
May 2011
AOR Received.
Aug -16-2011
IELTS Request
N/A
File Transfer...
11/09/2012 App received by CIC 11/03/2013 IN PROCESS
Med's Request
not yet
Med's Done....
march 2013
Interview........
JULY 13, 2012( csq received)
Passport Req..
nov 2013
VISA ISSUED...
dec 2013
LANDED..........
soonnnn
Hello dubai frends, i want to ask where could i check the delivery of my police cert from singapore, abudhbi vo did not received it yet, according to the tracting no. Its been deliveredcin uae. Where couid i check it, emerates post dubai? Or abudhbi?