Originally Posted by kellydrew

Congratulations to both Mystic kazaa and Mr. Lee
Trouble is now you have to go through the whole thing again at London
Have you paid your permanent residency fees up front coz that should help to speed it up for you- apparently!!!
Keep smiling and hey you never know tomorrow could bring good news.

Good luck

Kelly

Originally Posted by britishvixen21

Congratulations to you both! its been too long a wait, the good news is that London are a lot faster.

Its great that you plan to spend the summer doing touristy things, I cant wait to go back to blighty in May and see all the things I should have done while I lived there and never did, Mr Vixen demanded we go to Tower of London something I walked past every day for 5 years while working in the city but never stepped into.

Congrats again to you both lots and lots of tonight!!

Originally Posted by kellydrew

Hey Vix

Is it you or your old man who's Canadian?

Drew

PS Leafs have blown it I think!!! :scared:

Originally Posted by VCox

Drew

Don't panic! My understanding (and someone please correct me if I'm wrong)is that if they're still processing it then they'll ask you for a new medical if it expires before they issue the visa.

What I was clarifying was that if they issue the visa and you don't land before the medical expires, then you can't just go and get another medical/police checks done to rectify the situation. In short, visas can't be extended.

For some reason that didn't dawn on me until recently. So in your case if you get your visa in April, you need to get across there quick and land before your medical expires in May.

Sorry if I caused you to panic. Hope things speed up for you and that you hear something soon. Can't be much longer now...

V

Originally Posted by kellydrew

V and anyone else who can advise.

If I were to receive my visa before my medical expires in May, would I have to land in Canada. If I didn't would I have to start again from scratch. Is that correct? If I did land, could I then return while we sold the house etc? Bloody hell the speed they've done Covs and Vixens it wouldn't surprise me if I didn't have mine for May :scared:

Cheers

Drew

Originally Posted by kellydrew

V and anyone else who can advise.

If I were to receive my visa before my medical expires in May, would I have to land in Canada. If I didn't would I have to start again from scratch. Is that correct? If I did land, could I then return while we sold the house etc? Bloody hell the speed they've done Covs and Vixens it wouldn't surprise me if I didn't have mine for May :scared:

Cheers

Drew

Originally Posted by VCox

Hi Drew, as Vix said you do have to land before the medical expires but you can come back to sort out your affairs. I'm hoping to land and come back here to have baby, sell house etc.

I hope they don't ask you to re-do medical though if it gets a bit close - would be interesting to know what the official "rules" are on that one.

Hopefully if everything goes smoothly from now on then you should have the visa before May. Just be ready to jet off to Canada at short notice!

V

Originally Posted by britishvixen21

Hey V I keep meaning to ask you, will the baby automatically become a citizen or will you have to sponsor the baby?

Originally Posted by VCox

Will automatically be a citizen cos the father's Canadian. I need to apply for a Citizenship Certificate in due course but for now if I don't land before he's born all I need to do is tell CIC and send copy of birth certificate. Apparently it doesn't change anything re my visa, so not sure why I have to tell them ?

V

Originally Posted by kellydrew

Vix and V. Ta for the replies. It's as I thought.
Anyway V we applied for Kell's kid's Canadian Citizen Certificates and they took about 6 months to receive them.
Off out now to celebrate as I'm officially a member of the old gits club today. That's 40 :scared: in case you were wondering.

Thanks again

Drew

Originally Posted by Mr Lee

We've got a similar dilemma. Our little boy is now just over a month old so the application for his Canadian citizenship is sat waiting to be posted. We have to sort out photos though. Anybody any ideas on how to get a 1 month old to sit still, look straight at the camera and keep their eyes open and mouth shut in a passport photo booth in Sainsbury's?

Originally Posted by Mr Lee

We've got a similar dilemma. Our little boy is now just over a month old so the application for his Canadian citizenship is sat waiting to be posted. We have to sort out photos though. Anybody any ideas on how to get a 1 month old to sit still, look straight at the camera and keep their eyes open and mouth shut in a passport photo booth in Sainsbury's?

Originally Posted by kellydrew

Vix and V. Ta for the replies. It's as I thought.
Anyway V we applied for Kell's kid's Canadian Citizen Certificates and they took about 6 months to receive them.
Off out now to celebrate as I'm officially a member of the old gits club today. That's 40 :scared: in case you were wondering.

Thanks again

Drew

Originally Posted by VCox

Happy Birthday Drew! Hope you don't have too much of a hangover in the morning

When did you apply for the citizenship certs? Somebody told me about 6 months ago that they're taking 18 months to process - anybody know if that's accurate?

V