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Spouse sponsorship Abu Dhabi office

scoobydoo33

Star Member
Jan 23, 2013
108
2
Category........
Visa Office......
ABUDHABI-CONJUGAL PARTNER
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
MAY 29, 2013
Doc's Request.
SEPTEMBER 19, 2013
AOR Received.
JUNE 18, 2013 : SA APPROVED
File Transfer...
JUNE 18, 2013
Med's Request
NOVEMBER 18, 2013
Med's Done....
NOVEMBER 20, 2013
Interview........
SEPTEMBER 19, 2013-PHONE INTERVIEW
Passport Req..
DECEMBER 3, 2013
VISA ISSUED...
DECEMBER 9, 2013
LANDED..........
MAY 31, 2014
aism.abbas said:
Ok Guys I have got my passport back with Visa stamped on 15-06-2014 passport back from courier 17-06-2014.
Will be landing on 16-july-2014
congrats aism.abbas
 

Impresso

Champion Member
Jun 16, 2014
1,010
86
Ontario - Canada
Category........
Other
Visa Office......
Mississauga
anxiouswife said:
Yes 6 months single entry visit visa. I am applying again next week. Make sure your wife provides a letter from her company if she is working as that is pretty strong evidence she will return.
I think thats where the problem is - my wife is not working at the moment so providing that letter will be difficult. Any other thoughts ?
 

Impresso

Champion Member
Jun 16, 2014
1,010
86
Ontario - Canada
Category........
Other
Visa Office......
Mississauga
wo403 said:
My question is, while your Sponsorship application is going through, going to Canada on a visit visa doesn't effect that process?

I was lead to believe that it's a bad idea and that it makes the Sponsorship process longer? I'm now secretly hoping that it's entirely false and can actually visit my wife as our application goes through without added wait.
It does not affect your process. anxiouswife is correct. The only thing they want to see for the visit visa is you provide enough evidence that you will be going back to the country and not staying in Canada permanently. Some of the strong evidence is a letter of employment or full time enrollment as a student.

Keep in mind - at the end it comes down if the Immigration Officer is satisfied with your evidence. All the best .
 

safa.umair

Star Member
Jun 20, 2014
92
1
I am a Canadian citizen ad I applied for my husband who is Pakistani working in Saudi Arabia for the past 5 years. An immigration consultant helped file our application.

My application was received in mississauga : Nov 20 2014
Sponsor approval: January 8 2014 (sent to Abu Dhabi)
Acknowledment letter and additional docs requested: March 16 2014

Heard nothing from them again
Ecas still says "application received " no idea why!

My question is : the current processing times is 15 months on CIC website. Do we count 15 months from the month we sent our application or from the day we received the acknowledgment letter? Please help me out. Much appreciated !
 

Impresso

Champion Member
Jun 16, 2014
1,010
86
Ontario - Canada
Category........
Other
Visa Office......
Mississauga
safa.umair said:
I am a Canadian citizen ad I applied for my husband who is Pakistani working in Saudi Arabia for the past 5 years. An immigration consultant helped file our application.

My application was received in mississauga : Nov 20 2014
Sponsor approval: January 8 2014 (sent to Abu Dhabi)
Acknowledment letter and additional docs requested: March 16 2014

Heard nothing from them again
Ecas still says "application received " no idea why!

My question is : the current processing times is 15 months on CIC website. Do we count 15 months from the month we sent our application or from the day we received the acknowledgment letter? Please help me out. Much appreciated !
There are two parts to processing times

1) Processing for Sponsor - which is about 55 days now
2) Processing for Applicant ( thats your husband ) - which depends on the country of residence, in this case Abu Dhabi is 15 months.

So 15 months is the processing time in Abu Dhabi once the file is transferred over there . Hope that helps.
 

safa.umair

Star Member
Jun 20, 2014
92
1
Thank you for your reply, so I count 15 months starting from march which I received the acknowledment or when my file was transferred to Abu Dhabi (Jan 8 2014) ? Is medical received a good sign and I got my acknowledgment from Abu Dhabi but ecas still says application rceived . anyone know why ecas is slow with updates?
 

