kellydrew

Hi

Yes it was definitely filed on 7th Nov last year. They said that because of the holiday period it may take a little longer, but we are up to 70 days on Monday. Our lawyers assure me that they will contact them asap to find out what's going on. We are confident that our lawyers (Abrams&Krochak) submitted a sound application.We actually checked it out before they filed it for us. They say that they will not submit an application without it being a cast iron certainty that it will be accepted. We have paid all government fees etc, so as we want to move to Barrie in the Autumn of this year, we are beginning to worry a little.
Thanks for your reply.
Drew

jerry brewer

Hi,
My canadian wife is sponsoring me, we timed it hopefully for a mid/late 06 move to Vancouver, doing the paperwork ourselves.
We sent our paperwork mid / late Nov 05, so far we have heard nothing from CIC.
However about a week ago I understood how to use the CIC on-line services, and by using the receipt number, I have found out the paperwork has arrived and is being processed.
We are expecting delays as we applied near the christmas/new year.
Maybe your lawyers can check using their receipt ?
Cheers
jerry

britishvixen21

Looks like CPC-M really are taking there time in the new year!!! Hope you guys all hear something soon its a horrible wait because 42 days seems such a short period of time but when your waiting it feels like a bloody year every day!

but then again it doesnt get much easier once london start cos then you have no idea when its comming LOL

kellydrew

Jerry, Hi.

It's kind of reassuring as it sounds like you're in the same boat as ourselves. I suupose all good things come to those who wait.
Thanks for your reply, and if anyone at CPC is reading this.............Pull your bloody fingers out!!!!!
All the best
Drew

PS Go Leafs!!!

britishvixen21

ROFL id laugh if they did watch these sites and were reading it LOL

It seems now the new year has rung in and the wine and choccys arent being passed around they are all sitting on there backsides taking there good ass time.

Il add that if anyone reads this from the London CIC hurry the bloody hell up i want to go home for a visit and start my life goddammmiittt!!!

MrGreen

As I said at the very start of this thread, our application was recieved in Mississauga on October 28th and it started being processsed properly on Nov 28th and we've heard nothing other than it has 'in process' status on the website, which is something at least! We've not recieved anything at all in the post yet telling us how it's going. We're just being optimistic and putting it down to xmas/new year delaying things a bit. It would be nice to able to contact them and find out if everything's OK. At least we're all in the same boat!

nickybum

hey, i just want to remind everyone that we have all had to go through the pain and hell of waiting our turn, and yeah it's poo, but we really are the lucky ones those poor bastards that are going through the skilled worker route now they really do have the wait like 3-4 or more years not mths years

kellydrew

Yeh, I suppose we are the "lucky ones". I suppose we're stll on target for moving over late summer.
Good luck everyone.

jerry brewer

Hi
Yep true, those married to a canadian are lucky in more ways than one...
Good luck to all ........
Cheers
Jerry

JAJ

Has your Calgarian wife also got British citizenship? If not, it might be a good idea for her to apply for naturalisation (if she's eligible) before leaving the UK.




Jeremy

MrGreen

[QUOTE=JAJ]Has your Calgarian wife also got British citizenship? If not, it might be a good idea for her to apply for naturalisation (if she's eligible) before leaving the UK.

She has a UK passport as well as her canadian one - born in Canada with Brit parents. Not heard of 'naturalisation' before.

kellydrew

[QUOTE=greenbwoy] Thats the exact situation of my wife. Born in Scarborough, Ontario to British parents. She has a British as well as a Canadian passport.
Naturalisation???

woodmanbg

On your advice Jeremy I am in process of applying for naturalisation. Took my life in the UK test which was a bit daunting but fortunately passed - anyone thinking of taking the test get the book and read it, some of the applicants in my group did not and failed!

Posted my application off to Liverpool and 2 days before due to leave for Canada for christmas got a letter from them requesting proof of travel between November 2002 and November 2005, i.e. my passport would do nicely thank you, and by the way your deadline is 10th January - I was not due to return to UK until late on the 8th january! Rang both numbers on their correspondence and both were unobtainable!so I ended up sending them a letter saying I was away over the Christmas period and could I have an extension of time. No reply when I got back to UK and eventually after much trying on the telephone got through and they more or less said oh well if your application is not in by the 10th there is a note on the file and oh yeah someone might just take that into consideration, but no guarantee! After much rushing around driving kid back to Uni on the Monday morning managed to get all the paperwork together and sent special delivery for guaranteed arrival on the 10th so I now await the outcome. My passport was from January 2003 (my husband had thrown out the previous one) so couldn't provide any travel details for the November 2002 - January 2003 time, but I did manage to find two old passports (80's and 90's) with the magic words 'given leave to enter for an indefinite period of time' in them. I also sent bank statements covering that period to sort of prove my bank account was active in the UK during that time. Do you think there may be any problem with my application because of this?

They are now quoting a waiting time of 6 months, so if anyone needs to get naturalised before they go start the application now!

jerry brewer

[QUOTE=kellydrew]
Hi
similar situation
My wife was born Vancouver to british parents, she a both Canadian & UK passports.
I know nothing of naturalisation ? worrying if she needs it :scared:
cheers
Jerry

Mr Lee

How long have you lot waited for your AOR?

I sent our application off to Mississauga at the beginning of December and we've not had anything back yet.

We're about to put our house on the market as well... :scared: