Hi all,
I am a Canadian citizen through naturalization and my wife is a PR. Our baby was born in Pakistan in June 2012. We submitted the forms and fees for his proof of citizenship in August 2012.
We received a letter from the embassy stating the application has been received and not to contact them unless there is an address change.
My wife's PR expires in June 2013 and as a result we are planning on flying back to Toronto in the first or second week of May.
I called the Canadian High Commission Islamabad on 4 different occasions to ask the status of the proof of citizenship and to find out whether I could apply for a temporary travel document for my son, each time they transferred me to a auto voice mail, I left detailed messages with my contact info and no one has bothered to get in touch with me.
Finally, about 10 days back - I couriered them a letter explaining the situation and asking for a status update on the POC application as well as the Travel doc question - unsuprisingly I have not heard back.
I am aware of Islamabad HC being one of the slowest around however this is really getting annoying as I cannot make travel plans and my wife and I are stuck in limbo at the moment.
Can anyone suggest what I should do? I was looking at filling out the temporary travel document and just sending it to them regardless, however my understanding is that the document is only for PR's - my son would be a citizen so Im not sure what form I should fill and the embassy doesent seem to be willing to help either......
Hope someone has a suggestion!
I am a Canadian citizen through naturalization and my wife is a PR. Our baby was born in Pakistan in June 2012. We submitted the forms and fees for his proof of citizenship in August 2012.
We received a letter from the embassy stating the application has been received and not to contact them unless there is an address change.
My wife's PR expires in June 2013 and as a result we are planning on flying back to Toronto in the first or second week of May.
I called the Canadian High Commission Islamabad on 4 different occasions to ask the status of the proof of citizenship and to find out whether I could apply for a temporary travel document for my son, each time they transferred me to a auto voice mail, I left detailed messages with my contact info and no one has bothered to get in touch with me.
Finally, about 10 days back - I couriered them a letter explaining the situation and asking for a status update on the POC application as well as the Travel doc question - unsuprisingly I have not heard back.
I am aware of Islamabad HC being one of the slowest around however this is really getting annoying as I cannot make travel plans and my wife and I are stuck in limbo at the moment.
Can anyone suggest what I should do? I was looking at filling out the temporary travel document and just sending it to them regardless, however my understanding is that the document is only for PR's - my son would be a citizen so Im not sure what form I should fill and the embassy doesent seem to be willing to help either......
Hope someone has a suggestion!