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verna

Star Member
Dec 1, 2014
52
1
123
bosnia
Category........
Visa Office......
vienna
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
07-03-2014
Doc's Request.
30-05-2014
AOR Received.
01-05-2014
File Transfer...
02-05-2014
Med's Done....
05-01- 2014 re do 26/02/2015
Interview........
17-02-2015
Passport Req..
april-14-2015
VISA ISSUED...
april-20-2015
LANDED..........
may-09-2015
madmedic_1 said:
Hey guys just want to give a quick update on our ECAS. Checked today without any expectations and low and behold we have Decision Made! Vienna must have really stepped it up a notch. Almost complete....can't wait!! :D Hope everyone else receives some good news soon also.
congratuations welcome to canada
 

soucyyyy

Member
Dec 1, 2014
18
0
Category........
Visa Office......
Vienna
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Sep 2013
File Transfer...
Oct 2013
Med's Done....
Sept 2013
VISA ISSUED...
Oct 2014
LANDED..........
Dec 2014
madmedic_1 said:
Hey guys just want to give a quick update on our ECAS. Checked today without any expectations and low and behold we have Decision Made! Vienna must have really stepped it up a notch. Almost complete....can't wait!! :D Hope everyone else receives some good news soon also.
Congratulations! We received my COPR about a week after eCAS changed to 'Decision Made'. You are almost there!
 

zedtoronto

Star Member
Sep 20, 2014
55
2
Category........
Visa Office......
Vienna
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
b4roness said:
Well guys,
I'm sorry to be a bearer of bad news, but we failed.
The officer didn't even bother to look at any of the evidence. Didn't even open the new evidence. It was sitting on his right hand side in that little booth the entire time. Untouched.
Why did he fail us? He blatantly stated that my husband doesn't care enough about me/love me enough, because he didn't RISK coming to visit me without his P.R. card......
then stated that my husband's bosses SURELY won't mind if he was stuck in Europe for a few extra weeks, or however long it would take for Vienna to process a Travel Document for my husband....
are...you...effin...kidding...me......
Funny, how it's CIC's fault that they misinformed him, twice, about that Travel Document, stating that he might get stuck outside Canada, but the visa officer today stated how it's clear as day on the CIC website that people can indeed travel without their PR.
I'm shocked, disgusted, confused, angry, you name it.
We're not gonna take the easy way out and reapply. No. We're taking the VO to court. They can eff off.
Also, the VO checked my hubbys PR application today, and guess what? IT'S STILL MISSING.
I am so tired of being pushed around by bureaucratic jerks.
(fyi, the VO was trying to twist my answer around at one point, which pissed me off. I kindly told him that he misinterpreted what I said and logic/law CANNOT do such a thing, but he was persistent with his misinterpretation. Like a damn broken record.)
I am really sorry to hear this, I thought you had a good case. So if we don't visit our better half's, are cases are nul and void. It seems the VO is becoming more like the IRB the officers are all Conservative appointees. I suspect they don't want failed refugees to ever return, no matter the circumstances and deliberately fail them. I have heard appeals, usually win but can be expensive..

Please keep us up-to-date on your appeal. and Don't let anger control you.
 

madmedic_1

Full Member
Sep 5, 2014
41
1
Category........
Visa Office......
Vienna
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
30-07-2014
Doc's Request.
15-12-2014
File Transfer...
07-10-2014
Med's Request
Upfront
Med's Done....
26-05-2014
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
Passport Exempt
VISA ISSUED...
21-01-2015
LANDED..........
12-02-2015
soucyyyy said:
Congratulations! We received my COPR about a week after eCAS changed to 'Decision Made'. You are almost there!
Thanks soucyyy, my wife is with me in Canada at this time visiting until May. We sent them a letter stating this is where she is...but ECAS shows her German parents address. I hope they click in that they should send her COPR here to Canada, but even if it arrives in Germany her parents can forward it to us. Either way we are stoked that the process is almost over for us. Huge thanks to this forum and it's members for all the answers to the questions we had and especially to give us the feeling that we are not alone in the whole Immigration process. :)
 

