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Processing time for spousal visa - Sri Lanka

melbell_28

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Oct 2, 2010
464
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Category........
Visa Office......
Colombo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
4-11-2010
Doc's Request.
10-12-2010
AOR Received.
06-01-2011
File Transfer...
20-12-2010
Med's Done....
28-06-2010
november 4th! so we have a long way to go. hitting the halfway mark of the 8 months on friday. you should get urs before ours!!
 

watnxt

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Feb 28, 2011
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Job Offer........
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App. Filed.......
05-10-2010
File Transfer...
10-11-2010
I dont see Gayan here now days. I guess his wife got the visa.
 

melbell_28

Hero Member
Oct 2, 2010
464
5
Toronto
Category........
Visa Office......
Colombo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
4-11-2010
Doc's Request.
10-12-2010
AOR Received.
06-01-2011
File Transfer...
20-12-2010
Med's Done....
28-06-2010
yeah she probably did.. 7 month mark right.. i think they applied in August 2010. Lucky him :)
 

dananjaya

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Mar 15, 2011
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i am from Sri Lanka. i have sponsored by my wife on last year ( 2010) and her sponsorship application approved by Mississauga on 08/10/2010. after that i have checked the online status in cic.gc.ca, they mentioned "Decision made" under Sponsorship application status . and "Application received " and "Medical Have been received" under PR Application status. but before that status was "Application not available".... .and also they mentioned they ( Colombo office) received my application on 20/10/2010. but still i did not get any AOR ( acknowledgement of receipt ).i went to colombo embassy two months ago and asked about it they told they can not tell anything as it is in processing period ( 6 month). but now they removed medical have been received message , and appear only "application received".
how is you'r Status flow. same as this or differ.
 

watnxt

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Feb 28, 2011
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Hi Danajeya,
That "medical result has been received" appears on and off all the time. I dont see it under my status now neither. It was there last week.
I applied in 10/2010 as well. No response from colombo so far. I hope you will get something soon. Good luck.
 

melbell_28

Hero Member
Oct 2, 2010
464
5
Toronto
Category........
Visa Office......
Colombo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
4-11-2010
Doc's Request.
10-12-2010
AOR Received.
06-01-2011
File Transfer...
20-12-2010
Med's Done....
28-06-2010
Hi Dananjaya!

Welcome to the thread :) YAY for more sri lankans on here :)

Yeah the medicals recieved lines goes off all the time.. Mind has vanished yet again over last week. However this is the second time that this happened... So go figure!

Either way, don't put too much weight on the ECAS status as it is royally messed up :)

Can you please share your time line with us?

By the way, I didn't recieve AOR either.. Just a Request for Documents letter.

Cheers,
MB

PS - watnxt: how was ur weekend?? I didn't check the forum at all last weekend.. felt like i needed a mini break!
 

watnxt

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Feb 28, 2011
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Hey,
Yeah, I was thinking about that. You didnt reply to my PM. So I thought u are sick of replying to PM.. lol.
Weekend wasn't good, I had to do some research for my work. So I was home whole weekend.
How was yours? Did you apply for that status report or whatever you were talking about?
Since I haven't received any reponse from Colombo, I may need to apply for that one too.
 

melbell_28

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Oct 2, 2010
464
5
Toronto
Category........
Visa Office......
Colombo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
4-11-2010
Doc's Request.
10-12-2010
AOR Received.
06-01-2011
File Transfer...
20-12-2010
Med's Done....
28-06-2010
Hey Watnxt,

Yeah I did actually... Waiting to hear back from them. Takes 6 weeks.. I applied 2 weeks ago. So still have to wait. Yeah I would suggest that you get urs done too...

these colombo office ppl are mad arent they??

oh well don't fret too much about ur weekend, weather was horried anyways..

I stayed in and tried to fix my internet and watched movies. Boring old me.. hehehe

MB
 

dananjaya

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Mar 15, 2011
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Dear melbell and watnxt this is my time line.

