INLAND APPLICATIONS 2014

[dee365]

Thanks anng for the info.

 

[fupsik]

So starting today, I'm a Permanent Resident of Canada!

Here is how it went:
We arrived a bit too early, 7-40, and waited outside of the building till 8. We presented our invitation letter to the security guy and entered. On the second floor we showed the letter once again, the security/receptionist guy took it from us and told us to sit down and wait in the hall. In 10 minutes or so we were invited by a nice lady and followed her inside of the CIC open work space, to her desk. She took all the papers from me: passport - old one with my initial entry stamp and a current one, CSQ, photos, visitor visa record (she asked for all the records that I had and never gave them back to me - she said they should be destroyed), receipt for $490. She never asked for any other papers or proofs. Here are the questions that she asked:
1. Are me and my sponsor still together
2. My current address
3. She asked my sponsor if he still wants to sponsor me for the next three years
4. If I ever committed any crimes
5. If I have dependent children outside of Canada
6. She asked my sponsor and me about our jobs, not sure why she asked me (she asked if I was in HR), because she knew I couldn't work yet.

She didn't ask anything else at all. Actually, she had quite a lot of information about me prepared: my height, my eye color, my first entry, my profession, etc.!

Then she left for about 10 minutes to prepare a confirmation of permanent residence paper (the one she prepared for our interview contained my old passport number, and though I sent a new passport to CIC, she didn't get it). My husband supposed we could be filmed and watched during this time and got angry with me for a joke I've made (about our possible fraud, which we are not))). But anyway, she returned with 2 copies of the paper, I signed both and got one of them. She said to keep it safe because I will need it through out my life, even when I apply for pension... She congratulated me many times, told us about citizenship, SIN, medical insurance and answered the questions we had. She said that it will take about 3 months for my resident card to arrive in the mail, because they have a lot of requests right now. She also said that the laws for citizenship changed recently and they only count years now starting from the date when you become a resident... She was pretty warm and welcoming!

She also said I could travel now, even without my PR card, just to get back to Canada I have to go to Canadian embassy and they will stamp my passport with visa in an hour or so.

This is Montreal office. No dress code needed, come in slippers and jeans! Everything took us about 30 min.

I wish everyone good luck!!!!!

 

[Maggie03]

So starting today, I'm a Permanent Resident of Canada!

Here is how it went:
We arrived a bit too early, 7-40, and waited outside of the building till 8. We presented our invitation letter to the security guy and entered. On the second floor we showed the letter once again, the security/receptionist guy took it from us and told us to sit down and wait in the hall. In 10 minutes or so we were invited by a nice lady and followed her inside of the CIC open work space, to her desk. She took all the papers from me: passport - old one with my initial entry stamp and a current one, CSQ, photos, visitor visa record (she asked for all the records that I had and never gave them back to me - she said they should be destroyed), receipt for $490. She never asked for any other papers or proofs. Here are the questions that she asked:
1. Are me and my sponsor still together
2. My current address
3. She asked my sponsor if he still wants to sponsor me for the next three years
4. If I ever committed any crimes
5. If I have dependent children outside of Canada
6. She asked my sponsor and me about our jobs, not sure why she asked me (she asked if I was in HR), because she knew I couldn't work yet.

She didn't ask anything else at all. Actually, she had quite a lot of information about me prepared: my height, my eye color, my first entry, my profession, etc.!

Then she left for about 10 minutes to prepare a confirmation of permanent residence paper (the one she prepared for our interview contained my old passport number, and though I sent a new passport to CIC, she didn't get it). My husband supposed we could be filmed and watched during this time and got angry with me for a joke I've made (about our possible fraud, which we are not))). But anyway, she returned with 2 copies of the paper, I signed both and got one of them. She said to keep it safe because I will need it through out my life, even when I apply for pension... She congratulated me many times, told us about citizenship, SIN, medical insurance and answered the questions we had. She said that it will take about 3 months for my resident card to arrive in the mail, because they have a lot of requests right now. She also said that the laws for citizenship changed recently and they only count years now starting from the date when you become a resident... She was pretty warm and welcoming!

She also said I could travel now, even without my PR card, just to get back to Canada I have to go to Canadian embassy and they will stamp my passport with visa in an hour or so.

This is Montreal office. No dress code needed, come in slippers and jeans! Everything took us about 30 min.

I wish everyone good luck!!!!!

Congratulations and thanks for sharing your experience

 

[MaryLou6]

Hello,

is there any requirement for a person who was on a study permit, then finished the courses and received the OWP, to change the status from student to worker?

 

[sniper23]

Any november applicant ear anything from cic yet

 

[Maciej]

Police Certificate Request

Hi Group,
We are April 14,2014 applicants.
My wife(sponsor) received AIP this morning,along with her I received email quoted below.
Did any of you were requested to resend police certificate??
We are 100% sure we attached police certificate along with initial application.Hmmm??!!

"Dear XXXXXX:

This refers to the Application for Permanent Residence you made under the Spouse or Common-Law

Partner in Canada Class.

It has been determined that you meet the eligibility requirements to apply for permanent residence as

a member of the Spouse or Common-Law Partner in Canada Class. Please note that a final decision

will not be made until all remaining requirements for becoming a permanent resident have been met.

These requirements include medical, security and background checks for you and, if applicable, all of

your family members, both in Canada and abroad, even if they are not applying to join you in Canada

at this time. You cannot become a permanent resident until you and all your family members have

met these requirements.

