Here's the timeline for applying my wife for PR.

Application submitted: Oct 2001
Application commerced processing: Nov 22, 2001
Medical Exam: Dec, 2001
Received letter that allows her to apply for MSP and Employment Authorization: Feb, 2002
Received EA: April, 2002
Enrolled in BC MSP (under my account): June 01, 2002

No feedback since then.

Its been 9 months since november, what could be the reason for the delay? I checked the eclient but it doesn't say much. Please advise.

Just called the CIC hotline and found out that CIC is *still* waiting for the security background check.

My wife was a highschool teacher in Hong Kong, and she lived there since she was born. She did not commit any crime and and she has no criminal record.

Is there anything we can do now?

There is no delay at all - inland cases are processed lately longer than the cases
submitted abroad as the priority to re-unite spouses doesn't exist. Depending from
your country of nationality and countries you resided in before process may take
quite a while.

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"saotome" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
    > Here's the timeline for applying my wife for PR.
    > Application submitted: Oct 2001 Application commerced processing: Nov 22, 2001
    > Medical Exam: Dec, 2001 Received letter that allows her to apply for MSP and
    > Employment Authorization: Feb, 2002 Received EA: April, 2002 Enrolled in BC MSP
    > (under my account): June 01, 2002
    > No feedback since then.
    > Its been 9 months since november, what could be the reason for the delay? I checked
    > the eclient but it doesn't say much. Please advise.
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    > Posted via http://britishexpats.com

Thank you very much for your reply.

We are so anxious because a few of her friends, who applied from within Canada for PR in roughly around the same time (August / September), have received their PR status in between late January to late March.

Does CIC request background check only on a number of selected applicants or on all of them?

Criminal record can only show anything when person has been arrested, charged and
convicted but nothing if such person hasn't been caught doing something what may be
considered as posing threat to security of Canada and Canadians. Police certificates
only verify if you have a criminal record at the time of issue. It has nothing to do
with background/security check and it does not substitute for one.

Background/security check is conducted by Canadian security agencies, independently
from the immigration authorities, with and/or without a cooperation of proper
agencies and authorities in all countries you have resided for 6 months or more. This
tasks is to find out if you are or were at any time involved in any criminal
activity, organized crime, espionage, terrorism, war crimes, crimes against humanity
or any other activity that may pose a threat to the security of Canada and Canadians
and if you are or were a part of or working for any government or organization
involved in war crimes, human rights abuse and crimes against humanity. Depending on
the nationality, background and countries person have resided in this process may
take from few months to well over a year to conclude.

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Andrew Miller Immigration Consultant Vancouver, British Columbia email:
[email protected] (delete REMOVE from the above address before
sending email)
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"saotome" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
    > Just called the CIC hotline and found out that CIC is *still* waiting for the
    > security background check.
    > My wife was a highschool teacher in Hong Kong, and she lived there since she was
    > born. She did not commit any crime and and she has no criminal record.
    > Is there anything we can do now?
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    > Posted via http://britishexpats.com

Thanks again for replying my question.

FYI, her friends were also from Hong Kong; this is what makes us frustrated.

Anyway, I guess there is little we can do now but be patient. Am I correct?

yep. all you can do is wait. One thing you msut try not to do is look at
quicktimelines and then compare them to your own, it only leads to frustration. There
is nothing to guarantee a timeline and applying at the same time in the same country
doesnt mean they will all proceed at the same rate. We just have to sit back and wait
our turn. Of course if it gets beyond the norm you can Fax them a status request etc,
and with internal applications i have heard a few success stories where the sponsor
wnet to their local MP and complained of the excessive delay (only if there was a big
delay) and they have managed to get it sorted out for them.


"saotome" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
    > Thanks again for replying my question.
    > FYI, her friends were also from Hong Kong; this is what makes us frustrated.
    > Anyway, I guess there is little we can do now but be patient. Am I correct?
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    > Posted via http://britishexpats.com

Thanks.