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Thank you all for the advice. I actually have already sent the application. I was just curious as to whether it's true when some of the lawyers/consultants claim they have never had a refusal. We've all seen the ads I'm sure. I just know for myself, our application looked a whole lot different...

Mine is exactly the same as yours. I did try using applicant info but nothing changed. Maybe in a bit more time. ?

I would love to know where to find the stats for refusals/approvals of visa applications done without a lawyer/consultant's help VS the stats for refusals/approvals of visa applications done WITH the help of or done completely by a lawyer/consultant. Anyone have any ideas where I could find and...

Oh my goodness, I would say that 3 months is extremely unusual/lucky. I'm in the same boat, Approved in Sept. to sponsor but no update on ecas. It just says "not available". I didn't use a lawyer but I had a consultant . Well worth it in my opinion. I'm going crazy, I know someone who was "in...

Well. lets hope for this coming week again I saw a survey that the majority of updates are posted on Monday mornings around 6am eastern time. Maybe then for us??? :D

Am I just feeling sorry for myself? Another week, nothing. We're not in process, it's over a month from when the sponsorship was approved. I know a friend applying to the same visa office, a week or so before mine and she got her "in process" in a little over a week. Our August chart is really...

Hi and welcome! So nice to see someone else sponsoring from DR. I have heard recently of many people's applications being finished up as there were some pending from before the earthquake in Haiti. Those were taking more time as their files had been in Haiti when the earthquake hit then the...

Hi there, don't know if this will help or not but take a deep breath, sounds like you have things well under way and just need the evidence you have requested to start coming in. Six years is a long time and it's difficult to decide what you want to highlight in your time together. It's...

Well Tuesday has come and gone and no changes to my status, it's still not available, not "in process". By the way, in my letter of approval it said that if I had sent my original sponsorship agreement to them that I would be receiving it back and they would copy it. I did receive a copy back, I...

I am so sorry to hear this horrible, unfair news. It scares me too!!!!! I know you probably have other things to do right now but I want to urge you to go to the CIC website and have your say with regards to "marriages of convenience". There is lots of room to put how you feel plus there are a...

I had put "to whom it may concern" but consultant told me to change it to "Immigration Canada".

I thought it was already too easy to say the relationship is not bona-fide. You can bring all of your evidence but that won't matter if you have a red flag that could be all it takes. I think if all docs are in order and all goes ok in interview then there should be no refusal no matter what...

Yaya, sorry, did not mean to scare you!! That was definitely not my intention. I think if your application is "normal" with no red flags that this is not an issue and no reason to worry at all. I am talking about situations that might draw attention to the application but are still genuine...

So, in fact, there is no real proof for a genuine couple if a scammer can get all of these documents as well. My heart is going out to so many people that have a genuine relationship and have waited months only to be refused. There needs to be proof that the relationship is fake. It's not right...

When there are months/years of phone bills submitted, photos of family and trips, passport stamps in and out of the country. Marriage certificate and all docs are true. Letters from family and friends, emails, police and medicals ok, etc..How could an application possibly get refused by what...

This is a link to a survey that CIC is currently conducting to address marriage fraud. It is available until October 27th, after that results will be reviewed by immigration minister. This is your chance to make an input to the issue and to how canadian immigration system works. survey...

Hi, I was approved to sponsor on Sept 13th, it said letter mailed same day. I received the letter last week.

I believe it's because older women are perceived as more vulnerable, desperate, naive and easily fooled by a younger man. Therefore possibly thought of by immigration as an "easy target" for a visa. Especially a younger man coming from a poor country. It infuriates me because I am in this...

the letter arrived today..approved to sponsor. Good news and unfortunate that I had to wait but I know now! My application has been forwarded to Santo Domingo, yahooooo! Not many left on our August timeline, once it's filled in with sponsorship approvals it will be so interesting to see how long...

After I got into ecas last week I called to find out if I was approved or not and the guy on the other end would definitely not even check for me. He said wait till you get your letter. I had waited on the phone quite awhile so couldn't be bothered to try to get someone else on the phone again...