In order to continue processing your application, further information is required. You must

complete/submit the following to this office:

UCI - XXXXXXXX:

> Police Certificate: From each country/state where the residence period has been six

months or longer since the age of 18, provide an original police clearance certificate. Please visit

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/security/police-cert/index.asp or contact the Call Centre, toll

free, at 1-888-242-2100 for further information on how to obtain a police certificate. Please send the

original police certificate to this office as soon as you receive it. All documents that have been written

in a language other than English or French must be accompanied by an official translation. If your

police certificate indicates any charges and/or convictions, you must also provide court documents

detailing the disposition of each charge and the sentence of each conviction. This must be received

at this office by: 2015/08/13

"

Cheers

 

[GustavesF]

Re: Police Certificate Request

Hi Group,
We are April 14,2014 applicants.
My wife(sponsor) received AIP this morning,along with her I received email quoted below.
Did any of you were requested to resend police certificate??
We are 100% sure we attached police certificate along with initial application.Hmmm??!!

"Dear XXXXXX:

This refers to the Application for Permanent Residence you made under the Spouse or Common-Law

Partner in Canada Class.

It has been determined that you meet the eligibility requirements to apply for permanent residence as

a member of the Spouse or Common-Law Partner in Canada Class. Please note that a final decision

will not be made until all remaining requirements for becoming a permanent resident have been met.

These requirements include medical, security and background checks for you and, if applicable, all of

your family members, both in Canada and abroad, even if they are not applying to join you in Canada

at this time. You cannot become a permanent resident until you and all your family members have

met these requirements.

In order to continue processing your application, further information is required. You must

complete/submit the following to this office:

UCI - XXXXXXXX:

> Police Certificate: From each country/state where the residence period has been six

months or longer since the age of 18, provide an original police clearance certificate. Please visit

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/security/police-cert/index.asp or contact the Call Centre, toll

free, at 1-888-242-2100 for further information on how to obtain a police certificate. Please send the

original police certificate to this office as soon as you receive it. All documents that have been written

in a language other than English or French must be accompanied by an official translation. If your

police certificate indicates any charges and/or convictions, you must also provide court documents

detailing the disposition of each charge and the sentence of each conviction. This must be received

at this office by: 2015/08/13

"

Cheers

Very common.

They're only valid for a year, and even if yours didn't expire, CIC loses at least half of them.

 

[REV2255]

Hi guys... I'm starting to wonder if I should be worried about my application. I sent my application off in April 3 2014. I got sponsor approval on June 8, but I've not heard nothing more than a month. I know some people who applied at the same time as me and have already received there PR. Is there anyone having same experience with me??

This is what my CIC login screen says:

Sponsorship
1.We received your application to sponsor xxx on April 3, 2014.
2.We started processing your application on January 28, 2015.
3.We sent you correspondence on June 8, 2015 about the decision on your application.

Permanent Residence
1.We received xxx application for permanent residence on April 3, 2014.
2.We started processing xxx application on June 8, 2015.
3.Medical results have been received.

Also, I've not got AIT yet... is it on 1st stage or 2nd stage?
I called CIC and the agent said I'm on 2nd stage.. never ask my file number or others....
CIC online shows 1st stage is assessment of sponsor and sponsored person... and 2nd stage is only background check... but I've not heard any AIP yet..

 

[iffi1185]

Hi guys, I need an advice.

My wife is a US green card holder. I have received Sponsor approval and CIC asked for FBI clearance and proof of cohabitation which I sent last week.

Now, what happens if we went to US for a day family visit? Will she be allowed back. She does have an OWP that says does not grant temporary resident status because we didn't know we had to apply for temporary resident permit as she is from a visa exempt country.

Please advise!

Application sent: March 3, 2014
received sponsor approval: June 22, 2015
waiting on final decision.

Thanks!

 

[GustavesF]

CIC has had their first 1-day-of-progress week in a while now.

Oh how we've missed those.

Hopefully they don't mess up everything again. We're above 490 days of backlog again, getting closer to 500 which I'm sure we'll break before the month is up.

Woo...

 

[jamique]

CIC has had their first 1-day-of-progress week in a while now.

Oh how we've missed those.

Hopefully they don't mess up everything again. We're above 490 days of backlog again, getting closer to 500 which I'm sure we'll break before the month is up.

Woo...

There are a lot of applicants on the spreadsheet who have received SA, AIP & DM. It seems that the spreadsheet isn't being updated as regularly. There are person's from Jan, Feb, Mar & April, who's data hasn't been recorded (From the FB group). For example almost all April (to the 25th) from the spreadsheet have either received requests for docs or AIP's, with the exception of you and 1 other person. I would say roughly 65% of the spreadsheet from Jan to Feb has received some form of correspondence from CIC.

 

[kelephant]

Have any more October/November applicants been able to login to ecas lately?

 

[readingbeach27]

Have any more October/November applicants been able to login to ecas lately?

I am a November 3rd applicant. I called CIC on Monday and was told that my application has not even been entered in the system! So no access to ECAS.

 

[sniper23]

I am a November 3rd applicant. I called CIC on Monday and was told that my application has not even been entered in the system! So no access to ECAS.

did u do up front medical

 

[sophieee]

There are a lot of applicants on the spreadsheet who have received SA, AIP & DM. It seems that the spreadsheet isn't being updated as regularly. There are person's from Jan, Feb, Mar & April, who's data hasn't been recorded (From the FB group). For example almost all April (to the 25th) from the spreadsheet have either received requests for docs or AIP's, with the exception of you and 1 other person. I would say roughly 65% of the spreadsheet from Jan to Feb has received some form of correspondence from CIC.

Unfortunately no one volunteered for a long time to monitor the facebook group and most of the members don't let the editors know about their progress in PM or email. If you are an active member maybe you could put the word out.