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JGM613

Hero Member
Apr 13, 2013
345
2
Category........
Visa Office......
Manila
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
19-04-2013
AOR Received.
03-05-2013
File Transfer...
15-05-2013
Passport Req..
30-10-2013 ... In Process 12-03-2014...Decision Made 14-03-2014 as per ECAS
VISA ISSUED...
14-03-2014
LANDED..........
02-04=2014
auditt said:
Well said!

Does anyone know if they actually tell you when they courier the visa's out, or they just show up?
An email from the MP assistant received this morning PH time indicated that Mrs JGMs visa had actually been shipped last Friday...at that time ECAS only showed IN PROCESS..it wasn't until Monday afternoon PH time that it showed DM..
I guess it's fast as possible for them once they getthey're act together ..We were able to get taking number from MP .
I've read before here that people just start calling DHL once they see a DM..
 

bienncorey

Hero Member
Jul 2, 2012
647
4
Cebu
Category........
Visa Office......
CE-MANILA
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
May 4, 2013 (May 9, 2013 CIC received file)
AOR Received.
June 3, 2013
File Transfer...
June 3, 2013 (received by CEM June 11, 2013)
Med's Done....
April 1,2013
Interview........
N/A
Passport Req..
November 12, 2013 (Nov 16 '13 sent pp, Nov 18 '13 CEM received as per tracking)
VISA ISSUED...
MARCH 20,2014 ---- DM: March 23,2014
LANDED..........
APRIL 3, 2014
JGM613 said:
An email from the MP assistant received this morning PH time indicated that Mrs JGMs visa had actually been shipped last Friday...at that time ECAS only showed IN PROCESS..it wasn't until Monday afternoon PH time that it showed DM..
I guess it's fast as possible for them once they getthey're act together ..We were able to get taking number from MP .
I've read before here that people just start calling DHL once they see a DM..
Congratulations!!! Can't wait for ours to be over soon.. :)
 

JGM613

Hero Member
Apr 13, 2013
345
2
Category........
Visa Office......
Manila
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
19-04-2013
AOR Received.
03-05-2013
File Transfer...
15-05-2013
Passport Req..
30-10-2013 ... In Process 12-03-2014...Decision Made 14-03-2014 as per ECAS
VISA ISSUED...
14-03-2014
LANDED..........
02-04=2014
bienncorey said:
Congratulations!!! Can't wait for ours to be over soon.. :)
Thank you!! It's feels like such a weight has.been removed!!

I started writing emails in early February to three different *MPs...expiring meds and the fact CEM was ignoring our requests for information..

I hope. All of us can get on with our lives sooner than later!!

The way I see it..if we get past the Sponsorship approval it's likely just a waiting game from that point on.

Good luck with the rest of this nonsense!!
 

truesmile

Champion Member
Jun 7, 2012
2,622
94
Category........
Visa Office......
MNL
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
25-05-2012
AOR Received.
18-07-2012
File Transfer...
24-07-2012
Med's Done....
18-05-2012
Interview........
WAIVED
Passport Req..
05-12-2012
VISA ISSUED...
08-01-2013
LANDED..........
02-02-2013
auditt said:
Well said!

Does anyone know if they actually tell you when they courier the visa's out, or they just show up?
Without the email from an MP's assistant . . . they just "show up". In our time, it seemed to be exactly 3 days after DM.
 

bienncorey

Hero Member
Jul 2, 2012
647
4
Cebu
Category........
Visa Office......
CE-MANILA
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
May 4, 2013 (May 9, 2013 CIC received file)
AOR Received.
June 3, 2013
File Transfer...
June 3, 2013 (received by CEM June 11, 2013)
Med's Done....
April 1,2013
Interview........
N/A
Passport Req..
November 12, 2013 (Nov 16 '13 sent pp, Nov 18 '13 CEM received as per tracking)
VISA ISSUED...
MARCH 20,2014 ---- DM: March 23,2014
LANDED..........
APRIL 3, 2014
JGM613 said:
Thank you!! It's feels like such a weight has.been removed!!

