I would highly recommend you (or your brother, who is the main sponsor) to call IRCC and ask them for the advice. IRCC would probably need your official letter explaining why it would take longer than 30 days but I don't know if IRCC would say yes/no in this case. Just call them to find outHey guys! Our application reached the Beirut Visa Office about a week ago and 2 days ago we received an email stating that we need to submit the following paperwork within 30 DAYS or it will be processed without the paperwork requested which may result in rejection.
Lebanese Police clearance for my mother & I
FBI Clearance for my mother.
Individual extracts for my brother and mother.
My older brother who is a Canadian PR is sponsoring my mother and I am listed as a dependent if anyone is wondering. The problem is that the time to fingerprint, mail them to the FBI, get it processed and have them mail back our results may take over a month. Also, because my brother is currently in Canada we are not able to request an individual extract for him and he will need to do it from the Lebanese embassy which will also take over a month.
How do we go about this? Should we reply to the email stating that the deadline given will not be enough because of the paperwork requested and is not in our hands whatsoever or will we be given the cold shoulder? I hope and believe that they most likely take these things into consideration and will give us an extension but just wanted to see if anyone has had any experience. Also, does anyone have any idea how close we are now to the end of the process?