Friends
We received the passports with maple leaves a couple of days back
This forum made it possible and I'm so grateful to all of you. This forum and family here are a 'God Send' for me and I'd definitely want to be in touch with all of you for many more years to come..
I never thought I could apply all by myself and be successful in the first place.. Most of you here know me as a 'Senior' and a person who knows so much about FSW and immigrating to Canada that she started her own blog on immigration experiences to help spread the info around.. Let me me tell you I was a very different person 8 months back when i discovered his forum. All i had then was a 'Dream', a secret dream to live in Canada for the rest of my life.
This forum and friends here, gave me the courage to face it alone. I took a couple of months break from work and ran around to prepare the application. Those months were among the hardest and most sleepless for me :
.. One hurdle after another non stop and I must mention my thanks to Qorax, Anil and FMA for being around then to help me. For those of you wondering what I'm talking about, you might want to realize that I was among the very few people here with TOO MANY doubts and queries and so many silly fears but I did not hesitate to ask them here.. And yes, all my queries were answered right away and now my prayers are answered too..
I once again take this opportunity to thank every one of you for being around and helping people like me. This forum is all about people willing to help round the clock.
Our timelines are:
16 – Oct – 2010: Application Received by CIO in Sydney, Nova Scotia
25 – Oct – 2010: Bank Draft for the processing fees En-cashed by CIO
10 – Feb – 2011: PER Received from CIO, Sydney
11 – Feb – 2011: ECAS reads ‘Application Received'
14 – Feb – 2011: ECAS reads ‘CIO – Sydney Eligibility Review Complete'
03 – Mar – 2011: ECAS reads ‘Received by Visa Office'
11 – Mar – 2011: 2nd AOR from NDVO printed but not dispatched
25 – Mar – 2011: ECAS reads ‘In Process' and they started processing on 22 – Mar – 2011
31 – Mar – 2011: Medicals, RPRF, PCCs and Passports requests issued by NDVO
06 – Apr – 2011: Pre-printed 2nd AOR dispatched
06 – Apr – 2011: We completed our medicals
02 – May -2011: ECAS reads ‘Medicals results have been received'
07 – May -2011: Passports, PCCs and RPRF draft received by NDVO
17 – May -2011: RPRF draft is en – cashed by NDVO and receipt issued
27 – May -2011: Visas stamped on all the passports
30 – May -2011: ECAS reads ‘Decision Made'(Unsure when this changed, but I saw it on this date)
31 – May -2011: Passports and COPR documents are dispatched by NDVO
02 – Jun – 2011: We received the passports and COPR documents
Thanks,
Indira Prabhakaran.
