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Ambber29

Star Member
Jul 28, 2011
165
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Hi all,

We had our interview on August 14, 2013. The interviewer said we passed the interview and she said she is satisfied about our relationship. She still requested additional documents and said she will forward us the letter but in meanwhile we can start gathering those. In the end, I asked if we passed the interview and she said yes and she said as long as I received these additional documents.

I am just wondering if LA office requested additional documentation after passing the interview. She said it might take 2 to 3 months and she also said we can apply for visitor's visa if we want to. She said security is done and medicals are expired. Then we gave her the copy of new medical and we said that it was not requested but we decided to do it on our own. She said she will confirm with Ottawa and we don't need to redo it.
She said we can fax the additional documents but she will mail the letter.

What do you guys think?

How long would it take?
We submitted lots of documents. We even kept our boarding passes and she was satisfied at the end. Our interview lasted for more than one hour.

We both were interviewed at the same time.
Do you guys think that we should apply for visiting visa as she suggested. She said why my husband did not apply for one in last two years and we said that our lawyer said it will get rejected for sure. She said it is not true. It does not get rejected all the time.
Does it take 30 days for them to reply for visitor visa? and then they will request the passport for visitor's visa? then it is better to wait for passport request for PR?

Please advice

Thanks
Ambber
 

nsr

Hero Member
Jan 26, 2012
296
36
Category........
Visa Office......
Los Angeles
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
28-11-2011
AOR Received.
8-01-2012(Mississauga) 28-03-2012 (buffalo)
File Transfer...
26-01-2012
Med's Request
25-07-2013
Med's Done....
Sept 2011, 26 July,2013
Interview........
July 2013-passed
Passport Req..
21-08-2013, sent on 27-08-2013
VISA ISSUED...
06 september, 2013
LANDED..........
27 september, 2013
Congrats Ambber29
 

computergeek

VIP Member
Jan 31, 2012
5,143
277
124
Vancouver BC
Category........
Visa Office......
CPP-O/LA
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
06-03-2012
AOR Received.
21-06-2012
File Transfer...
21-6-2012
Med's Done....
11-02-2012
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
26-09-2012
VISA ISSUED...
10-10-2012
LANDED..........
13-10-2012
Ambber29 said:
thanks Any advice anyone please?
Based upon what she has said, I'd apply for a visitor's visa. And I'd expect you'll be seeing a PPR within the next 2-4 months.

Her comments about the visitor visa surprise me, since they almost always refuse applications for them in PR cases. But she is right they don't always refuse them - just 95% of the time. Odd that she interpreted the decision not to apply for one as a negative indication about your relationship. That suggests the common advice about not bothering might actually be bad advice for those people who need interviews.

I still would be surprised if an application for a visitor visa was granted, though maybe it will be given the late stage of the processing here.
 

Ambber29

Star Member
Jul 28, 2011
165
0
How long does it take from in process to passport request?
We had interview on August 14 and they requested additional documents. It went in process now
 

Mushmash

Star Member
Jun 10, 2013
128
0
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa/LA
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
28-10-2012
Interview........
10-12-2013
Passport Req..
25-01-2014
VISA ISSUED...
18-03-2014
Hi everyone I found out that my application was transferred from Ottawa to LA about a month ago after emailing Ottawa. I have no idea why they would do that. My application was sitting in Ottawa for about 10 months after sponsorship approval. I called the call centre and they told me that sometimes Ottawa does that to relieve some of the work the load.

I can't seem to understand how Ottawa is 14months and LA is 22 months processing time and they send it to LA to relieve work load??? Any ways aparantly our application wasn't even touched and it just sat in Ottawa all that time. I tried emailing LA to find out when it was tranffered but they wouldnt give me a date. They keep saying "Your application is in queue for review and no further action is required at this time" I tried like 3 times but to no avail.

Does anyone know if their is a way to obtain a date for the file transfer or how long LA is currently taking to process application is the order they recieve them. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
 

boo2009

Full Member
May 16, 2013
21
0
I just checked ECAS and it went from in process to decision made but I checked my express mail conf and nothing showing up yet. Hopefully will get the PPT returned this week...we are almost done ;D
 

boo2009

Full Member
May 16, 2013
21
0
Oh yeeeessss...the Passport was mailed this morning Aug 21 and should arrive tomorrow Aug 22..This is finally over after 2 years...We will going to the border tomorrow for the landing. I never thought I would see the end of this.

Parker: You can add this to the stats sheet.

Passport mailed from LA: Aug 21
Passport received Aug 22 (most likely since we paid express mail)
Landed: Aug 22, 2012

thanks
 

Gustcan

Star Member
Jul 22, 2013
96
0
congrats boo2009 . Quick question: why did it take you 2 years, were there any complications?

Anyways please enjoy the moment.
 

boo2009

Full Member
May 16, 2013
21
0
Gustcan said:
congrats boo2009 . Quick question: why did it take you 2 years, were there any complications?

Anyways please enjoy the moment.
Thank you!
It took a long time because we had to do rehabilitation.
 

nsr

Hero Member
Jan 26, 2012
296
36
Category........
Visa Office......
Los Angeles
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
28-11-2011
AOR Received.
8-01-2012(Mississauga) 28-03-2012 (buffalo)
File Transfer...
26-01-2012
Med's Request
25-07-2013
Med's Done....
Sept 2011, 26 July,2013
Interview........
July 2013-passed
Passport Req..
21-08-2013, sent on 27-08-2013
VISA ISSUED...
06 september, 2013
LANDED..........
27 september, 2013
OMG finally got PPR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My lawyer send me email, they need two photographs, valid passport, and updated schedule A- background declaration form.

Thanks a lot everybody for all your help and support.

God bless you all...

God luck
 

rbkrzmarcik

Full Member
Jan 30, 2012
25
0
boo2009 said:
Thank you!
It took a long time because we had to do rehabilitation.
Hi there,

My husband and I had to apply for rehabilitation too (petty misdomenor - stole a CD 7 years ago). We submitted original app for permenent residency September 2011 and then got notice Feb 2013 that we needed rehabilitation (our app was originally in Buffalo so we were put to the side for a while). We sent that off to LA June 2013 with new medicals, policy checks, application, etc. They then lost our Money order and have finally gotten a new one July 2013.

Can you share you timeline with us? we're going on 2 years the end of this month and still anxious about how long rehabilitation will take :(.
Thanks!
 

boo2009

Full Member
May 16, 2013
21
0
rbkrzmarcik said:
Hi there,

My husband and I had to apply for rehabilitation too (petty misdomenor - stole a CD 7 years ago). We submitted original app for permenent residency September 2011 and then got notice Feb 2013 that we needed rehabilitation (our app was originally in Buffalo so we were put to the side for a while). We sent that off to LA June 2013 with new medicals, policy checks, application, etc. They then lost our Money order and have finally gotten a new one July 2013.

Can you share you timeline with us? we're going on 2 years the end of this month and still anxious about how long rehabilitation will take :(.
Thanks!
Parker has my stats on the sheet if you want to look at them. As for the rehabilitation you can't compare with anyone because every cases is treated individually and its really the officer discretion. We applied for rehab in Aug 2012 and my husband just landed Friday. All I can say is be patient it will come soon. Good luck!
 

charis

Member
Jun 11, 2013
10
0
And just to wrap up my story for the spreadsheet:

I landed on 8/30/13.

Here's my timeline from when I applied to my Landing. (I'm already on the LA Spreadsheet.)

Appl. received 1/22/13
Sponsor Approved 3/6/13

7/17/13 Received an email from CPP-O requesting Documents and Passport Copy. Plus: "We have now completed the initial assessment of your application, and expect to finalize your application without a personal interview"..... on your application. The office will contact you concerning this decision.

8/8/13 Received a letter in the mail along with my Confirmation of Permanent Residence (CPR). (Letter was dated 8/1/13.)

8/30/13 Landed at YVR. Really quick processing!

Charis
 

Mushmash

Star Member
Jun 10, 2013
128
0
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa/LA
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
28-10-2012
Interview........
10-12-2013
Passport Req..
25-01-2014
VISA ISSUED...
18-03-2014
Looks like LA has been silent foR the last little while. Has anyone heard anything as of recent?