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cicong

Star Member
Jun 25, 2015
133
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cheng9999 said:
Congratulations. Tough wait, but finally the uncertainty is over.

Jenny Yu said:
Congratulation! Finally you got it.

Thanks. Yea, after a bit more than 1 year - definitely longer than we anticipated.


Guys, question about the passport photos - should the name and address of the photographer/studio written on the back be in Chinese characters or English?
 

lizhl2000

Member
Jan 20, 2016
15
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hfts said:
What did they say on the letter/email? Did they specifically request for RCMP or Hong Kong no criminal record ? I basically have the similar timeline on ecas and they specifically asked for Hong Kong no criminal record. I was in Canada for 14 yrs and I didn't need to provide rcmp record.
email from HKVO saying " RCMP Criminal Record Check: If your residence period in Canada has been six months or longer since the age of 18, provide a certified criminal record check . This must be received at this office by: 2016/05/07"
 

hicks74

Star Member
Dec 11, 2013
50
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Category........
Visa Office......
Hong Kong
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
19-05-2015
AOR Received.
27-07-2015
Med's Request
21-03-2016
Med's Done....
23-03-2016
Interview........
21-03-2016
Passport Req..
19-04-2016
VISA ISSUED...
23-05-2016
LANDED..........
26-05-2016
cicong said:
Thanks. Yea, after a bit more than 1 year - definitely longer than we anticipated.


Guys, question about the passport photos - should the name and address of the photographer/studio written on the back be in Chinese characters or English?
I would try to find a studio that could do English. I guess depending where you are that might be more difficult.

My wife lives close to a city that has some professional photographer studios, and we went to a place that has English stamps.
 

cicong

Star Member
Jun 25, 2015
133
2
hicks74 said:
I would try to find a studio that could do English. I guess depending where you are that might be more difficult.

My wife lives close to a city that has some professional photographer studios, and we went to a place that has English stamps.
Unfortunately that is not available in her city. We also wrote the info on BOTH the pictures instead of 1... i hope that shouldn't matter.. ???
 

wc326

Newbie
Apr 21, 2016
2
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applied my spouse sponsorship - Nov 23 2015.
Request of my spouse passport - April 17 2016.

I got an email from cic stating that your application of permanent residence is almost complete with request of passport and we gave our passport in person to Hongkong Visa yesterday.

so is this the last stage of the application and did we gotten approved

many thanks
 

janicelu

Member
Mar 31, 2016
14
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cicong said:
Thanks. Yea, after a bit more than 1 year - definitely longer than we anticipated.


Guys, question about the passport photos - should the name and address of the photographer/studio written on the back be in Chinese characters or English?
English, with photo shop stamp.
 

janicelu

Member
Mar 31, 2016
14
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I got PPR this morning.

Here goes my timeline.

2015/7/24 Sent to CIC
2015/8/26 AR1
2015/9/28 DM1
2015/10/08 AR2(Hong Kong)
2015/10/09 IMM1017
2015/10/13 Medical examination
2015/10/20 MR have been received.
2016/04/02 GCMS notes (Eligibility: Passed on 2016/02/04)
2016/04/15 DM2
2016/04/22 PPR
 

cicong

Star Member
Jun 25, 2015
133
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janicelu said:
English, with photo shop stamp.
Congrats to you too! And thanks - they just hand wrote it in English again on one photo.

Is it safe to get plane ticket now for travelling 1 month after sending the passport in to get the visa?
 

pruneguy

Newbie
Jun 22, 2015
8
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Hey guys, wife just got her PPR. However, she is in Canada with me on multi-entry visitor visa. The mailing address we gave was her parents place back in China, and we just sent an email to the visa office asking if we can send her passport to Ottawa. Was wondering if we should just send it to Ottawa right now anyways, since it might take them longer than 30 days to respond?
 

cicong

Star Member
Jun 25, 2015
133
2
pruneguy said:
Hey guys, wife just got her PPR. However, she is in Canada with me on multi-entry visitor visa. The mailing address we gave was her parents place back in China, and we just sent an email to the visa office asking if we can send her passport to Ottawa. Was wondering if we should just send it to Ottawa right now anyways, since it might take them longer than 30 days to respond?
YES. The letter specifically says if you're currently in Canada, send it to CPC- Ottawa.
 

janicelu

Member
Mar 31, 2016
14
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cicong said:
Congrats to you too! And thanks - they just hand wrote it in English again on one photo.

Is it safe to get plane ticket now for travelling 1 month after sending the passport in to get the visa?
I sent stuff 2016/4/22, and I ordered flights 2016/6/6. I hope I can catch the flights since many got visa back within 2~4 weeks.

The late you book the flights, the more expensive.
 

hfts

Star Member
Mar 21, 2015
86
0
I
Category........
Visa Office......
HKVO
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
19-03-2015
Doc's Request.
09-03-2016(police clearance request. PC sent to HKVO on 30-03-2016)
AOR Received.
24-04-2015
File Transfer...
24-05-2015
Med's Request
9-03-2016(redo medical)
Med's Done....
24-02-2015, 16-03-2016(redo)
Interview........
08-03-2016 (Approved at interview)
Passport Req..
No ppr(HK passport holder)
VISA ISSUED...
22-04-2016(COPR, no visa needed)
LANDED..........
18-05-2016
Congrats to all who got ppr. Any Hong Kong citizen applicants got PPR these days or straight to COPR?
 

hfts

Star Member
Mar 21, 2015
86
0
I
Category........
Visa Office......
HKVO
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
19-03-2015
Doc's Request.
09-03-2016(police clearance request. PC sent to HKVO on 30-03-2016)
AOR Received.
24-04-2015
File Transfer...
24-05-2015
Med's Request
9-03-2016(redo medical)
Med's Done....
24-02-2015, 16-03-2016(redo)
Interview........
08-03-2016 (Approved at interview)
Passport Req..
No ppr(HK passport holder)
VISA ISSUED...
22-04-2016(COPR, no visa needed)
LANDED..........
18-05-2016
Ecas Changed to Decision Made today!! Hopefully ppr or copr soon ;D