May 2013 OUTLAND applications!! :)

[shastaz]

Congrtas on crossing baby step 1 ....one baby step at a time now

congrats dear guess soon we all getting replies ;D

 

[shastaz]

congrats dear ;D hope we all gonna get the answer soon ma lawyer sent all the papers for me dont have any info for checking ma e case

 

[Sweden]

How can I post my time line, couldn't find any link for that.

Thanks.

you can only edit your profile once you have reached 10 posts. In the meantime, you can post the information here on the thread if you wish you be added to the spreadsheet.
Sweden

 

[mrsldr]

if you're applying outland ( which I assume you are), you can not get a work permit in advance. No need to send anything with the application. Once you are given the PR - you become a permanent resident, which means that you automatically have the right to work. Once you land in Canada as a PR, you can go the next day to any Service Canada, get your SIN ( social insurance number) and start working the next day ( the SIN is issued right away and is valid the same day, there is no added procedure for you to get a work permit etc).

If you're from a visa-exempt country, you can come to Canada on a tourist visa and wait out for your PR here, but you won't be able to work before you have your PR.

Hope it clarifies a little!
Sweden

How about in generic application form to canada, for the dependents do i need to write my father, mother and siblings? or only in FORM IMM 5406?

 

[Sweden]

How about in generic application form to canada, for the dependents do i need to write my father, mother and siblings? or only in FORM IMM 5406?

Dependents are only your children.
MOther, father and siblings are family members, not dependents.

 

[Dimshin]

Hi Sweden,
Here is my timeline and I appreciate if you add me on the May spreadsheet.

VO: Nairobi, Kenya
Medical done on: February/11/2013
App sent on: April/28/2013
CIC Miss received app on: May/01/2013
AOR on: May/17/2013
App approved on: May/28/2013
App transferred on: May/28/2013

Thank you.

 

[Sweden]

Hi Sweden,
Here is my timeline and I appreciate if you add me on the May spreadsheet.

VO: Nairobi, Kenya
Medical done on: February/11/2013
App sent on: April/28/2013
CIC Miss received app on: May/01/2013
AOR on: May/17/2013
App approved on: May/28/2013
App transferred on: May/28/2013

Thank you.

I'm not actually the one in charge of it, einahpets85 is,but now that you've posted here, she will add you whenever she sees it.
Good luck with your application!
Sweden

 

[Dimshin]

On ecas it shows on my side as a sponsor ( application received)+(decision) has been made, also I got an email saying our file has been transferred; but my wife did here medical back in February and her page of ecas just says they received her application and nothing about her medicals.
I'm a May 2013 applicant, any one have experience on this issues?
Thank you all and best of luck for all of us!

 

[Sweden]

On ecas it shows on my side as a sponsor ( application received)+(decision) has been made, also I got an email saying our file has been transferred; but my wife did here medical back in February and her page of ecas just says they received her application and nothing about her medicals.
I'm a May 2013 applicant, any one have experience on this issues?
Thank you all and best of luck for all of us!

ecas is not always updated (that's an understatement...) so if it says medicals have been received, then you know they have them. If it doesn't say anything - it just mean nothing. They could be there as well, so don't pay too much attention to it!

 

[Dimshin]

Thank you Sweden, you're indeed very helpful.

 

[Dimshin]

I Wonder why some VO's have timelines of 25 to 30+ months and some just 4 months, like Beijing.
To sponsor a spouse to Canada, don't be a Kenyan, Pakistani, Jamaican and Timbuktu"nian".

 

[Dimshin]

 

[Sweden]

I Wonder why some VO's have timelines of 25 to 30+ months and some just 4 months, like Beijing.
To sponsor a spouse to Canada, don't be a Kenyan, Pakistani, Jamaican and Timbuktu"nian".

it's various factors... security backgrounds taking longer for some countries than others (because the other country doesn't cooperate etc.), higher level of frauds (based on numbers), some level of politics into it as well, and sheer numbers...

Your VO is one of the longest - but a lot of people get processed much faster (3 to 4 months in Nairobi). The timeline posted is the time that it takes to complete 80% of the applications, not an average, so you can be lucky and be done much faster - especially if you have a straightforward case - no previous marriage or sponsorship, no kids etc.

Sweden

 

[Dimshin]

Does that mean 80% of applications are finalized in 27 months.
if that is the case then only 20% of the applicants are lucky.

 

[Sweden]

Does that mean 80% of applications are finalized in 27 months.
if that is the case then only 20% of the applicants are lucky.

no - it's rather the contrary. it means that it takes them 27 months to complete 80% of the applications... but maybe 20% of the applications are completed in 4 months, then 30% (the initial 20 % + additional 10%) in 6 months, then 40 % in 7 months etc - until they reach 80%.
Which means that the vast majority are completed under 27 months (80% !). Hope it makes more sense like this!