Greetings.
I applied for spousal inland processing in February 2005, my son is an accompanying dependant but resides in the UK. He submitted his Medical results and police certificate in June 2007 to the London Office at their request. We were told that it would be a matter of a month or two until our application was completed.
I have been contacting Immigration Canada every month for the last 15 months and the most recent call resulted in being told again that London has still not finalised my son's application. They told me that they didn't think it would be long until it was finalised, but until London had closed the file they could not render a decision. My application process was finalised in December, they are just waiting for the London office to finish processing my son. They advised me to contact the Immigration Minister as in their opinion this had dragged on for far too long considering it is an uncomplicated application - we are both English and I have been married and residing in Canada for 5 years. I sent a letter to the Minister 2 weeks ago but have not received any response.
On Saturday my son received a letter from the London CIC informing him that they have lost his Police Clearance Certificate and that he will have to apply for a new one. They also informed him that as his Medical had expired they required him to have this redone too. They then went on to inform him that they required him to fill in the Application for Permanant Resident forms again in order to "keep their files up-to-date". The incompetance of this office is beyond belief.
Our frustration is mounting daily, according to London CIC the majority of cases are finalised within 13 months of approval - ours, so far, has taken 3 years. We were informed again in March 2008 that everything should be approved within weeks so my son quit his job in England in anticipation of coming here.. and yet again there is a delay. London CIC have stated it will be a minimum of 6 months before a decision is made and the file closed.
My question is this. Can I have his file transferred to Canada - Vegreville CIC are much faster than London in processing - without having to start all over again?
Edit: I have just received a response from the Ministers Office informing me that London CIC require my son to get a Police Certificate (no mention of them having lost it) and that once they have received that and his medical results and his application forms then they will be in a position to review it "within 2-3 months" and notify Vegreville, after which time they will wait until they are notified that I have landed, and will then request his passport in order to give him his visa - providing that all requirements for immigrant status are met. Is this normal?
I applied for spousal inland processing in February 2005, my son is an accompanying dependant but resides in the UK. He submitted his Medical results and police certificate in June 2007 to the London Office at their request. We were told that it would be a matter of a month or two until our application was completed.
I have been contacting Immigration Canada every month for the last 15 months and the most recent call resulted in being told again that London has still not finalised my son's application. They told me that they didn't think it would be long until it was finalised, but until London had closed the file they could not render a decision. My application process was finalised in December, they are just waiting for the London office to finish processing my son. They advised me to contact the Immigration Minister as in their opinion this had dragged on for far too long considering it is an uncomplicated application - we are both English and I have been married and residing in Canada for 5 years. I sent a letter to the Minister 2 weeks ago but have not received any response.
On Saturday my son received a letter from the London CIC informing him that they have lost his Police Clearance Certificate and that he will have to apply for a new one. They also informed him that as his Medical had expired they required him to have this redone too. They then went on to inform him that they required him to fill in the Application for Permanant Resident forms again in order to "keep their files up-to-date". The incompetance of this office is beyond belief.
Our frustration is mounting daily, according to London CIC the majority of cases are finalised within 13 months of approval - ours, so far, has taken 3 years. We were informed again in March 2008 that everything should be approved within weeks so my son quit his job in England in anticipation of coming here.. and yet again there is a delay. London CIC have stated it will be a minimum of 6 months before a decision is made and the file closed.
My question is this. Can I have his file transferred to Canada - Vegreville CIC are much faster than London in processing - without having to start all over again?
Edit: I have just received a response from the Ministers Office informing me that London CIC require my son to get a Police Certificate (no mention of them having lost it) and that once they have received that and his medical results and his application forms then they will be in a position to review it "within 2-3 months" and notify Vegreville, after which time they will wait until they are notified that I have landed, and will then request his passport in order to give him his visa - providing that all requirements for immigrant status are met. Is this normal?
