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Awesomeg

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CanNZ said:
My wife's status has gone to Decision made!

finally!
Congratulations!!!!
It was slow, but the day came.
I wish you all the best in your new life in Canada
 

Awesomeg

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Med's Done....
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DM after almost 15 months of waiting, April 20/15
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spidermark said:
Thanks for responding, Awesomeg

Will I also receive a letter that sponsorship of my aunt (sponsor) has been approved?
Or is it just her who will receive a letter?
For the first stage of the sponsorship the sponsor is the one that is evaluated, background check is done and that will confirm eligibility to sponsor. Therefore, the sponsor is the one that will receive the letter indicating that the sponsorship has been approved. But, in the letter or e-mail, it will be included the file number, with that information sponsor can go to the website to see how the sponsorship has been moving, like for example, if the medicals have been received, if the file is in Process, and when decision has been made.
 

Awesomeg

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Med's Done....
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Interview........
"Waived" In Process August 19-2014
Passport Req..
July 24-2014.
VISA ISSUED...
DM after almost 15 months of waiting, April 20/15
LANDED..........
15-05-2015 Finally... together...
bealem said:
Correct.
Overall not fast tracked. What I meant was the processing through the Manila office was fast. Only 3 months.
Oh, the other thing is my wife's medical is set to expire on Mar.5, 2015, so probably that had something to do with it.

Yes , it took over 150 days for sponsorship approval. A new record from what I could see.

Thank god the end is in sight.

Thanks and good luck to all.
Yes, but absolutely, the fact that everything else was fine and that Mississauga office did a lot of the background check on you also helped, because documents that Manila may need to ask you already were asked in Canada, that probably was the fact that determined that your file did not need extensive review. In our case, background check has been slow, and the fact that they ask for further documents have slowed down our process. But, at the end of the day, your file is finalized and you will begin a new life with your wife in Canada. But need to arrive in Canada before the medicals expire.... congratulations again....
 

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Interview........
"Waived" In Process August 19-2014
Passport Req..
July 24-2014.
VISA ISSUED...
DM after almost 15 months of waiting, April 20/15
LANDED..........
15-05-2015 Finally... together...
Christoph100 said:
I think it might be just a bit of luck in which batch the applications fall in sometimes to what is processed.
My wife is Filipino herself and a July 2014 applicant and no updates as yet.
Yes, that's true....
I have seen English speaking Canadians with pinay wife that were finalized in less than 10 months....
The visa office that takes the file sometimes helps....
 

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I hope that will happen to us too i have a canadian husband im from Philippines
 

Very Happywife

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09-01-2015
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Dm:20-03-2015 Voh april 21,2015
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may 3 2015
Yes, that's true....
I have seen English speaking Canadians with pinay wife that were finalized in less than 10 months....
The visa office that takes the file sometimes helps....

Well I hope you're right with this awesomeg because we've been waiting for 7 months now...we got ourpassport request last January 9,2015 and until now we didn't hear anything from the embassy..our application is also application received still on ecas..nothing has changed. My husband is a canadian citizen and I'm Filipina wife.
 

Hwseyl

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Ya! My husband's application is finally, finally changed to in process today!! Hopefully we'll get a remedical letter soon. BTW, is there a difference between in process and in progress??
 

Hwseyl

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30-6-2014
Hwseyl said:
Ya! My husband's application is finally, finally changed to in progress today!! Hopefully we'll get a remedical letter soon.
Did the spread sheets get so screwed up that I can't change my dates?
 

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Hwseyl said:
Ya! My husband's application is finally, finally changed to in process today!! Hopefully we'll get a remedical letter soon. BTW, is there a difference between in process and in progress??
Hope u will get in two days.
 

Hwseyl

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amjad1002 said:
Hope u will get in two days.
Thanks. It was in his mail box this morning. But as usual, the time my sucks. He has to go overseas for business from tomorrow for two weeks and can't do the remed until he gets back. Oh well, at least the process is moving again.
 

