Lol, no, our case should really fall into the simple case category... DH has been in Canada before he turned 20 and has been in school for a number of years and went into work directly after (in major banks). All these years never leaving Canada for more than 30 days in a single trip and has never gone out of status on his study and work permits... We did travel to a few countries in Europe back in 2015 (France, Italy, Switzerland), so not sure if those could have caused any sensitivities to lead to delays...
Spousal Sponsorship in-land Applications 2016 timeline and updates
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I really dont understand what caused that super delay.... but anyways you are done!!!! I believe my case should be super straight forward as well... and I work for provincial government lol which I hope make things little easier...
We've come to accept that CIC works in unpredictable ways... How long have you been waiting on security screening? Hope it will come through soon!!
Not too long... they started my security check in July 4th 2017. Everything else is completed.... Its just that I only have couple months left in my passport validity (Dec 31 2017) and I have to take a risk of loosing everything in Canada to renew my passport...
I understand how it is such a frustrating worry. We are April 2016 applicant and hoping CIC finishes us before 2018 too. The way it is going I really am starting to doubt it
Our security screening started before Oct 2016, and has taken over 10 months. Given DH's background, it just didn't make sense why it would take so long, so we wanted to get a better idea on the status of the screening progress. Our lawyer also suggested to contact them since security screening was the only item VO was waiting on before finalizing our application (according to GCMS notes).
Application for Permanent Residency by means of Spousal Sponsorship was received by CIC in Sept of 2016(the "new" package including work permit). Anyone know when I should expect my work permit? I'm not sure exactly how it works with the work permit.
The "new" package didn't come out until December 15 2016.
If you applied in September 2016, and included a work permit application (and the correct fees), and have yet to receive that permit.... There is a problem. It's 4 months to get the OWP.
Were you out of status when you applied? Did you pay an additional $255 ($155 + $100) for the work permit?
What?!? It's true isn't it
What's even funnier, is the the Canadian arm of General Dynamics (think, US military machine supplier), wants to know if I'd be interested in being a "Software Architect" for their land systems (missile defense, tanks, APCs, etc).
I don't know how far back you might have read my posts, but my career has been in Software Engineering, but I have also spent time in Telecommunications Engineering as well; in a previous life. So it's in my "wheelhouse" of career possibilities.
I'm a simple Canadian boy. I dispise armed conflict. So, you have your answer. They even offered a yuuge sum of cash (read: tens of thousands was the number put out by them; I just wanted to work from home!) for me to "relocate" 45min down the 401 in London..
Total irony in timing. Ya, no thanks.
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Ah I am mistaken about the new package then. I was on a visitor's visa when I applied and didn't bother extending afterwards because I was assured that while my application is in progress I am safe with my status. As for the fee for OWP, I have two receipts from CIC, one for $1040 and one for $255. I might not have included it with the application and sent it separately instead, that would explain it. Anything I can do in that case?
