ralphster

Thanks David.

Will you be without a PP in Canada? Just wondering how it works if you are on a 6 month visit and you don't get your PP back before you have to leave the country (to extend your visit or go back to the UK)?

Also:
1) Before you send it to London will you pop over to the States and get a new 6 month visitor stamp or does it not work like that?

2) For London is says the average time for 80% of cases is 9 months (http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/informa...fc-spouses.asp). Seems like most people are getting their PP back from London much quicker? Is the 9 months for something other that spouse sponsorship?

3) Has anyone managed to get a 12 month visitor visa instead of 6 months when entering Canada? I read you can do this if you are waiting for PR

Ivesy

Hi there, thank you for you response, as much as i would love to be over in Canada right now, i have no choice it seems but to stay here in uk until all has gone through the right channels. i am hoping the first part will be out to Mississauga by the end of next week. I have two older sons who could in theory look after there 16 year. can anyone out there who has gone over to canada from the uk give me a rough idea of how long the whole process could take from start to finish as ive been told between 9-12months and i need some hope!!: i hope you get to see your husband soon

caleo

No Ecas just said "started processing on 24th feb" and the letter was dated 22nd feb

After they had received the proof of my medicals etc, nothing changed on Ecas till the day after I received my PPR (via email)

tsc

Caleo- congrats that's awesome!

VW092906

Hi all. its been a looooong time since I posted. Hubby finally saw a change on ecas today:

We received your application for permanent residence on February 1, 2011.

We started processing your application on April 5, 2011.

Medical results have been received.

A decision has been made on your application. The office will contact you concerning this decision.

Now I guess we just wait a couple of days to get an email for good news, and or a letter if its bad news? How often do spouses get turned down?

Needless to say it has been an awful few months for us. we have been separated since the beginning of March and this information has been a long time coming. We want to be happy and assume its all good news but to be honest life (and the CIC) has kind of kicked the cr•p out of lately. We sent in the requested additional information a month ago now and were starting to think that my hubby was just going to have to come over here anyways and just not be able to work or anything until we got some news.

Of course I think my husband had his medical done mid August so this is cutting it a bit fine as well!

congrats to everyone who has had good news. I think the usual people that had my timeline are all in Canada by now!

Valentina

caleo

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So pleased to hear you are finally at the end! Yours turned out to be even more long wonderful than mine! I am sure it will be okay - sure they would want an interview if they were concerned!
Did your hubby move house? Did they confirm his change of address? Looks like your ppr might be mailed rather than emailed.
So pleased that you will finally be together again - you really could have done with his support these past few months I am sure!

VW092906

Thanks Caleo, noooo they DID NOT change our address I sent 2 case specific emails and 2 different letters that mentioned our new address. I think its just part of the torture process.

why do you think we would get a letter rather than an email? just curious.

ya the last few months hasnt been great, but he did come over for a one week visit last month, so that helped a tiny bit. I hope this is almost over!

V

caleo

I was assuming by mail because they have not let you know yet what the decision was. My ecas only changed the day after I had received the PPR. I would give it a few days and then try and email again - someone on here recently had been waiting ages for their letter and it had been sent out a few months ago but they had not received it.........

VW092906

oh great lol... you know that WILL happen to me now right?

shahbazkhan

Hi guys chc is trying my patience... we have a similar timeline

Applied nov 16 2010

Application received chc london dec 22 2010

We started processing 1st march 2011

medicals received

asked for add info on 30th march n thats it...

no change in ecas, no email...my wife n kid in canada its more more than 6 months now i dunno whats taking them so long...

any suggestions what should it do? m tired of this waiting period...

caleo

Not much you can do. Applications can take up to 9 months in London - so as frustrating as iit is (I know, I have through the same) you just have to wait. You could always do a case specific email to check that they received your additional information - however not many get a reply.

VW092906

wow, Im sorry for your wait as well! I thought the CIC was just using us as an evil experiment

Hopefully you will hear something soon. was there a lot of additional info requested? they had 2 items of interest we needed to get to them.

Im not sure there is a lot you can really do.. but get more impatient and even angry. TBH thats why I had to stop coming on here every day! I was happy for everyone smoothly going through, but at the same time really getting depressed. once the 9 months is up I think the CIC are supposed to reply to a case specific email.. but thats another couple of months away... so more waiting.

we were looking into dual intent entry, is that an option for you? it would mean just going ahead to Canada before any decision is made as a visitor and finishing up the process from over there. there is a really good thread on it here: http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?p=7819469

We sent a couple of case specific emails and a letter or two. never had any reply except once that was just a link to waiting times.

Have you or your wife been able to visit one another at all? my hubby came out once, but its a costly option and when your trying to save up for a new life not always easy.

good luck to you. I really hope you hear something soon. please let me know how you get on. you and my husband are pretty much in the same situation right now... me and the baby have come ahead to canada and we have been apart since March.

all the best,

Valentina

alexisatk

Hi Everyone,

I just wanted to let you know that my OH landed in Halifax yesterday after a vacation in Scotland and today before going to work we got him a new SIN Card.

Very excited that this process is all over!! (Untill Citizenship time of course!)

caleo

Excellent news!! congrats on the landing, and all the best for the future!!

Joolschweetie

That's great news! Congrats - I hope we'll be joining the landing club soon!

Just received my passport & my confirmation of permanent residence today and much to my dismay there is an error on the confirmation of PR (it says we're married when we wrote numerous pages of our life story as COMMON LAW partners)...having a bit of a panic because we're hoping to emigrate in the summer and if it takes another 5 weeks to send and receive it again we're cutting it fine!

Anyone any ideas on what to do? I can only find a Canadian callcentre no. is this the one I need to go through? So frustrating when you know all your details were correct, but I suppose the people at CIC are only human (although sometimes I forget that!)

If anyone else has had a similar experience please let me know (sorry for rambling panic-ridden text!)