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Has anyone experienced this? Passport Request was December 2009! They received the passport and ECAS changed to Decision Made 1st week of January 2010. We also redid our medicals at that time so we wouldn't face "delays". Now it is SIX MONTHS LATER and still no return of the passport. We...

Approval from Mississauga for sponsor - September Started processing Application (Nairobi) Nov 9th *Letter stated it is an average of 22 months to process application* Passport Request - November 12 Received passport November 8th Decision Made on Ecas January 5th - said they will send a...

I didn’t receive any responses to my last posting and we are getting more stressed every day. If there is someone with info / similar experience please help us out with a reply. - Application going through Nairobi – initial letter stated it takes aprox 22 months to process - 2 months later...

Hello all ... a very important question .. we now know that a decision has been made, medicals received and also a request for passport (which they have received). WE are still waiting for our letter with the decision - if t is indeed a positive decision ... my husband's medicals expire in a...

Thanks for your responses. I am not sure about how fast Buffalo issues visas but Nairobi clearly stated in the letter it was an average of 22 months ... which seems a long time for them to hold on to your passport. I would like to think this is a positive step ... but I am pretty sure that 2...

Still no replies .... please please if anyone out there has shared this experience could they send me a note? we are stressing! Cheers

Hello all, we were hunkering down for a long wait (Nairobi office) and just 2 months into the process they have asked for my husbands passport (but have not asked for pictures, did not say a decision has been made etc). Anyone out there had a similar experience? Will they just hold on to the...

Hello All, I don't want to be too neurotic filling in these forms but have some specific questions .. any answers would be really appreciated: My husband is applying to come visit me in Canada and meet my family. For the question re. Reason For His Visit should he be applying for TOURISM or...

We are starting the process of applying for a TRV and have noticed people are sending in letters of invitation, bank statements and even photos to prove their cases. I tHOUGHT I read the instructions carefully but I am obviously missing something. Where does it list all these additional...

Hello all, I just spoke to an immigration lawyer who told me police checks were only good for 6 months and then have to be redone. Is this the case? I thought they were good for a year like the medicals. Thx

Hs anyone ever applied for a Visitor's Visa for their spouse while waiting for the PR to get prosessed? Is it a total waste of time? Does it affect the PR visa application if you are refused? Thanks

Hey all, wading through the paperwork at the moment .. have a question. My husband (being sponsored) is now filling out his portion of the application. He is trying to be very thorough in his explanations especially for questions like "how we first met", "other information that will support...

Am hoping someone can clarifiy some things for me .... My husband in from Tanzania (we just got married) and plan for the long term to apply for a PR Visa ... considering the long wait we were thinking of applying for a temp visa first so he could at least meet my family and get to see Canada...

Hey .. my sponsorship is going through Nairobi as well (I am in Canada .. sponsoring my Tanzanian husband). Could you please keep me abreast of how things go with you ... there are not a lot of people I found who are dealing with the Nairobi office on this site and the more info the better ...

Hello all. The more I read on this site the more hopeless I am beginning to feel ... am hoping anyone with experience with getting a visa for someone from Africa can help me out .... My fiancee (we are to be married in October) lives in Tanzania. I am Canadian. The distance is brutal (we all...

20 months ... that is a brutally long time. When discussing wait times with prospective lawyers I was given estimates between 7 months and 1 year. I am beginning to figure that they are trying to garner my business by making it seem like it is an easy process and will take a long time. Can I...

My only concern is that once the application has been sent in I will be going to Africa to live with my husband while we wait - so I thought I should have someone on the ground in Canada during that period .... thoughts?

Hello All. What a great forum! I have decided to use an immigration lawyer to help me sponsor my husband from Africa. I am in Toronto .. any suggestions on who the best lawyer might be? What are some of the requisites I should be asking potential lawyers in order to choose the one that is...