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jo-macral

Hero Member
Mar 25, 2012
256
1
Thailand
Category........
Visa Office......
Singapore<br />Pain & Suffering: 07-12-2012
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
07-12-2012
AOR Received.
21-12-2012
File Transfer...
21-12-2012
Med's Done....
06-11-2012
Interview........
N/A
Passport Req..
26-05-2014<br />Re-med Req...: 26-05-2014<br />Passport Sent.: 30-06-2014<br />Decision Made: 25-07-2014
VISA ISSUED...
06-08-2014
LANDED..........
Tickets booked for September, 2014
Hello Everybody,

After a very long wait, i finally got my passport request (and re-med + new police cert) - the question I have is this.

1. How long does it take to have your passport returned to you?
2. How long do you have after you get the passport back, to land in Canada? Wondering when I need to give my 30 day notice for my landlord, etc.

Thanks again!
 

cdnmom

Hero Member
Dec 9, 2012
660
13
Category........
Visa Office......
Singapore
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
24-12-2012
AOR Received.
12-01-2013
File Transfer...
31-01-2013
Med's Request
27-01-2014
Med's Done....
15-11-2012
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
27-01-2014
VISA ISSUED...
04-11-2014
jo-macral said:
Hello Everybody,

After a very long wait, i finally got my passport request (and re-med + new police cert) - the question I have is this.

1. How long does it take to have your passport returned to you?
2. How long do you have after you get the passport back, to land in Canada? Wondering when I need to give my 30 day notice for my landlord, etc.

Thanks again!
Hey Jo-Macral
Our passport was received at SVO on March 13th, we received DM on April 11th and passport received back in Canada on May 1st
You will have 1 year from new medical to land or the expiry on the passport

Hope things move quickly now... which they seem to be... we waited 2.5 months after going in process before we received the passport request

Cheers!
 

jo-macral

Hero Member
Mar 25, 2012
256
1
Thailand
Category........
Visa Office......
Singapore<br />Pain & Suffering: 07-12-2012
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
07-12-2012
AOR Received.
21-12-2012
File Transfer...
21-12-2012
Med's Done....
06-11-2012
Interview........
N/A
Passport Req..
26-05-2014<br />Re-med Req...: 26-05-2014<br />Passport Sent.: 30-06-2014<br />Decision Made: 25-07-2014
VISA ISSUED...
06-08-2014
LANDED..........
Tickets booked for September, 2014
That is wonderful, thank you. We will be sending our passport in two weeks, and hope things are finished soon after.
 

Dragoon

Star Member
Nov 12, 2010
167
5
Category........
Visa Office......
Singapore
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
04-APR-2011
Doc's Request.
17-JAN-2014
File Transfer...
07-MAY-2011
Med's Request
17-JAN-2014
Med's Done....
22-JAN-2014
Interview........
28-NOV-2013
Passport Req..
02-MAY-2014
VISA ISSUED...
30-MAY-2014
LANDED..........
04-JUL-2014
7 weeks just to get back passport, holy what are these VOs doing. The passport request letter says 1 month.
 

thanh245

Star Member
Apr 5, 2012
181
3
Category........
Visa Office......
Singapore
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
12-09-2012
Doc's Request.
March 24, 2014
File Transfer...
19-11-2012
Med's Request
March 24-2014
Med's Done....
April 4-2014
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
May 1st,2014-sent may 9.Decision made June 12
VISA ISSUED...
26-06-2014
Dragoon said:
7 weeks just to get back passport, holy what are these VOs doing. The passport request letter says 1 month.
have u received passport back with visa?
 

Dragoon

Star Member
Nov 12, 2010
167
5
Category........
Visa Office......
Singapore
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
04-APR-2011
Doc's Request.
17-JAN-2014
File Transfer...
07-MAY-2011
Med's Request
17-JAN-2014
Med's Done....
22-JAN-2014
Interview........
28-NOV-2013
Passport Req..
02-MAY-2014
VISA ISSUED...
30-MAY-2014
LANDED..........
04-JUL-2014
No, not yet. But it looks like it could be another 3 weeks before they even send it back.
 

benstu

Star Member
Nov 26, 2012
145
7
Kitchener, ON
Category........
Visa Office......
Singapore
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
11-05-2012
AOR Received.
17-08-2012
File Transfer...
17-08-2012
Med's Done....
01-05-2012, re-med: 05-2014
Interview........
Letter:15-12-2012, Interview 04-2014
Passport Req..
25-05-2014, Submit Jun 4th through VFS DHAKA
VISA ISSUED...
July 4,2014
LANDED..........
Aug 3,2014
They said 30 days. So let's start counting.
But actually hoping to get it by last week of July. My spouse is expecting to travel in August

iamroth said:
Thanks. When do you expect to get the passport back?
 

