Thread for Acrra Ghana applicants

[RoamingSpirit]

Any one hear from Avo yet?

Hopeful that tomorrow is like last Friday with a rush of good news .

 

[Grace_2017]

@AnneMariee @Grace2017 any news?

Not yet.

 

[Stellalawrence]

Waiting to hear from AVO is a real life test of patience.

Serious test.

 

[iyawoSparks]

Hi everyone. For those who’ve received PUM, did you get it in your mailbox or in your CIC GCKey account please?

My passport was delivered to AVO yesterday morning and I can see from my CIC account that counterfoil has been issued... it says my “action is required” and application has been approved so I should “check my messages below” but I can’t see any message, or anything that requires my action. Neither have I received PUM in my mailbox.

Should I be expecting PUM in my mailbox or GCKey account?

 

[Milaby]

Hi everyone. For those who’ve received PUM, did you get it in your mailbox or in your CIC GCKey account please?

My passport was delivered to AVO yesterday morning and I can see from my CIC account that counterfoil has been issued... it says my “action is required” and application has been approved so I should “check my messages below” but I can’t see any message, or anything that requires my action. Neither have I received PUM in my mailbox.

Should I be expecting PUM in my mailbox or GCKey account?

PUM is sent to your mailbox, maybe by tomorrow you should receive PUM. Hopefully

 

[slim747]

PUM is sent to your mail box. Mine took about a week to arrive. But it should not be more than 14 days

 

[iyawoSparks]

PUM is sent to your mailbox, maybe by tomorrow you should receive PUM. Hopefully

Thank you.

 

[damil]

Good morning everyone
Hoping to hear good news from June 2017 and everyone in Jesus name. Amen

 

[damil]

Na so, when will they get to June abi

Please help ask when they will get to July... Also advise them if they can treat all applications together Abeg, other VOs are in August, September. They are still struggling with March and April. Please tell them I need to see my hubby. Thank you

 

[damil]

Congratulation Please when did you apply .

FinallyI House, DHL delivered My documents back on the 31st of January making it exactly one year after application. More importantly, I have stuff to share.


It got to my neck on the 29th of November and I sent AVO this:

Dear immigration officer,
Checking online application status reveals "Action Required" but I have not received any email or update from your office concerning my Application for permanent residency under family sponsorship.
I also sent you more (travel)document update on the 16th November 2017. I will appreciate knowing what is the present situation of the application.
This will also enable me to know whether or not I have missed a correspondence from you.

Thank you.
xxxxxxxxxxx

To which I got this generic response from AVO on the 30th November:

Hello,

Kindly note that your file is in queue for review and no action is required from you at this time.


Regards,

xxxxxxxxxx

After that I could not keep my cool a week afterwards as my 1 year period is almost at hand and my thought is that I do not have to keep quiet till the 1-year mark hence I sent them this on the 8th of December:

Dear Immigration officer,
Friends who submitted the same sponsorship application under the same category in only a few months have at least been asked to go for medical examination while some already have theirs passed, What is going on with my own application?
The expected duration is 12 months from your website but over 10 months is gone and nothing from you.
I will be happy and relieved to get some update concerning my application please, patience while friends that applied much later are making progress is not easy to keep up with.
Thank you.
xxxxxxx

Then on the 12th of December 2017, I got this invitation for prearrival by the following automail:

You have a new message(s) in your account.

xxxxxxxxxxxxx


After this I got MR and PPR on the 14th of December 2017 which I shared earlier on the forum.


I did medical, sent my Documents on the 19th December and sent them this mail:

Dear Immigration Officer,
The required medical examination was completed at an approved panel and attached is a copy of the medical test receipt. It is e-medical so, the test result is forwarded to you directly.
Today, all other requirements such as International passport, photographs, height and eye colour chat have been dispatched to your office via DHL courier.

Thank you.
xxxxx

DHL docs sent received at AVO on the 21st of December 2017. Med passed on profile on 27th dec. 2017 and then nothing. I say my counterfoil online on the 19th December that visa was issued on the 17th but no PUM.
After reading a post about how a forum member got a return DHL without getting A PUM, I decided to give them a little push again by asking for my PUM on the 24th January as pasted below:

Dear Immigration Officer,
I could see from the online GCKey that my wife's application was approved and documents issued on January 17, 2018.
Please, I'll love to send DHL to come over to your office for the document pick up immediately.
Kind regards.

Then the very next day, 25th January 2018 they replied with:

Dear Sir/ Madam,

Please note that your document is ready for pick-up. Kindly make an arrangement with a courier service to pick up your package.

Best regards,

Immigration Section

Immigration Program | Programme d'immigration (PA)

High Commission of Canada | Haut commissariat du Canada

I sent a DHL to pick up and I got my documents delivered on the 31st January with all my picture about 130 of them.

A massive thank you to every member of this forum for all manner of experience sharing that I have learnt a great deal from.

Now my personal advice

When I read Iyawosparks email to the minister I said to myself "IYAWOSPARK SPARKED FOR THE MINISTER!!"
I will advise anyone to send factual polite emails to the minister or the AVO. their response or none, is another thing.
In my own case, I was ready to start sending them emails everyday if they won't respond and later start copying the minister everyday also till they respond. Doing this wont take me time thanks to copying and paste until they process my application. I personally would not encourage rudeness or abusive words/verbal assault but make your voice heard and who know it might just help. My partner believed or thought that probably my emails were coincident with their responses but I believe my emails were led by the spirit as my own scripture says " whatsoever I do shall prosper(prayers and factual polite emails reminders)"
My sincere congratulations to IYAWOSPARKS, and Lagos babe and all other with good news. I encourage Olawumif to be positive, prepare for the interview, be confident and pray. After all, Daniel came out of Lions Den happily. That shall be your portion in Jesus name.

God bless you all

 

[RoamingSpirit]

Good morning everyone
Hoping to hear good news from June 2017 and everyone in Jesus name. Amen

There are a few of us from March and April that haven't heard yet. Maybe a few weeks before they get to June.

 

[Akanni2017]

Congrats

 

[senaghana]

Hi everyone. For those who’ve received PUM, did you get it in your mailbox or in your CIC GCKey account please?

My passport was delivered to AVO yesterday morning and I can see from my CIC account that counterfoil has been issued... it says my “action is required” and application has been approved so I should “check my messages below” but I can’t see any message, or anything that requires my action. Neither have I received PUM in my mailbox.

Should I be expecting PUM in my mailbox or GCKey account?

From my experience with them, once counterfoil has been issued it means that visa has been issued.
With me, i never got a PUM but DHL delivered to me when it got to that stage

 

[iyawoSparks]

From my experience with them, once counterfoil has been issued it means that visa has been issued.
With me, i never got a PUM but DHL delivered to me when it got to that stage

Thanks for the feedback. I sent them 2 emails this morning and 20 minutes after the second one, I got PUM and later another email from AVO informing me that my package has been already picked up by DHL (after I had sent the request). Hopefully, I get my passport back before my trip on Tuesday.
You should have landed Canada by now. Thank God for a safe trip. I hope you’re settling in just fine.

 

[senaghana]

Thanks for the feedback. I sent them 2 emails this morning and 20 minutes after the second one, I got PUM and later another email from AVO informing me that my package has been already picked up by DHL (after I had sent the request). Hopefully, I get my passport back before my trip on Tuesday.
You should have landed Canada by now. Thank God for a safe trip. I hope you’re settling in just fine.

I landed about 3hrs ago cus along the way some of my flights had to be changed as they were cancelled due to bad weather leading to long transits and rerouting. It was -35 when this man from west Africa got in so you can just imagine