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I sent in stuff in January 2014, in March 2014 and in July 2014. The March 2014 is in, the rest is not. GCMS dated August 18, 2014. Discard things? When they issued my Sponsor Approval, they gave me a mailing address expressly saying that any additional information has to be sent to said address...

Well... considering that Manila deals with anywhere between 9,000 and 12,000 PRs annualy, plus about 60,000 TRV applications; considering that they employ local staff and pay them peanuts in comparison to what the 17 Canadian staff makes.... I think they get their costs out of us. Let's face...

Most costly? No matter what, we are paying for all of that. They should just do all aspects of the application at once OMG.. even if there is a refusal; should we appeal and win, will they then give us another few months of processing???? Outrageous.

My wife is a Filipina. My true problem is... that she originally applied to work for me as a caregiver, while I was looking for a caregiver (my 3rd one) and she was working in Hong Kong. We discussed a few things over skype.. one thing led to another... we fell in love... So guess what, she...

Sorry for quoting myself LOL just did not want to post something long... but I also discovered, that according to my GCMS notes, they only attached one of my 3 couriered in "further submissions" to my file. See I keep visiting my wife every 3 months and since our application is dragging on, I...

I just got my GCMS notes. From what I see, there is a hierarchy in the process; for example at one point somebody wrote into my file "not ready for B/CRIM", which I interpret as Background / Criminality check. Furthermore, in the summary area, it says "Security: Not Started, Criminality: Not...

Oh I rather think that the Manila embassy is really full of VO's that passionately refuse TRVs. My wife was going to school in the Phillippines, I just wanted her to come for Christmas... we wrote up everything very nicely, yet there came a refusal within 24 hours. Consider yourself lucky! What...

Your wife should get 2 copies of CENOMAR, just before you get married. She will need one to get married, and she should keep one, may need it for the CIC application. Get married as soon as possible. The longer you wait, the longer you will be apart. Get your marriage registered with the NSO in...

Lazy? Nah, just that he will not incriminate himself. See, I live in Ajax and my MP is the Honorable Chris Alexander, the CIC minister. So the rules in my MP's office are a bit different. First I thought it is a blessing, when my MP was assigned the ministerial portfolio. Now I know it is a...

Access to Information and Privacy - there is such an "act" which provides certain rights to citizens of Canada for the release of certain information. You can make an online request here - it costs $5 https://atip-aiprp.apps.gc.ca/atip/privacyTerms.do

We e-mailed to the embassy (no answer), we called the embassy (can't get a live person), we called the 1-888-242-2100 (they said to contact the embassy), I went to the MP's office (they said to contact the embassy...) we went to the embassy in person (they would not let us in or would not...

It's not almost criminal. It is criminal. Except they get away with this, because they are on foreign land and it is hard to apply the Canadian laws if the crime inflicted transpires in the Philippines - against a citizen of the Philippines. They treat people like cattle. They even send back...

Oh yes, medical is expired. Money paid, unnecessary x-ray done.... at this point they will probably have us redo it. I went to the MP's office, I sent in messages by alll available means saying "now would be the time because the medical is just about to expire..." but nothing, only ignorance...

Well remember when election time rolls around. Nothing can be worse than this. Green party! Marihuana party! Tea party! Actually, next year, I am voting Liberal, just because they have the highest chance beating the Harper government.... and nothing can be worse than this

The status.... according to GCMS is "queued for review by a visa officer"... my application is complicated.... 2nd Filipina wife, age "gap" - so they deem me a womanizer and my wife a scammer I guess? I don't think anybody has looked at our evidence of the relationship... like 9 visits to...

Some other stuff that I found out: All applications go through a triage process administered by local staff. The straight forward applications go to a queue that is reviewed & approved by local staff. These get pumped out in 7-8 months. The complicated applications are triaged to a different...

Sorry guys I just fixed a wrong date in my timeline. We are actually June 2013 applicants....

Hi there, they have our passport since April. We sent about 4 e-mails after which we received this (not very encouraging): Dear Applicants, We note your email below. Please be advised that this file is currently queued for review. Depending on the results of the review, further...

Hate to break the news but the processing times were updated today and Manila now shows 15 months. I checked yesterday, it said "as of March 10, 2014" and Manila was 14. Today it changed to 15 months - quarterly update as of July 22nd, 2014. I am on my MP's case every day; since it was 8 months...

MANILA - holding passport since April 15, 2014