Hussain255

Member
Mar 6, 2014
14
0
Dragoon said:
7 weeks just to get back passport, holy what are these VOs doing. The passport request letter says 1 month.
Hello everyone, finally got the letter today for submitting the passport with re medical
 

Toronto12345

Full Member
May 28, 2014
29
0
Toronto
Category........
Visa Office......
Singapore
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
19-11-2013
AOR Received.
18-12-2013
File Transfer...
18-12-2013
Med's Done....
28-10-2013
Interview........
N/A
Passport Req..
23-05-2014
VISA ISSUED...
passport sent to svo on 22/06/14. Decision Made 25/07/2014. Passport picked up 12/08/2014
LANDED..........
Sometime in September
Hussain255 said:
Hello everyone, finally got the letter today for submitting the passport with re medical
Good to hear good news. I am waiting for pp letter. mine went into in process same day on may 23rd.
 

Rosindo

Full Member
Nov 13, 2013
24
0
Category........
Visa Office......
Singapore
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Nov 20th, 2012
AOR Received.
Dec 20th, 2012
Med's Done....
Oct 15th, 2012
Interview........
Not required
Passport Req..
26 February 2014. Passport arrived in Singapore 26 March 2014
VISA ISSUED...
May 28th, 2014. Decision Made on e-CAS June 6th 2014.
11 weeks since submitting my passport, my status has finally changed to "Decision Made". Now another waiting time is counting. To my fellow applicants waiting to hear the good news, be patient and don't give up. Sometimes it helped not to take a peek on this site every day :D
 

kaisin82

Hero Member
Mar 20, 2011
641
6
Singapore
Category........
Visa Office......
Singapore
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
09-11-2011
Nomination.....
20-08-2011
AOR Received.
23-11-2011
IELTS Request
Waived
File Transfer...
N\A
Med's Request
06-03-2014
Med's Done....
14-03-2014
Interview........
Not required
Passport Req..
06-03-2014
VISA ISSUED...
Passport sent on 28-03-2014, VISA issued 16-06-2014
LANDED..........
Calgary here I come!!
Congrats Rosindo, they usually issue visa within 2 weeks.

hope my turn will come soon....still in process for me!! =(
 

Rosindo

Full Member
Nov 13, 2013
24
0
Category........
Visa Office......
Singapore
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Nov 20th, 2012
AOR Received.
Dec 20th, 2012
Med's Done....
Oct 15th, 2012
Interview........
Not required
Passport Req..
26 February 2014. Passport arrived in Singapore 26 March 2014
VISA ISSUED...
May 28th, 2014. Decision Made on e-CAS June 6th 2014.
kaisin82 said:
Congrats Rosindo, they usually issue visa within 2 weeks.

hope my turn will come soon....still in process for me!! =(
Thanks. Hang in there. I'm sure it's coming soon ;)
 

K2014

Full Member
Mar 8, 2014
25
0
Svo received my file 17month,after 17month they send me a letter that I'm on the interview list,anyone can tell me how long I have to wait for final interview date nd what I need to do now plz help me.
 

Believe_Miracles

Star Member
May 9, 2014
73
0
Category........
Visa Office......
Singapore
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
07-04-2014
AOR Received.
24-05-2014
File Transfer...
30-05-2014
Med's Done....
03-10-2014
VISA ISSUED...
God Willing Soon
LANDED..........
God Willing!!
hey guys im just a bit worried about my case...as usually once one thing is over the next worry starts...dont want an interview with such a speedy office :p

I met my husband at university in India 2006. We started dating around 2 months into start of classes casual and the relationship grew from there ( I wrote it out in detail where our first date etc in the explanation part on a seperate paper). Got enganged Feb 2012, and married in oct 2012. filled for sponsorship now (long story) passed elligibilty. I have a plain ticket of the the trips i made to malaysia and the bali. Unfortunately due to utter crappy circumstances most of our pictures pre-ceeding 2011 were lost when i lost my hard drive and i didnt have it on my computer and my husband didnt have copies for himself i just stored it on mine,as a camera hog i took most of the pics n e way. and worse we had student phones hahah ie it can dial and it can msg but it does like nothing else so no pics!! EXcept for graduation and the graduation party pictures and the plain tickets and passport stamps of going and coming.... loads of wedding pics plus reception pics +wedding card and gift card of the ring he bought me etc.skype logs. We dont rly have phone chat records because we studied together and I didnt think at the time to get the phone logs of our 6 years of dating. my husband returned malaysia in march 2012 and i came in may to finalize wedding plans and then in oct for the wedding.since then iv been with my husband here for 2 yrs. Iv worked here and there and i have money in savings which i showed them and my hsuband is a doctor with steady income too. I didnt return to canada yet and i plan to in the up coming months which i explained to them . I just honestly said the waiting times are so long and it isnt easy to be apart from ones spouse right after a wedding for months on end while they "process" . Might be cliet ID's to them but were human beings as well!!!

anyway our honey moon and all the travels we did inbetween all the pics have been given. My only issue here is i didnt have much pics to give of our 6 yrs of dating (and trust me it saddens me more then them i lost my hard drive!!!)....any ideas if my case has any red flags to anyone?
oh yes and does my staying with my husband hurt my application? I showed emails of me talking to proffesors about my PHD, applications to university for masters, and WES application ( program that translates my degree to canandian equivalent) . I just dont have a job in Canada yet or a home of my own except my parents which i didnt put)....I did say i plan on returning before the winter of 2015....