guatemala timelines

[Alex121]

Hello psalinasr
Damm U got passport request quick, hopefully u will get pr soon I have sent my passport since march and nothing yet hopefully something soon
Good Luck to you and the others

 

[jdwhite21]

Psalinasr:

No, unfortunately we haven't gotten the passport request yet but hopefully soon. We do have similar timelines so I would think that we may get a passport request next month as we were about a month after you for getting approval for sponsorship. Did you get notified when they started processing your application?

P.s. My husband is from El Salvador too

 

[CanGuate]

Thought I'd share our timeline and hope it brings hope to some of you I know the process sucks and waiting is the worst!

Feb 24 application arrived in CPC M
March 24 approved as sponsor (no letter received saying such)
April 4 arrives in Guatemala
AOR April 13 (letter arrives may 6)
Passport requested May 10 with additional documents (hand delivered may 12)
Visa given May 25
May 29 saw ecas said decision made
Embassy contacted May 31 that visa was ready
Passport and documents picked up June 1 (wrong name and info on COPR)
June 9 correct landing document received


Plane ticket booked for June 29, fingers crossed

My husband is Guatemalan and our daughter is Canadian, we are counting our blessing for fast processing times!

Good luck to all of you who are still waiting and if i can help let me know
Cheers from team Canada Guatemala

 

[Alex121]

hey canguate
Omg ur hubby got his pr fast, am still waiting for my passport but u and garytheoiler are the fastest I have seen damm u guys are lucky hopefully I will have good news soon and everyone else waiting

 

[jdwhite21]

Canguate

Wools that is fantastic! Congrats! I sure hope the rest of is have the same kind of luck.

 

[Arks Wife]

I am Canadian and my Husband is from El Salvador, we are trying to start things so I can sponsor him to Canada!
seems its one thing after another.. but i know he will be here soon!!!

thank you all for posting the timeline!!!
gives me more hope ;D

I will give this link to my Husband! so he can look and see thanks again yall!!

 

[Arks Wife]

could i ask you all how much did this cost for all the documents?

 

[MrsCasanova]

Category........: FAM
Visa Office......: Guatemala
App. Filed.......: 18-09-2009
Doc's Request.: 01-17-2010
Med's Request: 10 - 07- 2009
Med's Done....: 0 - 07 - 2009
Interview........: NONE
Passport Req..: 01-17-2010
VISA ISSUED...: 17-05-2011
LANDED..........: 18-06-2011

 

[psalinasr]

hello dakonej,

I wasn't allowed to send you a private message, so I hope this information is usefull. My husband is salvadoran with a Canadian citizenship, as well as our sons.
We sent everything together, we made a big package of documents.

With the applications, we send:

Original birth certificates from me and our children, translated and a lawyer certification of the translation
Our wedding certificate
Police record from PNC
Certification of Centros Penales, easier than PNC
My husband and my university and MBA Diploma
Letter in english of some close friends that can certified our relationship
Pictures year by year of our family, in holidays, with friends, relatives, etc My husband made like a collage with pictures and a description of them with dates.
Complete medical exams.
My husbands divorce certificate, he was previously married.
Emails between you two with dates or some love letters with date.


I don't remember what other documents are required in the application.
I was very specific providing details of our relationship, our wedding ceremony, how I met my husband, etc. because I wanted to minimize any doubt of our relationship if they can have any.

Be very carefull with your lifetime description, so that you do not have any gaps of years or months in the application.
Always tell the truth.

My husband is in Canada and we hire some lawyers. They submitted everything to Misissauga so we can start the sponsorship process. After we got the sponsorship approved, the Mississauga office sent everything to guatemala. We received a notification that our application was received and then they sent an email asking for my passport so I deliver it personally.

I don't know if an interview is going to be necessary, but I if it is, I think it will be better to do everything in Guatemala because in El Salvador, they only transcript the interview and send it to Guatemala. Guatemala does all the process, El Salvador can receive the papers but they are sent to Guatamala.

I hope this can help. Sent everything together, and be very consistent with your lifetime.

Paola

 

[dakonej]

hello dakonej,

I wasn't allowed to send you a private message, so I hope this information is usefull. My husband is salvadoran with a Canadian citizenship, as well as our sons.
We sent everything together, we made a big package of documents.

.....

I don't know if an interview is going to be necessary, but I if it is, I think it will be better to do everything in Guatemala because in El Salvador, they only transcript the interview and send it to Guatemala. Guatemala does all the process, El Salvador can receive the papers but they are sent to Guatamala.

I hope this can help. Sent everything together, and be very consistent with your lifetime.

Paola

Thank you, Paola for your thorough description!!

I am confident that our case is solid but one cannot help feeling nervous about providing consistent and relevant documentation to prove it. I do appreciate you taking the time to tell about your own experience.

One of my biggest concern is what to show to demonstrate that I'll be relocating to Canada when my wife lands. This is proving to be the most complicated for me since I have no job offers or leases to show, so I'm collecting copies of the communications I've had with employers or landlors to show that I'm in fact taking steps to prepare for my return.

Anyway, I'll probably be bugging you often to ask some questions that may put some light into the other parts of the process.

So congratulations on your success so far and good luck with the rest of the application.

 

[Alex121]

hey Psalinasr
Have you heard anything from vo guatemalal due to ur passport, till today I still havent heard nothing yet I am hoping soon we both will hear something good luck to you and everyone else waiting

 

[psalinasr]

hey Psalinasr
Have you heard anything from vo guatemalal due to ur passport, till today I still havent heard nothing yet I am hoping soon we both will hear something good luck to you and everyone else waiting

Hi, nothing yet. I don't know how much more do they will need to keep my passport. Good luck to you.

 

[Alex121]

I know me to and the worst is that in August my husbands medicals are going to expire and the criminal record in only valid for 3 months and will be up next week so am thinking this is gonna take awhile and they are gonna ask us to re-do medicals and get a new criminal record am soo sad I want this to be over and good luck to u as well, keep us updated!!!
GOOD LUCK

 

[Aneyshar]

Anybody in this thread has any updates with their applications?

I'm anxious to see how Guatemala VO is handling their app load....

Please post your updates and share your experiences or views in general!

Thanks.

 

[Alex121]

I just called in today and the secretary left a note on the immigration officer who is taking care of my file and told them that my husbands medicals are going to expire august 10 2011 and that they will contact me soon to let me know what is going on with my case. I am hoping for some good news and soon