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A friend of mine met his wife in China, when they wanted to move back together he sponsored her (2 years ago) and it took about 3 months. That seems amazingly quick! Hopefully your wife's passport comes back asap, you can be there before Christmas if you want. Great news, congrats! And thanks...

Hi Nyssa, sounds a bit tricky, but really, do they ask so much about the background of the sponsor? It doesn't seem so to me... I'm just an applicant like you, not a consultant or specialist or anything but I have been reading these forums and the CIC docs for months now and my impression is...

Hi Analynn, I agree, start now since it can take months just to gather all the forms and evidence you need (and common-law seems like you need a ton of documents), and apply outland through Paris. Anyways he has no right to "move" to Canada with you! Even though he has the right to come as a...

Letter arrived, approved to sponsor! After obsessively watching our mailbox - YIPEE - today we got the letter confirming that I am approved to sponsor my husband (is this the AOR, or is that something from the Visa Office?). It also says the file has been transferred to Berlin, hopefully we'll...

Wow, thanks amsyul! That is great info on there now. When I looked at that site last I think it was mid-August so there was only 1 from 2009 or so, so I never bothered looking again. Our case should be very straightforward I guess, both university grads with good jobs and no kids and so on, no...

Ottawa vs Switzerland LOL, thanks Toby, everyone asks me that! "Why would anyone LEAVE Switzerland?" Well for one thing it would be nice to come "home" to Canada after being away for many years - to feel "home" and be near friends and family and all that. I agree, Ottawa is nice and I miss real...

Hiya, another question, sorry if this one's been covered before but I don't find it with the search function. My spouse plans to visit me in Canada around the time when we hope the PPR will come through. Can he courier his passport from Canada over to the Berlin office, ask them to mail it back...

Applications sent November 2009 Hi guys, I'm just following your thread as I'm a very late October applicant, so kind of in the Oct/Nov category. My husband is German, we just wed last month in Canada and sent the application in asap after the wedding. We currently live in Switzerland but I'll...

There used to be special rules for working x-border under NAFTA only for Americans (and maybe Mexicans), you didn't need to go through the normal (LONG!) process and the LMO and so on. I know because I did it as a Canadian working in the US in 1998 and it was very quick and easy compared to the...

If she just finished grad school then presumably she is specialized, can't she apply for a job in Canada from the US? I thought it was rather easy these days to work across the border if you have some kind of useful skill/trade/qualification? Then maybe she could get in through a work visa? I...

Hi guys, I have been reading everyone's timelines for 2009 with great interest and there seem to be some amazingly fast processing times, several around 3 months or even less from London and New Delhi and Vienna, great news for you guys! But I wonder if the speed of processing is very much...

Mine too! But as I'm the sponsor I think it's less important. I'm so excited that this phase of the process is so quick. Now holding my breath that the decision was positive and Berlin will be as efficient... Good luck everyone! The Littlest Hobo