Dajino

Hi

I applied to sponsor my fiance on June 6, 2001, was approved in July. I am from
Québec so I sent the application to Québec for approval in September, 2001, got
approved late October, 2001. My fiance filed his application under the family class
on November 5, 2001. He was called for an interview on March 26, 2002 but due to his
unavailability at the time (he is doing his military service), he asked for the
interview to be postponed which they agreed to do by fax. My fiance's military
service ends July 12, 2002 and he should be called for an interview after that date
at his request.

My question is: under the new law, since he filed his application prior to December
17, 2001 but did not get his interview before June 28, 2002, will he still be
assessed under the old or the new law, i.e. will he still be considered as a family
applicant? I am a bit lost about this. If he does not qualify under the old law
anymore, and since we were to get married here within 90 days of his arrival, I am
considering leaving for Turkey this summer to get married there although it is
complicated and the laws over there don't advantage me at all compared to the Québec
Civil Code here in the case of marriage.

Thank you for your reply.

Francine

Andrew Miller

Transition rules you are referring to will most likely apply only to applicants in
economic classes (Independent and Business) where certain selection criteria must be
met, so there is probably nothing to worry. But we won't know for sure until final
version of Regulations is published.

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Andrew Miller Immigration Consultant Vancouver, British Columbia email:
millercicanada.com (delete REMOVE and INVALID from the above address before
sending email)
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"dajino" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > Hi
    >
    > I applied to sponsor my fiance on June 6, 2001, was approved in July. I am from
    > Québec so I sent the application to Québec for approval in September, 2001, got
    > approved late October, 2001. My fiance filed his application under the family class
    > on November 5, 2001. He was called for an interview on March 26, 2002 but due to
    > his unavailability at the time (he is doing his military service), he asked for the
    > interview to be postponed which they agreed to do by fax. My fiance's military
    > service ends July 12, 2002 and he should be called for an interview after that date
    > at his request.
    >
    > My question is: under the new law, since he filed his application prior to December
    > 17, 2001 but did not get his interview before June 28, 2002, will he still be
    > assessed under the old or the new law, i.e. will he still be considered as a family
    > applicant? I am a bit lost about this. If he does not qualify under the old law
    > anymore, and since we were to get married here within 90 days of his arrival, I am
    > considering leaving for Turkey this summer to get married there although it is
    > complicated and the laws over there don't advantage me at all compared to the
    > Québec Civil Code here in the case of marriage.
    >
    > Thank you for your reply.
    >
    > Francine

Dajino

Thank you for your prompt reply.

"Andrew Miller" <millercitelus.net> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > Transition rules you are referring to will most likely apply only to
applicants
    > in economic classes (Independent and Business) where certain selection
criteria
    > must be met, so there is probably nothing to worry. But we won't know for
sure
    > until final version of Regulations is published.
    >
    > --
    >
    > ../..
    >
    > Andrew Miller Immigration Consultant Vancouver, British Columbia email:
    > millercicanada.com (delete REMOVE and INVALID from the above address before
    > sending email)
    > ________________________________
    >
    >
    >
    > "dajino" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    > > Hi
    > >
    > > I applied to sponsor my fiance on June 6, 2001, was approved in July. I
am
    > > from Québec so I sent the application to Québec for approval in
September,
    > > 2001, got approved late October, 2001. My fiance filed his application under the
    > > family class on November 5, 2001. He was called for an
interview
    > > on March 26, 2002 but due to his unavailability at the time (he is doing
his
    > > military service), he asked for the interview to be postponed which they agreed
    > > to do by fax. My fiance's military service ends July 12, 2002
and he
    > > should be called for an interview after that date at his request.
    > >
    > > My question is: under the new law, since he filed his application prior
to
    > > December 17, 2001 but did not get his interview before June 28, 2002,
will
    > > he still be assessed under the old or the new law, i.e. will he still be
    > > considered as a family applicant? I am a bit lost about this. If he
does
    > > not qualify under the old law anymore, and since we were to get married
here
    > > within 90 days of his arrival, I am considering leaving for Turkey this summer to
    > > get married there although it is complicated and the laws over there don't
    > > advantage me at all compared to the Québec Civil Code here
in
    > > the case of marriage.
    > >
    > > Thank you for your reply.
    > >
    > > Francine
    > >
    > >
    >