I started writing emails in early February to three different *MPs...expiring meds and the fact CEM was ignoring our requests for information..

I hope. All of us can get on with our lives sooner than later!!

The way I see it..if we get past the Sponsorship approval it's likely just a waiting game from that point on.

Good luck with the rest of this nonsense!!
I'm already imagining how would i feel if i see a dm or the visa arrives, it will be such a relief for us!!! Haaayz my husband won't contact his mp if our application won't be on it's 14th month. We are just depending on the case notes we received, due date is june 6,2014..

This waiting game is killing me like arrgghhhhhhh it's the 4th month of our passports today since they've been in the embassy..
 

JGM613

Hero Member
Apr 13, 2013
345
2
Category........
Visa Office......
Manila
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
19-04-2013
AOR Received.
03-05-2013
File Transfer...
15-05-2013
Passport Req..
30-10-2013 ... In Process 12-03-2014...Decision Made 14-03-2014 as per ECAS
VISA ISSUED...
14-03-2014
LANDED..........
02-04=2014
bienncorey said:
I'm already imagining how would i feel if i see a dm or the visa arrives, it will be such a relief for us!!! Haaayz my husband won't contact his mp if our application won't be on it's 14th month. We are just depending on the case notes we received, due date is june 6,2014..

This waiting game is killing me like arrgghhhhhhh it's the 4th month of our passports today since they've been in the embassy..

As a Canadian citizen that's paid tax in Canada all my life..a basic expectation in my World is that when I have a question that's ignored by any Government institution I'll take offense to that.
When CEM ignored correspondence and questions about this supposedly "transparent" process that was enough to push me enough to start writing letters..it's the least and maybe the most thing that I could do!
 

GoonerClank

Hero Member
Apr 14, 2013
787
18
Category........
Visa Office......
Manila
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
15-03-2013
File Transfer...
11-04-2013
Med's Done....
24-01-2013 (Expires 24-02-2014)
Interview........
N/A
Passport Req..
04-09-2013<br />DM: 23-01-2014<br />COPR expires: 20-02-2014
VISA ISSUED...
Visa Issued: 24-01-2014
LANDED..........
15-02-2014
auditt said:
Thanks GoonerClank! Ya, my wife is very excited to see snow, I hope its all gone so she doesn't see the brown snow for her first time seeing snow.
Yep now that the big stress is over you get to look for flights and getting ready for her to come.
 

GoonerClank

Hero Member
Apr 14, 2013
787
18
Category........
Visa Office......
Manila
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
15-03-2013
File Transfer...
11-04-2013
Med's Done....
24-01-2013 (Expires 24-02-2014)
Interview........
N/A
Passport Req..
04-09-2013<br />DM: 23-01-2014<br />COPR expires: 20-02-2014
VISA ISSUED...
Visa Issued: 24-01-2014
LANDED..........
15-02-2014
Step said:
I've noticed a few who got VISA's no mention of when CIC sent, my guess would be they just show up by courier. One fellow on this thread received in 2 days after DM.
But not sure.
yeah my wife got hers 2 days after DM ... just showed up. Others have called the courier place and asked if there was something there
 

ikon0523

Hero Member
May 23, 2013
223
3
Ontario
Category........
Visa Office......
Manila
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
01-05-2013
AOR Received.
01-05-2013
File Transfer...
04-06-2013
Med's Done....
10-04-2013
Interview........
WAIVED
Passport Req..
03-11-2013
VISA ISSUED...
16-12-2013
LANDED..........
28-01-2014
GoonerClank said:
Great.. .still trying to settle in. She loves the "cold" weather and the snow... Everyone thinks she is crazy.
wife loves the snow.. but not the cold.. has she made "halo halo" wiht the snow yet LOL!
 

