Hi,
READ THIS CAREFULLY
What happened to you is just one of the reasons why no one should send actual original documents but certified /notarized copies of documents to third parties including immigration offices*. So, you should not have lost anything of significant value except for the time that you all had put in.
Well, you still have time; and rather than still waiting, you should go ahead and redo the process, this time you should follow the steps that I have numbered below.
This was your mistake: From what you wrote, it appears that
you guys only did one application, and that is your wife’s spousal application, and
you did not do the additional application for Permanent Residence /PR for both you and your daughter.
And yes, it is not just for immigration offices, but even for job applications, if applicants do not do the application procedures the correct way, they trash whatever you did, and will not contact you. They do have that right, there is nothing you can do about it.
In other words,
you should send in TWO application kits together at the same time to the same office and that is the
Mississauga Case Processing Center (CPC) in Ontario CIC. So,
1. Your wife should redo her spousal application kit.
2. You do the Permanent Residence Application Kit for both you and your daughter since you have to sign the original application – DO NOT LET YOUR WIFE SIGN FOR YOU – IF you do, it will “hunt” you later on in the process.
3. You should then send your Permanent Residence application kit to your wife – it’s best you overnight by FedEx to your wife also – Better Safe than Sorry again.
4. Then your wife sends in both her spousal application and your PR application by FedEx overnight delivery to the Mississauga CPC in Ontario.
5. And, you all exercise some more patience and wait for the Mississauga Office’s decision, and take it from there.
NOTE THAT that the Mississauga CPC will make a decision on your wife's spousal application; after they approve your wife's application, then they will forward your PR application to the appropriate Canadian Visa Office that will handle and process your PR application.
You can always verify the above steps by carefully rereading the following from the CIC website to which I have made some notations/highlights for you:
How does a spouse, common-law or conjugal partner, or dependent children get permanent resident status?
The application process involves two steps:
1. If you are a citizen or permanent resident of Canada, you must apply to sponsor them.
(Your wife should do this)
2. Your spouse, common-law or conjugal partner, or dependent children must then apply for permanent residence.
(You should do this since you have to sign the original application and and mail to your wife)
If you are sponsoring your spouse or partner, and your dependent children as a group, all of their applications for permanent residence must be filled out at the same time to be mailed together.
(This means that BOTH your wife’s spousal application AND your Permanent Residence Application should be OVERNIGHTED BY FEDEX all AT ONE TIME and TO THE SAME OFFICE in MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO – as you already know)
The applications for both sponsorship and permanent residence should be filled out and sent at the same time. There are two steps to process the application forms:
1. The sponsorship application is processed by the Case Processing Centre (CPC) in Mississauga, Ontario (for family members living outside Canada), or the CPC in Vegreville, Alberta (for family members living inside Canada);
2. If you are approved as a sponsor, the permanent residence application is sent to the appropriate Canadian visa office.
(This means that if your wife’s spousal application is approved by the Mississauga CPC, then that office will forward your Permanent Residence Application to the appropriate Canadian Visa office that would be processing your Permanent Residence Application).
Cited from:
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/sponsor/spouse-apply-how.asp
* The only time one sends by mail an original document for the Canada immigration process is at the final stage when they request for your passport for the Visa stamping, and some of us do take that risk as we have no choice. And it is always best to continue using FedEx /overnight delivery.
Good Luck! And a Happy Reunion with your wife sometime in the near future.
Warm regards,
Libra.