1) i have completed my medical end of june.
2) and i got my police clearance report on end of august
3) my wife send the sponsor document on mid of September
4) her Sponsorship status approved by Mississauga on 8 of oct 2010
5 ) Sri Lanka embassy got my document on 20 of oct 2010
6) i got a call from Canadian embassy on 20 of nov 2010, and they asked about my religion and my wife religion.
7) until mid of January there is "Decision made ' under sponsorship application status, and "application unavailable" under PR application status.
8) after i went there, end of January, the changed PR application status from "unavailable" to "application received".
9) in second week of February they update 'medical have been received 'message.
10) now they remove that message . still i did not get any AOR.

share your time line also , and changes, thanks
 

watnxt

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Feb 28, 2011
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05-10-2010
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10-11-2010
Hi Dana,
I am sponsering my wife. I send my application to mississauga in first week of Oct. Received leter from Mississauga in first week of Nov. Colombo received it in 2nd week of Nov. Thats it. We haven't heard from Colombo yet. I send colombo email. No reply so far. I will email them again after 6 month of they received the app, which is in May. I am worring about my wife's PC (Police Clearance). It will expire in end of May. Getting new PC will cause us another 2 months since my wife is from North. I hope we will get good news before May.
 

melbell_28

Hero Member
Oct 2, 2010
464
5
Toronto
Category........
Visa Office......
Colombo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
4-11-2010
Doc's Request.
10-12-2010
AOR Received.
06-01-2011
File Transfer...
20-12-2010
Med's Done....
28-06-2010
Hi Dhana,

My time line is given below..

Med's Done....: 28-06-2010
App. Filed......: 04-11-2010
File Transfer...: 20-12-2010
Sponsor App...: 11-01-2011
Doc's Request.: 24-01-2011

Also my husband handed in his medicals during the 1st week of Jan which was when we found out that our file was sent to colombo.

i will let you know of any update...

MB
 

dananjaya

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Mar 15, 2011
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Hi melbell , watnxt

yes when i went there, they told they can not tell anything until finish processing period , then we have to wait for 6 month again contact them, and they told if they need any document ( if our medical or police report expire ) they will asked them from us and we would have to provide them again , but one of my friend told they can not ask our medical and police report again, if our documents valid until end of processing period. if our our reports expire before end of processing period some time they may ask.
and i ask them that i got a call from them on Nov , then they told they did not call me, then i saw them this is the number which i got the call , and told this you'r office number ,
then that lady told , they don't know about that..........
 

melbell_28

Hero Member
Oct 2, 2010
464
5
Toronto
Category........
Visa Office......
Colombo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
4-11-2010
Doc's Request.
10-12-2010
AOR Received.
06-01-2011
File Transfer...
20-12-2010
Med's Done....
28-06-2010
well the normal processing time once the documents get to colombo is around 6-7 months. that makes the whole PR process 8-9 months. I have been told that they generally give the PR if the medical is about to expire.. But if not they will ask for a new medical. They can do that and it is legal. However the police report they won't ask for because they can conduct their own report internally if i'm not mistaken.

My advice to you is wait until the end of May before you start freaking out Dhana. And if they called you it's probably to ask for those docs. But since they couldnt get thru to you, the sent you a letter instead. I know its hard, but you really have nothing to worry about until May..
 

watnxt

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Feb 28, 2011
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Hey Mell,
What is the meaning of Paper Screening stage? I think Dana or someone mention that here. Is that begining stage?
 

melbell_28

Hero Member
Oct 2, 2010
464
5
Toronto
Category........
Visa Office......
Colombo
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
4-11-2010
Doc's Request.
10-12-2010
AOR Received.
06-01-2011
File Transfer...
20-12-2010
Med's Done....
28-06-2010
watnxt said:
Hey Mell,
What is the meaning of Paper Screening stage? I think Dana or someone mention that here. Is that begining stage?
hey hey,

that basically means that they check to see ur docs are ok. like certficates, forms, police reports, meds etc etc. u first go thru that and then i believe they pass the file on for relationship verification where they determine of the marriage/relationship is genuine or not. but between those 2 they also do a background check which is what takes time :)

MB