jerry brewer

Hi All,
Just an update,
A brown letter arrived today, requesting the passport ....
Aggghhhh :scared:
we are going ....
Cheers
Jerry

P.S.
for those waiting...

AOR 10-04-06
PPR 05-05-06, ( letter received 10-05-06 )

Mr Lee

Excellent news Jerry!

You're just a week behind me!

Won't be long now pal.

Island_Girl

Hubby landed at Vancouver Airport on Saturday evening his flight came in at 7:35 pm and he was through customs and immigration and out the door of the airport by 8:10 pm.

Island Girl

jerry brewer

hi
glad your re united, and all went well
Cheers
Jerry

jerry brewer

Hi
Thanks, we were using your dates as a guideline ... seems they are on schedule at london, and we just heard from the london embassy the kids canadian passports can be done, ( once we pay ).
It's all finally slotting together.
Cheers
Jerry

sally h

Thankgoodness for that...I was running out of breath....Decision made today,
11/5/06....That works out at 38 days from application arriving at Mississauga to the decision on E-cas. Now I can start holding my breath for the decision to arrive through my letter box!
Sally

Mr Lee

Well, the postman's just been and delivered a recorded delivery envelope from CHC London containing my passport with a nice new shiny Canadian visa inside, complete with the word "Immigrant"!

YYYYEEEEEEESSSSSSSSS!!!

So, those who aren't far behind me on their time-lines, don't leave the house until after the postman's been for the next week or so!

Now there's just baby's citizenship and passports (GB and Canadian) to get sorted, removal quotes to finalise, shipping companies to choose, house sale to complete, farewells to be said, removals to be made and a final trip to the airport.

Canada, here I come!

PROLLINSON

Congrats

jimbunting

[QUOTE=cov-canuck]The number for CIC Mississauga is:
001 613 944 4000

I'll warn you though...it's not user-friendly! I've called 3 times, and each time spent upwards of 5 minutes just trying to negotiate around the automated system to speak to a real, live person. I'll also give you a little tip...of the three times I called, the first time I admitted I was calling from outside Canada and got a very mild ticking off. The second time, again, I admitted I was calling from outside of Canada and the woman almost put the phone down on me. The third time I wasn't asked, but I'd prepared an answer of "I applied from outside of Canada, but I'm actually in Canada on vacation at the moment and thought I'd check on it..."...just be prepared for a bit of hassle if you're honest with them! Technically "outside" applications shouldn't be able to phone them, I found the above number after a LONG internet search!


And the fact that the MISSISSAUGA office is NOT in the 613 telephone area code just might also be the reason why they are "ticked off with you".

I say again. Mississauga Ontario is in the 905 area code , while 613 is in OTTAWA, the capital city of Canada, 250 miles away.

And for all those that are complaining about the processing times, get a grip on reality, Canada has about 5 MILLION applicants , from all over the world to deal with. You are not the only ones that want to come to my country. Patience is needed, so while you are waiting, are you learning all about Canada?

Do you know enough NOT to bring any electrical appliances as they won't work here, with a different voltage system? How about winter clothing? Or getting used to the HOT summers? All important stuff to find out about.

Jim Bunting. Toronto.

VCox

Great news Jerry, seems to have happened really quickly once you got over that initial setback. When/where are you landing? I landed at Vancouver two weeks ago, v straightforward and took just under an hour (45 mins of that was spent in the queue).

V

VCox

Congrats Island, I bet you had a great time celebrating !

V

kellydrew

Congrats Island

I supose this thread will be coming to an end pretty soon. All those who were posting regularly seem to have reached the end of the road so to speak.
Well done everyone.

Drew

PS You think Jim was a little bit ticked off with us Brits? His Country eh?

jimbunting

As someone who was born in Canada ,and whose ancestors came here in 1801 ( yes over 200 years ago ) I can refer to Canada as MY country, for sure. I don't mean that I own it, just that I AM A CANADIAN. As a matter of fact I spent 30 years wearing Canada on my uniform, as a Canadian soldier.

I'm not ticked off. I was simply pointing out a obvious fact. The phone number that was posted in the 613 area code, is in OTTAWA, not Mississauga, which is the city to the west of Toronto, where I live.

Can you accept that someone like myself, who is very supportive of ALL Immigration, just might want to HELP explain things a bit ? You can stop rolling your eyes now.

Jim Bunting. Toronto.

Butch Cassidy

Now let me get this straight you are claiming 200+ years of Canadian Ancestory?

kellydrew

I'm sorry Jim if I offended but but I have to say, in my opinion, your tone was a little condescending and slightly patronising. I and I'm sure most people on this thread appreciate your advice.
I think if we in this country used the term "my country" with regard to an immigration topic then we could be on dodgy ground. Rightly or wrongly that's how ot is now over here.

Anyway apologies if I offended you!!