NewbieMay

Star Member
Nov 5, 2013
106
0
Category........
Visa Office......
Manila
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
02/05/2013
AOR Received.
02/05/2013
File Transfer...
02/06/2013
Med's Done....
04/2013
Passport Req..
05/11/2013
VISA ISSUED...
01/12/2013
LANDED..........
07/02/2014
anyone knows the email address of the manila embassy if you will inform them about medical soon to expire? im helping a friend. thanks
 

ikon0523

Hero Member
May 23, 2013
223
3
Ontario
Category........
Visa Office......
Manila
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
01-05-2013
AOR Received.
01-05-2013
File Transfer...
04-06-2013
Med's Done....
10-04-2013
Interview........
WAIVED
Passport Req..
03-11-2013
VISA ISSUED...
16-12-2013
LANDED..........
28-01-2014
NewbieMay said:
anyone knows the email address of the manila embassy if you will inform them about medical soon to expire? im helping a friend. thanks
https://dmp-portal.cic.gc.ca/enquiries-renseignements/case-cas-eng.aspx?mission=manila
 

GoonerClank

Hero Member
Apr 14, 2013
787
18
Category........
Visa Office......
Manila
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
15-03-2013
File Transfer...
11-04-2013
Med's Done....
24-01-2013 (Expires 24-02-2014)
Interview........
N/A
Passport Req..
04-09-2013<br />DM: 23-01-2014<br />COPR expires: 20-02-2014
VISA ISSUED...
Visa Issued: 24-01-2014
LANDED..........
15-02-2014
ikon0523 said:
wife loves the snow.. but not the cold.. has she made "halo halo" wiht the snow yet LOL!
A snow angel?.. She has, and has gone tobogganing too. She was like a little kid playing in the snow.
 

ikon0523

Hero Member
May 23, 2013
223
3
Ontario
Category........
Visa Office......
Manila
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
01-05-2013
AOR Received.
01-05-2013
File Transfer...
04-06-2013
Med's Done....
10-04-2013
Interview........
WAIVED
Passport Req..
03-11-2013
VISA ISSUED...
16-12-2013
LANDED..........
28-01-2014
GoonerClank said:
A snow angel?.. She has, and has gone tobogganing too. She was like a little kid playing in the snow.
Man.. i can't even get my wife to go skating LOL!.. yet alone tobogganing ... maybe next winter..
 

MarkandElvie

Star Member
Nov 21, 2013
113
3
Step said:
Cheer up, we are both August Applicants it can't go on forever. Just think, everyday that passes is one day closer to the ultimate goal.
Manila is really starting to pick up processing now, has been 5 months of hardly any movement to PPR's and Visa's now.
Things are starting to look up now.
I know it is the hardest thing in my life I've had to endure. This process, but will be worth it when my wife can finally join me.
Best of Luck, keep your chin up.
It will happen.
yes Step we are both August recipients. I just got back from the Philippines a few weeks ago after spending a few weeks there with my wife, had a great time. Spent a lot of time with my inlaws, spending quality time with my wife and both hoping that maybe soon we'll hear something soon. So, here we are crossing our fingers, praying and learning patience all over again.
 

Step

Hero Member
Jan 4, 2014
435
4
123
Alberta
Category........
Visa Office......
Manila
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
August 21,2013
AOR Received.
August 26,2013
File Transfer...
September 13,2013
Med's Done....
Upfront. July 13,2013
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
May 29,2014
VISA ISSUED...
June 4,2014.
LANDED..........
June 24, 2014. 6:00 pm
MarkandElvie said:
yes Step we are both August recipients. I just got back from the Philippines a few weeks ago after spending a few weeks there with my wife, had a great time. Spent a lot of time with my inlaws, spending quality time with my wife and both hoping that maybe soon we'll hear something soon. So, here we are crossing our fingers, praying and learning patience all over again.
I know gets more difficult with every visit, saying goodbye never gets any easier.i have'nt been to see my wife since first part of December, have to plan another trip. I guess, maybe June or July I will make the journey back.
At least you both got to spend some time together, savour the good memories. What keeps me going.