Hi my people....the MR rain has landed on me! Got the email about 5.35pm Nigerian time.
Timeline
Application received - 12 June 2014,
CC charged last wk of Sept 2014,
PER recvd 8 Oct 2014,
MR recvd 3Mar 2015
Meanwhile, I need some advise as follows:
My daughter resumed undergraduate school in Canada in August 2014 (I understand from earlier advise on this forum & AVO that she can have her medicals in Canada while the rest of my family can do ours in Nigeria). Her TRV (temporary resident visa) expires May 2015 (based on her passport expiration date then, new passport to now expire 2019). However she has a 4 yr study permit issued at point of entry to expire in 2018. She was about to start TRV renewal process before the MR mail arrived yesterday. Plan is to land by late July 2015 with the rest of the family when the rest of the children schooling in Nigeria must have completed the session.(even though I expect that the PR visa would have been issued well before then) - hope this is not confusing! Now the questions are
1) Is it really necessary for my daughter in Canada to do another medicals given that she did one ordered by CIC less than a year ago June 2014) when she was applying for the TRV for her studies? Yes she should undergo medicals again to satisfy CIO beyond reasonable doubt that she's still in good shape. To avoid the medicals now will only slow down the processing for the entire family
2) Can I ask her to not bother to renew her TRV since we plan to land in July 2015? Or will she be exposed (immigration wise) between May 2015 when her current visa expires (though she has a study permit letter till 2018) and July 2015 when we land to complete the PR processing? You're assuming that you will be issued PRV before July whereas there's no guarantee. To be on the safe side, let her renew her TRV so that her status remains legal
May thanks for all the wonderful encouragement, counseling, etc on this forum...may all our expectations not be cut short in Jesus Name!
NB - I have challenge in trying to update my timeline on the spreadsheet on my ipad. Anybody have same challenge and a solution? Thanks in advance. Please do the update from a laptop or desk top computer system