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Actually not so newsless! Yesterday I decided to try something. I had my wife call the Canadian Embassy in Tehran (I would have done it myself by the time difference is just not conducive to business hours there), and found a contact who did some inquiring on her behalf in Damascus! For the...

I'm assuming you haven't had your application sitting in Damascus for the average 10 month time yet? If you haven't the explicitly say on the website no emails will be answered until the average wait time of 10 months has passed for an applicant...trust me I'm in the same boat!

I've heard it's a risk, if you don't get it, the rejection looks bad when applying for PR. My wifes friend got a visitor visa while applying on PR and she is now living with her husband here for a few months. There is no rhyme or reason, and well since she is from Iran, I wouldn't even say the...

Please refer above, I hate to inform you there will be no transferring. Visa processing isn't considered an essential service. If the embassy is shut down, the whole thing grinds to a halt. Furthermore, when we sent our stuff to Mississauga or elsewhere, they obtain copies of everything and...

Hi Sohrab jan, perhaps I should clarify...the embassy remains open with lower level (usually domestic) staffers and interest sections like visa office etc. is closed down. All non-essential services are immediately closed upon a threat. Ps. my cousin is a UK consulate employee in the UAE. I...

Not True sar-kar sohrab. Abu Dhabi and Cairo also do the same and more than Damascus, and unfortunately when the events took place and Mubarak was ousted, the Cairo embassy closed, and did not conduct any processing, interviews, or PPR (or any other embassy affairs). They also did not forward...

ABSOLUTELY NOT enough time! Even though I am a Canadian citizen, and wasn't going through any landing procedures, my flight from Amsterdam arrived on time, but I spent 45 minutes in the immigration/Customs line-up because they were understaffed and trying to fit through 500+ people from various...

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I was told today that if my wife drops it off in Tehran herself at the embassy, they will send it to Damascus for her, and have it ready for pickup in Tehran when it arrives. DHL in Iran is very very shady, like when we sent her supplemental medicals, they claimed to have delivered it but would...

Thanks sure does!

This is exactly what I feared! I just wish they would do every country's processing in their own capital. Makes no sense! Question, when passports are requested would they ask you to send your passport to Damascus or can someone in Iran just get their VISA in Tehran? How does this process work?

Does anyone have any ideas or news about how the protests and unrest in Syria will effect applications that are being processed there? Damascus is a hub for almost 90% of all applications from countries in the middle east. My concern is will the Canadian VISA office stay open, and if so for...

I'm excited about this! A good way to weed out the marriage scams which in turn means less fraudulent applications clogging the system up!

All this bad publicity concerns me for all of us who are going through this process legitimately. I wonder how much of the waiting and being without the one you love while waiting for immigration visas to be issued has to do with people and scenarios like this?! :(

So here is what I was told..."Please allow the mean processing time of applications in Damascus pass on your file before you contact us for information"...in other words they cannot give me details until my application surpasses the average processing completion time of 10 months that is posted...

I will call them up first thing on Monday. Hope I return with good news to report!

Well I hear you, but I guess we just have no choice but to tough it out. When do you guys think it's appropriate to start calling the VISA office and seeing where things have progressed too? The Damascus embassy website says allow 6-8 weeks after additional medicals received before contacting...

At least you were fortunate enough to see it on ecas. Melbel hope at this point is all we have besides love, so if we lose faith in that, then it can be a very very difficult wait!

It's disheartening because they state that 6-8 weeks after supplemental medicals are received, a decision on visa issuance will be made. It's now going on 11 weeks and we haven't seen a letter, ecas update, or email from the visa office. We have confirmed that everything has been received in a...

Oh that does, and in fact I know the B number already as you are right my wife received it. However as you indicated we cannot log into ECAS with that number, and rather use our receipt number. It's just weird that some individuals see it on ECAS and we don't. Guess no reason to be concerned...