snuggs

Sorry if this has been asked/answered...

How do you know which office your app has been sent too? I assumed they are sent to Mississauga then next they are sent to the office you stated on the one form? ( i put London )


P.s I am in the same situation as a few other people... On IEC which expires in May.. currently have a good full-time job... which I dont want to leave

If you decide to stay here as a visitor do you have to leave then re-enter.. with the hope the border agent with allow you for a 6 month visitor visa?

Divvym1

It will tell you the processing centre on your spousal approval letter.

Yea I run out in may too I have my fingers crossed for you

Yea you do a border cross and hope you can get a 6 months visitor visa while you wait it out.

SchnookoLoly

+1 for the sponsor approval letter. It will say something like "Your application has been sent to a visa office abroad for processing. The address is below." And then the address will be either Mississauga, Ottawa, or London.

For doing the visitor thing, the other option is that within 30 days of your IEC expiring, you can apply online to have your status changed to visitor on x date. I think there's a small fee, but then you don't have to trek to a border to do it. Tons of people have done it that way, search on here and you'll find quite a few. (Becky567's husband comes to mind!)

Good luck!

Bemsee

That's put me in my place then !!!! Apologies if I offended

Bemsee

Couldn't agree more !

dillisodhi

Hi everyone. This is an excellent forum and I get a nice warm feeling every time I read about someone getting their PR!

Three q's I have;

1)
What is a straight forward case - I'm British and my wife is a Canadian citizen. we have been married 14 years and have lived together in the UK ever since our marriage. We have two kids who are both British and have joint EVERYTHING (wills, accounts, mortgages, facebook page etc) and it can all be proven. I'm a professional, have large savings and am clean - no illness ever (touch wood) and never even had a parking ticket. Does this seem fairly straight forward?

2)
The forms ask that we demonstrate we intend to move to Canada. I'm not sure how to do this as I can't get a job without PR and am not going to rent or buy a place in Toronto without it either. I have shown evidence of me applying for jobs, asking my current employer for a transfer, proof of interviews with banks in Toronto and also estimates from removal firms. Is this enough or is something very specific required?

3)
From this forum and talking to immigration lawyers it seems that people have got their PR within 4 months - is this for real or is it just some very fortunate people? I mean four to five months is pretty wow!

SchnookoLoly

I'd say, and just my layman's opinion, that yours sounds pretty straight forward. When we refer to ones that are not straight-forward, it tends to refer to things like criminal convictions, multiple divorces and remarriages, relationships whose legitimacy *could* be questioned or where the relationship has red flags (large age gaps, meeting only once before getting married, unusually quick marriages, etc, particularly where the non-Canadian is not from a first world country... disclaimer, not saying ALL relationships with these characteristics are questionable or fake, just saying they are the kinds that tend to raise more flags and questions for CIC), and so on.

Yours sounds like a pretty standard boy-meets-girl situation, plus you've been together for so long that chances of it being a fake relationships are pretty slim (either that, or that's some serious dedication!). So I'd say you can classify yours as 'straight-forward'.

Tons of threads on this subject. Here's a thread from about 3 weeks ago. http://britishexpats.com/forum/immig.../#post11520935 Do a search and you'll find tons of posts about this topic.

There is a spreadsheet linked in my signature that shows processing times. Yes, some have been as fast as 4 months. Average is about 7 months. Plan for the worst (roughly a year), hope for the best.

Hope that helps!

dillisodhi

Ignore the London website - I paid mine on-line on Christmas Eve and the payment went through fine. I printed off the receipt and job done. The exchange rate was pretty good too!

SchnookoLoly

Err... what? Not sure which post you're referring to here, it's a good idea to quote the post to which you're responding, particularly in this thread, which tends to move fairly quickly and can easily be 2-3 conversations going on simultaneously.

Divvym1

Schnookololy, stop shouting at the newbie!!

SchnookoLoly

Ack, was I shouting?! I was just saying I was confuzzled by which post he was referring to... and suggested quoting! (He also posted in the thread I linked offering me advice on getting in touch with people in Toronto and Oakville, even though we did HUsband's PR 3 years ago and moved well over a year ago, not to mention I grew up in Oakville, haha, but still happy that people are being friendly! Also a bit novelty to be treated like a newbie myself, hehe!)

Divvym1

Just checked it out! I love you Newbie, Newbie for President

cbrown89

Going to chase up my application for the first stage approval... Is this the correct email address for enquirys? Found it in this forum but it seems to be for cancelling...;

[email protected]

Divvym1

I am not sure about the email but looking at the spreadsheet you're well within reason to drop an email i think.
Also little FYI just in case, the email we got with sponsor approval was sent to my spouses email, i never received one. Maybe check junk e-mail etc just on the off chance.
You cant sign in to check your status at CIC, right?

cbrown89

Hmm interesting I phoned her she said there was nothing but junk only stays in there for a certain time... Hopefully this is the case.

Also you are right, I can't check the status, I have an Application number from the "we have received your app form" but it wont let me sign in.