SchnookoLoly

^ Added this question to the FAQ, thanks!

Divvym1

Awesome thanks for sharing!

kazana18

Re: "Medicals Received"

Our meds were done Sept 2014; application (including medical) was sent in Oct 20 214, and sponsorship approved Jan 8 2015.
Our ECAS currently says, "application received Oct 20 2014" but there is no mention of the medical. I see on the forum that other people have had confirmation of "medicals received" on ECAS.

Does this imply our medical has been lost or they have been unable to link it to our application in their system?
How long has this ECAS update taken for other people?

Patterson

I don't know for others but we were able to log into Ecas the same day we got sponsorship approval and it from that first time said Medicals Received.

SchnookoLoly

I would have expected medicals to be received by now if you had them done months ago.

Worth dropping CIC an email just to see what's up.

kazana18

Thanks Schnookololy and Patterson,
Does "Medicals Received" appear under the Sponsorship status or PR status section, or elsewhere? I only see, "Application Received" for both, but it's been almost 7 months since it was sent off...
I'm (way too optimistically) hoping that I just haven't been looking in the right place...

Has anyone else had issues with Bryden Medical in Glasgow?

Princesstigger

Hi,

'Medicals Results have been received' message will be under the PR status section, when you click on 'Application Received' status.

Decisive moment

Hi -

Please can someone stop the panic setting in! I too have just read the timeframe for sponsorship applications as 29 months - an unbelievable increase since the last time I looked.

My application status is currently only stating this: We received your application for permanent residence on October 22, 2014.

However on January 17, 2015 my husband received notification from Mississauga that his sponsorship application had been approved and my application had been sent to London.

Then on 11th Feb - I received an email request for more id photographs (stating the originals were 'unsuitable' but no details as to why (despite following the instructions to the letter). I have since sent in new photographs but stupidly not by registered post, so now I have no idea if they have been received or not.

So from this can I conclude that my application is actually being processed as it only states that it has been 'received'?

We are all set to move over in June of this year and perhaps rather naively I had assumed i would have my PR in hand.

If I don't what do I do? Do I just go with no visa? My husband is Canadian, my kids have their Canadian citizenships so its just me.

Does this mean I can't work as planned? We own a UK business and the plan was to continue working for the UK and invoice the UK business. As I'm not intending to work for a Canadian company can I do this on a visitors visa? Can I drive a car, get healthcare etc? Can we get a joint mortgage?

Sorry for the list of Q's but I'm suddenly feeling extremely nervous about all of this!

Thanks for any replies

Decisive moment

Ok, have now read your very informative FAQ and have taken your advice not to panic.

But i am still very confused about what I should do if (as is likely) i don't have my PR by the time we fly out in June. and what address do i give cic?

thanks

pauc

Hi, the estimate of 29 months is due to applications from Islamabad being processed in London. The advice from the experienced ones in this thread is that it's not effecting the more straight forward applications so finger's crossed!

With regard to being in Canada while working remotely for a company outside Canada my understanding is that you can do this for a period of 183 days max as long as you don't work for Canadian clients.

CRA link: Non-residents of Canada

The important bit from that link I think is "As a non-resident of Canada, you pay tax on income you receive from sources in Canada."

There is a good thread about this here: http://britishexpats.com/forum/canad...estion-844124/

Hopefully someone can answer your other questions. Good luck!

Decisive moment

thank you for your reply, lots of useful advice in your links. I will have to stop reading now though or else i will never sleep tonight!

Patterson

That's interesting, that's three of us on here that I know of that got a request for more photos as ours were unsuitable. I know I followed the original specs too... Any one have any ideas why this could be?

SchnookoLoly

You can enter Canada under Dual Intent - read this section of the Wiki: Spousal Sponsorship-Canada : British Expat Wiki

That explains what you do when you get to Canada, what you need to show and tell the border agent, and how you deal with all of it.

Glad you aren't panicking!!

rozzle89

I am pretty sure I read somewhere that CIC changed the photo specifications very recently and so, even if you submitted your application when the old specifications were in place, all applications going forward must adhere to the new specifications, hence the request!

-Rosie

Princesstigger

The specs haven't changed. I checked the country specific guide IMM3901 for western Europe and the guidelines are the same as when I applied in July!