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Sorry, pinch me! But we applied for my boyfriends visitor visa April 4th. He did his biometrics on April 21st. And since then silence. He is from Colombia.
Today they sent the Biometric Validity Letter and it stated: Final decision - September 17, 2025: Your application is in progress. We will send you a message once the final decision has been made.
I thought it was weird they sent it months later.
Then within about 30 minutes, we received the 'Original Passport Request':
This is in reference to your application for temporary residence. A decision has been made on your application. We require your passport to finalize processing your application.
Passport requirements
• Please provide your passport or travel document, with a copy of this letter.
• There must be at least one blank page in your passport.
• Your passport must be valid for the duration of your expected length of stay in Canada.
• Please note that we cannot issue a visa beyond the expiry date on the passport.
Nothing else has updated on the portal. It is saying 'we are processing your background check' or 'we are reviewing whether you meet the eligibility requirements'
So, with that not being updated, I am little worried to get ahead of myself and excited.
But if they requested the letter, I have seen this is usually a very positive sign.
Is that correct??
If you need to burst my bubble please do so but is this positive?!?!
AND if its positive I am just worried because we passed his desired dates of travel. So usually will they state when he can travel and for how long? Like would they say he needs to travel within this year?
Sorry, pinch me! But we applied for my boyfriends visitor visa April 4th. He did his biometrics on April 21st. And since then silence. He is from Colombia.
Today they sent the Biometric Validity Letter and it stated: Final decision - September 17, 2025: Your application is in progress. We will send you a message once the final decision has been made.
I thought it was weird they sent it months later.
Then within about 30 minutes, we received the 'Original Passport Request':
This is in reference to your application for temporary residence. A decision has been made on your application. We require your passport to finalize processing your application.
Passport requirements
• Please provide your passport or travel document, with a copy of this letter.
• There must be at least one blank page in your passport.
• Your passport must be valid for the duration of your expected length of stay in Canada.
• Please note that we cannot issue a visa beyond the expiry date on the passport.
Nothing else has updated on the portal. It is saying 'we are processing your background check' or 'we are reviewing whether you meet the eligibility requirements'
So, with that not being updated, I am little worried to get ahead of myself and excited.
But if they requested the letter, I have seen this is usually a very positive sign.
Is that correct??
If you need to burst my bubble please do so but is this positive?!?!
AND if its positive I am just worried because we passed his desired dates of travel. So usually will they state when he can travel and for how long? Like would they say he needs to travel within this year?
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