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I called the IRCC call center at 6:30 am and discovered you can enter your application number and get the newest updates for the PR application: Medical check passed. No interview required. BGC not yet started- anyone know how long this usually takes? But good news regardless - we won’t have...

I just wrote the email below to Ahmed Hussen: To the Hon. Ahmed Hussen: I applied to sponsor my Cuban wife last June for permanent residency in Canada. (UCI xxxxxxxx) We just were notified that the results of my wife’s medical check were received in Canada and that the file had been...

A notable quote from the story: “Global Affairs did not immediately respond to requests for comment.”

Easy - she has a one-year visa for Peru with multiple entries. This was our second visit there (since we live together in Cuba it’s nice to get out and about from time to time ...)

Yeah it was blindingly fast between SA and medical check request - 11 days. Best of all we had the check done in Lima, Peru (where we happened to be) for half the price they were charging in Havana and results were delivered to Canada in 3 days electronically. Receipt immediately acknowledged, too!

Yes, it’s an unfortunate situation with the embassy now closed to visa applications in Havana. Our application for my wife is now in Mississauga - I was approved as a sponsor in March - and they received our medical checks last week. So we just have to wait until they sort out how to proceed and...