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Any news? Still waiting over here. A week ago we got an email from the visa office asking us to provide PA's travel history.

No updates. Still waiting. I'm hoping we hear something in the first 2 weeks of October.

September 11 for me.

Received pre-arrival email almost two weeks ago. Still waiting for DM or PPR.

Thanks... I hope good news is around the corner. Application received: March 6 AOR1: April 6 SA: April 18 Transfer to VO: April 29 BR: June 7 MR: August 6 Medical passed: August 21 Pre-arrival email: September 11

We got the pre-arrival email today. Our file is at the Pretoria Visa Office. That means eligibility is passed right?

Hi guys. We got the pre-arrival email today. Fingers crossed for PPR soon.

Interesting. Thanks for this! I wonder if that applies to ordering information about an application that you're the sponsor on. I ordered information on behalf of my husband and indicated that I'm the sponsor. I didn't pay a fee. I'll see what they say when they get back to me.

I worked for the government, so one thing I know for sure is that accessing personal information is free. I think the problem is that people indicate they're ordering information under the Access to Information act which prompts the $5 fee. More information from the ATIP website: Credit card...

Whether you order your own personal information or on behalf of someone else does not matter. The information that you're ordering falls under the Privacy Act.

I've ordered personal information before and recently ordered my GCMS notes. Both times were free. ATIP stands for access to information and privacy. It's governed by 2 separate acts. Accessing your own personal information falls under the privacy act and it is free. It's only when you are...

Woohoo! That's awesome. Congrats;)

That's for requests made under the Access to Information act. That's when you're asking for government records that pertain to corporate information. Asking for your own personal records under the Privacy Act is free.

No, it's free if you're accessing personal information under the privacy act.

No, I haven't heard anything. It's 6 months for us now.

March applicants, it is the end of August which means we will be at the 6 month mark tomorrow! We're halfway there or possibly even closer. I'm excited to see more and more passport requests from overseas offices.

Yes, you need to list them as additional family members. Their lack of passport or birth certificate is not an issue. Since they are non-accompanying, it's not really relevant. If you lived in Dubai for 6 months or longer, you need to provide a police certificate. There's no minimum income...

Took about 8 days for us.

You can search the forum as I'm sure there are threads that explain in detail, but it involves reaching out to the governments of the countries you've lived in (sometimes they use third party organizations instead). Some applicants who have to undergo a comprehensive security check face...

The police certificate is for the criminal check. The background check includes security. Even if they've received the police certificates, the background check will not be complete until they do the security check.