Pa-advise naman po kung bakit may delay sa application ko. Eto po yung timeline ng application ko:
December 2011 - Unang pinasa ni misis yung papers
March 2012 - RPRF and Landing Fee (90% ng fee yung nabayaran ni misis. Di ko alam kung bakit nagkulang sya.)
June or July 2012 - binalik yung papers kasi daw wala yung Medical. Eh pano ako magpapameds eh di naman ako nakatanggap ng email from CEM? Duh...
August 28, 2012 - Medical
September 2012 - Binayaran ni misis yung remaining 10% ng fees for RPRF and Landing Fee
October 2012 - Pinasa ulit ni misis application papers kasama pati yung Medical Result (Ouch malas nakalimutan ko yung date, ask ko wife mamaya)
April 13, 2013 - Nag-Email ang Visa Section ng CEM requesting Passport, NSO papers (Birth, Marriage at AOM), and photocopy of RPRF
April 15, 2013 - Pinasa ko yung Passport, NSO papers at RPRF receipt
May 6, 2013 - Tumawag ang isang Female Representative ng Visa Section ng CEM, ang sabi mag pasa ng update of personal history (Take note sa part na to dahil ang sakop ng update ko is from May of 2010 to May of 2013) at magkahiwalay na receipt ng RPRF at Landing Fee kasi daw di nila alam kung RPRF nga ba yung binayaran ng misis ko o something else. Tinawagan ko misis ko and sinabi ko yung hinihingi ng embassy, sabi nya kakausapin nya yung MP para tulungan kami. Sabi ng MP nag Email sya sa CPC-M regarding the issue. Ang CPC-M naman nag email sa CEM para i-confirm na paid na yung fees.
May 7, 2013 - Pinasa ko yung update sa personal history
June 6, 2013 - Nag Email ang CEM about Canadian Orientation Abroad. Take note, hindi nila binalik sakin yung Passport with Visa (di pa ko aware sa ganitong case until nakita ko itong forum at nabasa ko tong mga pinoy threads lately). Nung panahon na to, nainis ako kasi wala man lang information na binigay kung pano ako a-attend ng walang passport, until eto nga nakita ko tong forum at nalaman kong kapag nagpa-schedule ako ng date para sa seminar, dun ko makikita yung requirements pag wala pa yung passport (Tanga ko pala, Grrrrrr). And so...
July 31, 2013 - Schedule ng COA whole day.
Bago ko makalimutan, kaninang umaga pala tumawag si misis, nag Email yung MP at may kasama nanaman na form para mag update ULIT ng personal history from May 2011 to Present!!! Anak ng Kulani nga naman oh!!! Sa point na to, naisipan kong mag-email dun sa MP (Tanga mode ulit, ngayon ko lang nabasa na bawal palang makipag communicate directly sa MP, pero for the sake of telling the story...). Eto sinabi ko sa MP:
Dear Hon. _____________,
I hope you can forgive me for not even greeting you in this letter for I am greatly distressed by this news that I have to send yet another update on my personal history which, if my wife Charish has failed to notify you, I have already accomplished last 7th of May, 2013. The coverage of that update is from 2010 of May to 2013 of May. On the 6th of June 2013, the embassy notified me ( Please see attachment for details) to attend the Pre-Departure Orientation Seminar though I have not received my passport/visa.
If I remembered correctly, the application process at that point is for the embassy to return my passport/visa to my possession prior to attending any seminar. I find this very disturbing because the way I see it, someone within the embassy here in the Philippines just broke that process causing us much inconvenience and delay. With that in mind, I surfed the net for similar stories and cases like mine and what they did to resolve the issue and from there I found the answer. The only thing left to do from my end is (See attachment for details) to secure a schedule for the seminar and present the necessary requirements. Once I have attended the seminar, the embassy would return my passport/visa and then finally, attend a similar seminar required by the Commission on Filipinos Overseas.
Now, if this is not the way to get this issue resolved, please don't hesitate to point me in the right direction. But as for sending another update, I'm not going to do that if it'll add another long processing time (45 days right?) on top of the time that has already elapsed since I updated my personal history which may cause my visa to expire and ultimately send me back to square one of the application process.
Sincerely,
______________
Naalala ko tuloy yung kantang Saan Ako Nagkamali hehehe. Thanks in advance sa mga magbibigay ng kasagutan at opinion. God Bless din po sa inyo
