Port of Spain Office, Trinidad and Tobago

[MissDominica]

Lol so MissD what is your diagnosis for this kind of behaviour?

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder lol

@Zouk - I have his UCI, mine, the file number, etc memorized.... lol. :-X

 

[gigi_411]

BeHopeful….I don’t think my husband had an exclusion order, he was just deported. Even if he did its been a year and 5 months since hes been gone cause he left last February.
The ARC letter isn’t written, and the lawyer and I will be writing it. I assume it will have a lot of details. I think if you have to do one you should get help doing it. Cause you need to know what they are looking for. I am the last person that would pay for someone to write a letter that I could write, but for this, it’s the last step and if it gets messed up everything is messed up. The better the letter, the clearer it is for the senior officers and im hoping the faster the process will be. But we all know there is no control over that, I just want to think there is ahha.
As for supporting documents I am not sure what we need to add yet.
Why do you think you might need one, why was your husband sent back?

 

[Behopeful]

BeHopeful....I don't think my husband had an exclusion order, he was just deported. Even if he did its been a year and 5 months since hes been gone cause he left last February.
The ARC letter isn't written, and the lawyer and I will be writing it. I assume it will have a lot of details. I think if you have to do one you should get help doing it. Cause you need to know what they are looking for. I am the last person that would pay for someone to write a letter that I could write, but for this, it's the last step and if it gets messed up everything is messed up. The better the letter, the clearer it is for the senior officers and im hoping the faster the process will be. But we all know there is no control over that, I just want to think there is ahha.
As for supporting documents I am not sure what we need to add yet.
Why do you think you might need one, why was your husband sent back?

Hi GIGI...
Thanks for your reply. My husband left Canada September 2012 after overstaying his work permit. His work permit expired before I met him and he just didn't re- new or do anything about it. He reported to CBSA's and they gave him 30 days to leave the country. He left within that time period and confirmed his departure, however still has an exclusion order because he overstayed without status. His exclusion order was for a one year time period.
On his departure he was advised he would need an ARC if he wanted to return to Canada before the expiration of the exclusion order. It was noted in our case file notes he will require an ARC because the time period wasn't up yet. However, his exclusion order will end on the 29th of September so he may not require the ARC because the time will be up in 2 months. It is all out of our control and we will just wait to see what happens over the next few months.
Hope you hear some news this week!

How is everyone else? What did everyone do over the weekend? It's Monday tomorrow! Being on the good news!

 

[MissDominica]

How is everyone else? What did everyone do over the weekend? It's Monday tomorrow! Being on the good news!

Exam over and done with.. hope I passed!

As for the weekend - I'm having a terrible weekend. Just got off the phone with hubby. We were chatting on bbm and something just seemed "off" so I called him on my cell (expensive!) and he just seemed so down. He never gets as depressed as me after we're separated (I just left there a couple weeks ago) but this time it really bothered him. I think neither of us thought we'd still be apart a year into the process and so leaving was even more of a slap in the face. He said this time when I left it's like I took all the happiness with me (which can't be true, because I feel like the happiness is not with me either!). I just broke down on the phone... I'm the "fixer". Whenever we have a problem, I fix it for us so we can be happy and it's so hard to not be able to fix this. I've tried CSEs, I've tried sending extra proof, I tried by sending an awesome application with tons of evidence so we would not be delayed with document requests, etc. I have done every little thing and I still feel like there's no way to make this "better". I miss him so bad and I feel so sad and angry that we're both suffering and there's not anything that anyone can do about it... expect one person in control of my whole life that has had my file on his/her desk to "review" since January. I don't know how much longer I can take this emotionally. Every day is a bigger disappointment when nothing happens and we're apart even longer. I'm just.. sad.. you know? And I can handle my being sad because I know once he's here we'll be back living together again and all these immigration worries will seem silly.. but right now what I can't handle is HIS hurt. He doesn't get all emotional and stressed over things like I do.. but to hear how hopeless he sounded.. like this was going to be our lives forever... was so heartbreaking. It goes to show how this process can break even the strongest people when you hold something so dear to them over their heads for over a year. I guess all that "hope" I had a few weeks ago is starting to fade and turn more to resentment at this whole process.

PLEASE let us hear something this week... and if not us, someone else in here that has been waiting a long time to be with their hubby/wife/kiddies. :'(

 

[millslu]

easssyyy deh @DE.MISSD no sense breaking down right now, that what they system wants, you and yur hubby gonna be together, and maybe it might just come all at once, maybe around the corner you just get an email requesting you PPR and they say he has to land in less than a week. so keep you head up and give him the strength he needs after all you are a woman dammittt.

any word on your medicals as yet?

 

[Behopeful]

Hi MissD and all other forum members.
I completely understand what you are feeling and going through MissD. This process takes its toll of every one of us, no matter what stage we are at.
I think you have described one of the hardest places to be in. When each of us in our individual relationships have a defined role (the fixer, the one who provides strength) and we see the other person break, it really causes a lot of pain. It's so difficult when you know that all this could be 'fixed' with a simple solution, but the simple spultion is just out of our reach. It feels like a bad dream at times. There may be temporary pauses in this pain, hurt and sadness of being away from our loved one but the pain doesn't and won't stop until his feet are on Canadian soil with COPR in his hands.
Give us something this week POS... Anything please!

 

[millslu]

yes give us something POS. question forum wouldnt you think this forum should be available on facebook, or lets just say we could advertise this forum on facebook, cause i cant believe for a Embasssy with 22 countries serving and we have only how many ppl here my last count was 4, tht ridiculouse.

maybe if we can advertise on facebook at least we wil have a better understanding on whats goin on with POS, casue 4 of us are feeling like we the only one that is being processed and its kinda fustrating even though we know its not true.

 

[millslu]

haha did you realise that the entire CIC website is finally updated to a new and improve look, now e-cas is finally looking like all the rest, still they cannot work on our appliactions hahahah.

 

[MissDominica]

Hi MissD and all other forum members.
I completely understand what you are feeling and going through MissD. This process takes its toll of every one of us, no matter what stage we are at.
I think you have described one of the hardest places to be in. When each of us in our individual relationships have a defined role (the fixer, the one who provides strength) and we see the other person break, it really causes a lot of pain. It's so difficult when you know that all this could be 'fixed' with a simple solution, but the simple spultion is just out of our reach. It feels like a bad dream at times. There may be temporary pauses in this pain, hurt and sadness of being away from our loved one but the pain doesn't and won't stop until his feet are on Canadian soil with COPR in his hands.
Give us something this week POS... Anything please!

Exactly :'(

@millslu, I'm trying hard not to lose it.. I'm not worried that me and hubby won't be together because I know we will, even if it's not in Canada.. I just want to start my life with him now and waiting a year for some paper work to go through is killing me. We want to get married and have babies and buy a car and all of these things you start to consider in your 20's/30's and instead I'm waiting for some stranger to email me and tell me if I can be with my man. Not fair at all. But I'm trying to hang in.

COME ON POS.

 

[millslu]

Exactly :'(

@ millslu, I'm trying hard not to lose it.. I'm not worried that me and hubby won't be together because I know we will, even if it's not in Canada.. I just want to start my life with him now and waiting a year for some paper work to go through is killing me. We want to get married and have babies and buy a car and all of these things you start to consider in your 20's/30's and instead I'm waiting for some stranger to email me and tell me if I can be with my man. Not fair at all. But I'm trying to hang in.

COME ON POS.

you sounds so much like my amazing wife, and she is a little older than you are so you can imagine her fustration for us to also start a family and also a child as well, and she is always telling me the clock is ticking, so she is pissed by the seconds..it tough for all of us to wait for somone to decide your fate but god has ordered your steps already and he knows wats best and he will set things straight keep believing and keep fighting, one of these you gonna look back at your husband and say "hon (in old grumpy voice) am tired of looking at your old face can i look at your butt now". hahhhahha

 

[MissDominica]

you sounds so much like my amazing wife, and she is a little older than you are so you can imagine her fustration for us to also start a family and also a child as well, and she is always telling me the clock is ticking, so she is pissed by the seconds..it tough for all of us to wait for somone to decide your fate but god has ordered your steps already and he knows wats best and he will set things straight keep believing and keep fighting, one of these you gonna look back at your husband and say "hon (in old grumpy voice) am tired of looking at your old face can i look at your butt now". hahhhahha

HAHAHAHA. Then I'll send him back to Dominica for "vacation" for a few weeks hehe

Yes, I hope one day to look back on this and laugh. Not so funny now though.

 

[millslu]

well just wanted to let yourll know POS is indeed alive, my wife sent and inquiry last week and we actually got a speedy reply which was very interesting but here is what it said.


This is to acknowledge receipt of your package with your ARC fees and documents. However, your application is in process. An email was sent today to our office in Canada with regard to your medical results. No further action is required by you at this time. We thank you for your patience and for keeping your correspondence to a minimum.
For future reference, in all correspondence to our office, please refer to the applicant's full name, date of birth and file number.

Regards
Immigration Section/Service de l'immigration
High Commission of Canada/ Haut-commissariat du Canada
P.O. Box/C.P. 565
3-3A Sweet Briar Road,
St. Clair, Port of Spain

 

[fromadistance]

Congrats millslu on getting a reply from POS. Looks like your case is ready to be finalized.

 

[millslu]

Congrats millslu on getting a reply from POS. Looks like your case is ready to be finalized.

thanks @fromd but how can you tell?

 

[Behopeful]

thanks @ fromd but how can you tell?

It sounds like they've sent an email to the Canadian office requesting your medicals be extended which I would assume means they are finalizing stuff. They wouldn't ask for an extension if they weren't near the end. Could be wrong though, who really knows the process. May be something with your ARC as well.