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My wife is Japanese. There are Canadians married to Japanese on this forum who have the same timeline, or longer, as my wife and I.

This is what I would like to know. The vast majority of applicants getting their visa before 14 months (6-8) are Filipino. Japanese and Korean applicants seem to be the ones in the bottom 20% (14 months or longer). This is what I don't understand.

Thanks, but I'm not holding my breath.

Manila. We applied outland. After the VOs in Tokyo and Seoul were closed, all Japanese and Korean applicants go through Manila.

This is the reply that I received from my MP's office. Thank you for your email. We have faxed an enquiry to the Ministerial Enquiries Unit in Ottawa. They have access to the overseas files and we are hoping to get more information through that avenue. As soon as we hear back we will be in...

Step, Yes, I would like to know this too. For example, I can't understand how applications received in 2013 are getting their COPRs BEFORE applications received in 2012 or later. It makes my blood boil to know that there are people who are getting on with their lives while my wife and I, along...

This is what concerns my wife and I as my wife is older than I am by 7 years. However, we've been together for 8 years (married 5). How much scrutiny would an application like ours go through?

Who cares what they think. It is your life that you have put on hold for this joke of a process. Mail your MP and CEM again. I request another update on my wife's permanent residence (PR) application. My wife's PR application has now been with CEM since November 19, 2012 (according to a letter...

CEM is staffed by morons. I received my AOR in November 2012. CEM received my wife's application on November 19, 2012. They STARTED processing her application in November 2013, according ECAS.

Thanks for the replies. Yes, we did include lots of pictures of my wife and I with our families in Canada and Japan and pictures of our friends. My wife and I are a little stressed as we don't know what's going on. The only contact that we have had with CEM was in May 2013 when my wife was...

My wife is seven years older than I am (wife: 44, me: 37). I've always liked older women, plus I found Japanese women my age and younger to be mentality immature (when I was living in Japan). If you have enough proof that your relationship is genuine, you should be alright!

Hello. I guess that I'm a little stressed about my wife's PR application. Wondering if I could get my advice or suggestions on how to proceed. Background Information: I'm a Canadian citizens by birth. I lived in Japan for 12 years. I'm fluent in Japanese. I met my Japanese wife for the first...

Stop it! My wife is getting jealous! ;)

Nothing wrong with that. Age is just a number. However, both you and your partner are from first world countries, highly educated and are drop-dead gorgeous! 8)

I met a close friend of mine while I was living and working as a translator in Japan. We have a lot in common: Both from Alberta, same interests, etc. About halfway through his contract, his father was diagnosed with terminal cancer. He left Japan and returned to Canada. After his father passed...

I agree with the above posters - be honest. My wife and I were honest when we arrived in Canada last month. My wife was given a 1 year visitors permit (record) after we explained our situation. Granted, we have been married for 4.5 years and have a PR application in process. But, I think you...

It depends on the country of the spouse, I think. My spouse is from Japan, and we applied outland for her PR in October 2012. We planned on staying in Japan until she received her COPR. However, due to financial and personal reasons, I needed to come back to Canada before my wife received her...

Is ECAS offline? Is anybody else having problems with it? Thanks, J

s and s, My wife and I didn't use a lawyer. We thought that a lawyer was / is too much money. After I joined this forum, I was given a lot of useful advice about how to put a PR application together. We collected all the documents that we needed, doubled checked that we crossed every T and...

That sounds like the same timeline that we are on. My wife did her re-med on December 14, 2013, but Manila did not ask for another Schedule A. Have you contacted your MP to do a MP request? My wife and I did, and apparently my wife's application is "queued for finalization review by the VO." The...