anxiouswife

Star Member
Apr 27, 2014
80
0
Category........
Visa Office......
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
02-Oct-2013
Doc's Request.
28-Jan-2014
AOR Received.
29-Oct-13
File Transfer...
29-Oct-13
safa.umair said:
Thank you for your reply, so I count 15 months starting from march which I received the acknowledment or when my file was transferred to Abu Dhabi (Jan 8 2014) ? Is medical received a good sign and I got my acknowledgment from Abu Dhabi but ecas still says application rceived . anyone know why ecas is slow with updates?
It should be 15 months from when they receive your application which is when they send you an acknowledgment of receipt of your application by email. It is normal for e-cas to remain as 'application received' until they are ready to process your visa. Mine was application received from Jan 2014 till April 2014. On April 21, it changed to 'Application is in process'. But hasnt changed since then :(
 

anxiouswife

Star Member
Apr 27, 2014
80
0
Category........
Visa Office......
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
02-Oct-2013
Doc's Request.
28-Jan-2014
AOR Received.
29-Oct-13
File Transfer...
29-Oct-13
safa.umair said:
Thank you for your reply, so I count 15 months starting from march which I received the acknowledment or when my file was transferred to Abu Dhabi (Jan 8 2014) ? Is medical received a good sign and I got my acknowledgment from Abu Dhabi but ecas still says application rceived . anyone know why ecas is slow with updates?
I am assuming my application was transferred to Abu Dhabi in November because the sponsorship approval came through on 29th October, but still I only received acknowledgment from the Abu Dhabi on 28th Jan 2014. So that is normal too, to receive your acknowledgement a few couple of months later
 

marioaziz86

Star Member
Jun 21, 2014
56
0
riyadh-KSA
Category........
Visa Office......
abu dhabi
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
20-11-2013
AOR Received.
16-03-2014
Med's Request
18-09-2014
Med's Done....
20-09-2014
Passport Req..
21-11-2014
hi everyone,
my application status.
1.We received your application for permanent residence on November 20, 2013.
2.Medical results have been received.
what will be the next step and how long normally it takes ???
thanks.
 

anxiouswife

Star Member
Apr 27, 2014
80
0
Category........
Visa Office......
Abu Dhabi, UAE
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
02-Oct-2013
Doc's Request.
28-Jan-2014
AOR Received.
29-Oct-13
File Transfer...
29-Oct-13
marioaziz86 said:
hi everyone,
my application status.
1.We received your application for permanent residence on November 20, 2013.
2.Medical results have been received.
what will be the next step and how long normally it takes ???
thanks.
Normally the next step is request for additional documents if they need any. If not, then you need to wait patiently for them to process your visa and request your passport. You may find that your status changes to 'In Process' in between now and request for passport but for some people the status update does not happen. Straight away they get passport request.

Mine changed to 'In Process' On April 21st 2014 and I am waiting to hear from them.
Hope this information helps
 

marioaziz86

Star Member
Jun 21, 2014
56
0
riyadh-KSA
Category........
Visa Office......
abu dhabi
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
20-11-2013
AOR Received.
16-03-2014
Med's Request
18-09-2014
Med's Done....
20-09-2014
Passport Req..
21-11-2014
anxiouswife said:
Normally the next step is request for additional documents if they need any. If not, then you need to wait patiently for them to process your visa and request your passport. You may find that your status changes to 'In Process' in between now and request for passport but for some people the status update does not happen. Straight away they get passport request.

Mine changed to 'In Process' On April 21st 2014 and I am waiting to hear from them.
Hope this information helps
thanks for your reply and sorry i forget to mention that they sent me request for additional documents and i already sent them on 20/04/2014 and delivered on 22/04/14
 

ASBA

Star Member
Jun 4, 2014
95
1
marioaziz86 said:
thanks for your reply and sorry i forget to mention that they sent me request for additional documents and i already sent them on 20/04/2014 and delivered on 22/04/14
Hey, we too sent the additional documents around that time in april. do keep me updated as to when your status changes to "in process" we are still waiting too :(
 

ZZW

Star Member
May 16, 2014
160
0
Category........
Visa Office......
Abu Dhabi
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
01-04-2014
Doc's Request.
05-08-2014
AOR Received.
16-05-2014 , SA Recieved: 3-06-2014, , AOR2 Recieved 05-08-2014
File Transfer...
3-06-2014
Med's Done....
23-02-2014
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
09-11-2014
VISA ISSUED...
24-11-2014
marioaziz86 said:
thanks for your reply and sorry i forget to mention that they sent me request for additional documents and i already sent them on 20/04/2014 and delivered on 22/04/14
What kind of additional documents they asked for?
 

ZZW

Star Member
May 16, 2014
160
0
Category........
Visa Office......
Abu Dhabi
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
01-04-2014
Doc's Request.
05-08-2014
AOR Received.
16-05-2014 , SA Recieved: 3-06-2014, , AOR2 Recieved 05-08-2014
File Transfer...
3-06-2014
Med's Done....
23-02-2014
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
09-11-2014
VISA ISSUED...
24-11-2014
ASBA said:
Hey, we too sent the additional documents around that time in april. do keep me updated as to when your status changes to "in process" we are still waiting too :(
What kind of additional documents they asked for?