little_apple

Hero Member
Jun 11, 2013
824
11
123
Calgary
Category........
Visa Office......
Vienna/Austria
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
April 20, 2013
Doc's Request.
June 4, 2013 & February 18, 2014
AOR Received.
May 5, 2013
File Transfer...
May 27, 2013
Med's Done....
April 4, 2013
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
exempt
VISA ISSUED...
April 17, 2014
LANDED..........
in Calgary since March 29, 2012. Landed as PR May 3, 2014
madmedic_1 said:
Thanks soucyyy, my wife is with me in Canada at this time visiting until May. We sent them a letter stating this is where she is...but ECAS shows her German parents address. I hope they click in that they should send her COPR here to Canada, but even if it arrives in Germany her parents can forward it to us. Either way we are stoked that the process is almost over for us. Huge thanks to this forum and it's members for all the answers to the questions we had and especially to give us the feeling that we are not alone in the whole Immigration process. :)
Congrats :)
My ECAS showed the correct address, my additional documents showed my correct address. But they sent my COPR to the address of my initial application where I moved away 10 months earlier...
 

b4roness

Hero Member
Jun 12, 2013
208
6
Category........
Visa Office......
Vienna
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
16-01-2014
Doc's Request.
New Police Cert. 11-02-2014
AOR Received.
Sponsor Approval 19-02-2014
Med's Done....
Nov-2013
Interview........
January 22, 2015 - Vienna - FAILED - Appealing.
Passport Req..
Exempt
LANDED..........
In God's time.
zedtoronto said:
I am really sorry to hear this, I thought you had a good case. So if we don't visit our better half's, are cases are nul and void. It seems the VO is becoming more like the IRB the officers are all Conservative appointees. I suspect they don't want failed refugees to ever return, no matter the circumstances and deliberately fail them. I have heard appeals, usually win but can be expensive..

Please keep us up-to-date on your appeal. and Don't let anger control you
Yes, his demeanor was extremely conservative. I should know, I volunteered for the conservative party for a while, lol. The officer knew this, too.
There have been other failed refugee cases who have won. I feel that rhe officer was more for punishing my husband than me. Only in the end, to add salt to the wound, he mentioned my refugee case for a very brief moment.
 

soucyyyy

Member
Dec 1, 2014
18
0
Category........
Visa Office......
Vienna
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Sep 2013
File Transfer...
Oct 2013
Med's Done....
Sept 2013
VISA ISSUED...
Oct 2014
LANDED..........
Dec 2014
madmedic_1 said:
Thanks soucyyy, my wife is with me in Canada at this time visiting until May. We sent them a letter stating this is where she is...but ECAS shows her German parents address. I hope they click in that they should send her COPR here to Canada, but even if it arrives in Germany her parents can forward it to us. Either way we are stoked that the process is almost over for us. Huge thanks to this forum and it's members for all the answers to the questions we had and especially to give us the feeling that we are not alone in the whole Immigration process. :)
Your wife should send a short signed note (Vollmacht) to her parents stating that she allows them to pick up her mail from the Canadian Embassy in Vienna. Either scan the note or take a picture and send it as an email. Her parents can print it in order to show to the post. Otherwise Deutsche Post will not be allowed to hand over the envelope to your wife's parents since Vienna sends the envelope as a registered mail (Einschreiben).
 

madmedic_1

Full Member
Sep 5, 2014
41
1
Category........
Visa Office......
Vienna
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
30-07-2014
Doc's Request.
15-12-2014
File Transfer...
07-10-2014
Med's Request
Upfront
Med's Done....
26-05-2014
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
Passport Exempt
VISA ISSUED...
21-01-2015
LANDED..........
12-02-2015
soucyyyy said:
Your wife should send a short signed note (Vollmacht) to her parents stating that she allows them to pick up her mail from the Canadian Embassy in Vienna. Either scan the note or take a picture and send it as an email. Her parents can print it in order to show to the post. Otherwise Deutsche Post will not be allowed to hand over the envelope to your wife's parents since Vienna sends the envelope as a registered mail (Einschreiben).
Yikes...good call soucyyy! Thanks for the heads up...never knew that the post would be registered mail. We'll try what you say and hope for the best! Danke! :)
 

