Recent content by dadat

Just wondering if anyone has actually received approval for their TRV from any office anywhere in the last 6 months? I specifically mean TRV and not other types of visa. I acknowledge that most people who do probably would not come here to share since this is mostly for those anxiouly waiting...

The whole system is completely broken and the IRCC are in no hurry to fix it.

Honestly the timings they post are meaningless at the moment. The UK processing time is typically 7-10 days posted weekly and we have been waiting +120 days now. The IRCC is very, very broken at the moment.

How does it work that you submit Application #2 and do you cancel Application #1 and recover the application fee? Do they recognise that they already have biometrics from the Application #1 when you submit #2? It seems really unfortunate if there's a pot luck system where an application might...

Are you able to try to download from another device just to rule that out?

There's a VFS.

Same boat here for my spouse. Waiting since April in the UK with no updates or progress. Opened a separate thread on this (didn't see this one)

TRV application for spouse outside Canada (UK) but not sure if that's where application is being processed. Application submitted: Apr 12 Biometrics: Apr 14 Waiting time so far has been 95 days. Application status via IRCC phone service states they are processing background check.

Hi, I wanted to check if any are in the same position to at least allow me to cope with this situation: My spouse and I have been living and working in Canada since 2017. Spouse (holds OWP but requires TRV due to nationality) travelled to UK in March and when trying to board for return...

It has been suggested to us that is should take 1-2 weeks but I would be cautious considering how nothing the IRCC is doing is following any kind of normal level of service. I saw a reddit post where someone claimed it took 30 days to get their passport back.