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already sent
Med's Done....
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Interview........
Not required
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02-02-2015
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03.03.2015
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Hwseyl said:
Thanks. It was in his mail box this morning. But as usual, the time my sucks. He has to go overseas for business from tomorrow for two weeks and can't do the remed until he gets back. Oh well, at least the process is moving again.
You will have 30 days as per my e mail which i got from Manila so your husband can do it when he will return but try to do as soon as possible.
 

Awesomeg

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AOR Received.
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Med's Done....
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Interview........
"Waived" In Process August 19-2014
Passport Req..
July 24-2014.
VISA ISSUED...
DM after almost 15 months of waiting, April 20/15
LANDED..........
15-05-2015 Finally... together...
Hwseyl said:
Ya! My husband's application is finally, finally changed to in process today!! Hopefully we'll get a remedical letter soon. BTW, is there a difference between in process and in progress??
Yes, there is difference between the two,
You don't want to be in progress.... you want to be In Process
In Progress is not great news, means that they have a red flag that they need
to look closely ....
 

Hwseyl

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amjad1002 said:
You will have 30 days as per my e mail which i got from Manila so your husband can do it when he will return but try to do as soon as possible.
Thanks, he'll go the week he gets back. And hopefully that will be all.
 

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Awesomeg said:
Yes, there is difference between the two,
You don't want to be in progress.... you want to be In Process
In Progress is not great news, means that they have a red flag that they need
to look closely ....
Honestly on that statement I don't think that is entirely true. In our current GCMS notes it is marked as In Progress in several sections and under that there are several... Not Started Yet. I think In Progress can also mean they have not started certain checks at that time. Else where in the notes its marked No Flags.

Chris
 

Awesomeg

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Doc's Request.
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AOR Received.
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Med's Done....
27-01-2014....Remeds 13-03-15
Interview........
"Waived" In Process August 19-2014
Passport Req..
July 24-2014.
VISA ISSUED...
DM after almost 15 months of waiting, April 20/15
LANDED..........
15-05-2015 Finally... together...
Christoph100 said:
Honestly on that statement I don't think that is entirely true. In our current GCMS notes it is marked as In Progress in several sections and under that there are several... Not Started Yet. I think In Progress can also mean they have not started certain checks at that time. Else where in the notes its marked No Flags.

Chris
Non-routine cases
While every effort should be made to process high-priority cases expeditiously, it is recognized that there are circumstances where priority processing may legitimately be affected. While not exhaustive, the list below provides some examples of non-routine cases that may not be processed according to the six-month service standard..
Examples of non-routine cases:
 medical, security or criminal issues;
 suspected relationship or dissolution of convenience;
 misrepresentation of marital status at time of marriage;
 previous deportation;
 inability to support self and family members due to legal obligations or other reasons;
 relationship of applicant to sponsor or applicant to other family members in doubt;
 marital status of family member suspect;
 sponsor under investigation for violation of IRPA; or
 outstanding criminal charge against sponsor.
The following would frequently, but not necessarily, be non-routine cases:
 legal validity of foreign marriage in question (marriage which occurred in country other than in processing mission's area of responsibility);
 custody of children of applicant;
 residence status of sponsor in doubt;
 delays created by applicant not following instructions;
 communications not received by mission or by applicant (unreliable postal system, mission not informed of change of address);
 family members and principal applicant residing in different countries and processing coordination difficulties occur; or
 applicant previously removed or excluded from Canada.

In an effort to aid analysis and identification of non-routine cases, the Work In Progress (WIP) event structure in CAIPS should be used by visa offices to flag non-routine cases. Visa offices may enter the following WIP events to identify a file that is non-routine and therefore might be processed outside of the six-month service standard. The WIP events are:
 Background check delay
 Medical delay
 Criminality delay
 Other delay
One or more of these WIP events may be entered when the cause of a possible delay is identified.
Examples of possible delays:
 Medical delay—the requirement to undergo 6 months of treatment for active tuberculosis;
 Criminality delay—a family member has a pending criminal charge that must be resolved before admissibility may be determined;
 Other delay—an interview is required but area trips are made to the region only once or twice per year and an area trip has been completed just recently;
 The sponsor is from Quebec, was found to be ineligible by Quebec, and successfully appealed;
 An investigation in Canada is required prior to determining whether the sponsor is eligible.