madmedic_1

Full Member
Sep 5, 2014
41
1
Category........
Visa Office......
Vienna
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
30-07-2014
Doc's Request.
15-12-2014
File Transfer...
07-10-2014
Med's Request
Upfront
Med's Done....
26-05-2014
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
Passport Exempt
VISA ISSUED...
21-01-2015
LANDED..........
12-02-2015
My wife received her COPR at her parents address in Germany this morning. No signature needed, just regular mail. I guess it depends on the circumstances whether they send registered or regular mail. We should have it here in Canada some time next week. :)
 

EmiliD.

Star Member
Sep 26, 2014
98
2
Category........
Visa Office......
Vienna
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
18-08-2014
Doc's Request.
17-09-2014
AOR Received.
12-11-2014 ( SA )
File Transfer...
03-12-2014 ( asked Vienna via e-mail )
Med's Request
Upfront
Med's Done....
04-08-2014
Passport Req..
24-02-2015
VISA ISSUED...
03-03-2015
LANDED..........
14-03-2015
madmedic_1 said:
My wife received her COPR at her parents address in Germany this morning. No signature needed, just regular mail. I guess it depends on the circumstances whether they send registered or regular mail. We should have it here in Canada some time next week. :)
Congrats :D Our app is 3 weeks behind yours so I hope we will also get some good news soon :)
 

madmedic_1

Full Member
Sep 5, 2014
41
1
Category........
Visa Office......
Vienna
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
30-07-2014
Doc's Request.
15-12-2014
File Transfer...
07-10-2014
Med's Request
Upfront
Med's Done....
26-05-2014
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
Passport Exempt
VISA ISSUED...
21-01-2015
LANDED..........
12-02-2015
EmiliD. said:
Congrats :D Our app is 3 weeks behind yours so I hope we will also get some good news soon :)
Thanks...hope you don't have to wait much longer. :)
 

soucyyyy

Member
Dec 1, 2014
18
0
Category........
Visa Office......
Vienna
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Sep 2013
File Transfer...
Oct 2013
Med's Done....
Sept 2013
VISA ISSUED...
Oct 2014
LANDED..........
Dec 2014
madmedic_1 said:
My wife received her COPR at her parents address in Germany this morning. No signature needed, just regular mail. I guess it depends on the circumstances whether they send registered or regular mail. We should have it here in Canada some time next week. :)
Congratulations!
 

jagoda83

Full Member
Sep 16, 2014
37
1
Category........
Visa Office......
Vienna
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
06-05-2014
Doc's Request.
29-09-2014
AOR Received.
09-07-2014
File Transfer...
09-07-2014
Med's Done....
02-04-2014
Interview........
05-02-2015
Does anyone know how long is the wait for passport request after the interview? My hubby's interview is on the 5th of Feb. Is there a chance for visa to be issued that day or am I dreaming?
 

verna

Star Member
Dec 1, 2014
52
1
123
bosnia
Category........
Visa Office......
vienna
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
07-03-2014
Doc's Request.
30-05-2014
AOR Received.
01-05-2014
File Transfer...
02-05-2014
Med's Done....
05-01- 2014 re do 26/02/2015
Interview........
17-02-2015
Passport Req..
april-14-2015
VISA ISSUED...
april-20-2015
LANDED..........
may-09-2015
i think that they do issue visa or copr same day as intrview
 

alekgalorini

Hero Member
Apr 2, 2014
231
1
Category........
Visa Office......
Vienna
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
17-6-2013
Med's Done....
10-06-2013
Hi, my husband rec'd passport request 2 weeks after interview, but also had re-do medical and police clearance. They don't issued copr same day as they make decision that day. And chances are the ask for re-do's and the visa section is only open from 8:30-10:30 Monday through Thursday