yeah, I think many people are misguided or misled into believing that lawyers/consultants have some special inside pull with the government (maybe because traditionally in some countries of the world this kind of thing does exist, luckily Canada is not like that)CanadianAlien said:
I used a law firm to do the paperwork for me. I was not misguided or misled into believing they have special pull but I can see some people thinking that. I do regret using a law firm (mainly because they overcharged me $2,000 for bull**** reasons but hey ho you live and learn) but I must admit it was a weight off my shoulders knowing that all the paperwork went in and there is the slimmest chance something gets back as they lawyers made sure all forms were signed, dated correctly and used the correct forms as they are on top of new forms CIC are using. Plus I knew I was liable to miss something or make an error somewhere on a form so personally I am glad I had the lawyers doing it for me. Just wish they had not overcharged mevolkov said:
Congrats jcooper! That is fantastic news for you. I assume you applied inland? The next stage after approval of sponsor is PR application (for principal applicant)jcooper said:
THAT IS AWESOME! Did you send in your medical and residence fee up front??mnimmigrant2016 said:My husband got a letter today stating "you have met the requirements for eligibility as a sponsor. The Application for Permanent Residence (APR) for your relative will be processed separately and he/she will be contacted shortly." I'm assuming that is our sponsorship approval, so yay!!! I updated the spreadsheet. We submitted our application at the end of March and have gotten this now, so that is good news.
I submitted my OWP separately from my application about 6-8 weeks after I sent in our sponsorship and PR app due to some bad advice I had gotten. Anyways, does anyone have experience with the timeline when an OWP has been submitted after the fact? Has it typically taken the 4 months from the OWP submission date or 4 months from the original PR app date? Just curious if anyone knows anything about that. Thank you!
Okay so based on that time line...fast track SA is 3 months..be interesting if April onwards start receiving theirs.mnimmigrant2016 said:My husband got a letter today stating "you have met the requirements for eligibility as a sponsor. The Application for Permanent Residence (APR) for your relative will be processed separately and he/she will be contacted shortly." I'm assuming that is our sponsorship approval, so yay!!! I updated the spreadsheet. We submitted our application at the end of March and have gotten this now, so that is good news.
I submitted my OWP separately from my application about 6-8 weeks after I sent in our sponsorship and PR app due to some bad advice I had gotten. Anyways, does anyone have experience with the timeline when an OWP has been submitted after the fact? Has it typically taken the 4 months from the OWP submission date or 4 months from the original PR app date? Just curious if anyone knows anything about that. Thank you!
Thank you! I submitted my residence fee up front but have not completed the medical yet.legolg said:
