Quick question for you. You said that your wife is a PR. Do you mean a Canadian Permanent Resident (PR)? If so, is she living in Thailand with you, or in Canada? Only Canadian Citizens (not PR) are able to sponsor from abroad. Just want to check to make sure everything is alright and that you won't run into any problems down the line! Hopefully I misunderstood what you posted and everything is fine
Oops! I meant PA, not PR! I appreciate your concern!Quick question for you. You said that your wife is a PR. Do you mean a Canadian Permanent Resident (PR)? If so, is she living in Thailand with you, or in Canada? Only Canadian Citizens (not PR) are able to sponsor from abroad. Just want to check to make sure everything is alright and that you won't run into any problems down the line! Hopefully I misunderstood what you posted and everything is fine
I am actually talking about direct email.
Perfect! I was hoping you meant principal applicant and not pr!
It's hard to know the timing, since everyone is different. But expecting after Songkran 2018 sounds like a reasonable thing since their goal is 12 months or less. I hope you will not be disappointed. As long as they don't require an interview (which can add a significant time) than 12 months is reasonable. Some have said that if it is a "simple, straight forward case" with no red flags, no interview and no medical complications, than it has been about 7 to 9 months on average in the past. So, if you don't have an interview, then you could maybe get your medical request, police check request and background check in progress around October/November, and if no inactive TB or medical complications, maybe PPR in November/December. But that is all hypthetical based on only TWO January 2017 thai applications... Also, you normally have 12 months to move to Canada from the date of your medical, so even if you got the PPR in late 2017, you could still choose to move after Songkran if you wanted...
Wow! Wow!! Wow!! Wow!! That is absolutely amazing!!! Such a fast processing time for Thailand!!! Only TWO months!! That's unheard of for Thailand/Singapore!!!! Big congratulations!!! Enjoy Canada for the rest of us! ;-)
Oop!!!! I am so sorry I put the wrong month, it is August ( not May)
Hi,Pat2016
Haha that is still amazing timing!!! 5 months!! Congrats!!! I was wondering why you had taken so long to send off your passport haha! August makes more sense, but still super fast!
5 months is the quickest processing time I saw so far for Thailand but I saw 5 months for an another guy in Vietnam.
Yes, for me it too fast because I'm not ready to go to Canada since I have to work and finish some paperwork before I quit my job in Thailand!! I may land at Canada before the deadline and come back to work in Thailand again!
Thanks so much for the detailed reply.Perfect! I was hoping you meant principal applicant and not pr!
Our timing applying from Thailand, to give you an idea. We applied beginning of January 2017 (including our police check). We got SA and file transfer February 2nd. We were apparently sent AOR2 February 20th. We then didn't hear anything until our medical was requested July 25th. We then did our medical beginning of August and just found out that we have to do further tests (spots of lungs, so sputum test and a second X-ray 2 or 3 months later). Another thai citizen has almost the exact same timeline as us, except instead of further medical tests, she got a PPR this week!
About the police check... I sent in our police check with the application so I'm not sure when it will be requested. I would probably go ahead now and order the police check in Bangkok so you have it ready as soon as they request it to reduce delays since it normally takes a month or two to get it. We were able to get it without ever having the official IRCC request for police check (since we did it ahead of time). If you need help on how to get it quicker or from out of province, you can PM me.
